On 7 July, Nigel Farage resigned as the MP for Clacton. Seconds later, he announced he was running to become… the MP for Clacton.
Hours later, the other political parties said they wouldn’t be running, and that Farage could have his fun running against Count Binface.
Days later again, the public delivered their verdict:
I just like the fact that 13% of the people polled can't decide. pic.twitter.com/ghxVShMUqh
— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) July 11, 2026
FFS Farage!
If this all seems ridiculous, that’s because it is. There was no good reason for Farage to step down; our best guess as to why he did is to distract from his many ongoing scandals. It’s not worked out that way, of course, because there are more scandals than any one stunt could distract from:
Robert Jenrick has a meltdown on #C4News
He refuses to accept that there are parliamentary rules that Nigel Farage may have broken
And insists the only people who can judge Nigel Farage are the people of Clacton
– Whatever you do, please don't share this humiliating clip pic.twitter.com/ofjcF7yh9l
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 7, 2026
Personally, we thought the Greens should have stood to keep the focus on Reform’s establishment-friendly political platform. We’ll take Farage embarrassing himself against a guy with a bin for a head, though, and it is shaping up to be an all-time humiliation.
As you can see above, the Ipsos polling showed the following support:
- Count Binface: 33%
- Nigel Farage: 21%.
- Neither: 32%.
- Don’t know: 13%.
This is emblematic of the broader problem Reform is making for itself. Its politics of division is proving successful in terms of locking down 20-25% of voters. At the same time, it’s ensuring 75-80% of voters despise the party. This is why Farage & .co keep getting buried by tactical voting in crucial by-elections.
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Ipsos also showed support for Count Binface’s manifesto:
69% support @CountBinface’s proposed policy of restoring the price of a 99 flake to 99p
Half of Brits (53%) support capping the price of croissants at £1 pic.twitter.com/2AWZNBuaKd
— Ipsos in the UK (@Ipsos_in_the_UK) July 10, 2026
“Count Binface’s manifesto”.
What the f*ck are we doing here?
It’s funny enough, sure, but this is obviously a waste of everyone’s time. The problem for Reform is that the public understand their time is being wasted because Farage wants to deflect from his alleged financial misdeeds. The right, meanwhile, are treating Binface like a serious political candidate:
The Telegraph has published a lengthy opinion piece attacking – seemingly entirely seriously – Count Binface’s economic policies https://t.co/DzVtk4c7T2
— Ben Kentish (@BenKentish) July 12, 2026
We don’t think Binface can win in Clacton, but it seems like Farage is going to be the real loser by the end of this.
Featured image via the Canary
By Willem Moore
