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Count Binface
- josefritzishere 4mo agoI would vote for a trashbin before Farage.
- BLKNSLVR 4mo agoI wish Count Binface all the best for the Clacton by-election. Edited to add: Some of my favourite commentary around this by-election is along the lines of: A fundamentally un-serious candidate with no coherent policies or political experience running against Count Binface.
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- whh 4mo agoI, for one, am ready for FFS1 & nationalising Adele.
- blitzar 4mo agoFinally someone willing to stand up and make the tough decisions about the hand dryer in the gents' toilet at the Crown & Treaty, Uxbridge.
- starshadowx2 4mo agoVote Bin, not rubbish!
- WalterGR 4mo ago(In the US, his name would translate as Count Trash Can-Face or Count Garbage Can-Face.)
- josemanuel 4mo agoSame in the UK. If you look at his pic, you’ll see it’s literal!
- JumpCrisscross 4mo ago"Bin," generally, isn't British English. We have recycling bins, for instance.
- gwerbin 4mo agoYes but in the USA a "bin" usually refers to a generic category of containers, often rectangular. A "recycling bin" is a specific kind of bin, and it's almost always qualified as such. If you called it a "bin" out of context people would be confused or think you're trying to be British or something.
- georgemcbay 4mo agoYeah, I'd say it exists in a linguistic grey-zone where understanding is a lot more common than usage. Practically no American ever calls a garbage can a "bin" (though like you say we do have a concept of generic 'bins') but a lot of Americans will immediately know what you mean if you say it, sort of like "flat" and "apartment" (nobody calls them flats in the US, but many people know what you're talking about if you say it).
- zabzonk 4mo ago> isn't British English. Eh? Most commonly uttered words in UK English: "Have you put the bins out?"
- titanomachy 4mo agoHe means not exclusively British English
- dyauspitr 4mo agoWith this much memery he would probably win the presidential election in the US.
- actionfromafar 4mo agoNah, I think Americans are more into cruelty as entertainment.
- wxw 4mo ago> I’m an intergalactic space warrior and leader of the Recyclons from planet Sigma IX. Ok you have my vote.
- D_Alex 4mo ago>Policies include building one affordable house. Mine too.
- JumpCrisscross 4mo ago"Harvey previously stood as a similar character, Lord Buckethead, but was forced to create a new character due to a dispute with the filmmaker Todd Durham, who owns the Buckethead character" [1]. (The videos on this website are worth the watch. Hilarious, of course. But also...Binface conjugates Latin to Sky News, and not just as a bit. I don't know how I feel about the British comedy candidate outclassing half of the American elected leadership–and a good fraction of its industrial leadership–on IQ.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Binface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Binface
- BLKNSLVR 4mo agoExcerpt from linked page: > I came to Earth in 2017 and stood against Prime Minister Theresa May (as ‘Lord Buckethead’). Then in 2018, after an unfortunate battle on the planet Copyright, I rewspawned in my true form as Count Binface.
- unfitted2545 4mo agoI think it's so interesting he was a scriptwriter for "The Thick of It", a satirical comedy about British politics
- flopsamjetsam 4mo agoThat is excellent, and explains much!
- dofm 4mo agoFWIW I don’t at all think it’s wrong for people to pick up on whether this would make him a good representative of Clacton were he to win (which isn’t going to happen and he surely thinks it is not). Part of Clacton is relatively well off; part of the wider constituency (Jaywick) is genuinely deprived on a national scale, and they really do need an MP that bothers to understand them and that they can relate to. Farage is absolutely manipulating and exploiting them for his own benefit; he uses their concerns to give himself a way to play on the national stage but he is a pretty terrible MP (though he’s not the only politician to forget they have a local constituency). But if Binface could win, I don’t think it’s at all wrong to question whether the man under the bin is going to be good for them. His job, I think, is to expose Farage’s lies and insecurities.
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- blast 4mo agoPrior art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface
- breppp 4mo agoI thought that's the prior art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment
- rf15 4mo agoLord Buckethead is much older than Boaty McBoatface.
- rjsw 4mo agoBetter prior art [1], in an actual election. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Drummond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Drummond
- manarth 4mo agoAlso members of the Original Monster Raving Loony Party, who have achieved multiple seats, including Mayor of Ashburton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party#Electoral_performance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_...
