Carol Vorderman urges Clacton voters to back 'Banksy of Politics' Count Binface in Farage by-election battle

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Plane spends 30 minutes off the Essex coast marking out shape of a bin in apparent tribute to Nigel Farage’s rival A pilot has traced the shape of a bin with their flight path near Clacton before Count Binface challenges Nigel Farage in a byelection on Thursday. The light aircraft spent around half an hour between 2,10

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It is not known who piloted the plane, which spent around half an hour drawing the flight path on Saturday

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

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Mike Baldwin, Raven Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield.

Kemi Badenoch sends letter telling Clacton voters they 'deserve better' than Nigel Farage despite failing to field Tory candidate  GB News

BBC Verify takes a look at the serial candidates standing in Clacton, how they fared in previous elections, and whether they have ever won enough votes to get their deposits back.