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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.
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Count Binface is the non-Public School educated non-posh cunt choice, even if he is a Space Count.
“A Count, not a Cunt”
To anyone outside of the UK.
Public School is what you would call a Private School in the US. It’s “Public” in that anyone with enough money can go.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)
what’s the equivalent of us public schools in uk?
State school.
(Or you might hear “comprehensives”, but they’re just a subset of the state school system.)
ETA:
State school, or just school: what almost everyone goes to
Private school: fee-paying non-state schools
Public school: prestigious high fee-paying non-state secondary schools. “Public school” is the Ivy League of private schools, essentially.
A “Public School” in Britain is “public” in the same sense that the Ritz Hotel is “public” - if you can pay the £400/night you can use it.
When I lived in Britain I always felt that calling “public school” what most of the world calls “private school” was an excellent illustration of how at least the English culture was the most hypocrite in Europe (especially from the middle class upwards).
I think it was in relation to having private tutors.
The rich had a private education, with a few years at “public school” to make contacts and learn to socialise with their peers.
It predated universal education systems.
Oh so it was like go out in public school. Kind of makes sense that words would change over time, also it’s not much of a stretch to think that the USA would create universal education and then call it public schools as a flex
I honestly hope Angine de Poitrine show up to play his election rally.
Oh my god please yes!
Is there anything stopping politicians from other countries doing this why is it always the British?
Canada and the US both have a history of joke candidates/parties
Mexico had a wrestler run (and win!).
So did Minnesota!
I think they have some unique laws that anyone can stand in an election. I don’t know the details, but some commenters seem quite pleased and proud that the system works as it does.
IIRC they need like 10 signatures.
I read this as A Stunning Cunt… Had to read again.
We’re not talking about the other candidate, however
Yeah came here to post the same comment
Oh but he does have a magnificent pussy from what I hear
I recommend a visit to his website. There’s not much there, but he promises more.
https://countbinface.com/And watch this. Count Binface slays.
This is … its good. Binface ruins this reporter’s day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCCVt8IhJkAPost election loss interview from Makersfield.
“More and more, I’m becoming the sensible, mainstream option!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuLvAsrQpuIIt took me a while to find an interview with the real Jon Harvey aka Count Binface.
This is just about a year old. Not current, but quite recent.
If you are curious about this guy, here’s a good look at who he really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYDRl_MTUhAhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/nigel-farage-takes-fight-establishment-160348322.html
Nigel Farage takes his ‘fight with the establishment’ to the voters
Farage said his decision to stand for re-election was part of a strategy of “sticking two fingers up at the establishment”…
It was at this point that Mr. Farage made the fatal decision that the best way to rally support from anti-establishment voters would be a one-on-one popularity contest with a man wearing a garbage bin on his head.
Having watched the last video, now I see why he was able to run rings around the (rather ill informed) Sky reporter - he’s a comic and author who has worked for Armando Iannucci, BBC News and does the end of year clip shows for the topical comedy panel show Have I Got News for You. He’s intelligent, quick witted and knows UK politics alright.
Jon is much nicer and more normal than Nigel, ironically
Farage has sought to portray the byelection as a “people versus the establishment” contest, prompting Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, to describe Binface as the “people’s candidate”. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, even addressed his candidacy on the sidelines of the Nato summit. “I think it’s actually against Labour party rules to endorse another [candidate],” he said.
For the man himself, or rather the alien, it’s all come as a bit of a shock. The question of whether he might even win is one that he is reluctant to countenance. “It’s earliest days yet and there is a long old road to go, but if in the unlikely event that the humans of Clacton prefer me to old Nige, then I will do my very best to represent them,” he told the Guardian.
Farage is the favourite, but odds on Binface winning have been tumbling. Oddschecker, which provides betting odds from some of the UK’s most popular bookmakers, said odds on the underdog winning had been slashed from 5/1 into 7/2.
I, for one, appreciate that actual UK reality has essentially become a Monty Python sketch.
Much better than our US ‘reality TV show’ President/reality.
Cunning Stunt sounds very rude
Agreed. I’m stunned!
Is the Spoonerism intentional?
If Nigel loses, does that mean that the fraud/money investigation against him is dropped indefinitely?
Yes, it’s a parliamentary standards investigation. If he’s no longer a member of parliament then there’s no need to investigate him.
Well, kinda. The NCA will still be investigating where all that money originated, as SARs were raised over most of the large transfers.
Not just toadman either, other high up members of Reform have been flagged for investigation because of suspicious transfers ending in their accounts.
Farage is hoping to distract the media from these investigations with the circus he’s putting on. If the focus stays on that money, Reform are fucked.
he has promised to “build at least one affordable house”.
The oligarchs will never let him win
I’m impressed by the quality of the outfit. You think Daft Punk introduced him to their guy?
He’s fukin glorious, isn’t he?
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.)
Showing his face is maybe not the best bar to set for Count Binface.
But would he rephase the traffic lights on Liverpool Road?
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
I’m fairly sure sentient toe fungus would be better that Nigel Faragey.
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.
That writer’s been holding onto ‘Cunning Stunt’ for a while for the right article haha
Wasn’t this a black mirror episode?
I read the title as “A Stunning Cunt” initially and I’m almost sad there wasn’t a glorious vagina here instead lol
Its ‘English rhyming slang’. Its supposed to look like that.
Was I wrong to comment something funny then?
Well … no!
Nobody said you were wrong … right?
The point here is that you now know a new form of joke, the Cockney Rhyming Slang.
You can recognize it in the future. And you know, laugh. Or something.Isn’t it more of a “Spoonerism”?
Yeah. From a character in a Dicken’s (?) book who swaps the beginning sounds of words. I think he’s called Captain Spoon in the book.
Something along the lines of Berkeley Hunt (you absolute berk) is more rhyming slang.
Actually spoonerisms were named after Rev Spooner, who was a real person who did this a lot: “The Lord is a shoving leapard” etc.
Thanks for the correction. TIL that I hallucinate incorrect answers just like a corrupted LLM.
I thought it was from an old US president, but after being so completely wrong the first time, I sat that one out. :]
Huh. I think you are correct. It’s a quote from Binface, you know. Last line.
"Are they running scared from old Binny, or do they think that Nigel’s running a cunning stunt?”
Something about it sounds very UK to me.Cockney rhyming slang would be like: mumble on the grumble.
thatsthejoke.webp
Well I’m a little autistic shrug
Almost? I am very sad.
