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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 · 18/08/2026 19:39

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 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!

HeHasMyVote · 18/08/2026 19:29

Darker · 18/08/2026 10:58

Hello @HeHasMyVote . How are things in the constituency now? It must feel weird now that the election/media circus has moved on.

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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Darker · 18/08/2026 10:58

Hello @HeHasMyVote . How are things in the constituency now? It must feel weird now that the election/media circus has moved on.

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HeHasMyVote · 17/08/2026 23:28

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 22:48

Or a 🍷

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I’ll take a vat of the good stuff please!

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 22:48

PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2026 22:45

Sounds like you could do with a good Brew, @HeHasMyVote .

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PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2026 22:45

Sounds like you could do with a good Brew, @HeHasMyVote .

HeHasMyVote · 17/08/2026 22:42

As a resident in the constituency, can I just say thank you to those who are keeping the thread updated with the latest snippets of news etc, it’s very much appreciated.

I’ve been kind of avoiding the news the last few days in order to not become too grumpy 😂

hedgeknight · 17/08/2026 19:05

@MyKittyKatty has not come up with any evidence that the Count and Dale are lying and seems unaware about the Electoral Commission and donations sp I think we can draw our conclusions.

As for GB News providing balance, lol

Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 18:56

Darker · 17/08/2026 18:41

The thing is that lots of people donated £3 (me too) without the expectation of anything in return.

£180k might come with some strings, real or imagined, and would call into question his independence.

Yes, and near on 100K would be more than enough to fund the sort of campaign he ran, which was largely word of mouth. He also had a lot of free publicity from online and legacy media.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 18:41

The thing is that lots of people donated £3 (me too) without the expectation of anything in return.

£180k might come with some strings, real or imagined, and would call into question his independence.

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Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 18:39

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 18:31

I doubt Binface would have bothered with his online fundraising (to which I contributed) if Vince had donated £180k.

Agree, and as there has never been one word of criticism about his campaign funding over years, with the residue being given to charities like Shelter, it is a bit rich to expect us to believe the likes of "£5 million pound present" NF and " taxpayer can heat my stables" NZ over him.

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 18:31

I doubt Binface would have bothered with his online fundraising (to which I contributed) if Vince had donated £180k.

Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 18:24

Darker · 17/08/2026 18:19

Dale Vince has refuted that he bankrolled Count Binface in a Linked-in post, saying that no-one in Reform even asked him.

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My husband met Dale Vince in a work capacity (journalist, interview) and really, really liked him. He's met everyone and very often doesn't. Long before all this, he told me he thought him "genuine" and "straight".

It was an open and public offer by Dale, no subterfuge or shame, but if he's saying it didn't happen and CB is saying it didn't happen, I know who I believe over NF and Nadim Z.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 18:19

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 14:18

A correction is an admission that what Nadhim alleged was wrong.

No. Not at all.

It seems you don't understand the principles of journalism.
Balance in journalism is essential and refers to the ethical guideline of incorporating diverse viewpoints, particularly contrasting ones, into reporting on contentious issues to foster impartiality and thoroughness.

This what GB News has done.

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Dale Vince has refuted that he bankrolled Count Binface in a Linked-in post, saying that no-one in Reform even asked him.

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Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 16:45

For anyone who hasn't seen it. The little sparkly 'spin doctor' is apparently Mrs Countess Binface.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 16:20

Some weird deletions there… ! What’s going on?

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BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 16:15

Since when has saying a correction is what it says on the tin been against guidelines @MNHQ?

hedgeknight · 17/08/2026 14:21

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hedgeknight · 17/08/2026 14:20

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 14:16

£5 million is a bit of a recurring theme in Reform, isn’t it?

It was only just over £5k that Zahawi had to pay back after mistakenly claiming expenses for his heated stables

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MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 14:18

Darker · 17/08/2026 14:10

A correction is an admission that what Nadhim alleged was wrong.

What is more important to you? The truth or the freedom to say whatever you like if it suits your agenda?

A correction is an admission that what Nadhim alleged was wrong.

No. Not at all.

It seems you don't understand the principles of journalism.
Balance in journalism is essential and refers to the ethical guideline of incorporating diverse viewpoints, particularly contrasting ones, into reporting on contentious issues to foster impartiality and thoroughness.

This what GB News has done.

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 14:16

£5 million is a bit of a recurring theme in Reform, isn’t it?

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Darker · 17/08/2026 14:14

Thank you @hedgeknight .

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Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 14:14

I worked out CB got high 90sK from the £3 donations and he closed the Kofi route to do so pretty early on IIRC.

Just because some politicians end up paying £5 million to HMRC due to a "careless mistake" in capital gains tax that they initially said was a smear campaign (Nadim Zahawi) doesn't mean they're all without any sort of financial moral compass.

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