Who is Count Binface? The 'independent space warrior' taking on Nigel Farage
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Who is the man behind the bin?

Count Binface is the only candidate to declare he will take on Mr Farage in Clacton so far.

Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and Restore Britain have all said they will not field candidates in the by-election.

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
    59·
    1 day ago

    Binface could easily do better than Farage has. I mean, it’s not exactly a high bar.

    Farage barely shows his face there and almost never in Parliament.

    You can guarantee that Binface would be more than willing to show up in both places frequently. He might even go so far as to represent Clacton properly. Perish the thought!

    (I can imagine that if he won they wouldn’t let him into the Commons due to not being dressed sensibly and then refusing to recognise him if he does so, because that’s the sort of dirty trickery I’d expect from Parliament. So I’d be very interested to see what he does in order to comply with both directives at the same time.)

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 hours ago

      Didn’t Mexico have a similar issue a year or so ago?

      Someone ran and was elected under his mexican wrestling persona. He attended parliament with his mask on. He insisted, since he was elected under his masked persona, he would attend parliament under it.

      He originally did it because cartels had targeted MPs, and he ran on an anti cartel manifesto.

    • Olap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      23 hours ago

      Yes, I had the same thought. He could wear a shirt of himself perhaps, or perhaps plastic bin armour (which probably isn’t against rules, you must only surrender your sword). Or of course, de-mask during the acceptance speech and then request that his oath is taken solely with the costume, representing his mandate from the elected people of Clacton as a compromise. Or refuse his seat without the bin. Can hardly be worse than Farage in this regard