Count Binface makes election broadcast from ‘edge of space’ ahead of Clacton vote

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 10, 2026 1:24pm Updated August 10, 2026 1:25pm Count Binface crossed the final frontier for his latest election stunt (Picture: Count Binface) Nigel Farage’s top opponent in the Clacton by-election Count Binface has kicked off the week of the vote with a very on-brand party political broadcast. The self-styled ‘intergalactic space warrior’ has been given 25/1 odds of beating the Reform UK leader in Thursday’s election by bookmaker Ladbrokes. And in a bid to convince Essex voters to hand him a seat in the House of Commons, he’s now sent a message from the edge of space. Or, almost. A tiny screen with Binface’s bin face on it was sent to the edge of space, while the leader of the Recyclons presumably stayed safely on the planet’s surfac