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Count Binface has a genuine chance against Nigel Farage!

699 replies

Justveryveryangry · Yesterday 08:12

Sounds crazy but…

None of the major parties are competing…

Farage won Clacton with 46% of the vote…

If the 54% united together to vote for Binface, we could have the most preposterous election outcome of all time!

I reckon this could get some genuine momentum… all the other parties would LOVE this result, and even if they didn’t actively campaign for it, would surely quietly be gunning for Binface to win.

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Greenleavesandsunshine · Today 10:55

@1dayatatime this is Trump 101. Straight out of the Trump playbook, that’s why the other parties reacted so quickly. They know the script.

1dayatatime · Today 10:56

TheWildZebra · Today 10:43

But my facts are more factual than your facts because I FOUND THE FACT, and in fact, the facts you want can’t be found because they’re not factual.

the only facts Farage apologists accept are facts from within their own camp.

give up 🙄

And so it continues - to seek actual recorded or publicly made statements does not make me a "racism apologist" or a "Farage supporter ".

It's called seeking facts and the truth.

If it helps this is actual evidence of racism in Reform:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/newly-elected-reform-councillor-resigns-stuart-prior-social-media

Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims

Stuart Prior quits as scrutiny grows of new councillors accused of racist, antisemitic or anti-Muslim remarks

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/newly-elected-reform-councillor-resigns-stuart-prior-social-media

HeHasMyVote · Today 10:59

I live in one of the surrounding villages of Clacton. Sadly, Essex County Council (and neighbouring Suffolk) fell to Reform recently. This will have more of an impact on day-to-day life for local people than NF as our MP, and I’m not looking forward to seeing how much they can fuck up in the coming months.

However, I’m 100% not happy that NF is our MP. We deserve much better. Clacton really needs someone to fight and push for it on so many levels.

I am seriously considering actually voting for Count Binface, rather than not voting or spoiling my ballot. And that’s a sentence I never anticipated typing at the age of 50+.

DjokovicsTowel · Today 11:01

I've seen now:
Farage
Binface
Fox
The British Democrats fielding an apparent actual child
An independent

I'm still backing Binface

Sweetpeasaremadeforbees · Today 11:01

Surely the people of Clacton would appreciate the price of a ninety nine being capped at 99p?

Reform must be a bit worried if they're trolling him on X but I'm sure he's perfectly capable of fighting back with silliness.

I'm loving this, NF's plans have completely backfired, even if CB doesn't win NF and Reform look like arses.

I'm still bitter about our local Reform councillor (that I didn't vote for) standing down after a couple of weeks forcing us to waste money on another fucking election. Arsehole.

1dayatatime · Today 11:01

BIossomtoes · Today 10:53

Witness testimony is frequently used as evidence in legal cases. You quite clearly don’t understand what constitutes evidence. Why do you think witnesses are called?

Witnesses are called to support factual evidence such as CCTV footage. A conviction based on what one person publicly claimed they saw or heard then followed by 19 others claiming they saw or heard the same thing is not evidence, it's a witch-hunt.

Otherwise any person could be accused and convicted of any crime provided you had 19 people saying they heard or saw the same thing after the first person made a public accusation.

Shakeoffyourchains · Today 11:01

1dayatatime · Today 10:35

Ahh the bollocks buzzword bingo continues with "deflection".

It's not " defection" to simply seek facts and evidence, nor does it make somebody a racist or a fascist for asking for such evidence.

Look if you can provide links to Farage publicly making racist statements then great, but until then it's some modern day equivalent of a witch-hunt.

You've asked this same question countless times across different threads, and you've been given evidence repeatedly. From the accounts of more than 30 of his former classmates, his teacher's written statement, the infamous "Breaking Point" poster, and his repeated refusal to publicly condemn the openly racist comments made his members and candidates.

But as youve said above, you won't accept any of that as evidence. It seems that, in your mind, racism only counts if someone puts on a white hood and starts shouting "white power" 🤷‍♀️

1dayatatime · Today 11:06

soddingspiderseason · Today 10:53

This is just nonsense. Its MAGA behaviour . Grow up.

No seeking facts and evidence does not make me "a racism apologist" or "a fascist" or "a Farage supporter " or "a"MAGA supporter ".

If Farage is anti semetic or a racist then just provide a link to where he has publicly or on record said an anti semetic or racist statement, and let's move on.

BIossomtoes · Today 11:12

1dayatatime · Today 11:01

Witnesses are called to support factual evidence such as CCTV footage. A conviction based on what one person publicly claimed they saw or heard then followed by 19 others claiming they saw or heard the same thing is not evidence, it's a witch-hunt.

