I think there’s actually a good chance he could win this. If you think about it, he’s got the votes of: all the people who think it would just be bloody hilarious; all the Lab, Con, Lib & Green voters; and everyone who’s pissed off with having an unnecessary election inflicted on them (“Another one?!?”). If a significant proportion of that lot can be bothered to turn out and vote — a big “if” as there’ll be nobody banging on doors asking them too — then Farage is bin juice.
I’m wondering whether we will see Farage pull out of this election – citing “security concerns” after the Anne Widdecombe murder…..
He doesn’t really want to be an MP (well he doesn’t want to do the work), the possibility that me may actually lose this will be a huge blow to his ego will so all come to the fore. He’ll use the lack of security as another example of the establishment against him and will continue to snipe from the sidelines whilst making money (either that are bugger off to the US to be paid a shitload by Fox News).
He’d look foolish (well even more so that usual) if he pulled out citing security concerns when a few days ago, he was boasting about his £5 million’s worth of security.
I’m told there are stickers going on lamp posts and the like around Clacton bearing the catchy slogan, ‘Count Binface / Bin Cuntface’. Not that I approve of course. Clacton isn’t far from me and I rather like it, more than I expected to before I visited for the first time. I might visit before the election date and see if I can get a feel of the mood in the town. Of course pier and amusement arcade end of things is very different to Frinton, Jaywick or the rural inland parts of the constituency.
The song isn’t really worthy of the Count but, despite this, I think we’re all on the side of the Oxford-educated intergalactic metallic receptacle aren’t we? Even if he doesn’t win, reducing Farage’s majority and running him anywhere near a close second will surely be seen as a victory. And if all the opposition parties unofficially join forces it could really sink the ale-guzzling racist bastard.
When the story was taking shape the figure I remember was that anything more than 12% of the vote going to Binface would seriously undermine Farage. Now the talk is Farage potentially losing because so many will vote Binface as the anti-sleaze candidate, the not-Nigel-Farage candidate, previous Reform voters sitting on their hands, or just because it’s funny. This last one was be infuriating for Farage. Like Trump and others with no sense of humour he hates being laughed at; it must make him feel like people are talking about him in a foreign language. I would still be very surprised if he doesn’t win his seat back, but the credibility he has among his base will be severely damaged.
Binface actually is the anti-sleaze candidate. Although his policies are superficially funny, they mostly point out places where large amounts of money are vanishing. He’s saying things that are actually serious: a politician can’t commit to building large scale affordable housing if they don’t know how to build a single affordable house, if that’s even possible.
As suggested above, we did go to Clacton on Saturday. It was mainly to have a summer day at an old school seaside resort, something Clacton does very well. We had ice cream on the pier, took a ride on the mini railway which runs to Holland on Sea and back, and came away from the tupenny falls with our hands reeking from the coins after spending a couple of quid failing to win a toy hairy coo. We finished the afternoon in the ‘Spoons which is called, and I am not making this up, The Moon and Starfish, watching a frankly rather feeble attempt at a carnival when it finally stuttered past us.
From the bus there and back we saw a lot of Reform/I’m backing Nigel placards in gardens, particular in the more moneyed areas like St Osyth. Of course there are no other major parties to provide placards, but even if there were they would need to be very popular to compete with the active support for Reform. The appeal of the party and the man are lost on me, but both apparently have a firm grip on the local populace. There are apparently Reform teams from all over the country helping. When the prime opponent is a bin, and even the bin hasn’t exactly been breaking a sweat, I assume this an attempt to minimise the self-inflicted humiliation Farage has incurred.
Closer to the centre placards of any kind were less frequent but there were quite a few of the dozens of candidates and their campaign teams milling around. There was no sign of Reform here, not even volunteer leafleteers. I guess they were concentrating their efforts shoring up support in areas where getting the vote to turn out is a better tactic than trying to convert sceptics. There was no sign of Binface either, but we did see plenty of his campaigners and a framed A3 ‘Vote Binface’ poster now hangs at the top of our stairs.
In addition, there was a generalised stop-Reform, fight racism stand and a few of the more fringe candidates, including what appeared to be an Australian man standing on a platform of stopping the BBC ‘telling you how to vote’. ‘I’m against Farage!’, he declared on spotting my Stop Reform sticker, though I would have though the fact that he was standing against him for the seat would have made that obvious. Mind you, they’re all fringe candidates really. Even the Binface campaigners admitted that Farage is a shoo in.
When we were on the pier was noticed that the very end of it was closed and being hosed down. We found out later that this was because we had just missed Kai Stephens and The British Democrats, who had taken it upon themselves to attempt to put a campaign banner on the pier while setting off fireworks. When it was forcibly pointed out by staff that this was unwise on a historical wooden structure in the middle of a drought and they were asked to leave the ‘request was met with an unacceptable level of verbal abuse and language wholly inappropriate for a family attraction.’ [Clacton Pier Facebook page should you need a fuller description.]
For all the ruckus this election has caused this is the first I have heard of anything approaching civil disturbance. Should Farage be found guilty of wrongdoing over his finances and a third election result it may not be so placid, without the sunshine and a campaigning bin to keep the mood light.
♻️ Recycle the promises.
🚀 Recycle the spin.
🗑️ Put all the nonsense straight in the bin.
Compelling stuff! Catchy tune!
catchy tune, disappointed he’s using AI for the video.
…and the music, I think?
It has the general air of AI and the product of at least 28 minutes work. Which is 27 more than the current MP ever put in…bum tisch.
You know it makes sense…
What I don’t understand is why Farage doesn’t embrace it, does a proper press conference directly addressing Binface’s policies.
Oh yeah, hasn’t remotely got a sense of humour.
