We have a thoroughly bleak situation in Europe: murder, manslaughter, rape – wherever you look. In Germany alone, there have been more than two cases of gang rape where over 50 per cent of the perpetrators were foreign nationals, and so on and so forth. These are the reasons behind the film Citizen Vigilante.
Dies, das, Ananas – yahdihyahdihyah…
But in the UK, one of Nigel Farage’s political schemes isn’t working out and is backfiring.
Background: there are a few distinctive features of the UK’s electoral system; for example, there are no list-based elections and no successors to fill parliamentary seats. This means that all MPs are directly elected in their own constituency; if a vacancy arises, a by-election is held in that constituency. The winner is the candidate who secures the most votes in their constituency.
This also means that political parties in the UK have significantly less influence and that parliaments can simply override one another, as is the case in Germany, for example, where the Greens, despite being a minor party, hold a majority in the entire parliament.
It was only recently that a so-called by-election took place in a constituency called Makerfield. The candidate who won is Andy Burnham, and as a result of this election he will become the new Chief Minister. His predecessor, Josh Simons, had been forced to resign.
See also:
Resignation: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8135ny182o
By-election result: https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4165/election/558, both accessed on 8 July 2026
This is precisely the stunt that good old Nigel Farage now wanted to copy. Farage has come under pressure because he received payments in return for spouting all sorts of nonsense – essentially reading out Super Chat messages on YouTube. There is nothing reprehensible or even criminal about this, but as a Member of Parliament (MP) he should have declared it and provided the relevant evidence.
He didn’t do that. Farage is good at making enemies, particularly by flouting convention. His arrogance is said to be unbearable. I’ve never met the man, but if everyone says so, there must be some truth in it. In any case, he’s making himself unpopular.
Due to the lack of evidence, an investigation into the case was then carried out by the parliamentary leadership. The gentleman in question contributed nothing to this, least of all the evidence requested. This committee of inquiry will very likely conclude in September that good old Nigel failed to inform the leadership and did not provide any evidence; a suspension of more than 10 days by Parliament is therefore more than likely.
Suspensions of more than 10 days for an MP automatically lead to a by-election in the relevant constituency. Farage knows this. So what is he doing?
He is publicly stepping down and calling for a snap election, from which he would emerge as the newly elected candidate. And he’s doing this right now, well ahead of September. That would make the committee look completely mad; holding snap elections in September after a 10-day ban would be absurd.
But alas. Rupert Lowe and his party, Restore Britain – a splinter group from Farage’s Reform Party – simply aren’t fielding any candidates. He posts that they’d be happy to put someone forward in September, but not here. And because Lowe has good political instincts, and the others know it, none of the major parties are fielding a candidate.
Instead, a well-known comedian – who has stood as a candidate in every major election for at least 10 years – gets wind of the matter and decides to stand here too.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to Count Binface:
I’ve read far worse election manifestos.
The whole thing has already been discussed by the Lostuseaters
And of course they’re right:
- As long as no other candidate stands, Farage could even win with 99.9 per cent – he’d have lost the rest to Count Binface…
- Even if he wins with 99.9 per cent, he’d have lost 0.1 per cent to Count Binface, meaning the Reform Party would lose almost all its credibility
- Let’s suppose he wins with 55.9 per cent – against a bloke who straps a bin on his head?
- Let’s suppose he loses with 49.5 per cent – against that bin-wearing nutter?
Either way – Farage is finished, and quite rightly so.
He hasn’t missed a single opportunity to tell everyone that he’s the dominant figure, that he makes all the decisions, that he’s THE MAN – even though he never was. And he still isn’t.
Treating people in such a condescending manner is now going to come back to haunt him.
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