Otherwise any person could be accused and convicted of any crime provided you had 19 people saying they heard or saw the same thing after the first person made a public accusation.

Fine. Tell that to any solicitor, barrister, judge or police officer and see how you get on.

IdentifyingAsAWoollyMammoth · Today 11:12

And now all the Reform activists have been called to Clacton to defend their Glorious Leader and away from Greater Manchester where they were previously hoping to take the Mayoralty vacated by Burnham.

He's frit of a bin.

soddingspiderseason · Today 11:12

1dayatatime · Today 11:06

No seeking facts and evidence does not make me "a racism apologist" or "a fascist" or "a Farage supporter " or "a"MAGA supporter ".

If Farage is anti semetic or a racist then just provide a link to where he has publicly or on record said an anti semetic or racist statement, and let's move on.

Its MAGA behaviour. Cult like. No amount of facts or evidence will suffice as you will dismiss everything as it doesn’t fit your narrative. Tedious.

SadiraOfTyr · Today 11:13

1dayatatime · Yesterday 23:14

Oh dear following on from the earlier "fascist " comment, the bollocks buzzword bingo continues with calling anyone who is to the political right a "racist".

It's really getting tiresome and predictably the response just for flagging this will be "then you must also be a racist or racist sympathiser".

Now if someone can use the word "Nazi" in an accusatory post then I can call "House" on bollocks buzzword bingo.

Comprehension fail. The post you are answering said that it would split the racist vote, not that voters on the right are racist.

A small subset of voters are racist, and they may well vote Reclaim as it more broadly aligns with their views than Reform does, thus splitting the vote. It's not difficult to understand.

noblegiraffe · Today 11:22

I’ve just seen a photo of the poorly placed hand dryer. Spot on policy.

Count Binface has a genuine chance against Nigel Farage!
PickAChew · Today 11:24

1dayatatime · Today 10:24

Honestly this is becoming like some kind of medieval witchcraft trial.

The prosecution claims that Farage is in league with Satan. After a local villager came forward to publicly claim that they saw Farage dancing naked a midnight with a demon, 19 other villagers came forward to claim that they saw exactly the same thing.

On asking for any actual evidence of witchcraft, the defence was also immediately accused of witchcraft.

Farage is fond of hyperbole, too.

BMW58 · Today 11:25

If England won the World Cup and Binface won the Clacton By Election can you imagine the elation???

5128gap · Today 11:26

overunderover · Today 08:51

And yet nobody called "anyone who is to the political right a racist". They called Farage and Fox racists, because they clearly are.

When will the racists (including the racism apologists on here) grow the fuck up and at least start owning their racism?

Its been interesting to watch the manipulation at play here. A deliberate attempt to blur the boundaries between what they call 'concern about unrestricted immigration' and the far right, so that a criticism of the latter is framed as an attack on the former.
There are posters who keep claiming they are being called racist and far right for 'justifiable concerns about immigration', one post even claimed that KS had said 'people like them' (concerned about immigration) were the biggest problem faced by our country. When he'd said the far right was the biggest problem faced by our country.
This deliberate conflation of the two is an attempt to minimise and veil the emergence of the far right by pretending they exist only as an exaggerated slur against 'ordinary concerned people'.

Greenleavesandsunshine · Today 11:27

Witness statements are not facts? You want CCTV evidence or it didn’t happen? Bloody hell you’ve just changed the face of justice in the U.K. That means everybody found guilty of just about anything before we had recordings is, in fact, innocent.
There is no court anywhere that would dismiss 30 witnesses.

Sweetpeasaremadeforbees · Today 11:28

If England won the World Cup and Binface won the Clacton By Election can you imagine the elation???

I think CB stands more chance of winning currently 😂

Greenleavesandsunshine · Today 11:28

Also, the parliamentary investigation is trying to find out the facts about the 5 million and he’s dodging the investigation.

CaptainMyCaptain · Today 11:40

soddingspiderseason · Today 00:01

If it walks like a racist, talks like a racist and quacks like a racist; it probably is a racist.

Yes. This

Username19893847477374 · Today 11:59

overunderover · Today 08:44

Nope, that's not how the numbers work. Turnout in Clacton was 58.7%, and 46% OF THOSE voted for Farage. That means it's actually only 27% of those eligible to vote, who voted for him.

And while your point about the unlikelihood of the entire non-Farage vote getting behind Binface is valid, one could equally point out that we don't know the entire Pro-Farage vote from 2024 will vote for him again. Particularly given how completely useless he's been as a constituency MP.

Yeah, sorry, I did fuck the numbers. I'm blaming my 4hrs commuting to and from London in the heat.

