So. If you are not following the Nigel Farage vs. Count Binface showdown in British politics then I recommend you start doing so.
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@astronomerritt The absolute most hilarious thing would be Farage trying to pressure the King to elevate Binface to an actual Earldom in a effort to make him ineligible for the Commons. Which I'm not actually sure it would now with the reforms to the Lords.
@simonbp Earl Binface? Why not.
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@JdeBP @oblomov @astronomerritt I would argue that Count Binface could actually win this. Under normal circumstances, of course, he never would. But these aren't normal circumstances. You need to make it very clear to Clacton voters that with those two candidates they are going to get a joke for an MP no matter what. Now do they want a joke that is actually funny, or a sick joke at their own expense? Ram that message home and Binface might actually win.
If they elect #CountBinface, I suspect that the comedian under the bin might actually do the job properly. It happened with that bloke who ran as H’Angus the Monkey for mayor of #Hartlepool.
Certainly, this is something that Binface could even joke about, with a pledge to actually hold surgeries, on bin day, or something.
https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/116880518592121653
So I don't think that it even comes down to a choice between jokes.
@oblomov @astronomerritt
#NigelFarage #ClactonOnSea #UKPolitics -
@astronomerritt are we not all, at the end of the day, Count binface. No aoife, no we're not, get an ice lolly and stay out of the sun.
@AoifeGreenhamIllustrations @astronomerritt Speak for yourself, Aiofe
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If they elect #CountBinface, I suspect that the comedian under the bin might actually do the job properly. It happened with that bloke who ran as H’Angus the Monkey for mayor of #Hartlepool.
Certainly, this is something that Binface could even joke about, with a pledge to actually hold surgeries, on bin day, or something.
https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/116880518592121653
So I don't think that it even comes down to a choice between jokes.
@oblomov @astronomerritt
#NigelFarage #ClactonOnSea #UKPolitics@JdeBP @oblomov @astronomerritt yes you may well be right
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@astronomerritt are we not all, at the end of the day, Count binface. No aoife, no we're not, get an ice lolly and stay out of the sun.
@AoifeGreenhamIllustrations @astronomerritt i'm count binface and so's my wife!
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@JdeBP @oblomov @astronomerritt I would argue that Count Binface could actually win this. Under normal circumstances, of course, he never would. But these aren't normal circumstances. You need to make it very clear to Clacton voters that with those two candidates they are going to get a joke for an MP no matter what. Now do they want a joke that is actually funny, or a sick joke at their own expense? Ram that message home and Binface might actually win.
@rozeboosje @JdeBP @oblomov @astronomerritt
#Zelenskyy was another comedian that got elected. Look what he's doing now.
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@AoifeGreenhamIllustrations We COULD be, though. That’s the important thing
@astronomerritt @AoifeGreenhamIllustrations
It could be like friendly Daleks?
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@HarriettMB Holy shit is he actually?? Jesus, there’s blood in the water now, all the sharks are circling Farage.
I just forgot Fox existed
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So. If you are not following the Nigel Farage vs. Count Binface showdown in British politics then I recommend you start doing so.
The short version: Nigel Farage, MP and leader of the far-right Reform Party, resigns from his seat to halt investigation into his dodgy finances. Then announces he will stand in the ensuing by-election, essentially because if he wins his (safe) seat again it proves the people don’t care about his finances.
As this is obviously a bullshit stunt, every single other major party refuses to put up a candidate for the by-election.
This means Farage is now running against one other candidate only: Count Binface, a man with a bin on his head.
Clacton-on-Sea now have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Kier Starmer quote about Farage (zero self reflection)
“It’s obvious why he is doing it,” the prime minister said. “He is up to his neck in sleaze. Politics should be about improving the lives of millions of people, not about personal gain, not about hiding dodgy donations, and I think the public will see this for exactly what it is.”
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I just forgot Fox existed
@LappenjammerDieZweite @astronomerritt I hope he loses his deposit, again.
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Latest development. Technically, MPs can’t resign, only request to be appointed to a symbolic role which bars them from the Commons, which can be denied by the sitting government.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves had this to say:
@astronomerritt I laughed out loud at that one!
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@astronomerritt I laughed out loud at that one!
@ccferrie You know it’s a weird time for politics when Rachel Reeves makes a genuinely good joke.
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@ccferrie You know it’s a weird time for politics when Rachel Reeves makes a genuinely good joke.
@astronomerritt And when you're on the same side as Kemi Badenoch!
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@astronomerritt question: if count binface wins, is he required to wear the bin in parliament? Because that would be even funnier
@JoscelynTransient Something tells me that they wouldn't need to be required to, so much as make it permissible to wear effectively a fursuit head in parliament
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@pixelpusher220 I mean, no. They absolutely will. He’s just trying to prove a point that his constituents don’t care and he’s just being Bullied By The Establishment and he’s a plucky man of the people who did nothing wrong except scare the Big Bad Parties into persecuting him on trumped-up charges. He’s a far-right twat, they don’t operate on the same level as things like truth and due process.
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@JoscelynTransient Something tells me that they wouldn't need to be required to, so much as make it permissible to wear effectively a fursuit head in parliament
@BalooUriza @JoscelynTransient Unfortunately I believe he’d be required to wear standard business dress in the House of Commons, but if they did allow Binface his bin then it would feasibly open the door to fursuits in Parliament and I would LOVE to see that.
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@pixelpusher220 I mean, no. They absolutely will. He’s just trying to prove a point that his constituents don’t care and he’s just being Bullied By The Establishment and he’s a plucky man of the people who did nothing wrong except scare the Big Bad Parties into persecuting him on trumped-up charges. He’s a far-right twat, they don’t operate on the same level as things like truth and due process.
@astronomerritt ah gotcha, thanks!
I hate when politicals or other public service members are able to get out of accountability by simply resigning.
Of course most don't then re-run. Farage is definitely raising the bar on being an asshole
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The thing is, Farage is fucked either way. Sure, he will probably win the by-election, but he is standing against Count Binface, a satirical candidate who calls himself an “independent space warrior”. That’s hardly the resounding political victory he wanted. And if Binface gets any significant proportion of the votes, which he likely will, then that’s voters who would rather have a man with a bin on his head than Farage.
To be fair to Count Binface, he’s smart as hell and knows exactly what he is doing, and I (with Kemi fucking Badenoch, apparently) wish him all the luck in the world.
@astronomerritt Agreeing with and being on the same side as Kemi for this has left me shook.
I guess it shows just how farcical the whole thing is.
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@astronomerritt ah gotcha, thanks!
I hate when politicals or other public service members are able to get out of accountability by simply resigning.
Of course most don't then re-run. Farage is definitely raising the bar on being an asshole
@pixelpusher220 It’s amazing how these people weasel their way out of consequences, isn’t it?
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@astronomerritt Agreeing with and being on the same side as Kemi for this has left me shook.
I guess it shows just how farcical the whole thing is.
@ampersarnie Tbh Kemi is always a bloody troll, but for once she’s pointing her troll attitude in the right direction. Had to happen eventually, I suppose
