Count Binface on Clacton byelection: ‘I didn’t know old Farage was going to self-detonate’

Nigel Farage resigned as MP for Clacton on Tuesday, according to The Guardian, triggering a byelection in the English coastal constituency he has held since twenty twenty-four. The announcement forced a sudden U-turn for Count Binface, the parody candidate who had been planning a trip back to his fictional home planet of Sigma IX. Instead, Binface is staying to contest the seat against the Reform leader, setting up an expected two-candidate race.

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