Of course we don't know what will happen, that's the point of a voting system, right? If you live here, you see how much people act and talk (and prob vote) like NF is the only one making sense. There is huge support for him that I witness daily. A lot of people have opinions about Clacton and have never been here. I can recommend the pier if you fancy a day trip.

I don't think we can only assume the voters from last time are the ones who will vote again. A lot of the non voters will be out if force. For who, who can say.

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IdentifyingAsAWoollyMammoth · Today 12:06

Username19893847477374 · Today 11:59

Yeah, sorry, I did fuck the numbers. I'm blaming my 4hrs commuting to and from London in the heat.

Of course we don't know what will happen, that's the point of a voting system, right? If you live here, you see how much people act and talk (and prob vote) like NF is the only one making sense. There is huge support for him that I witness daily. A lot of people have opinions about Clacton and have never been here. I can recommend the pier if you fancy a day trip.

I don't think we can only assume the voters from last time are the ones who will vote again. A lot of the non voters will be out if force. For who, who can say.

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I find it incredulous that people would re-elect someone to represent them in Parliament who, in the last two years, has only mentioned Clacton six times in the Commons. Whoever he is representing, it's not them.

Not only that, but someone who has not held one single surgery for constituents in those two years. He originally claimed that was because he had security concerns, but then that wouldn't make sense because he had said he'd received that £5 million for his security. So....?

Do a vox pop and ask people in Clacton who are going to vote for him again what he's actually DONE for them in those two years. What's improved in the town due to HIM, not the council, HIM. I'll lay money they couldn't actually come up with anything. It'll only be about "because 'they' are treating him badly" or "he's a good bloke" or "boats".

Username19893847477374 · Today 12:12

IdentifyingAsAWoollyMammoth · Today 12:06

I find it incredulous that people would re-elect someone to represent them in Parliament who, in the last two years, has only mentioned Clacton six times in the Commons. Whoever he is representing, it's not them.

Not only that, but someone who has not held one single surgery for constituents in those two years. He originally claimed that was because he had security concerns, but then that wouldn't make sense because he had said he'd received that £5 million for his security. So....?

Do a vox pop and ask people in Clacton who are going to vote for him again what he's actually DONE for them in those two years. What's improved in the town due to HIM, not the council, HIM. I'll lay money they couldn't actually come up with anything. It'll only be about "because 'they' are treating him badly" or "he's a good bloke" or "boats".

The people I've spoken to (in the pub, my cleaner and her husband, some parents at the school) honestly don't care. They just hold him up as the answer to "the boats", to the eradication of Englishness and to "wokeness". They can't explain anything he has done, they just know, for them, no-one else has done anything either and won't. They think what he says matches with what they find important and that's enough for them.

Look, I don't agree, it's madness for anyone to vote for him. I'm clearly not a lone voice looking at precious voting numbers, but it certainly feels that way sometimes here.

Ginnyweasleyswand · Today 12:15

Justveryveryangry · Yesterday 18:08

Your last sentence proved my point…. He knew he’d be rewarded…. Of course he will be. And this is politics and that just how it works - I have no problem with it.

It is how it works, yes, but I think triggering a by-election purely for political and personal ambition reasons is a step too far.

Everyone will now be doing it, as we can see. It'll cost the taxpayers a fortune. It's distortion and manipulation of the democratic process at the very least.

I do think there needs to be some set of boundaries around when this can be done, or it's going to happen all the time from now on.

Ginnyweasleyswand · Today 12:21

Username19893847477374 · Today 12:12

The people I've spoken to (in the pub, my cleaner and her husband, some parents at the school) honestly don't care. They just hold him up as the answer to "the boats", to the eradication of Englishness and to "wokeness". They can't explain anything he has done, they just know, for them, no-one else has done anything either and won't. They think what he says matches with what they find important and that's enough for them.

Look, I don't agree, it's madness for anyone to vote for him. I'm clearly not a lone voice looking at precious voting numbers, but it certainly feels that way sometimes here.

I think sometimes people who feel desperate go for what they think is the least worst option rather than it being a positive vote. And simply voting for change too. In the belief nothing can be worse than how it is now (which may well be wrong) and also wanting to punish those who are currently punishing them.

I think a lot of people underestimate the desperation of many voters who can't pay their bills or live a decent quality of life due to COL. Who can't give their kids the same quality of life that they had when they were younger. People who've seen a drastic decline in quality of life in the last 10 years, whose wages have stagnated, but taxes and charges massively increased, who feel they're being bled dry, who can't get a GP appointment.

There are a lot of people I think who'll vote for 'anyone but.....' and just change, ANY change.

I personally think more independents would be great, Binface included.