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Ousted Reform candidate chases Farage for £8,500

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Reform has managed to get 5 MPs elected, take 14 per cent of the vote share and outdo any other UK political party on campaign video views on Twitter – but it’s not all looking rosy for Nigel Farage right now. Before Farage decided he was going to stand in the election, Reform UK selected one Tony Mack to contest the Clacton-on-Sea seat. But Mack was quickly ousted when Nige chose to run – and it turns out he wasn’t all that happy about the decision.

Mack has now handed Farage a staggering £8,500 bill which the former candidate claims is compensation he is due for his short-lived election campaign. The ex-candidate has insisted that Farage promised to ‘pay [him] back every f***ing penny’ – of costs incurred from many months of campaigning, and the Reform UK leader’s ‘unauthorised’ use of Mack’s web domain. Oh dear…

And beyond the bill, Mack seems intent on sticking the boot in.

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