Farage and Count Binface go head-to-head in snap British poll

CLACTON-ON-SEA, Britain - Counting started on Aug 13 in an English by-election pitting hard-right leader Nigel Farage against a joke candidate named Count Binface in a vote dismissed by some residents as a “farce”.Farage, who triggered the vote by resigning the parliamentary seat he had held since 2024 over an investigation into his finances, is up against Binface and dozens of other fringe candidates in the Clacton constituency of eastern Essex.The vote has been shunned by Britain’s main political parties, including the ruling Labour, as a stunt by the Reform UK leader – once touted as a potential prime minister – to dodge scrutiny of his dealings.That has left candidates such as Binface – the alter ego of comedian Jon Harvey – to grab the attention.Analysts predict a win for Farage – but