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

834 replies

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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SparklyPyjamas · 11/08/2026 22:57

Yeah let's all keep Farage out because let's face it what's the point of trying to uncover the grooming perps or tackle the million and one other issues we have in this country. When it happens to you or your daughter's you'll soon be bleating. It's why this countries in a mess, it's full of fecktards

olivepicanto · 11/08/2026 22:55

Alittlewordinyourear · 11/08/2026 18:46

Infantile nonsense . Of course bankrolled by Liebour and their cabinet of halfwits and criminals

"Liebour". Gosh, aren't you hilariously original

Well done you

Camdenish · 11/08/2026 21:36

BIossomtoes · 11/08/2026 16:33

Count isn’t a UK title so it doesn’t count.

I assure you that the Count does count.

DdraigGoch · 11/08/2026 20:06

LuckyHazelFox · 11/08/2026 12:53

Still not substantial enough to represent most of the country. Most of Mumsnet, most definitely.

Luckily the pollsters have done the researched for us and have concluded that a representative sample of the British public is backing the bin by a ratio of three-to-two.

NotMeAtAll · 11/08/2026 19:46

Alittlewordinyourear · 11/08/2026 18:46

Infantile nonsense . Of course bankrolled by Liebour and their cabinet of halfwits and criminals

Bankrolled? 🤣🤣🤣

Myli1 · 11/08/2026 19:43

Count Binface - a Knight in Shining Armour vs a shite in whining armour…

Uricon2 · 11/08/2026 19:31

AImportantMermaid · 11/08/2026 19:26

😂😂😂 Look mum, this lady did a Liebour. Isn’t she clever 😂😂😂

I think someone might have wandered in from the Daily Mail comments section. It's the only place I've ever seen 'Liebour'.

AImportantMermaid · 11/08/2026 19:26

Alittlewordinyourear · 11/08/2026 18:46

Infantile nonsense . Of course bankrolled by Liebour and their cabinet of halfwits and criminals

😂😂😂 Look mum, this lady did a Liebour. Isn’t she clever 😂😂😂

soddingspiderseason · 11/08/2026 19:10

Alittlewordinyourear · 11/08/2026 18:46

Infantile nonsense . Of course bankrolled by Liebour and their cabinet of halfwits and criminals

Oh dear, sounds like the Bin has hit a nerve? Yes its nonsense, caused by Farage.

soddingspiderseason · 11/08/2026 19:07

boobot1 · 10/08/2026 13:02

Whole thing is a farce. No one should vote.

Yes, Farage should not have caused this completely unnecessary byelection. But he did, and its far better to vote to oust him than to pretend its not happening. All power to the bin.

Lovely13 · 11/08/2026 19:06

A 99 ice cream should cost 99p - one of my favourite Binface manifesto pledges. Saw somewhere ice-cream vans were charging seven quid! 😡

SerendipityJane · 11/08/2026 18:55

Haven't read all the thread but I hope NF gets knocked off his perch. If an MP resigns,he should be barred from standing again in any constituency for at least 5 years.

An a serious note (with apologies to any unserious bad faith posters here), it would be a delicate balance between preventing fucking about and denying a citizen access to democracy.

I think it's fair to say if an MP resigns, they should be barred from standing in the by election that causes.

However that would be as far as I would take it. They could stand in any other constituency, or even the same constituency at the election after the next.

One thing I would insist on, is that any candidate in an election must be entitled to vote in that election. Which seems not to be the case right now.

itsgettingweird · 11/08/2026 18:53

77yearsyoung · 11/08/2026 18:29

The trouble with this and many other threads is that nobody ever puts their head above the parapet.

If the general consensus goes one way.... a lot of people refrain from voicing an opinion at all for fear if being harassed for daring to object, hold another opinion.

Am I about to be harassed for standing up and saying what I think.
Strangely most of you hold the same opinion. How odd. Surely I'm not alone.

Of course you can say what you think.

For me this isn’t about Reform as a party but about Farage as an MP.

He has the residents of Clacton eating out of his hands. These people need someone good on their constituency to bring about real change and better economic outlook.

Y Farage isn’t there. His only economic improvements he’s paying attention to are for personal
gain.

I can get on hairs with policy and some of their selling points have traction.

However I could never get onside with a party who suggest shooting boats - so drowning immigrants etc as a way to solve the problem.

You can’t just have sound bites. You need real and humane ideas to meet those promises. And a realistic view it won’t happen overnight.

and your ideas need evidencing. Apparently we could only control immigration through Brexit it created the small boat crisis.

