{"id":75348,"date":"2026-08-11T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/75348\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:42:01","slug":"how-nigel-farage-led-to-the-longest-ballot-in-british-election-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/75348\/","title":{"rendered":"How Nigel Farage led to the longest ballot in British election history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"How Nigel Farage led to the longest ballot in British election history\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JLannhpxMvw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow Nigel Farage led to the longest ballot in British election history<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIs the Clacton byelection one of the strangest in British political history?<\/p>\n<p>None of the main parties are taking part, a man with a bin on his head is the best-known candidate after the incumbent, Nigel Farage, and it has so many candidates that the ballot paper is almost a metre long \u2013 so it must come pretty close. <\/p>\n<p>But what does this say about the state of British politics? 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