Also he knows he’ll be questioned about the 5 mill etc and imagine he wouldn’t want that to happen.
I think there’s actually a good chance he could win this. If you think about it, he’s got the votes of: all the people who think it would just be bloody hilarious; all the Lab, Con, Lib & Green voters; and everyone who’s pissed off with having an unnecessary election inflicted on them (“Another one?!?”). If a significant proportion of that lot can be bothered to turn out and vote — a big “if” as there’ll be nobody banging on doors asking them too — then Farage is bin juice.
I’m wondering whether we will see Farage pull out of this election – citing “security concerns” after the Anne Widdecombe murder…..
He doesn’t really want to be an MP (well he doesn’t want to do the work), the possibility that me may actually lose this will be a huge blow to his ego will so all come to the fore. He’ll use the lack of security as another example of the establishment against him and will continue to snipe from the sidelines whilst making money (either that are bugger off to the US to be paid a shitload by Fox News).
He’d look foolish (well even more so that usual) if he pulled out citing security concerns when a few days ago, he was boasting about his £5 million’s worth of security.
Make every vote Count.
Very good! 😀
Make Tiggerlion the Count’s campaign manager!
Make every c@nt vote!
I’m told there are stickers going on lamp posts and the like around Clacton bearing the catchy slogan, ‘Count Binface / Bin Cuntface’. Not that I approve of course. Clacton isn’t far from me and I rather like it, more than I expected to before I visited for the first time. I might visit before the election date and see if I can get a feel of the mood in the town. Of course pier and amusement arcade end of things is very different to Frinton, Jaywick or the rural inland parts of the constituency.
Will he be out for the Count once they’ve finished the count.
Life’s Bin Good…
Count vs Cont.
Let the people of Clacton decide … except that’s not how it works
The song isn’t really worthy of the Count but, despite this, I think we’re all on the side of the Oxford-educated intergalactic metallic receptacle aren’t we? Even if he doesn’t win, reducing Farage’s majority and running him anywhere near a close second will surely be seen as a victory. And if all the opposition parties unofficially join forces it could really sink the ale-guzzling racist bastard.
When the story was taking shape the figure I remember was that anything more than 12% of the vote going to Binface would seriously undermine Farage. Now the talk is Farage potentially losing because so many will vote Binface as the anti-sleaze candidate, the not-Nigel-Farage candidate, previous Reform voters sitting on their hands, or just because it’s funny. This last one was be infuriating for Farage. Like Trump and others with no sense of humour he hates being laughed at; it must make him feel like people are talking about him in a foreign language. I would still be very surprised if he doesn’t win his seat back, but the credibility he has among his base will be severely damaged.
Binface actually is the anti-sleaze candidate. Although his policies are superficially funny, they mostly point out places where large amounts of money are vanishing. He’s saying things that are actually serious: a politician can’t commit to building large scale affordable housing if they don’t know how to build a single affordable house, if that’s even possible.
I see that the bloke who wears a fox outfit won’t be standing. Ha pulled put claiming it’s a ‘ circus ‘ !
The Count and the Carpetbagger
As suggested above, we did go to Clacton on Saturday. It was mainly to have a summer day at an old school seaside resort, something Clacton does very well. We had ice cream on the pier, took a ride on the mini railway which runs to Holland on Sea and back, and came away from the tupenny falls with our hands reeking from the coins after spending a couple of quid failing to win a toy hairy coo. We finished the afternoon in the ‘Spoons which is called, and I am not making this up, The Moon and Starfish, watching a frankly rather feeble attempt at a carnival when it finally stuttered past us.
From the bus there and back we saw a lot of Reform/I’m backing Nigel placards in gardens, particular in the more moneyed areas like St Osyth. Of course there are no other major parties to provide placards, but even if there were they would need to be very popular to compete with the active support for Reform. The appeal of the party and the man are lost on me, but both apparently have a firm grip on the local populace. There are apparently Reform teams from all over the country helping. When the prime opponent is a bin, and even the bin hasn’t exactly been breaking a sweat, I assume this an attempt to minimise the self-inflicted humiliation Farage has incurred.
Closer to the centre placards of any kind were less frequent but there were quite a few of the dozens of candidates and their campaign teams milling around. There was no sign of Reform here, not even volunteer leafleteers. I guess they were concentrating their efforts shoring up support in areas where getting the vote to turn out is a better tactic than trying to convert sceptics. There was no sign of Binface either, but we did see plenty of his campaigners and a framed A3 ‘Vote Binface’ poster now hangs at the top of our stairs.
In addition, there was a generalised stop-Reform, fight racism stand and a few of the more fringe candidates, including what appeared to be an Australian man standing on a platform of stopping the BBC ‘telling you how to vote’. ‘I’m against Farage!’, he declared on spotting my Stop Reform sticker, though I would have though the fact that he was standing against him for the seat would have made that obvious. Mind you, they’re all fringe candidates really. Even the Binface campaigners admitted that Farage is a shoo in.
When we were on the pier was noticed that the very end of it was closed and being hosed down. We found out later that this was because we had just missed Kai Stephens and The British Democrats, who had taken it upon themselves to attempt to put a campaign banner on the pier while setting off fireworks. When it was forcibly pointed out by staff that this was unwise on a historical wooden structure in the middle of a drought and they were asked to leave the ‘request was met with an unacceptable level of verbal abuse and language wholly inappropriate for a family attraction.’ [Clacton Pier Facebook page should you need a fuller description.]
For all the ruckus this election has caused this is the first I have heard of anything approaching civil disturbance. Should Farage be found guilty of wrongdoing over his finances and a third election result it may not be so placid, without the sunshine and a campaigning bin to keep the mood light.