The Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov
Serious question. Say that does happen, what then? Binface isn’t a real person, but kind of a national joke like Jedi on the religion choices. If the count were to win, who if anyone would actually represent or would there need to be another election?
IIRC Count Binface is an actual British citizen who stands at elections, having changed his name by deed poll and appearing only in costume. His platform is obviously a joke, but there is a tradition of candidates running on joke platforms against high-profile candidates in the UK.
If Binface got elected, he’d either sit in parliament and serve his constituents as local MP, well or otherwise, or resign and cause another by-election to be held. I’m guessing that he’d at least try to be a constituency MP, possibly still in costume.
Serious question. Say that does happen, what then? Binface isn’t a real person, but kind of a national joke like Jedi on the religion choices. If the count were to win, who if anyone would actually represent or would there need to be another election?
IIRC Count Binface is an actual British citizen who stands at elections, having changed his name by deed poll and appearing only in costume. His platform is obviously a joke, but there is a tradition of candidates running on joke platforms against high-profile candidates in the UK.
If Binface got elected, he’d either sit in parliament and serve his constituents as local MP, well or otherwise, or resign and cause another by-election to be held. I’m guessing that he’d at least try to be a constituency MP, possibly still in costume.
Huh TIL, the only thing I had known about him before this was the Matt Parker video where Matt was the count’s official vote tally rep
Clacton already voted for a national joke who does nothing to represent them, it’d be business as usual 👍
If he’s allowed to stand he’s allowed to win. Boris Johnson didn’t run under his real name either.