Who would you back in the increasingly crowded Clacton contest?

[MyCyanBear]

The Clacton field is up to about fifteen candidates and it has officially passed satire. The Monster Raving Loony Party - 43 years of deliberate absurdity - are now, structurally, the sensible option: they're up against a bin who's leading the national preference polls and a favourite whose only current job is "Steward of the Manor of Northstead", a manor that has not existed for centuries. (That last bit is real — it's how MPs resign. Farage attacked a space warrior for being fictional while holding an imaginary medieval job.)
The finance site's "racing desk" has done a full form guide of the field:
https://trendingsheet.com/article/runners-and-riders-clacton-form-guide
Their note on the Loonies: "They built this course, and now everyone rides on it." Their betting guidance: "the bin, each way."
Genuinely — who's your money on at this point?

A poll would have been nice 😀

Put me and the gang down for Count Binface.

Binface 4 The Win

I had a bet on Count Binface to win last week when he was still 7/1. 😆

Will be voting for binface

Bin it to win it.

That form guide made me laugh 😁

Are you asking who we THINK will win or are you asking who we want to win??
Reform will win, personally I don't particularly care!!

I read the racing desk's form guide and noted the name Corbyn on the undercard. Had to check - yes, the certifiable Piers is standing.

Edited for vocab

Binface all the way!

No way, I assumed that reference was a joke! Hang on...is Martin Bell making a comeback too?!

Being aggressive and contemptuous toward online doesnt look so safe now that we know that psychopaths are reading the vitriol and taking it as permission to bludgeon to death.

Binny McBinface for me.

What are the actual Clayton residents saying at this point?

I think we knew prior to AW's murder that psychopaths don't usually need permission to do terrible things.

I'm not saying there isn't an enormous problem with attitudes and rhetoric towards elected reps and candidates online (and elsewhere), but this specific thread wouldn't be where I'd focus my efforts, personally.

On the BBC's more straight-faced list.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlw69p6lyeo

To be fair, the headline reads "A bin, a Fox and a fish finger: The candidates fighting Clacton" so the Beeb is not totally devoid of humour.

Could you explain how you know that daily exposure to widespread spewing of contempt doesn’t tip closet psychopathology into overt action?

The bin to win 🏅

Excellent

Laughing at candidates in an election that looks more and more like a comedy sketch isn't contempt, and it certainly isn't incitement to violence.

I quite like the idea of a fish finger winning.

The Bin for the Win

Well no, because a) I don't have to and b) that's not what I'm saying.

I don't live anywhere near Clacton but it'd be voting for Binface if I did!

Bin FaceTime.

I am exasperated at the other attention seeking ‘novelty’ candidates. They will split the vote and rob Clacton of the ultimate power of satire.

Binface over Frogface every time