Pilot draws eight-mile-long bin above Clacton ahead of Farage by-election

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 9, 2026 12:22pm Updated August 9, 2026 12:22pm The bin was traced off the Clacton coast yesterday afternoon (Picture: Flightradar/Count Binface) With just four days to go until Clacton goes to the polls in Nigel Farage’s by-election, one pilot has gone to extreme lengths to apparently endorse the Reform leader’s biggest rival. Since all the major parties pulled out of the vote in the hours after Farage announced his resignation last month, Count Binface has emerged as the unlikely top choice for his critics in the constituency. The ‘independent space warrior’ – who has previously run against Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham – set out his manifesto two weeks ago. And it appears to have one him at least one big fan, with a pil