A GB News correspondent was briefly stranded on a ferris wheel while reporting live from Nigel Farage’s “Farage Fest” celebration in Clacton following his by-election victory. Christopher Hope joked that being stuck on the ride was “not in my contract”, in a light-hearted moment during coverage of an event that also drew attention to Farage’s controversial decision not to attend the count.

Farage won 63 per cent of the vote, with Count Binface second on 27 per cent, reportedly just over 1,000 votes behind. Major parties did not contest the by-election, which critics said was intended to divert attention from an investigation into Farage’s declared financial interests; the parliamentary commissioner is set to resume that inquiry after his re-election.