Count Binface gives ‘victory speech’ after winning more than a quarter of vote in Clacton by-election

'I came first in the Clacton by-election!'

Binface has been the face of the by-election campaign down in Clacton ever since Farage resigned from the seat and the major parties pulled out of standing a candidate themselves.

We all know the story by now, Farage stepped down from his seat claiming he wanted to fight an election "against the establishment" although also conveniently pausing a parliamentary investigation into an undeclared £5m gift he received from Christopher Harborne.

That investigation into Farage has since reopened after he won back the seat, meaning we could be set to do it all over again.

While Farage may have won, his opposition and second-place finisher Count Binface also claimed the result as a victory.

Taking to social media, he posted a video captioned: "I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!"

He said: "Hello humans. Well, a new dawn has broken, has it not? Literally, because it's past 6:30 in the morning here in Clacton-on-Sea. 

"And I can officially say that I am the winning candidate of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. That's right, 9,455 actual votes. 

"Just eight weeks ago in Makerfield, I got 95. That means I've got against Nigel Farage 10,000% more votes than I got against Andy Burnham. 

"What does that tell you? Well, it tells you that Nigel, who said that he didn't want to be humiliated, maybe has been."

He continued: "As for me, I'm over the moon. I'm over your moon. I'm over my moons. And what comes next? 

"Well, we shall see. But you know what? We know this for a fact: over one in four people in this constituency would rather have Count Binface as their MP than the leader of Reform UK. 

"And I'm just getting started.

Binface finished: "So where do we go now? Well, the first thing you have to consider is I promised to be a local champion for Clacton people. 

"And I thought the best thing I could do was to turn up and get my verdict from Clacton's people and to stand with the other candidates who all behaved themselves impeccably until after the results. But yes, that was my view."

"And of course, the next question is what happens after this? Well, we will find out. Stay tuned for part two of the Clacton by-election coming soon to a leisure center near you as soon as that parliamentary inquiry reports. Bring it on."