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Why this by-election is just ‘Me vs The Establishment’, by Count Binface

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https://newsthump.com/2026/07/08/why-this-by-election-is-just-me-vs-the-establishment-by-count-binface/

People keep asking why I’m standing in the Clacton by-election, and the answer is simple.

This is no ordinary election. This is me versus The Establishment.

On one side, there’s me: a self-funded independent in a shiny bin, taking on the political machine armed with little more than a manifesto and several kilos of reinforced aluminium.

On the other side, there’s Nigel Farage.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Surely Nigel Farage is the anti-establishment candidate?”

Well, he was. Then he spent thirty years becoming the establishment.

When you’ve got billionaire donors, wealthy financiers, television studios, newspaper columns, a party built around your own personality and enough millionaire backers to make a yacht club feel underfunded, you don’t really get to call yourself the outsider any more.

I, meanwhile, remain proudly unsupported by foreign-based billionaires, convicted fraudsters or cryptocurrency tycoons. If anyone has been secretly wiring millions into my campaign account, I can assure you they’ve used the wrong account number.

Nigel says this election is about letting the people decide whether he should be allowed to carry on secretly enriching himself in the shadows and doing whatever Nigel Farage wants Nigel Farage to do. I couldn’t agree more. That’s exactly the sort of thing The Establishment always says.

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Nigel Farage explains that he's called another byelection in Clacton-on-Sea because he should be able to secretly enrich himself without scrutiny and accountabilty and that the rules shouldn't apply to him.
Nigel Farage explains that he’s called another byelection in Clacton-on-Sea because he should be able to secretly enrich himself without scrutiny and accountabilty and that the rules shouldn’t apply to him.
Continue ReadingWhy this by-election is just ‘Me vs The Establishment’, by Count Binface

Betting odds slashed on Count Binface to beat Farage in Clacton by-election

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/clacton-byelection-count-binface-farage-b3010969.html

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Count Binface at the vote counting for the Makerfield by-election (Reuters)

The Tories, Lib Dems, Greens and Labour have all announced that they will not stand in the by-election with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch describing it as “fake” and Sir Keir Starmer calling it “a desperate political stunt”.

Count Binface, who has become a cult figure in elections up and down the UK, posted on X with a picture similar to the Batman symbol used to call the superhero into action, with the words “On my way, Clacton.”

The comedian, … an “independent space warrior” and wears a bin on his head, has contested a number of elections, most recently the by-election in Makerfield, where he received 95 votes.

On X on Tuesday, the count wrote: “Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line!”

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The … candidate has pledged to make corners in football properly refereed, end subsidy for food and drink in parliament, conscript people who play loud music on public transport and force cyclists who break the highway code to ride unicycles instead.

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Count Binface has become a focus of a potential tactical voting campaign to oust Mr Farage.

It comes as supporters of Mr Farage insist that he has not made a fool of himself despite the other political parties refused to stand against him. [Is that not grammatically correct? despite that?]

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/clacton-byelection-count-binface-farage-b3010969.html

Nigel Farage reminds you that he's the man that brought you Brexit and asks what could possibly go wrong.
Nigel Farage reminds you that he’s the man that brought you Brexit and asks what could possibly go wrong.
Nigel Farage explains the politics of Reform UK: Racism, Fake anti-establishmentism, Deregulation, Corporatism, Climate Change Denial, Mysogyny and Transphobia.
Nigel Farage explains the politics of Reform UK: Racism, Fake anti-establishmentism, Deregulation, Corporatism, Climate Change Denial, Mysogyny and Transphobia.
Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
Nigel Farage urges you to ignore facts and reality and be a climate science denier like him and his Deputy Richard Tice. He says that Reform UK has received £Millions and £Millions from the fossil fuel industry to promote climate denial and destroy the planet.
Continue ReadingBetting odds slashed on Count Binface to beat Farage in Clacton by-election