"Brits regularly put up ridiculous candidates and they equally regularly fail to get sufficient votes to retain the financial deposit every party must put up in order to run a candidate in a by-election. They are seen either as a satirical comment on the democratic system or grown men acting like children, but Count Binface is emerging as something rather different, and for a particular reason. It can’t be over-stressed just how desperate the establishment are to keep Farage away from power."
-- Union Jackal: https://counter-currents.com/2026/07/the-union-jackal-july-2026/
