The Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov
    • milkisklim@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Serious question. Say that does happen, what then? Binface isn’t a real person, but kind of a national joke like Jedi on the religion choices. If the count were to win, who if anyone would actually represent or would there need to be another election?

      • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        4 months ago

        IIRC Count Binface is an actual British citizen who stands at elections, having changed his name by deed poll and appearing only in costume. His platform is obviously a joke, but there is a tradition of candidates running on joke platforms against high-profile candidates in the UK.

        If Binface got elected, he’d either sit in parliament and serve his constituents as local MP, well or otherwise, or resign and cause another by-election to be held. I’m guessing that he’d at least try to be a constituency MP, possibly still in costume.

        • milkisklim@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          Huh TIL, the only thing I had known about him before this was the Matt Parker video where Matt was the count’s official vote tally rep

      • meejle@piefed.worldEnglish
        111·
        4 months ago

        Clacton already voted for a national joke who does nothing to represent them, it’d be business as usual 👍

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        8·
        4 months ago

        If he’s allowed to stand he’s allowed to win. Boris Johnson didn’t run under his real name either.

  • rants_unnecessarily@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    So, someone please explain to me. Why is Count Binface the only opponent? I read that the other major parties aren’t nominating anyone against Farage. But why? Do they want him to win?

    • okwithmydecay@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Farage framed this by-election as the “people versus the establishment”, however, all the other parties consider this by-election to be a farce.

        • Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.appEnglish
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          4 months ago

          He was already in, if he wins, society hasn’t gotten any worse. Farage wants a circus, they’re just not participating. There’s now one anti-farage vote, so that’s not split giving the anti-farage the best chance of winning. Typically, the anti-establishment is one of Farage’s talking points, but now he’s up against a bin… All he’s fighting is against a bin… If you’re truely ‘fuck politics’, you’re voting for the bin.

          If Farage loses to Count Binface however… A circus he wanted, a circus he got.