- lproven 4mo agoStill no: "Lord Buckethead" first stood in 1987, some 15 years before the "H'Angus the monkey" campaign in 2002.
- Lio 4mo agoActually the prior art is Screaming Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Looney Party[1] who started in 1963. As a former Monster Raving Looney I have decided to defect to the Binface Party based on their sensible policies on the hand dryer in the Uxbridge Crown & Treaty pub. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch
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- mellosouls 4mo agoRelated mini-discussion the other day: Farage left fighting a trash can as the UK populist's election gamble backfires https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48848034 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48848034
- llimos 4mo agoThere's a long tradition in the UK of comedy candidates, notably the Monster Raving Loony Party. There's even some talk of a potential Loony-Bin alliance.
- onion2k 4mo agoThe difference in this instance is that all of the major parties have stood aside, leaving the Clacton by-election as a race between Nigel Farage and Count Binface. Essentially it's turned into an election between Farage and anyone-but-Farage. I sincerely hope the best alien wins.
- stavros 4mo agoI don't understand what this is, can someone explain? Clacton seems to be a town in the UK, are they campaigning for mayor? What's the relevance, why is Farage even involved?
- 13hours 4mo agoRepresentatives in the UK parliament are elected to represent a constituency, mostly the size of a town. In this case the constituency of Clanton is having a by-election (special election), because the representative resigned. With reading up on why this happened.
- stavros 4mo agoThanks!
- clort 4mo agoFarage is the current MP for Clacton. He has resigned because he is being investigated for taking massive amounts of dodgy money and not declaring it. He thinks he claimed the upper hand by saying that the voters would decide if that was ok or not, but the other parties have declined to participate. Now, it is a battle between himself and an alien being with a bin for a face. Notably, if he is re-elected, the Parliamentary Standards Committee will simply continue their investigation into his dodgy finances.
- gib444 4mo ago£3-6 croissants are a travesty and £1.10 price capping is the most sensible thing I've heard for decades. And that hand dryer is in an AWFUL position More seriously, he actually seems like a decent guy. This is a really touching and personal history which gets into his motivations and his life https://archive.ph/61Ecw https://archive.ph/61Ecw
- thih9 4mo agoNovelty candidates sometimes get elected, e.g. Stuart Drummond. > Drummond immediately decided to concentrate on politics and ceased being H'Angus; he was quoted as saying, "I am Stuart Drummond, I am the Mayor of Hartlepool, not the monkey." Drummond was re-elected in 2005, more than doubling his vote (up to over 16,000) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H'Angus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H'Angus
- TomK32 4mo agoHe was re-elected once more in 2009 and because the English have a really weird political system, the direct election of mayor was abolished by a vote in 2012 making him the first, last and only directly elected mayor the town ever had.
- GeoAtreides 4mo agoNot only do they get elected, sometimes they become heroes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
- Cthulhu_ 4mo agoDon't think they intended to be a novelty or parody candidate though. Just someone famous for something else turning to politics, just like Schwarzenegger.
- taran_narat 4mo agoThis person is hilarious, for non-UK people who are wondering what this is, this is a joke candidate for an MP who is getting a lot of attention because of the political system in the UK not working very well. This YouTube video has sort of started this off recently and made him go viral https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MCCVt8IhJkA&pp=ygUHQmluZmFjZQ%3D%3D&ra=m https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MCCVt8IhJkA&pp=ygUHQmluZmFjZQ%...
- stingraycharles 4mo agoWhat I find interesting is that he seems to be the only candidate? Aren’t there actual political parties that could have produced legitimate candidates?
- gostsamo 4mo agoThere were but decided not to stand candidates, likely fearing humiliating defeat.
- esskay 4mo agoYeah no, if thats your takeaway then you've severely misunderstood the situation. They dont expect, nor want to win that seat. They want Nige to win it back so he's held accountable as thats in their interest. And then when he's likely ousted later this year they'll all run when theres another election.
- robin_reala 4mo agoThe election was triggered because a populist politician being investigated for corruption decided to step down, triggering an election so that he could run again to theoretically prove that he was who the people wanted regardless of the corruption investigation. This backfired when every other party refused to field a candidate (that is, to go along with his plan), apart from Binface. So Farage’s “me vs the establishment” commentary is not going as he expected.
