SPECIAL: Farage fighting for his political life

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Jul 7, 202647:41News & Politics

The Matts react to the simply extraordinary speech Nigel Farage made today - quitting his Clacton seat in order to fight a by-election to “let the people decide” his political future. What is going on in his head? What p...

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