Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Amid a drumbeat of revelations about millions of dollars in unreported gifts, Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader and President Donald Trump’s closest ally in the United Kingdom, resigned his seat last month and demanded a fresh election, casting it as a chance for his voters to rebuke his “persecution” by a hostile media and Britain’s political elite.
But the elite sat it out, with all major parties dismissing the election as a stunt and declining to field any candidates. That left Count Binface — in reality, comedian Jon Harvey, the man under the garbage pail — as his main opponent, running on a platform of ice-cream price controls and building “at least one affordable house.”
Farage received 22,293 votes, election officials announced Friday morning. Count Binface received 9,455.
Amid a drumbeat of revelations about millions of dollars in unreported gifts, Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader and President Donald Trump’s closest ally in the United Kingdom, resigned his seat last month and demanded a fresh election, casting it as a chance for his voters to rebuke his “persecution” by a hostile media and Britain’s political elite.
But the elite sat it out, with all major parties dismissing the election as a stunt and declining to field any candidates. That left Count Binface — in reality, comedian Jon Harvey, the man under the garbage pail — as his main opponent, running on a platform of ice-cream price controls and building “at least one affordable house.”
Farage received 22,293 votes, election officials announced Friday morning. Count Binface received 9,455.
