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To think Count Binface is doing a great job in the Clacton by-election?

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Darker · 10/08/2026 11:43

Count down to Bin Day!

Count Binface has been out bigging-up Clacton and drawing attention to its potential.

It’s a really positive campaign.

I don’t think he’ll win but I’d love it if he did. I think he’d be brilliant.

And if he doesn’t, I think other candidates could learn a lot from his approach.

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Darker · 13/08/2026 07:55

Well, the polls are open.

Do it for the nation, people of Clacton!

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BIossomtoes · 12/08/2026 20:11

That’s fabulous.

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Darker · 12/08/2026 19:59

Graffiti in Clacton

To think Count Binface is doing a great job in the Clacton by-election?
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SerendipityJane · 12/08/2026 17:36

Darker · 12/08/2026 17:06

@SerendipityJane the ‘meet the press’ video is brilliant.

Please let him win.

Please please please.

And here he is speaking ancient Greek

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Uricon2 · 12/08/2026 17:20

Darker · 12/08/2026 17:06

@SerendipityJane the ‘meet the press’ video is brilliant.

Please let him win.

Please please please.

A million times this. I'm going to watch if Perseid shower (peaks tonight) if I can and try to imagine every one is a Recyclon on the way from Sigma IX to support him.

I honestly think he's a good guy and I'd be happy to have him as my MP, I'm not mocking Clacton or its people who deserve much better than a self serving con man.

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Darker · 12/08/2026 17:06

@SerendipityJane the ‘meet the press’ video is brilliant.

Please let him win.

Please please please.

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itsgettingweird · 12/08/2026 16:54

That video is just brilliant! 🤣

Those poor journalists - loved the fact he could say “I’m not a lawyer” in Japanese!

Uricon2 · 12/08/2026 16:34

SerendipityJane · 12/08/2026 16:20

Count Binface meets the press

He's got a good point about saving the the cost of by-election Mark Deux if he's elected tomorrow.

On Trump "Why would I want to talk to him? He's awful "😂

Good for the game reps of the international Press, BTW.

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Darker · 12/08/2026 15:54

SerendipityJane · 12/08/2026 15:41

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Brilliant!

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MyKittyKatty · 12/08/2026 15:45

SerendipityJane · 12/08/2026 15:41

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😆Another belter !

SerendipityJane · 12/08/2026 15:41

Darker · 12/08/2026 13:36

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Darker · 12/08/2026 13:36

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😆Priceless !

SerendipityJane · 12/08/2026 15:20

Darker · 12/08/2026 12:57

Yes - and there are the ‘shy voters’ who say one thing in public and quietly vote the other way in the privacy of the voting booth.

There really could be a surprise on Friday morning if the fates align… low turnout from the General Election Farage voters (complacency/disillusioned?) + vigorous turnout from CB supporters… who knows.

It's really in the lap of all those people who didn't vote for Farage in 2024. If they decide to come out and coalesce, then who knows.

Turnout will be a factor. Remember in the by-election of the century just gone, over 1 in 3 could not be arsed.

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Darker · 12/08/2026 13:36

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To think Count Binface is doing a great job in the Clacton by-election?
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Darker · 12/08/2026 13:34

more fun… image to follow (fat fingers!)

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paddleboardingmum · 12/08/2026 13:10

I wonder if and how the heatwave will impact voters tomorrow?

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Darker · 12/08/2026 12:57

Yes - and there are the ‘shy voters’ who say one thing in public and quietly vote the other way in the privacy of the voting booth.

There really could be a surprise on Friday morning if the fates align… low turnout from the General Election Farage voters (complacency/disillusioned?) + vigorous turnout from CB supporters… who knows.

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/08/2026 12:46

Darker · 12/08/2026 08:07

Poll is currently 13% YABU.

I wonder how many people tell the truth to pollsters? I certainly never have. It’s necessary to tell a blatant lie in order to teach them to mind their own business.

If I lived in Clacton I’d delight in telling them how much I admire Farage, yes, I will definitely be voting for him - and then putting my nice big X in the Binface box.

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Darker · 12/08/2026 12:35

WaxMeltsMelting · 12/08/2026 11:52

Love this!

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This is great - and it breaks down the numbers really well.

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WaxMeltsMelting · 12/08/2026 11:52

SerendipityJane · 12/08/2026 11:01

A word from his count agent

Love this!

ntmdino · 12/08/2026 11:14

The genuine problem here is that Binface's non-comedy policies actually make sense on (almost) every level; he's making a mockery of Farage by...largely presenting quite sensible policies which would benefit the people.

It's the logical destination of the road we've been on since the Brexit campaign - we've really arrived at a place in British politics where satire feels more reasonable than reality.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/08/2026 11:05

Uricon2 · 10/08/2026 16:21

His standard of Parliamentary literacy is about as good as his abilities as a constituency MP.A phrase of my old grandmother's came to mind today which I think sums him up perfectly. Spiv.

Basically, he's stuffed either way, thankfully.

I can honestly say I've never wanted to see a Britiish politician go as much in my life, and that includes Thatch, who was many things I loathed but wasn't on the take and unfit for public office.

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I always thought he was a nasty little spiv, which is a great word BTW, and deserves to be more widely used.