It was a given that Farage was going to win the by-election. The major parties didn't even run candidates, since they all agreed it was a farce. The goal wasn't to beat him, it was to not let him control the narrative of the whole thing.

Believe it or not, the BBC has published multiple articles about the by-election, and most of them mention Farage's win in the headline.

This is facetious and silly.

He was always going to win this election. Nobody practically-minded ever thought Binface winning was anything more than technically possible.

What is your understanding about why the election happened?