Vote Count Binface to say no to corruption and self servicing narcissists....

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It's time we got rid of the likes of Trump and Farage who build their wealth whilst taking advantage of their positions of power. They should be serving the public not increasing their bank balance.

People of Clacton you have a chance to stand up and say no to corruption. Kick Farage out.

Honestly, no. While I agree with you on NF and in the face of Lab and Cons saying they wont stand a candidate it's tempting, voting Binface would effectively leave Clacton without an MP and we don't need more farce in parliament. We need adults. Best hope is that a decent independent comes from somewhere who actually has the constituency's interests in mind.

Farage has said that this fake by-election is an opportunity for people to stick two fingers up at "the establishment".

If the people of Clacton want to do this, I can't think of a better way of them doing so than rejecting the corrupt, millionaire former banker and public schoolboy and electing Count Binface as their MP.

It's a shame that our democracy has descended into this level of farce, and that taxpayer money is being wasted on a Farage PR stunt that seems to have so badly backfired on him.

I don't think electing Count Binface would leave Clacton without an MP. I am sure he would attend to constituency matters, and hold surgeries etc. It would be a bit like H'Angus the monkey when elected Mayor of Hartlepool, Mr Binface would unmask himself and do the job.

They don't have an MP anyway. Farage does fuck all for Clacton. He doesn't hold constituency surgeries and he is hardly ever in parliament. He is too busy with his other more lucrative engagements.

ETA I do agree that a really good independent candidate would be welcome.

Labour and the Conservatives will have to put their grown up pants on and present a candidate.
This crazy idea of leaving a constituency behind, without even bothering to have a candidate shows lack of care for who matter: the citizens of said constituency.
To follow the same game as Farage has started, using the constituency as a piece on a game of politics is not acceptable. The other parties should show that they care, if they do care, about the people behind each seat on Parliament.

Count Binface is Jon Harvey, an Oxford educated TV comedy writer and author. He has said in previous elections that if elected he would move to the constituency. He'd most likely make an excellent MP.

Who says he wouldn't be a great MP. Farage has done NOTHING for Clacton.

I think Count Binface would be a wonderful addition to parliament.
It would look even more like The Muppet Show 😂

They've all said that they will field candidates at the second by-election which will inevitably occur when the standards investigation is concluded.

It is Farage who is using the constituency and wasting taxpayer money for his own political stunt. The others are absolutely right not to engage and I'm glad that they are united on this.

Farage being beaten by Count Binface would be the best thing ever!

Cons/Lab/Lib should get their act together and agree on a single anti-Reform candidate. It would give them an easy-peasy no-brainer sandbox version of the cross-party strategising that would/will become normal if/when we get a proportional voting system

Absolutely. He knows the investigation will end with him being kicked out of parliament. Britain doesn't need a Trump wannabe. Get rid.

Binface would probably be a more effective MP than Farage is.

I genuinely think he would.

As opposed to their current, very effective MP, who attends the HoC for debates and votes for issues he’s said are important? Oh wait…

Obviously an effective independent would be better. But with Labour, Tory, Lib Dem, Green, and Restore all saying they won’t stand, currently it’s Farage or Binface. And if Farage has to stand on a little stage in a sports hall to listen to them announce he’s lost to Count Binface, I think I would never stop laughing. If nothing else, it would be a sign to other politicians that people want an MP who shows up, and who doesn’t resign in an attempt to avoid scrutiny.

I wanted Count Binface to win in Makerfield. Imagine the message that would have sent. It would have been the biggest kick up the backside the political parties have had in years.

I.am not sure anyone could send a louder message to them than that.

This.
I actually think he would do the job if elected.

If Farage wants a people v establishment vote, give him one. Just not the one he thinks he wants.

Binface is more politically savvy than many give credit for. Farage is going to have an election. Laurence Fox has put his name forward as it is.

The BBC etc have an obligation to report on all candidates standing. A few Binface interviews wouldn't be a bad thing. There was one for Makerfield and frankly Binface was brilliant.

So they are positive that Farage will win the byelection and then be thrown out of Parliament. Fully, confidently, positively positive.
I had missed that bit. Thanks for letting me know.
Farage is gambling; a desperate gamble indeed.
But what if other candidate wins? There will not be another byelection then. If the candidate is good and serious about the job, then no problem. But if we are talking of a mockery of democracy..... do the problems of the constituents needing more buses, better access to hospitals an so on have to wait for 2-3 years?

What about the Monster Raving Loonie Party ?

I'm sure they will field a candidate.

I've not seen the latest manifesto but here's an old one to give you a flavour of what is to come...

https://www.loonyparty.com/3515/8736/manicfesto-for-general-election-2024/

I like this more. Much much more.

Fox is standing as well? Interesting.

That will presumably split the far right vote. Does that mean that Binface is in with a real chance?

I would love to see him elected in favour of Farage and Fox.

I also agree with this, indeed.
But I do not know enough about Binface actual political stance and abilities to lead.

Shouldn't people instead of complaining that Labour et al haven't put up a candidate instead be complaining that Farage has triggered this by-election in order to avoid scrutiny of his finances and that he would use any win as a mandate to take bribes 'because the people of Clacton clearly don't care'?

It's absolutely justified that they don't dignify this pantomime by taking it seriously. Farage had a healthy majority, it's likely he would have won again (otherwise he wouldn't have done it) so why not wait the whole thing out and let the inquiry conclude its investigations?

They would have had to wait 2-3 years with Farage as their MP anyway, because at the last election, the people of Clacton unfortunately chose to elect someone who didn't give a toss about their constituency.

Tbh, if they end up with Binface or an independent MP, it will be better than what they have got right now.

But if Farage loses there is no second by-election, is there?