Could Count Binface truly pull it off? (Credits: Aaron Chown/PA Wire) ‘I hear it’s the people versus the establishment – a city trader, Putin-admiring professional politician who’s pals with crypto billionaires… versus Count Binface.’ Those are the words of David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister who was taking questions in the House of Commons on behalf of Sir Keir Starmer earlier. It’s stunning how quickly the narrative behind Nigel Farage’s audacious voluntary by-election in Clacton has shifted. With all the major parties pulling out of the race in the hours after the Reform leader’s announcement, the widespread assumption is that his top opponent is now the ‘independent space warrior’ with a bin for a face. And while that may sound silly (because it is), there’s a chance it could move b