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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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Uricon2 · 24/08/2026 14:51

Darker · 24/08/2026 14:44

And this tidbit

The "Farage Fest" application was refused because it was made after this deadline.
People from the Clacton constituency who supported Farage in the by-election by displaying posters and placards received letters inviting them to the event.
They had to pay an entry fee, but could camp and park onsite for free.

I can’t believe he made them pay…

But then again, yes I can.

Yeah. " I'm going to avoid the Count at the Count and throw myself a bigly party and YOU, minion voters, can pay for it".

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Darker · 24/08/2026 14:44

And this tidbit

The "Farage Fest" application was refused because it was made after this deadline.
People from the Clacton constituency who supported Farage in the by-election by displaying posters and placards received letters inviting them to the event.
They had to pay an entry fee, but could camp and park onsite for free.

I can’t believe he made them pay…

But then again, yes I can.

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Uricon2 · 24/08/2026 14:42

It added that a LTEN had been submitted on a precautionary basis, but no reliance had been placed on it, as the party said it had not been necessary.

Pity some of them aren't so assiduous in declaring large financial gifts, mind you that paperwork tends to be late too.

piscofrisco · 21/08/2026 20:44

There is an article about the man behind binface on The Times online should you wish to purchase it. He is less appealing to me as a man weirdly, but I stil think he comes across well

Uricon2 · 20/08/2026 20:17

Thanks @hedgeknight that is so funny!

Documentary on C5 on the 22nd which delves into NF's finances. Might be interesting.

ETA he seems Teflon, but he's using the Trump playbook and is nowhere near as fireproof, IMO.

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Darker · 19/08/2026 12:41

Radio 4 You and Yours currently on the topic of the cost of 99 flakes. 🍦

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Darker · 19/08/2026 08:40

Indeed, @Uricon2 .

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Uricon2 · 19/08/2026 08:16

Darker · 18/08/2026 23:22

Here we go.

One of the comments is “It’s an ‘are we the baddies?’ moment”.

I think there may also be an element of "And then they came for me" in play here, @Darker

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Darker · 18/08/2026 23:22

Here we go.

One of the comments is “It’s an ‘are we the baddies?’ moment”.

To think Count Binface is doing a great job in the Clacton by-election?
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HeHasMyVote · 18/08/2026 23:10

Darker · 18/08/2026 22:51

Well, the boards will go eventually but the bins will be lining the streets every bin day, an unintentional permanent reminder of a great day for British democracy.

Now that is a genius way of looking at it. I’ve made a mental note to appreciate all bins that I see on my travels 🗑

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Darker · 18/08/2026 22:51

Well, the boards will go eventually but the bins will be lining the streets every bin day, an unintentional permanent reminder of a great day for British democracy.

To think Count Binface is doing a great job in the Clacton by-election?
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HeHasMyVote · 18/08/2026 21:21

Uricon2 · 18/08/2026 19:39

I can imagine the literature @HeHasMyVote . Before the local council elections me and DH must have had 10 posted letters from Reform between us, all cunningly disguised not to look like political gumph, so they got opened.

Most went seamlessly into the recycling but I'm afraid one with a particularly egregious picture of the grinning Farage that came on a particularly difficult day was torn into tiny bits and flushed. Cathartic!

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Oh for the laugh emoji 😂. I’m sick of seeing his face on the boards, have managed to restrain myself from taking a box of eggs with me when I’m driving around.

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Darker · 18/08/2026 21:00

I reckon Farage is too busy doing whatever he does for the £2mil he earns on top of his MP salary to know what is actually going on.

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BIossomtoes · 18/08/2026 20:45

It appears that Reform - apparently Farage didn’t know Montgomerie had been suspended - is doing exactly what Johnson did and expelling anyone who looks halfway sane. We all know where that ended up. He was doing the media rounds defending them on Friday.

Uricon2 · 18/08/2026 20:34

Anyone apart from the most zealot can't be happy, surely. I suppose it's easy to get rid of dissenters from a limited company, but there's a limit to how many they can lose. Loads of councillors gon already for one reason and another.

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Darker · 18/08/2026 20:14

I think a few Reformers are unimpressed by how Farage handled the by-election. It was hardly statesmanlike.

I wonder how far the dissatisfaction goes.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce34rrq30l2o

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BIossomtoes · 18/08/2026 20:11

Darker · 18/08/2026 20:10

It would be fab if someone collected all the Reform boards and updated them to reflect everything that happened after the election - shying away from the count, the ‘nobodies’ comment, slashing benefits.

Wouldn’t it just? If only I lived in Clacton.

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Darker · 18/08/2026 20:10

It would be fab if someone collected all the Reform boards and updated them to reflect everything that happened after the election - shying away from the count, the ‘nobodies’ comment, slashing benefits.

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Uricon2 · 18/08/2026 19:54

hedgeknight · 18/08/2026 19:44

Shame you didn't return them to their freepost address

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Really should have. Next time...

Uricon2 · 18/08/2026 19:53

BIossomtoes · 18/08/2026 19:47

I expect the boards have been left up ready for the next by-election. It won’t be long.

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Wish we had the laugh reaction still!

BIossomtoes · 18/08/2026 19:47

HeHasMyVote · 18/08/2026 19:29

It’s not really much different, tbh. The media focus all seemed to be in Clacton itself, it’s like everyone forgets that it’s a large area with lots of villages.

Driving around, all the boards are still up in peoples gardens. Thankfully no more literature landing on the doormat!

So everyday life just goes on. Will be very interesting to see what happens with the investigation.

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I expect the boards have been left up ready for the next by-election. It won’t be long.

hedgeknight · 18/08/2026 19:44

Uricon2 · 18/08/2026 19:39

I can imagine the literature @HeHasMyVote . Before the local council elections me and DH must have had 10 posted letters from Reform between us, all cunningly disguised not to look like political gumph, so they got opened.

Most went seamlessly into the recycling but I'm afraid one with a particularly egregious picture of the grinning Farage that came on a particularly difficult day was torn into tiny bits and flushed. Cathartic!

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Shame you didn't return them to their freepost address

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