Post #3671901
2026-07-08 11:19 UTC
So. If you are not following the Nigel Farage vs. Count Binface showdown in British politics then I recommend you start doing so.
The short version: Nigel Farage, MP and leader of the far-right Reform Party, resigns from his seat to halt investigation into his dodgy finances. Then announces he will stand in the ensuing by-election, essentially because if he wins his (safe) seat again it proves the people don’t care about his finances.
As this is obviously a bullshit stunt, every single other major party refuses to put up a candidate for the by-election.
This means Farage is now running against one other candidate only: Count Binface, a man with a bin on his head.
Clacton-on-Sea now have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/nigel-farage-rejects-scrutiny-uk-parliament-people-v-establishment-byelection
Replies (4)
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@masek@infosec.exchange 2026-07-08 12:27
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io Can you explain why other parties don't put up a candidate?
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@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io 2026-07-08 11:23
The leader of the Conservative Party is backing Binface. You can’t make it up.
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@senil@gts.social.senil.me 2026-07-08 17:03
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io I trust Count Binface's policies will have a proper impact on Clacton-On-Sea, I don't see why he wouldn't have plenty of support from locals.
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@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange 2026-07-11 09:46
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io They also have the opportunity to elect a comedian to Parliament. Give how well that worked for Ukraine, it might be a golden path to having sensible, rational people representing them. Might make a change from extremist grifters.