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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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PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2026 14:12

hedgeknight · 17/08/2026 13:56

All donations will have to be declared unless you are Nige and think it's just a piece of paper.

Indeed they do!

To The Electoral Commission:

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-registration-and-regulation/financial-reporting/donations-and-loans
Reporting a donation or loan
Political parties
Political parties have to report donations and loans to us if they are above or aggregate to over:
£11,180 to the central party (or over £2,230 if the donor or lender gives further during the calendar year)
£2,230 to accounting units (sections of a party whose finances aren’t managed directly by the party’s headquarters)

Individuals
Individuals who are members of political parties or are holders of elected offices must report donations and loans to us if they are above or aggregate to over £2,230.

Thank you, Reform, for bringing to everyone's attention that donations must be correctly reported! Even if it's 5 million quid they found down the back of a mate's sofa in Thailand.

It's like they can't help themselves...

(And I think it's going to be hard to argue that the man who owned Reform UK when Harborne made his donation was not a member of Reform UK...)

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 14:12

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 13:51

A rebuttal was issued which doesn't prove anything, as there was no proof that it was or wasn't true.

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Well,we’ll find out when the election expenses are published.

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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?

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MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 14:08

Darker · 17/08/2026 14:01

@MyKittyKatty if I posted something here about you that wasn’t true, without evidence, would that be ok? Because that’s kind of where we are going with this.

GMB would not have apologised if they didn’t have to. It’s not a good look.

No, we are not "kind of" going anywhere that you suggest.

"Good Morning Britain issued a correction on the programme this morning. The presenter clarified that while Vince had offered to donate money to Binface he never accepted any, and that he had never asked Conservative and Labour activists to campaign for him. "

^^ that's a "correction/clarification", not an apology.

As I understand it, apologies are made to a person who has been maligned and that person is named.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 14:01

@MyKittyKatty if I posted something here about you that wasn’t true, without evidence, would that be ok? Because that’s kind of where we are going with this.

GMB would not have apologised if they didn’t have to. It’s not a good look.

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hedgeknight · 17/08/2026 13:56

All donations will have to be declared unless you are Nige and think it's just a piece of paper.

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 13:51

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 13:25

Brilliant. Thank you @Uricon2.

No it isn’t stalemate @MyKittyKatty. I remember the £180k day offer being made before the by-election and Binface turning it down. Zahawi was lying and his lie was exposed. Some of us have longer memories than others.

https://leftfootforward.org/2026/08/count-binface-corrects-reforms-nadhim-zahawi-over-incorrect-claim-he-received-a-180000-donation/

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A rebuttal was issued which doesn't prove anything, as there was no proof that it was or wasn't true.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 13:47

Has anyone actually seen Nige since his big win?

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hedgeknight · 17/08/2026 13:29

Darker · 17/08/2026 13:27

Where is the evidence that Count Binface accepted money from Dale, or that he asked other parties to campaign for him?

He is a satirist. His comedy, and commentary, fails if he doesn’t have freedom to criticise any party or politician.

I am sure @MyKittyKatty will provide it soon.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 13:28

Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 13:21

I've had a nice message from MNHQ. They like the idea of a Q&A with Count Binface and are going to talk to the Press office.

Yay! Well done.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 13:27

Where is the evidence that Count Binface accepted money from Dale, or that he asked other parties to campaign for him?

He is a satirist. His comedy, and commentary, fails if he doesn’t have freedom to criticise any party or politician.

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MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 13:26

Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 13:21

I've had a nice message from MNHQ. They like the idea of a Q&A with Count Binface and are going to talk to the Press office.

Now that will be interesting.

I'm very keen on the idea of the price of a 99 being capped at 99p and I am curious to know how that will be funded.
If it means me paying more taxes then I'll opt to keep the taxes and buy my own 99s

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 13:25

Brilliant. Thank you @Uricon2.

No it isn’t stalemate @MyKittyKatty. I remember the £180k day offer being made before the by-election and Binface turning it down. Zahawi was lying and his lie was exposed. Some of us have longer memories than others.

https://leftfootforward.org/2026/08/count-binface-corrects-reforms-nadhim-zahawi-over-incorrect-claim-he-received-a-180000-donation/

PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2026 13:21

That'll be fun.Grin

Uricon2 · 17/08/2026 13:21

I've had a nice message from MNHQ. They like the idea of a Q&A with Count Binface and are going to talk to the Press office.

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 13:19

PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2026 13:02

As was explicit in your post today at 10:13 for all of us to read.Grin

Well, those of us who bother to read.

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It wasn't proved either way.

One person made an allegation, another denied it.
Stalemate - well, those of us who bother to read.🙂

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PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2026 13:02

Darker · 17/08/2026 12:14

Nadhim gave the interview. CB responded on X.

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As was explicit in your post today at 10:13 for all of us to read.Grin

Well, those of us who bother to read.

PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2026 12:57

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 12:47

posted in error

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MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 12:47

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 12:18

Yes he has been challenged and it’s not true. Why don’t you just read the thread then you wouldn’t have to keep asking questions that have already been answered.

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posted in error

BIossomtoes · 17/08/2026 12:18

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 12:04

So has he been challenged on it and has that been reported?

If not we can only assume that it's true.

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Yes he has been challenged and it’s not true. Why don’t you just read the thread then you wouldn’t have to keep asking questions that have already been answered.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 12:14

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 12:06

Someone else says it was Nadhim Zahawi, so it seems no-one is too sure.

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Nadhim gave the interview. CB responded on X.

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Darker · 17/08/2026 12:13

MyKittyKatty · 17/08/2026 11:59

Attending the "count" is an invitation not a legal summons.

And I think we would all be angry if we were subjects to a plethora of death threats on a regular basis.

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It is convention, and good manners, to turn up and thank the Returning Officer and everyone who has run the election and counted up the votes. More so in this case, the election he triggered.

It’s also important to acknowledge the other candidates and those who voted in the election. As he won the election, he will be representing everyone in the constituency. Not just the people who voted for him.

If he’s worried about death threats he could have given a televised briefing that morning to give these messages. But he didn’t. He cancelled the one that was scheduled.

He goes on about British values, what we fought for in the war etc but he is showing his cards here.

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