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.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/07/nigel-farage-rejects-scrutiny-uk-parliament-people-v-establishment-byelection