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British public more likely to prefer Count Binface wins Clacton by-election than Nigel Farage (www.ipsos.com)
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This is a poll of the UK public in general, not the people of Clacton, so it doesn't show that Binface is leading in Clacton. But it's interesting that the British public prefer Binface to Farage.

A bar chart showing that 33% of Brits want Count Binface to win the Clacton by-election, 21% want Nigel Farage to win, 32% prefer neither, and 13% don't know.

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[–] 47 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Please people of Clacton make this happen. Don't be dickheads.

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    • [–] 15 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Count Binface interviewed about actually having a chance of getting in: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HTIESiyDNUQ

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    • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Is this the British version of Vermin Supreme?

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Not a dissimilar sort of thing, but novelty candidates have been a staple of British elections for decades.

    Normally, they're not going to stand any realistic chance of winning anything (one exception being when Hartlepool once elected a man dressed as a monkey) but it only costs £500 to register and sometimes that's worth it for a laugh.

    What's funny in this case is that Nigel Farage is trying to delay or stop an investigation into some of his crimes by stepping down as MP, and then standing for re-election (I don't quite know how this is meant to work), but all the "real" opposition have refused to field candidates. Count Binface, not officially affiliated with any political party, is standing in opposition - so if it goes ahead, the vote is between Farage and Count Binface, and there's a chance of Binface winning.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Denmark had a joke candidate who won a term in parliament 1994-1998: Jacob Haugaard.

    He ran representing the Party of Intentionally Workshy Elements (slogan: If Employment is Healthy, Give it to the Sick), on a programme of:

    • More tailwind on cycle paths [clearly a Danish issue]
    • A standard work day of 8 hours spare time, 8 hours of sleep and then 8 hours of rest.
    • Army field rations to include Nutella.
    • Shorter supermarket queues

    When he got in he was clearly terrified, but over time he did participate and take part. I don’t think he could quite believe it.

    I loved his parting shot, after his term ended, when his portrait (like that of all MPs) was hung in Parliament and he said: “Let this serve as a warning that any idiot populist can get elected”.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    "Humans prefer person with sense of humour rather than half-man, half-frog ghoul."

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    [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    21% still want Nigel Farage to win... the guy that decided to resign so the people "have the choice" to vote between him and a bin. And on a completely unrelated note would also stop the investigation into his corruption.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago

    Support for Reform correlates with fewer academic qualifications (see chart below, from here) so maybe what has happened is that politicians for too long have failed to help people with fewer academic qualifications. Maybe that's why such people are willing to support a different sort of politician like Farage.

    A bar chart showing support for political parties according to three education levels: "low (GCSE or lower)", "medium", or "high (degree or higher)". Support for progressive parties (Labour / Lib Dems / Greens) increases as the education level increases, while support for right-wing parties (Conservatives / Reform) decreases as the education level increases.

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