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D-Day for Farage and Count Binface in UK poll

Polls show that Count Binface could win up to 20% of the votes in the Clacton by-election that Nigel Farage is contesting unopposed by any other major party candidates. (Photo: AFP)

LONDON - Voters in eastern England head to the polls on Thursday for a by-election triggered by hard-right Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, but amid a boycott by mainstream parties his main rival is a joke candidate called Count Binface.

The traditional parties have shunned the contest for the Clacton parliamentary seat — represented by Farage since July 2024 — denouncing his move to resign and launch a new vote as a stunt.

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