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10,000% swing to Count Binface

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MyThreeWords · 14/08/2026 07:14

Binface has announced that, compared to when he stood against Burnham, the swing towards him was 10,000%. Not too shabby.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/14/clacton-byelection-nigel-farage-count-binface-reform-uk-finances-donations-investigation-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a7eabbf8f08d002b566ac25#block-6a7eabbf8f08d002b566ac25

Clacton byelection: Farage beats Count Binface but skips result announcement – UK politics live

Reform UK leader said he would not attend vote count in byelection he tried to frame as the ‘people versus the establishment’

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/14/clacton-byelection-nigel-farage-count-binface-reform-uk-finances-donations-investigation-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a7eabbf8f08d002b566ac25#block-6a7eabbf8f08d002b566ac25

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MyThreeWords · 14/08/2026 07:18

Farage didn't bother to show up. 'Out for the count' in more ways than one.

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AutumnCrowsMusings · 14/08/2026 07:23

I just looked at the turnout and %. That’s hardly a big mandate for Farage.

And anyway, there’s still the matter of that five million quid … that’s not going away.

What a waste of money this by-election has been. But Binface has been entertaining.

WhatAMarvelousTune · 14/08/2026 07:31

MyThreeWords · 14/08/2026 07:18

Farage didn't bother to show up. 'Out for the count' in more ways than one.

He’s such a baby "I am damned if I am going to stand on a stage, having won a resounding victory... and be demeaned and humiliated by nobodies,"

Then he also said the police told him not to go. Which isn’t true.

Svelty · 14/08/2026 07:38

What an absolute waste of time and money. He doesn’t need ‘nobodies’ to humiliate him, he’s done a perfectly good job of it himself. Baffling.

battairzeedurgzome · 14/08/2026 07:40

So Farage can't even be bothered to turn up and thank the people who voted for him and the people who counted the votes. That is absolutely typical of the man.

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