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- deanc 4mo agoFarage is polarising. I think there is a genuine chance that tactical voters can rally behind a candidate who feasibly can get the votes. However, you have to remember this is an election for a representative of a constituency. The people in Clacton are voting for a candidate that will represent their needs in parliament. I don't think the left are going to vote for Binface as although it would be the biggest FU in history, the antidote to Farage-ism, it won't offer them change in their area - and won't give them a voice in parliament, which Farage has done.
- hdgvhicv 4mo agoFarage has not given them a voice in parliament. He’s barely been in the country. He’s spoken 41 times in parliament in 2 years, almost entirely on national issues. My own back bench opposition MP (lib dem) has spoken over 400 times. The next constituency over (Tory) has spoken 1000 times, both raising local issues. Binface would give Clacton a far higher profile. A literal bin would. There’s no other candidate those anti Farage could vote for.
- deanc 4mo agoI just want to preface this by saying he's a repugnant, awful human being and potentially is going to be one of the worst things that ever happens to the UK. But... that's exactly what people in Clacton voted him in for. He was never going to represent their local interests - I think a lot of the locals realise that now. They care more about "immigration" and race-baiting than they care about the pot holes on their roads. This is the reality of modern politics. My comment was more about the people who will never vote Reform, than the people that did.
- Havoc 4mo agoI hope he wins the upcoming election. Won’t but one can hope… The actual politician he’s standing against is an asshole
- VBprogrammer 4mo agoThere is at least some concern within their camp that they could lose the election to a guy with a bin on his head. That for me is a win.
- madaxe_again 4mo agoThere was an interview with him the other day on LBC in which they asked if he wasn’t worried he might have his vote split with the MRLP - Monster Raving Looney Party - but he pointed out quite adroitly that they are just as likely to split reform’s vote, so the more the merrier.
- jayflux 4mo agoHe’s very popular in clacton and his odds to win are like 90%, I doubt anyone in his team are genuinely worried about losing.
- lambdaone 4mo agoIt's the 10% chance they are worried about. Reform is very much the Farage party, and him losing to a bin in their heartland would be catastrophic; he would go from being the presumptive next Prime Minister to a national joke. Binface, ridiculous though it may seem, is going to be the unity candidate for tactical voting, and that's deadly serious from the point of view of those who wish to get Farage out. Even if Farage wins, but with a reduced majority, in an election where the alternatives are fringe or novelty candidates, it will be hard for his dignity to recover.
- another-dave 4mo agoHe'll likely win alright, but at the last GE, he only received 21,225 out of 45,648 votes cast, (so got 47% of the votes on 58% turnout). I think you'll get a non-trivial amount of people voting for Binface either a) because you don't care about politics & think it's funny b) as "anyone but Farage" c) to treat it as a by-election because they think Binface won't take his seat and it'll trigger the 'real byelection' with their preferred party instead.
- frakrx 4mo agoA serious candidate could probably defeat Farage but they are hiding behind this Binface thing and present it as a smart move. Cowards.
- athrowaway3z 4mo agoI think you wildly misunderstand the situation. If what you think is true, why did Farage step down call the election in the first place? It seems rather clear it was a PR stunt he knows he'll win in this district, which lets him distract from his own corruption scandals. But if you think there is some other reason I'd be interesting to hear the theory.
- frakrx 4mo agoA joke candidate with a bincan head has about 15-20% odds of winning this election. A serious candidate from a real party could have a real chance of defeating Farage but seems noone was brave enough. Better play it safe, take no risks and run away from fights. Thats the way forward for UK.
- Hikikomori 4mo agoCount binface is NOT funny.
- Lio 4mo agoThey probably couldn't. Farage is in very safe seat. He wouldn't have called the election otherwise. You don't vote for a comedy character to win an election in a safe seat, because they won't. You vote for Binface because you think Nige is wasting money on a pointless box ticking distraction instead of spending the money locally to fix things. Farage hasn't got much of a sense of humour but if massive majority gets smaller he might spend more time in the area and less time in America on speaking engagements.
- bufio 4mo agoReddit Moment
- sodimel 4mo agoEven the favicon is great!
