2026-07-10 06:23 UTC
'Donning a tall black bucket on, erm, his head, Harvey contested the 2017 general election against then-PM Theresa May in her Maidenhead constituency; he earned 249 votes by promising “strong, not entirely stable leadership”.'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/count-binface-who-farage-reform-clacton-byelection-b3012363.html
'When Buckethead’s political travails were covered in the media, however, Harvey became embroiled in a copyright row with the writer of Gremloids, and so decided to take on a new cosmic persona, giving himself a slight title bump-up in the process. Count Binface was born.' #copyright #UKPol
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@drrimmer@aus.social 2026-07-11 08:31
‘He goes a bit funny if you use his real name’: the unstoppable rise of Count Binface https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/11/unstoppable-rise-of-count-binface-clacton-farage #UKpol
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@jonlawrence@social.chinwag.org 2026-07-11 04:45
@drrimmer@aus.social I was wondering why the change from bucket to bin