[D]o I want to be an MP? Do I want to spend every Friday for the next five years in Clacton?

"I did 23 nights" refers to his appearance in the TV show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! during November and December 2023. At the time, it was being speculated Farage might stand in the constituency of Clacton in Essex as the Reform Party candidate. A few days before nominations closed, he announced he was standing in the seat at the general election, the eighth time he has attempted to become an MP in the Westminster parliament.