Apparently we have to leave the EHCR to lower immigration. Yet Labour have done it because the Tory’s allowed it to happen to keep themselves relevant and to blame their failings on.

Mountainpika · 11/08/2026 18:49

Haven't read all the thread but I hope NF gets knocked off his perch. If an MP resigns,he should be barred from standing again in any constituency for at least 5 years.
We are lucky in that we have an excellent LibDem MP. One who really cares about his constituents. Better than his predecessor who was never here. This one was born and bred locally. Grew up and worked here. Just what's needed.

BIossomtoes · 11/08/2026 18:49

Alittlewordinyourear · 11/08/2026 18:46

Infantile nonsense . Of course bankrolled by Liebour and their cabinet of halfwits and criminals

I think you’ll find Farage started this. You may be able to pin a number of things on the current government but this isn’t one of them, it’s all Nigel’s very own work.

lollylimejuice · 11/08/2026 18:49

Darker · 11/08/2026 18:35

Would you vote for Farage?

If so, I would like to understand why. I’m
it saying this to bait you - I’m interested.

For example, is it because you don’t trust the alternatives? Or because you think Farage has the guts to push through legislation and initiatives that might be controversial?

At the moment my AIBU is polling 12% that I am being unreasonable so you are not alone.

I don't know who I'd vote for.
I'm most probably a lot older than most of you and I've always been interested in politics and I'm afraid my party of choice was the Conservative Party. They've made a total hash of government in my opinion and I think the Labour Party are doing the same now. I watch them sitting in parliament trying to score points off each other and I'm ashamed of their behaviour.

We really are in need of a decent Leader and a strong Party.
Count Binface is amusing but this could only happen here.

Uricon2 · 11/08/2026 18:47

77yearsyoung · 11/08/2026 18:16

This is serious.
Your silly comments make you all look shallow and entitled.

Clacton needs sensible representation and if Labour and Conservative weren't so frightened of failure they would have put up candidates.
The shenanigans going on to discredit Reform are underhand and it's obvious Labour and Conservative are scared that their position on either side of the House which they have held, arguing and barracking each other like children for far to long are in jeopardy.
This country is on its knees, deep in debt without decent defence and a struggling NHS.
Pull your socks up ladies, this isn’t a joke, it's our future.
Count Binface should remove his fancy dress costume and put forward sensible plans for Clacton.

Please remind us exactly what triggered this by election?

And can the lecture to the 'ladies', it isn't a good look on anyone, 77 or not.

Alittlewordinyourear · 11/08/2026 18:46

Infantile nonsense . Of course bankrolled by Liebour and their cabinet of halfwits and criminals

SerendipityJane · 11/08/2026 18:45

BIossomtoes · 11/08/2026 18:42

Why?

Because generally 5% of any polling is dodgy.

There was an episode if "Unacceptable" where an audience poll which should have been a slam dunk 100% came out as 99% (let's say "no", I can't remember the topic). It was so odd the host asked who was the 1% who voted "yes". An audience member raised their hand and admitted they pressed the wrong button 😀

Margin of error is a very real thing depending what you are up to.

itsgettingweird · 11/08/2026 18:43

NotMeAtAll · 11/08/2026 18:01

I hope Binface beats Cuntface.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

BIossomtoes · 11/08/2026 18:42

SerendipityJane · 11/08/2026 18:42

You need to discount 5% ...

Why?

SerendipityJane · 11/08/2026 18:42

BIossomtoes · 11/08/2026 18:41

Around 35 people agree with you.

You need to discount 5% ...

itsgettingweird · 11/08/2026 18:41

Boomer55 · 11/08/2026 16:36

Farage will win by a large margin. Not sure if this by election has any point to it 🤷‍♀️

Well for dear old Nige it did.

He thought the investigation into his millions would good poof with his resignation.

It did.

it’ll come back if he’s re elected.

So he’ll have won because no other major party stood against him, have to have his photo taken with a bin and have the investigation reignited.

So many wins for him 😉

BIossomtoes · 11/08/2026 18:41

77yearsyoung · 11/08/2026 18:29

The trouble with this and many other threads is that nobody ever puts their head above the parapet.

If the general consensus goes one way.... a lot of people refrain from voicing an opinion at all for fear if being harassed for daring to object, hold another opinion.

Am I about to be harassed for standing up and saying what I think.
Strangely most of you hold the same opinion. How odd. Surely I'm not alone.

Around 35 people agree with you.

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