Lib Dems tell Reform UK leader ‘the game is up’ as political rivals vow to boycott ‘stunt’ Clacton byelection
On the Today programme Nick Robinson, the presenter, asked Zia Yusuf if he accepted that “voters have a right to know if their politicians are given millions of pounds by very wealthy individuals who are lobbying for policies which will make them even more rich?”
Yusuf said he did not accept the premise of the question.
If somebody, anyone rich or not, is giving money to a politician in order to lobby for a cause – which, by the way, happens; sadly, as someone who has only been in politics a couple of years, I’ve seen it in Westminster, all too much – then, yes.
But this is not what has happened.
The reason why they are choosing not to field a candidate is very simple; having screamed for a byelection at the top of their lungs for weeks now, having been given one, they are running scared.
