On 19 June the anti-Brexit group, Best for Britain, argued that Labour were in the best position to stop Reform winning the constituency, as an Electoral Calculus poll showed Labour had jumped above the Conservatives into second place in the race.[17] On 27 June it was reported that the Labour Party had ordered their candidate, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, to leave Clacton and help the party campaign in the West Midlands instead. Owusu-Nepaul had built a reputation on social media of being "the best dressed candidate in living memory" and it was believed Labour were cross that he was getting more attention than the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer.[18] Starmer denied Labour had given up in Clacton.[19]
On 2 July, it was reported that Owusu-Nepaul was "in tears" over being told to "never come back" to the Clacton campaign, and that the Labour party had taken a donation intended expressly for Owusu-Nepaul's campaign, despite the campaign presence being halted.[
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wow! Maybe i do buy into keir just being a petty fucker, he looks amazing!