Count Binface: The UK has a history of ‘joke’ candidates with serious ideas

A man in a bin costume standing against the man who forced this election is a small but revealing window into the shifting boundaries of British politics

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his Clacton seat and force a by-election, amid scrutiny over his personal finances, has produced one of the odder spectacles in recent British politics. With every other major party declining to stand and despite a record 34 candidates running, his most prominent chall

Attieh Fard and Andy Erlam make their byelection pitch to voters, but Reform UK’s leader is conspicuously absent In the town square in Clacton, in the blazing midday sunshine, some of the candidates for the upcoming byelection made their pitch to a scattering of potential voters, passing Deliveroo drivers and a giant g

Fifth of voters plan to back Count Binface rather than Nigel Farage  The Times