What Does Clacton REALLY Think About Nigel Farage?

Clare Hymer went to Clacton-on-Sea for Nigel Farage's campaign launch to find out what people there really think of the former MEP's bid for parliament.

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I live there and most people are truely behind him

[PhattyBolger]

I love that the Labour candidate for Clacton literally said his favourite drink is "white tears". They sure picked a good one for a town that's 95.3% white.

[markwalsham]

I live in Clacton and it would seem the (large proportion) older folks are suckered in by and buy into his rhetoric and nonsense. Two months later and our MP has not been seen anywhere near his constituents as he is swanning off to USA, Hong Kong and spending a lot of time on GB News. Yet criticise him on social media, and you will be gaslighted from here to Clacton. The tories were bad for us, like most I suspect, but we now have 4-5 years of an MP who's only goal seems to be self interests.

[jhonson]

Obviously the majority of people in this video have been asleep for the last 14 years

[TonyZoster]

When you look and listen to the majority of the people in this video then one understands why Britain is in such a big hole and will remain in that hole.

[garyt]

The public in Clacton have not learned one thing from Johnson, same old comments "Farage is a man of the people, a straight talker", etc. So sad that these people are voluntarily ignorant.

[stephenjon]

Well done for finding the only black woman in Clacton.

[hieroglyph]

Nigel Garbage: The Sequel .... "I tried to destroy Great Britain with Brexit ... now I'm back to Finish The Job!" .... Release Date: 4th July 2024.

[tapdancer]

God, how blind can they be? It is poor because the latest government stopped investing.

[themohas]

"The immigration election"

It's Brexit all over again 😂😂

[chichikov]

moving your top people into safe seats is standard practice in mainstream politics, its just how the system is set up.

[PickeringSamuel]

Wow this is why we shouldn't have cut education budgets. How will this country recover from having such a dim population?

[mamunahmed]

Corbyn would have been the best PM for areas like Clacton

[marcuscrouch]

The venom that will come from the left if Nigel got elected would be absolutely amazing!

[davidjamesaustin]

These journalists hate Nigel. If I can call them journalists

[jakehowie]

That woman saying Nigel is privately educated…all politicians are, then go to Oxford or Cambridge.

[simonyoung]

You cant solve those local issues until you fix the immigration disaster.

[micksharp]

'He's in touch with the public'!!! FFS

[Martin]

He lives in Sevenoaks where I live, he will never move to Clacton...

[oldplucker]

Didn’t the Labour Candidate imply his favourite drink was ‘White Mens Tears”? And what have the Tories done for Clacton? F All!