- ra 4mo agoThe Ipsos poll cited in the first image was a survey of 1,000 uk citizens 18+. It wasn't a poll of 1,000 people in Clacton. It's meaningless and I'm surprised they used it.
- crote 4mo agoIt isn't meaningless, it gives a (very) rough estimate of how the general population feels about it. Coming in third in a two-person poll is... quite rough. You also have to keep in mind that it isn't about Clacton. It is a city of no importance. Farage chose to run there in 2024 because he expected it'd be a slam-dunk for him - and it was. He does literally nothing for the people of Clacton, it is just his entry into the House. On the other hand, Farage is trying to establish himself as the major right-wing option. If he wants to become Prime Minister he'll need to have nationwide support - and the Ipsos poll is a pretty decent indication of how the nation feels about Farage right now.
- athrowaway3z 4mo agoOne of his policies is to build 1 affordable house - which is brilliant.
- isqueiros 4mo agoAt least one! We might even get two.
- amiga386 4mo agoIn case you're wondering why there's so much interest in the Count, the reason is his opponent. Nigel Farage is a populist gobshite. He's in trouble because he refused to declare a £5 million donation from a crypto billionaire, Christopher Harborne. MPs are expected to declare any "gifts" that might sway them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_UK_financial_allegations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_UK_financial_allegation... After Farage took that "gift", he became an MP and lobbied the Bank of England to adopt a stablecoin that Christopher Harborne was heavily invested in. Recently, the press found years and years of undeclared dodgy donations to Farage and his party, many from convicted fraudster "Posh" George Cottrell, author of book How to Launder Money. Sleazy MPs who take bribes are investigated, can be reprimanded, can be recalled by their constituents. Farage is trying to get ahead of the curve by resigning now, then competing in the election for his successor. He's hoping to pause the investigation into his finances, and wants to pull the populist move of "The People support me!" Every major party sees this trap and have boycotted Nigel's self-election. They'll fight him in the next election, after he's recalled for sleaze. Effectively he is standing unopposed... except for the joke candidates. And who better a joke candidate than a quick-witted comedian in a ridiculous outfit? £500 to rip the piss out of Farage for a month is a bargain. The thing populists hate most is being ridiculed and not taken seriously. It really pricks their ego. Will Nigel spend summer arguing with a bin? Will Nigel lose to a bin? That's for the people of Clacton to decide.
- jimbob45 4mo agoIs this the British equivalent of the American Vermin Supreme?
- SideburnsOfDoom 4mo agoKinda, yes, However there is a larger tradition of comedy candidates in the UK than in the USA. See also the Monster Raving Loony Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_... And this sketch from Monty Python in 1970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVI5ZOT5QEM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVI5ZOT5QEM
- Gupie 4mo agoA contest between on one side a comedian with joke policies and on the other side Count Binface!
- ayaros 4mo agoI have so many questions... I wonder how the legalities of this work. If people write in "Count Binface" or if that's the name on the ballot, then if he wins, does that mean Jonathan David Harvey (the actual name of the guy who plays him) is elected? Does Count Binface count as an alias? If not, he required to use that name while in office - or more precisely, is he not considered a member if he goes by his own name? If he goes into the parliament building without his costume, it would be a bit awkward if, say, they were required to address him by his Count Binface alias. Or, perhaps they wouldn't care too precisely about the naming aspect, since everyone knows who he is, but politics is vicious and I'm sure there are plenty who would use any possible legal maneuver to keep him out of parliament. Surely there are laws to handle these kinds of discrepancies around someone's identity... right? Laws that could get him kicked out? If he actually wins, would he try to do some serious good or would he keep the joke going? Should he actually prepare a serious "if I actually win the election" policy list? It would conflict with his joke list since he would be asked more questions about the real one. Or would he just have one big mixed list split 50/50 between jokes and serious ideas?
- flowerbreeze 4mo agoIn my experience in the UK aliases and names are used in a rather flexible way compared to other countries. Anybody can decide on a name and start using it. It's not illegal unless it is done for the purpose of deceiving people. If people commonly use it to refer to them it makes it that person's name for most purposes. Changing the name officially also requires only an affirmation or an oath at a court, although I don't think this would be the case here. I think nobody would care much and the majority of politicians would go along with Count Binface as the proper way of address, because it'd be rude to do otherwise. Not the least because picking a fight with Count Binface would be seen as getting themselves dirty in non-serious politics. Not a very attractive proposition to be perceived as such for most political parties no matter how ridiculous their actions might be otherwise.
