and i think he s very good for the job. - the conservatives say, as he won t be prime minister, it is a wasted vote, a blank check for labour. but nigel farage says he will surprise everyone again. lucy manning, bbc news. well, our correspondent laura foster is in clacton, and sent this update. well, if i had to describe the reaction of people here in one word, it would be surprised. as news began to ping around people s phones, there were some cries of you must be joking, there were some cries of you must bejoking, but there were some cries of you must be joking, but also some nodding and smiling. everyone we spoke today seem to who nigel farage is but they did have a lot of different opinions on him and reform uk. but this is an area where that party could perform very well. in the brexit referendum, it had one of the highest percentage of leave voters in the country. now nigel farage will be officially launching his candidacy here tomorrow at midday but he is by no means t
but there was also some nodding and smiling. everyone we have spoken to today seemed to know who nigel farage is, but they had a lot of different opinions on him and on reform uk, but this is an area where that party could perform very well. in the brexit referendum, it had one of the highest percentages of leave voters in the country. nigel farage will officially launch his candidacy here tomorrow at midday, but he is by no means the only person competing to be mp in clacton. indeed. thank you for that, laura foster, by the seaside in clacton. here is a list of candidates we know about so far standing in the clacton constituency. bbc news website will have a complete list once they are all confirmed. the labour leader sir keir starmer says if he becomes prime minister, he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend the uk. at campaign event in bury, he said his party would increase at a campaign event in bury, he said his party would increase defence spending and update the cou
last week s programme, shown almost exactly seven years on from the brexit referendum, was an unusual one, with its audience, consisting entirely of those who d voted in 2016 for the uk to leave the european union. tonight to discuss post brexit britain, we have a special audience of leave voters. we are in clacton on sea in essex. 73% of people here voted to leave. that s the second highest in the country. but what do they think of it all now? welcome to question time. although some of those in the audience had changed their mind about leaving the european union, and the panel contained a mixture of leavers and remainers. a number of viewers felt the programme lacked balance. andrew king was one of them. emailing.
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times higher than before the covid pandemic, according to the telegraph. it s also interviewed the foreign secretary james cleverley about ukraine. he cautions that any peace talks with the russian president could be used to rearm troops. the daily mail reports on what it describes as a surge in strep a cases. it suggests that could be linked with lockdowns and lower childhood immunity. according to a poll about brexit published by the i, one in seven leave voters say they would now vote remain. but the survey found no majority for the uk to rejoin the eu. the royal college of nursing has said that a&e, cancer and maternity departments will not be excluded from its strikes later this month. analysis by the newspaper suggests up to 140 thousand patients could have operations and consultations cancelled.