Political rivals vow to boycott byelection after Farage quits as MP
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.
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wait, binface might actually win?!
Finally, Earth will become great again, and hand dryers will be properly located.
I can't wait for the return of ceefax. It's where all my holidays came from when I was a kid.
Same, but it was Teletext, not Ceefax. My dad got me and my sister tickets to Barbados for £400 return. So first they shipped us off, then when we came back, they shipped the older two off. But they got to extend theirs to four weeks and they got to boat over to Trinidad and Tobago. Still bitter about it.
I got my message on Backchat once and that's how I found out my friend in Year 12 also read it haha. She recognised me even with a pseudonym.
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.
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.
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.
Watching this rat squirm has been a joy this last couple of weeks.
If count bin face got in would he be able to wear his costume in Parliament?
I think the current requirement is something like smart business wear, but Count Binface has been wearing that for his work for seven years, so who knows?
Well you aren't allowed to wear a suit of armour into the parliament so...
It's a spacesuit, not armour.
Dude probably has a smart casual bin.
It's impressive to see the other parties unified in their strategy, which also seems to be a smart one. I heard Zack Polanski say (can't remember when) that the people of Clacton need to reject Farage, so I wondered if they were running a candidate, but that's not the case either.
They already said they aren't fielding a candidate there.
Five Mil Froggie is gonna claim they're bullying him by not ganging up on him.
Reform UK Ltd MPs are already trotting that line out in morning TV interviews.
Every time they interview reform they should have binface inas well, to provide balance.
You're trying to make 'Five Mil Froggie' a thing, huh?
Maybe they're not unified because they believe in a common good, but instead because it serves the interests of each of them to see Farage make a fool of himself and potentially lose support in the polls
I’m not in/from Britain myself but it does seem to make him look foolish.
Like in a comedy when a volunteer is sought from a line of people and everyone but one inattentive person takes a step back.
Well yeah. Farage is a threat to everyone one way or another.
He's eating the Conservatives alive they need to get rid of him.
He's pulling Labour to the right and there is some understanding within the party that that's not a good thing.
The Lib Dems are finding it difficult enough to get anyone to vote for them when there's only other two options, they don't need a third
He's not really a threat to the Greens, I suspect they just want him gone because he's in the pockets of the oil industry.
And of course Rupert Lowe hates him, and is totally on board with anything that humiliates Farage.
I just love that the political manoeuvre to counter Farage is to just ignore him until he tires himself out.
Not that this by-election will change anything, when he wins (although it would be hilarious if he didn't) he will be an MP again, so the investigation will continue. Meanwhile the entire time this is going on, journalists will constantly go and prod him in order to get a reaction.
I'm really not convinced he's all that bright, because he was in a hole that he dog for himself and now he's managed to turn that hole into the second grand canyon.
The media won't stop reporting on this guy every time he so much as farts. Radio 5 is his propaganda machine.
But maybe the tide is turning. In any case, he's definitely getting tetchy. Hold his feet to the fire, he will melt like the greasy little frog he is.
I agree with the sentiment of the other parties, but guaranteeing this worm the ability to say "i won with 100% of the vote" seems wrong.
If he runs unopposed it doesn't mean anything. If there are no candidates running against him there might not even be an election.
Nothing is guaranteed in UK politics. Imagine if he loses to the Count!
That would be fucking incredible
He'd never come back from that. He'd have to move to America after that, he wouldn't be able to go out in public in the UK.
Keep talking dirty to me