- edent 4mo agoThere's no such thing as a "legal name" in the UK. For example, Boris Johnson's first name isnt actually Boris - that's just what he goes by.
- 1a527dd5 4mo agoIf you are interested in a pretty good political discussion - this is worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV5E2UYwUkk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV5E2UYwUkk
- logifail 4mo agoNeither Binface nor Farage have any answers for the problems the UK appears to be facing; this election feels like something specifically designed to create material for viewers of Have I Got News For You[0] to laugh at. From The Atlantic: "The [UK's] output per person is now only just above that of Mississippi, America’s poorest state - and that slight lead is only achieved thanks to London. Outside the capital, in places where tourists do not visit, living standards fall well below Mississippi’s"[1] According to the IEA, the UK has the highest industrial electricity prices of the 25 IEA countries reporting data.[2] Hinkley Point C is routinely described as the most expensive nuclear power station ever built, four times the average for South Korean plants. Guaranteed pricing originally £92.50/MWh (2012 prices), now equivalent to around £133/MWh (2025 prices), inflation-linked for 35 years...[3] HS2 is consistently ranked as the most expensive high-speed rail on the planet.[4] [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mkw3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mkw3 [1] How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi - A case study in self-sabotage https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity... [2] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68da5e91dadf7616351e4b5e/quarterly-energy-prices-september-2025.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68da5e91dadf7... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_... [5] https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/hs2-reset https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/hs2-reset
- ealexhudson 4mo agoIn what ways do you expect a candidate for MP for Clacton to address the various calamities you mention?
- askvictor 4mo agoSame way that any candidate would I guess. It's how the Westminster system works; members advocate for their constituency within a broader parliamentary system.
- Barbing 4mo ago>Outside the [UK’s] capital, in places where tourists do not visit, living standards fall well below Mississippi’s That is so sad and even somewhat shocking.
- prohobo 4mo agoI don't understand why the mainstream is celebrating the total collapse of any meaningful political opposition to populists. This kind of fluffed-up 2010's style optimism campaign is exactly how the establishment lost control in 2016 in both the US and the UK. I think it's sad that Binface is the only one even attempting to engage in democracy at this point. He's a satire but he's also, seemingly, the only legitimate opposition that populists face. That should be concerning and embarrassing, but no one has learned anything over the past 10 years. So, what happens when Binface loses? Are they just going to try to put Farage in prison like they're doing with the other populists? That'll surely help. And if he does somehow win, what then? Doesn't that also prove that populism is the only viable strategy? Either way people are celebrating their own defeat.
- Neil44 4mo agoI think the strategy in leaving Farage to only face Binface is that win or loose it makes Farage look like an idiot. He wanted to get credibility back by getting re-elected after the recent scandal and this binface thing robs him of that.
- johneth 4mo agoThe other parties aren't standing in this particular byelection because they (correctly) realise that it's just a media stunt by Farage, who is attempting to paint himself as a victim of establishment harassment (while being the epitome of 'the establishment' himself). By not standing, and forcing Farage to run against joke candidates, they've made a fool of him (which generally harms populists more than anything else you can throw at them). The other parties have all said that they will run candidates against Farage in the almost inevitable second byelection that will by triggered later when parliament finishes its investigation into his corruption and punishes him for it.
- prohobo 4mo agoThis doesn't make a fool of Farage though! It clarifies to anyone already skeptical of the establishment that when pushed, they'd rather not play than risk losing. This is literally self-defeating! You claim that this kind of thing "generally harms populists more than anything else," but I can't think of a single time that it actually has at the scale that matters. What would harm populists would be a viable alternative that takes the concerns of the population seriously.
- nephihaha 4mo agoCount Binface went to Oxbridge apparently, so if he gets in, he'll still be part of the establishment. Not really sure he's any wiser about working class life than Nigel Farage (being part of the Galactic aristocracy doesn't help much either.) However, I did like his suggestions to build at least one affordable home and rename HS2, the FFS1.
- fakedang 4mo agoI mean better Oxbridge than being just a high-school graduate like Farage is, who got his first job as a trader thanks to daddy's connections in the City.
