Count Binface: The UK has a history of ‘joke’ candidates with serious ideas
4 sources·Updated August 6, 2026
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- The Independent·10h agoClacton by-election poll tracker: Who is set to win Nigel Farage’s seat as Count Binface plots upset?
Two thirds of people in Clacton said they would vote for Nigel Farage if the by-election was held tomorrow
Read at The Independent → - The Independent UK·2d agoCount Binface: The UK has a history of ‘joke’ candidates with serious ideas
A man in a bin costume standing against the man who forced this election is a small but revealing window into the shifting boundaries of British politics
Read at The Independent UK → - The Conversation NZ·2d agoCount Binface: why Britain’s ‘joke’ election candidates deserve to be taken seriously
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his Clacton seat and force a by-election, amid scrutiny over his personal finances, has produced one of the odder spectacles in recent British politics. With every other major party declining to stand and despite a record 34…
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