Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom, Aug 13, 2026 (AFP) - Farage and Count Binface go head-to-head in snap UK poll

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2026-08-14

Counting started Thursday in an English by-election pitting hard-right leader Nigel Farage against a joke candidate named Count Binface in a vote dismissed by some residents as a "farce". Farage, who triggered the vote by resigning the parliamentary seat he had held since 2024 over an investigation into his finances, is up against Binface and dozens of other fringe candidates in the Clacton constituency of eastern Essex. The vote has been shunned......

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