Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Satirical candidate Count Binface says history shows an independent can win in Clacton.

Citing former BBC journalist Martin Bell’s victory over Conservative MP Neil Hamilton in 1997, Binface argued that anti-establishment candidates can defy the odds against major parties.

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