Count Binface is the only candidate to declare he will take on Mr Farage in Clacton so far.

Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and Restore Britain have all said they will not field candidates in the by-election.

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    I, for one, appreciate that actual UK reality has essentially become a Monty Python sketch.

    Much better than our US ‘reality TV show’ President/reality.

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    Count Binface is the non-Public School educated non-posh cunt choice, even if he is a Space Count.

    “A Count, not a Cunt”

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        A “Public School” in Britain is “public” in the same sense that the Ritz Hotel is “public” - if you can pay the £400/night you can use it.

        When I lived in Britain I always felt that calling “public school” what most of the world calls “private school” was an excellent illustration of how at least the English culture was the most hypocrite in Europe (especially from the middle class upwards).

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      Yes, it’s a parliamentary standards investigation. If he’s no longer a member of parliament then there’s no need to investigate him.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/08/clacton-byelection-likely-to-be-two-man-race-between-reform-leader-and-binface

    Farage has sought to portray the byelection as a “people versus the establishment” contest, prompting Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, to describe Binface as the “people’s candidate”. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, even addressed his candidacy on the sidelines of the Nato summit. “I think it’s actually against Labour party rules to endorse another [candidate],” he said.

    For the man himself, or rather the alien, it’s all come as a bit of a shock. The question of whether he might even win is one that he is reluctant to countenance. “It’s earliest days yet and there is a long old road to go, but if in the unlikely event that the humans of Clacton prefer me to old Nige, then I will do my very best to represent them,” he told the Guardian.

    Farage is the favourite, but odds on Binface winning have been tumbling. Oddschecker, which provides betting odds from some of the UK’s most popular bookmakers, said odds on the underdog winning had been slashed from 5/1 into 7/2.

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    I recommend a visit to his website. There’s not much there, but he promises more.
    https://countbinface.com/

    And watch this. Count Binface slays.
    This is … its good. Binface ruins this reporter’s day.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCCVt8IhJkA

    Post election loss interview from Makersfield.
    “More and more, I’m becoming the sensible, mainstream option!”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuLvAsrQpuI

    It took me a while to find an interview with the real Jon Harvey aka Count Binface.
    This is just about a year old. Not current, but quite recent.
    If you are curious about this guy, here’s a good look at who he really is.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYDRl_MTUhA

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    he has promised to “build at least one affordable house”.

    The oligarchs will never let him win

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    Honestly, he put a lot of effort into that costume, and he’s not an elitist parasite. I say give him a chance.

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      UK’s Zelensky.
      Not that needing a Zelensky bodes well for for them, but as you say, they could do much worse than a trashy man of steel with a sense of humor.

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    Binface could easily do better than Farage has. I mean, it’s not exactly a high bar.

    Farage barely shows his face there and almost never in Parliament.

    You can guarantee that Binface would be more than willing to show up in both places frequently. He might even go so far as to represent Clacton properly. Perish the thought!

    (I can imagine that if he won they wouldn’t let him into the Commons due to not being dressed sensibly and then refusing to recognise him if he does so, because that’s the sort of dirty trickery I’d expect from Parliament. So I’d be very interested to see what he does in order to comply with both directives at the same time.)

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      Yes, I had the same thought. He could wear a shirt of himself perhaps, or perhaps plastic bin armour (which probably isn’t against rules, you must only surrender your sword). Or of course, de-mask during the acceptance speech and then request that his oath is taken solely with the costume, representing his mandate from the elected people of Clacton as a compromise. Or refuse his seat without the bin. Can hardly be worse than Farage in this regard

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    I love that a joke candidate has more chance of beating Farage than a real one.

    I would love it even more if real candidates had a chance of beating Farage but let’s be realistic about the state of UK politics. I’ll take my love where I can get it.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_PARTEI

      Die Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative (“The Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative”), or Die PARTEI (“The PARTY”), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazine Titanic. It is led by Martin Sonneborn. In the 2014 European Parliament election, the party won a seat, marking the first time that a satirical party has won a seat to the European Parliament. With the 2019 European Parliament election, the party gained a second seat, held by Nico Semsrott. The party kept these two seats at the 2024 European Parliament election.