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Count Binface may win Nigel Farage's Seat because the fascists are splitting the vote (hexbear.net)
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Farage is doing some "i can win against the establishment" thing and labour gave up before even trying so now Count Binface is the only opposition of Farage

BREAKING: Labour says it won't stand against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election

As it stands, only Count Binface will run against Farage

They are trying to silence him

🚨 NEW: Parliament has confirmed Count Binface will not be allowed to sit in the Commons wearing his space costume and bin head

Farage vs Count Binface: hard-right leader's UK poll gambit

London (AFP) – British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a by-election after he decided to quit parliament.

His surprise move threatened to backfire Wednesday after other heavyweight parties confirmed they would not contest the vote for Farage's seat in southeast England.

Count Binface, a self-described "intergalactic space warrior", is the only other person to have said so far that they would run.

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[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If this dude wins I’ll take back like five of the rude things I’ve said about English politics over the last 20 years, excluding anything I said about the queen because burn in hell, Bess

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 6 points 1 hour ago

lizzie's in a box kirby-jammin

[–] agentant@hexbear.net 21 points 7 hours ago

Please please this would be so funny timmy-pray

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I actually thought that was a real name because I was just like "yeah, the British have silly names"

[–] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Is he at least a real count?

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 5 points 2 hours ago

Does it even count?

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 10 points 4 hours ago

He's as real as all the other counts

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 17 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

The funniest thing about this whole farce is that Farage isn't even successfully avoiding his investigation with this. They've come out and said "the investigation is suspended but can and will be restarted if he is re-elected".

He's avoided nothing, made himself look like a total prat, gone red faced with rage multiple times on the tv which doesn't cut well with the average british public, he's falling apart.

He probably wins this but it achieves absolutely fucking nothing but making him look like he'll use any tactic to try and avoid scrutiny.

If he'd acted totally normal about it and just behaved like taking Β£5million from foreign funding sources is normal (it's not but the average brit would've bought it) he wouldn't have been hurt much. It's not going to turn people away from the right but it is losing him the grillers that know nothing and thought he was a good guy. Meanwhile the right are all a bunch of opportunists and are fragmenting into various different competing far right groups because they see a drop of blood in the water, they all want to be the next Farage.

We've got three years of this under Burnham to go. The right could end up murdering each other in that time.

[–] orlando@hexbear.net 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

the investigation is suspended but can and will be restarted if he is re-elected

No it can't. That's not how the law works. It's designed to become corrupt enough to serve these fuhrers unconditionally.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It can do so even if he has stood down

https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22882/documents/167945/default/

Given the amount this has been run through the national news there is zero chance the investigation does not restart as soon as he gets back in. It might not continue if he loses though, they'll say it would be a waste of time and energy if he's not in parliament.

[–] orlando@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I just don't care what any of that picture says, because neither does the bourgeoisie. The rule of law, the institutions etc it's all noise.

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 1 points 26 minutes ago (1 children)

The world is more complex than that.

[–] orlando@hexbear.net 1 points 11 minutes ago

Elaborate.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 1 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

It is a system designed to favour the goals of the bourgeoisie yes. Farage and other parliamentarians however are small fish beholden to big sharks. It is those sharks who run the system, and the system does work against a fish like Farage at times.

[–] orlando@hexbear.net 2 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

What do they care about the man who'd open their camps accepting 5 million pounds from abroad?

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 1 points 10 minutes ago

Some of them think deporting all the cheap labour is a bad idea.

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

there was no way he was going to be seriously censured for this, but he got so fumed by reporters asking basic questions he's thrown an insane heap of magnification on his case.

i don't expect much from the parliament ethics board or whatever but i bet they'll pursue the harshest slap on the wrist instead of the routine one had he not acted out

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

there was no way he was going to be seriously censured for this

No but he's built his entire brand on accusing everyone else of corruption. Europe? Corrupt bureaucrats that do nothing. Parliament? Corrupt. Expenses fiddlers? Corrupt. He's had a word to say about every single one of them while holding himself up as Mr follower of the LAW.

