Nigel Farage Beats Count Binface in Widely Mocked By Election Nigel Farage's victory in the Clacton by election has been met with a mix of amusement and skepticism.
While it was never clear that he would emerge victorious, his triumph does little to address the underlying issues that led to this by election.
The ease with which Farage regained his seat is a testament to British politics' complacency toward the far right.