Five-million Farage has flounced out of parliament in order to pause the investigations into his alleged corruption, but other major parties are refusing to contest the resulting by-election, potentially leaving him facing Count Binface as his biggest rival. With the British public’s love of the underdog and refusing to do what’s expected - remember Boaty McBoatface? - I wouldn’t bet against it being Count Binface MP soon.
Good, that’s the only way to play this one.
The other alternatives: if all parties had contested it would split the vote. Any united progressive candidate would have trouble winning in Clacton. An all-party backed opposition candidate would have been unlikely and would easily be painted as “the establishment” by Farage.
As things are: an independent novelty candidate might actually have the best chance, small as it may be, of beating Farage if they can capture all the protest vote (the absolute majority of Clacton didn’t vote Farage in the last election). Or worst, most likely, case Farage wins a hollow victory unopposed by major parties, he hasn’t made his point, things stay the same only now he’s seen as wasting everyone’s time.
Wow, so they actually did it. Bully for them.
Binface vs Frogface.
Worst case of Binface losing still means Five Mil Frogface having his finances investigated.
Who knows, if they find enough dirt, it might even turn into a criminal investigation, given the laundering accusations.
Surely he must have taken money from the Russians just like his mate did.
I bet there’s some newspaper out there just sitting on this story waiting for the optimum time to spring it. Which will be just before the election. I’d actually be prepared to put money on that.
Farage having a close election with count binface is going to be funny
I want to know if Count Binface would actually take his seat if he won.
He could be Martin Bell V2.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bell#Independent_politician
I remember the man in the white suit.
I really would like to see how the establishment handled that situation. That’d be all for political reform after that.