The british public responded really strongly to the expenses scandals and anything that skirts closely to "breaking money laws in british politics" stands to completely fuck him over in the view of a lot of the public.

His whole shtick has always been attack politics too. But you can't do that shtick if everyone's response is to laugh at you and say "what about YOUR finances? lmao".

This isn't just his credibility with the average public either, it's his credibility in the right itself with all the wolves circling as the entire right doesn't know wtf it's doing now that the tory party is obviously cooked. There's like, 4 tory parties now or whatever all wanting to be the next one and they see Farage as a barrier to their ascension. He's not just under attack from the left of him but also from the fractured right, it's possibly the weakest position I've ever seen him in.

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 21 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Br*tish Luigi Mangione allegedly carving "Reform, Reclaim, Refuse" on a 3D-printed knife.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 3 hours ago

Breform, Breclaim, Brefuse

[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 27 points 8 hours ago

I'M WITH HIM

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 41 points 9 hours ago (8 children)

Here's Binface's policy platform: https://countbinface.com/makerfieldmanifesto

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 1 hour ago

number 5 is deep-nesting bait if i've ever seen it

[–] agentant@hexbear.net 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I read one of his campaign promises was to build at least one affordable home in Clacton

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 6 points 2 hours ago

Covered in point 20. What a candidate, what a platform!

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 22 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Despite the slim chances. In the celestial event where Binface wins, he should get a Nobel Prize for saving the world. The aura loss the far-right would face would be legendary. Every time some smug boomer or some 4chan chud opens their mouth just say

β€œYour GOAT got clapped by fucking binface.”

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 16 points 7 hours ago

Ceefax to be brought back for the entire Greater Manchester area

michael-laugh

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 13 points 7 hours ago

Ceefax to be brought back dean-smile

For the entire Greater Manchester area. dean-frown

NATIONWIDE CEEFAX PLS

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 13 points 7 hours ago

On #6 alone! i-voted

[–] NinjaGinga@hexbear.net 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

All power to Comrade Binface (after he abdicates his loudly title)!

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 23 points 8 hours ago

Count is just his first name

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

TIL the guy from Lewis started his own fascist party catgirl-disgust

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah he basically has Sargon's politics, total piece of shit.

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 2 points 1 hour ago

The actual Sargon of Akkad would reduce Carl of Swindon to a fine paste with nothing more than a glare

[–] orlando@hexbear.net 14 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

How many neo-nazi-begining-with-an-r parties can the uk produce?

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 5 points 5 hours ago

RRR movie hit differently in britain

[–] agentant@hexbear.net 6 points 6 hours ago

Reform, Reclaim, Restore. Might be others

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Oh please god yes, put Count Binface into parliament so Farage is an unelected PM

[–] DogThatWentGorp@hexbear.net 24 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

The UK dissolving due to the election of a bit campaign is the most fitting, ungraceful end to one of the most horrible empires ever to exist on Earth.

lets-fucking-go

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

and here most of us thought electoralism couldn't work

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 8 points 6 hours ago

If electing Lord Binface leads to the dissolution of the UK I'll need to fill out an electoralist apology form

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 16 points 8 hours ago

Seems like UK balkanization is gonna happen if ~~Norsefire~~ Reform wins, and they're polling the highest by a decent margin. This would be a beautiful additional cherry on top to undermine the already scant perceived legitimacy of Reform.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 18 points 8 hours ago

Uphold Marxist-Binfacism

[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 20 points 9 hours ago

Save us Binface

[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 20 points 9 hours ago

Uncritical support to Count Binface

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Hahaha, this is the guy who played Hunter Biden in that fascist movie. Not Binface, the other guy. His uncle was a decent actor back in the day.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Does he hang dong in the movie? I he didn't then he didn't really play Hunter

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago

I only saw the trailer, and he didn’t in that. However. The only trailer I’ve seen that’s full of dong is for a film called Fox and His Friends. Surely a coincidence. Unless . . .