Farage’s Resignation Risks Becoming Farce as U.K. Parties Boycott Clacton By-Election

Under investigation over an undisclosed gift, the right-wing leader Nigel Farage may end up in a special election against a candidate dressed as a trash can.“I’ve decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions,” Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform U.K. party, said as he announced his resignation as a lawmaker on Tuesday in London.