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Radio 4,07 Jul 2026,59 mins

Nigel Farage triggers by-election

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The Reform UK leader says he will stand and says it will be a fight between 'the people and the establishment'. Restore, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives criticise the move and say they won't stand. Paddy O'Connell reports from Clacton-on-Sea, and we speak to Reform's Sarah Pochin and Tim Montgomerie, Labour's Anna Turley and Sir John Curtice. Plus, the latest as Prince Harry loses his privacy case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, news about toxic, biting pufferfish off the coast of Greece, and we discuss the next generation of smart glasses. What is acceptable when it comes to filming others without them knowing?

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