Lib Dems tell Reform UK leader ‘the game is up’ as political rivals vow to boycott ‘stunt’ Clacton byelection Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns Ed Davey , the Lib Dem leader, has restated his call for the government to stop Nigel Farage resigning as an MP. In an interview on the Today programme, Davey said: I don’t think there should be a byelection until the investigation [into claims that Farage broke parliamentary rules by not declaring the £5m donation from Christopher Harborne] has completed. The people of Clacton deserve to know whether their MP has broken the rules in a very, very serious way. If you want to resign as an MP, you actually have to apply to the government to have an appointment to an office. And the chancellor actual