- nephihaha 4mo agoEntry to Oxford and Cambridge Universities is by interview, which is the part people forget. Yes, some bright people do go there, but they take a disproportionate amount of private school children. I wouldn't be surprised if Binface went to boarding school like Farage did. Oxbridge is as much a part of the establishment as Eton and Westminster School. Very few people go to these places yet they are overrepresented in the political classes.
- fakedang 4mo agoBut you have to pass the interview! Doubt poncey Farage could've done that, else he would have. Or maybe the interviewer was confused on how to pronounce his surname - is it pronounced "Faraajh" like a pretentious Frenchman, or "Farridge".
- gpderetta 4mo agodamage control in full swing already?
- nephihaha 4mo agoI'm not exactly a Farage supporter. LOL. Never voted UKIP or Reform, but did vote remain. But yeah, Count Binface wouldn't exactly survive five minutes on a council estate. So Dulwich boy vs Oxbridge Boy. For Americans...One went to an exclusive private high school and the other went to an exclusive university. Binface is fond of quoting Latin phrases which puts him into Boris Johnson territory, and is a posh boy's trait.
- squidbeak 4mo agoI see from the comments here many Americans especially are confused by this situation. Some background might make help. Farage seems to have broken Parliamentary Rules (laid down after the cash for questions scandal in the 1990s) by accepting large sums of money as gifts - but without declaring them, something all MPs are required to do for any gift. But worse, one of these gifts came from a convicted crypto felon. The Parliamentary standards committee seemed likely to suspend him or order a recall by-election as a result. Nigel's aim in preempting this near-inevitability was apparently to use the media spotlight the by-election would give him to dominate the summer headlines and present himself as a man-of-the-peeps martyr-rebel under mean & outrageous establishment persecution (rather than just the rich little chancer he is, on the make, with the murkiest of murky connections). If he could hammer this impression into the public imagination, they'd then be deaf to any subsequent findings from the Parliamentary Standards Committee. In other words he thought this little manoeuvre could turn a damaging problem and weakness into a strength. Unfortunately for Nige, the other parties understood this, & instead have left him to play all summer long with the jokers and silly parties, looking like a laughingstock. So as you see, there's nothing anti-democratic about it. If he wins, he will still face the suspension and recall election that was coming anyway. But as part of procedure - not on the terms he's trying to set with this little stunt.
- gib444 4mo agoAnd we know what you all are thinking: only £5m, how pathetic. I get you. Farage is still learning, on his frequent visits to the US. Give him time. We definitely are the weaker and more pathetic side of the Atlantic when it comes to corruption in our politics at the moment. We do bow to your superiority in this area.
- pjc50 4mo agoThe inability to do broadcast TV political adverts (outside of the PPB framework) really cuts down on the money involved in UK politics. But one effect of that (and purchasing power parity) is that UK MPs are really cheap to bribe.
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- zombot 4mo agoHe doesn't happen to have an American twin? Would be urgently needed.
- RattlesnakeJake 4mo agoAs an American, I'm mildly jealous of the Brits' usage of "bin" for garbage cans. It's so succinct as to be appropriately dismissive, while we seemingly sanctify the idea with complex terms like "Wastebasket," "Trash/Garbage Can," or (worst of all) "Trash Receptacle." "Binface" wouldn't be nearly as funny using an American term.
- oniony 4mo agoWe use bin to mean any largish container, so shops have clothes bins, factories have parts bins, &c. Bin is also short for rubbish bin (the smaller ones in the home) or dustbin (the larger ones outside). Weirdly we rarely use either of garbage or trash. Even the lorries we call refuse trucks.
- sporkland 4mo agoWhile I appreciate how deservedly hated all of our politicians are, isn't it such a sad state of affairs that we can't find trustworthy folks to lead these critical institutions?
- QuiEgo 4mo agoIt’s nice to have a story that makes me laugh and smile about politics. It’s been a long, long time.
- tim333 4mo agoBinface certainly differs with Farage on the virtues of Brexit. Here he is at the Oxford Union https://youtu.be/0Vlew9R2s2A?t=66 https://youtu.be/0Vlew9R2s2A?t=66
- keeda 4mo agoGlad to see he's recovered from his little flesh wound.