Count Binface is refusing to deny that he lives 400 million light years from Clacton

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The Clacton by-election has its first scandal. The only man standing against Farage (Count Binface) is under fire for refusing to relocate to the constituency. His campaign's defence: he has "been entirely transparent — his address is published in light years."
The same finance site that "endorsed" him last week has the full story, including divided residents ("at least the bin's honest about not living here. Some of them pretend") and a costing of his pledge to nationalise Adele: £0, because "she is already a national asset." The regulator would be called Ofdele.
https://trendingsheet.com/article/count-binface-400-million-light-years-clacton
Asked on the Today programme what his appeal to voters was, he replied "I'm not Nigel Farage" — which their fact-checking desk "has examined and found to be accurate."
Ridiculous times. Is anyone else weirdly invested in this by-election now?

Love this,!

Have you seen what he looks like under the bin?

It's just bollocks. A distraction. The press should grow the fuck up and the electorate should not accept being infantilised and treated with contempt by untouchables.

Disagree. Humour is a priceless tool to keep power in check.

What’s bollox is Farage insulting his constituents by telling them their vote wasn’t good enough the last time and they need to go through the whole hoopla again to salve his fragile ago, and show a man who can’t be bothered to actually do the job he’s being paid to do that they still love him because they think he’ll ’stop the boats’.

What’s bollox is that the taxpayer is being charged £250k for this folly designed to distract the electorate from allegations that he’s breaking regulations by not declaring that he’d been bought by a dodgy crypto billionaire to the tune of £5m and a boy who has spent time federal prison for fraud.

What’s bollox is that Farage knows he’ll be voted back in. He will, regardless of who’s standing against him. The people of Clacton love him and he could fuck a pig live on national television and they’d still vote him in. By doing this now instead of after the outcome of the investigation he’s put them in the position where they’ll probably have to vote for him a third time. He has no respect at all for their time or loyalty.

What’s bollox is that it’s Farage who has caused this situation by his stupid actions and while it would be hilarious if he lost his seat, he won’t and he’ll still be the MP at the end of this ridiculous charade, but at least this way a light has been shone that probably wouldn’t otherwise. We might at least be a little wiser. Some of us anyway.

Also, anyone else find a high degree of correlation between (genuinely) ‘funny people’ and ‘good people’. Critically those who can laugh at themselves. Which, to run as ‘count binface’, you probably have to be able to do.

I expect he uses an instantaneous translocation device, so trying to make a scandal out of this is barrel scraping (bin scraping?) on the part of Reform.

Binface is what we all need right now.

I think the connection is probably self-awareness and similar qualities.

I am weirdly invested yes. I think it's hilarious. @Damnloginpopup the bollocks distraction is the fact that it's happening at all. Farage has called this by election to try to get away from the corruption investigation he was being subjected to as an MP which has stopped now he has resigned. But if he wins this by election the investigation will restart and if it concludes that he acted improperly (which it's pretty clear he did) the outcome will be another by election in a few weeks time. Farage is a ridiculous joke and Count Binface is quite right to turn this farce into an opportunity for comedy rather than allowing Farage to pretend to be serious.

This is the clearest case for tactical voting there's ever been.

If I lived there, I'd be voting Binface.

l assume you are referring to Farrage!

Binface is the perfect foil to Weaselface.

Noo. Most (male) comedians seem to be wrecked egotists aggressively in search of mass validation.

(Which is pretty much the profile of many politicians I suppose)

Key word = genuinely.

This is true and it costs £350k a time. Boring for Frags is a guarantee of another by-election in a few months.

Clacton is a pretty deprived area and Farage doesn't attend office or do anything for the residents there. Count binface has said he would take the role seriously (despite the commute). I hope people will turn up and vote for him.

But, I guess I would also say I’d rather someone seek validation through laughter than manipulation and lying.

I know a strong manifesto when I see one.

Yeeoooh! Up da bins!

Just a wee bit of support from NI🤣

I expect Farage will pull out of the election while spinning a story about how they are all out to get him. You can see it already in how he’s talking about the investigation saying it won’t be fair.
Ge’ll go back to carping at politics from the sidelines/America.

He already resigned. So it means giving up his seat entirely and leaving it to Binface and the independants. If that happens, I really hope the rest of Reform realise how much he played them. I also wonder if there is that much money in America. He'd be a small fish in a big pond and much less.interesting as a former MP for somewhere none of them has ever heard of than the "PM in waiting"/"great disrupter". Plus, Lowe seems to be rapidly becoming the flavour of the day over there.
It would be very ironic if, while abandoning his Reform followers, he found himself abandoned in turn.

I bet Binface would still spend more time in Clacton than Farage.

Breaking news… I hear that Captain Binface may have purchased his helmet with funds from Lord Xenon’s third cousin’s wife’s intergalactic space currency which may breach rules on political donations. HOWEVER, you can show your support by voting for Binface and giving the human establishment a good kicking because humans have controlled the strings of Earth politics for way too long.

I am weirdly invested. Behind the bin is a very well educated and extremely quick, sharp brain. He makes some good political points in his interviews and shines a light on Farage and his ridiculous expensive tantrum. Well done that dustbin.

I also think capping the price of a flake cone at 99 p is a vitally important economic policy.