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Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain's wackiest election

Count Binface, a comedian dressed as a garbage can, is challenging Nigel Farage. The candidate is running in a special election in Clacton-on-Sea. Binface offers a unique platform with absurd and local policy proposals. He aims to provide a fresh alternative to established politicians. The candidate does not expect to…

The Economic Times

Pilot pulls off Count Binface stunt for Clacton byelection

Plane spends 30 minutes off the Essex coast marking out shape of a bin in apparent tribute to Nigel Farage’s rival

The Guardian - UK

Pilot’s flight path draws bin shape above Clacton days before Farage v Count Binface by-election

It is not known who piloted the plane, which spent around half an hour drawing the flight path on Saturday

The Independent UK

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Clacton locals feel disrespected in ‘Farage-vs-Binface’ race

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The Independent UK

Badenoch vows to put forward ‘serious Tory candidate’ in Clacton to face Reform UK – on one condition

The Conservative Party leader made the pledge in an open letter to Clacton voters a week before the by-election

The Independent UK

Clacton by-election poll tracker: Could Count Binface deliver a huge upset to Nigel Farage?

Two thirds of people in Clacton said they would vote for Nigel Farage if the by-election was held tomorrow

The Independent UK

Count Binface’s musical party election broadcast features Toby Carvery, ice cream, and amusements

Count Binface has just released a musical party election broadcast filled with digs at Nigel Farage ahead of the upcoming Clacton by-election.

The Independent UK

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Nigel Farage to face 33 rival candidates in the Clacton by-election

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The Independent UK

Nigel Farage’s popularity is plummeting. In Clacton, voters say they are losing faith

ON THE GROUND : Nigel Farage’s popularity is at its lowest point since the 2024 election, and next week he faces a by-election of his own making. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to voters in Clacton about why they are losing faith in the Reform UK leader

The Independent UK

‘Clacton voters need a serious person’: the independent candidates taking on Nigel Farage – and Count Binface

Attieh Fard and Andy Erlam make their byelection pitch to voters, but Reform UK’s leader is conspicuously absent

The Guardian - UK

Camp Bestival review – Fatboy Slim turns a field of doting parents into crazy party animals

4/5 Robert De Niro, Andy Warhol and Count Binface are AI’d into life around the superstar DJ, while Bastille collide with Bluey at this (very) broad musical event

The Independent UK

New polling reveals Count Binface support ahead of Clacton by-election

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The Independent UK

Count Binface could get 20% of vote in Clacton by-election, new poll shows

Some 20 per cent of Clacton voters to back Count Binface in Nigel Farage’s constituency

The Independent UK

Farage urged to ‘come clean’ as fresh questions raised over £5 million gift

It casts new doubt on his defence for not declaring a £5 million gift from crypto-billionaire and Reform donor Christopher Harborne.

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The Independent UK

Farage urged to ‘come clean’ after facing new questions over £5 million gift

Report casts fresh doubt on Farage’s defence for not declaring a £5 million gift from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne

The National (Scotland)

Count Binface reveals full manifesto ahead of Clacton by-election

Count Binface has revealed his full twenty-point manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election, including standing in at Eurovision

The Independent UK

Labour leapfrogs Reform to lead in the polls for first time in over a year thanks to ‘Burnham bounce’

The More in Common poll appears to confirm that Reform are in crisis as Nigel Farage contests the Clacton by-election against Count Binface and 32 other candidates

The Independent UK

‘It’s no joke!’ Clacton voters can put reversing Brexit back on the table, says ex-MEP running against Farage

John Stevens is running for the Rejoin the EU Party in the Clacton by-election but warns that voters in the Essex constituency do not like the suggestion they will support Count Binface making them ‘the butts of an inside Westminster joke’

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The Independent UK

Reform wouldn’t take Tory reject, Farage says as he calls for voters who think he’s a crook to get rid of him

Nigel Farage is battling 33 candidates, including Count Binface, in the Clacton by-election amid a sleaze scandal

Evening Standard

'Instant karma': Moment heckler shouts abuse at Nigel Farage...then crashes her car

An onlooker can be heard to quip: ‘She won’t be doing that again in a hurry’ after the crash

PC Gamer

Count Binface threatens to nationalize Sega if it doesn't come across with a Shenmue 4 update

The UK's most famous novelty politician took time out from his campaign against Nigel Farage to address a real national problem.

International Business Times UK

Could an Intergalactic Space Warrior Unseat Nigel Farage? The Count Binface Phenomenon Explained

Count Binface, a satirical candidate, gains traction in the Clacton by-election against Nigel Farage, fuelled by public discontent and Farage's recent controversies.

The Conversation

Burnham’s Britain: what kind of country has the UK’s new prime minister inherited?

When Andy Burnham is handed the keys to 10 Downing Street on Monday, the United Kingdom will have its seventh prime minister in the ten years since it voted to leave the European Union.

The National (Scotland)

Record number of candidates sign up for Clacton by-election — see the full list

A TOTAL of 34 candidates have signed up for the Clacton constituency by-election triggered by Nigel Farage after he faced scrutiny of his finances…

The Independent UK

Clacton by-election: Nigel Farage and Count Binface among record number of candidates in crunch vote

Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Restore Britain will not be fielding candidates in this by-election

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