Farage's Folly: A Sideshow to the Main Event? Nigel Farage's resignation from his Clacton constituency seat has triggered a chain reaction in British politics.
Beneath the surface, however, it appears as a desperate attempt by the embattled politician to salvage what little credibility he has left.
The arcane procedure of appointing him steward of the Manor of Northstead, which allows him to quit his seat without triggering a costly by election, has been expertly skewered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.