Illustration for joke: Nigel Farage resigned to force a byelection in Clacton, betting the voters will send him straight ba

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Nigel Farage resigned to force a byelection in Clacton, betting the voters will send him straight back.

It's the first time in history a man has staged a great escape purely to break back into the same building.

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