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Published 16:13 6 Aug 2026 BST
Updated 16:13 6 Aug 2026 BST

The Count Binface by-election campaign has gone up another gear after the intergalactic space warrior released his party election broadcast.
With the Clacton by-election just a week away, the eyes of the political world are moving towards Essex to see if Count Binface can do the unthinkable and beat Nigel Farage on home turf.
The polls suggest it’s going to be highly unlikely, but that’s not putting the Count off!
He’s announced policies in his manifesto and now Count Binface has done his first party election broadcast.
In a musical number, Binface goes for Farage’s jugular, pledging to “make Clacton clean.”
In the video, Count Binface hits out at “unconditional gifts with a curious whiff” received by his opponent and promises to spend more time in the constituency than he will in Washington D.C.
You can give it a watch below.
Whilst Count Binface isn’t Farage’s only opponent in the Clacton by-election – a record 34 candidates in total are standing – he is widely considered the main threat to the Reform leader’s hopes of returning to parliament.
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