Nigel Farage v Count Binface: Reform leader faces 'trashing' unless he pulls off huge Clacton by-election win

Commentary: The most recent benchmark for success at such a bizarre by-election is gaining over 70% of the vote

Binface, who has run against prime ministers past and present, was the first to throw his bucket in the ring when Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage abruptly quit Parliament.

Farage used a press conference in Westminster to publicly state a new condition for holding discussions with “that party."

The by-election has a record number of candidates standing despite being called just a few weeks ago

Voters will cast their ballots on Thursday in a race in which the former Ukip leader takes on Count Binface

Rupert Lowe REJECTS Nigel Farage's ultimatum as Restore Britain leader stands behind co-founder  GB News

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 10, 2026 1:24pm Updated August 10, 2026 1:25pm Count Binface crossed the final frontier for his latest election stunt (Picture: Count Binface) Nigel Farage’s top opponent in the Clacton by-election Count Binface has kicked off the week of the vote with a very on-b

Highlights from the election platforms of perennial British joke candidate Count Binface  Toronto Star

Count Binface, a comic candidate known for wearing a garbage can on his head, is making waves in a British special election

Timing is everything in comedy and, so it seems, in British politics for a perennial joke candidate who wears a garbage can on his head.

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has urged Parliament to pass disputed electoral reforms that would lower the presidential victory threshold, introduce proportional representation and reserve 30 percent of political leadership positions for women.

A comedian dressed as a trash can is vying for Nigel Farage's seat in Parliament. Count Binface is Oxford-educated Jon Harvey, whose costumed character has become a fixture in U.K. politics.

Nigel Farage will hold a press conference at 11 on Monday morning with his home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf - follow live updates below

Timing is everything in comedy and, so it seems, in British politics for a perennial joke candidate who wears a garbage can on his head.

Count Binface, the man in a can with a plan, seeks Parliament seat in Britain's wackiest election  AP News

Discrepancies have been found between final voter figures and on-site tallies from the June 3 local elections, data acquired by a lawmaker showed Monday, amid a widening probe into irregularities surrounding the elections. The discrepancies were found in 1,971 neighborhoods out of the total 3,558 across the nation for

The prospect of the Reform UK leader being humiliated by Count Binface, a candidate with an eye for black capes and silver headgear, generated global headlines for the way it brought classic farce to British politics.

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

EXCLUSIVE: Experts say Nigel Farage's plan to avoid a probe into his personal finances has 'backfired' as the by-election, in which he's up against Count Binface, has become a 'joke'

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The UK media has been accused of giving far-right leader Nigel Farage an easy ride

The boycott by major parties has opened the door to a host of by-election hopefuls. Here's who's on the metre-long ballot paper...

The Reform UK leader and his deputy lodged papers at the High Court yesterday, seeking damages of 'more than £25,000' from Britain's FBI.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and his deputy Richard Tice are suing the National Crime Agency for allegedly leaking banking information to the media, as their populist right-wing party fights back against escalating scrutiny of its finances.

Nigel Farage’s Reform hit high — but must soon deal with Lowe  The Times

Populist leaders seek more than £25,000 in damages for what they claim was a leak of a probe into money transfers

Emily Price  A Reform Member of the Senedd has insisted his party is “not far-right” while taking part in a podcast that has been condemned for platforming far-right figures. Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr MS Jason O’Connell appeared on the Faith Speaks Louder podcast on Thursday (August 6), with the episode later published

The Tories are not standing in next week's election, triggered by Nigel Farage's resignation.

Reform UK's finance spokesman Robert Jenrick met with U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Friday.