Farage vs. Count Binface: What to know about U.K. snap poll
Set in motion by Farage amid a probe into his finances, the election may backfire as all of the major political parties denounced it as a stunt.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will be fighting for his parliamentary seat on Thursday against parody candidate Count Binface. | AFP-JIJI
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Aug 11, 2026
London – Hard-right U.K. politician Nigel Farage will be fighting for his parliamentary seat Thursday, going head-to-head with parody candidate Count Binface in snap polls.
The by-election was called after Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, resigned last month as MP for Clacton-on-Sea.
But his surprise move amid a probe into his finances has threatened to backfire as none of the major political parties has fielded a candidate, denouncing Farage’s gamble as a stunt.
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