With no major parties standing, a standards investigation paused, and Count Binface waiting in Clacton, Farage’s grand reckoning is quickly something much funnier and much dodgier.
Very rich men with a surplus of cash (say £5m) will always look for ways to squirrel it away safely; they just need somebody to give it to who will then sit on it until it’s long forgotten. Posh George probably knows all about that given his previous convictions. The fact the money received by Farage doesn’t appear to have been spent on anything is interesting; will it ever be? Or will it emerge somewhere as white as if it had been washed at a high temperature?
One has to ask, given how little time he spends in Parliament, or Clacton, does he want out? Everything everyone has ever said about him being a good campaigner, but a terrible executive/boss might actually be something he knows. Does anyone think he'd actually enjoy being PM, let alone be any good at it? c.f. Boris Johnson
I don't think he wants to he a good PM, to work for the country. He see opportunity to grift like DJT. Starmer promised a lot and quietly changed what was supposed to be a people's agenda. Just get in power, then do what you want, no oversight and no accountability.
I hope I'm wrong, but from the look of the dodgy chain links around that poster, the 'original artist' is a computer (that has stolen the sum total of human artistic output)
Fagash keeps banging on about running companies, his one and only job was given to him via his dad as a commodities trader on the stock exchange, he left there and went as an MEP to Brussels where he did the square root of nothing, except complain, throw insults and not turn up for the Fisheries Commission.
He formed UKIP, a political limited company which morphed into the Brexit Party another limited company which morphed into Reform UK Ltd, a 'Political party' that he's the owner of. He's never run a company in his life, certainly not one that manufacturers anything, supplies anything or buys or sells services.
I'm hoping the print, radio and tv news channels don't give him the attention he craves.
What if the bin man wins?
He couldn't do a worse job for Clacton, that's for sure
go bin man, great result, we need some independents in HoC
I think that his manifesto has excellent points in it. Even the Northallerton bit!
That would be very funny. Is it possible Clacton voters could turn against Farage and vote for Count Binface?
It would be a spectacular outcome backfiring on Farage.
Perhaps the Count would make a good MP? Clacton could do with one.
great result 😊
Farage is thick. He didn’t war game potential responses to his announcement.
He just assumed everybody else would behave as he expected.
Not just thick. Arrogant as well, only held upright by a few shreds of low cunning.
Binface!
Binface!
Binface!
All day long!
O boo hiss for being sensible & suggesting that 1842 is too long ago for the precedent to be applied!
Apparently in that case, the MP who wanted to step down was accused of bribery, but there was also a mention of "mental incapacity".
It all sounds very relevant to me.
https://bsky.app/profile/russellengland.bsky.social/post/3mq4igcdg422y
Very rich men with a surplus of cash (say £5m) will always look for ways to squirrel it away safely; they just need somebody to give it to who will then sit on it until it’s long forgotten. Posh George probably knows all about that given his previous convictions. The fact the money received by Farage doesn’t appear to have been spent on anything is interesting; will it ever be? Or will it emerge somewhere as white as if it had been washed at a high temperature?
I've just ordered my Count Binface tshirt...
Go Binface
One has to ask, given how little time he spends in Parliament, or Clacton, does he want out? Everything everyone has ever said about him being a good campaigner, but a terrible executive/boss might actually be something he knows. Does anyone think he'd actually enjoy being PM, let alone be any good at it? c.f. Boris Johnson
I don't think he wants to he a good PM, to work for the country. He see opportunity to grift like DJT. Starmer promised a lot and quietly changed what was supposed to be a people's agenda. Just get in power, then do what you want, no oversight and no accountability.
The people of Clacton could always vote for Count Binface, who would do a much better job than Farage has ever done
I hope I'm wrong, but from the look of the dodgy chain links around that poster, the 'original artist' is a computer (that has stolen the sum total of human artistic output)
No, keep the Dolphin out, don't split the Bin's vote!
Brilliant, love the writing - funny!
Fagash keeps banging on about running companies, his one and only job was given to him via his dad as a commodities trader on the stock exchange, he left there and went as an MEP to Brussels where he did the square root of nothing, except complain, throw insults and not turn up for the Fisheries Commission.
He formed UKIP, a political limited company which morphed into the Brexit Party another limited company which morphed into Reform UK Ltd, a 'Political party' that he's the owner of. He's never run a company in his life, certainly not one that manufacturers anything, supplies anything or buys or sells services.
I'm hoping the print, radio and tv news channels don't give him the attention he craves.
Has anybody considered that we could actually end up with 3 Clacton by-elections before the next GE?
1st being the Farage fake one over the summer.
2nd being where Farage is found guilty of breaking parliamentary standards over the reporting of the £5 million, at some point after September.
3rd some time next year, after the money laundering accusations come to fruition!!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/revealed-farages-5m-gift-reported-to-uk-agency-over-money-laundering-concerns
The Count against The Cnut......
I will save this to read and enjoy later - I did a little compare the Bin and Farage thing earlier as I cdnt sleep