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Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election (www.bbc.com)

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[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He didn’t win?

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Of course he didn't.

But that wasn't the point.

The entire point was to draw attention to the situation.

Anyone who seriously thought Binface would or could win. Knows fucking nothing about politics.

So while He didn't win the vote, that was never the goal. The same way it's never the goal to win the vote for any novelty joke candidate.

Binface's entire thing is to try and get people into politics.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

“Of course”? Shame.

I didn’t expect him to win. But the political drama that is behind this needs urgent attention. Why did no one else bother to stand? Why did he get even 2 votes if he wasn’t a serious candidate?

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

But the political drama that is behind this needs urgent attention.

......... It has. It was being investigated before the election, and is being investigated again.

But more people now know about it, because a man with a bin for a face ran.

Why did no one else bother to stand?

Because this election was a stunt. So no major party joined in to give it credibility.

Farage resigned from his seat after the investigation started. And made claims that this election was going to make him "innocent in the eyes of his constituency" "people versus establishment" or some nonsense like that.

And now, a man with a bin for a face has stolen Farage's spotlight.

Why did he get even 2 votes if he wasn’t a serious candidate?

He's a man with a bin for a face. There were no serious candidates at least from a major party (I've not gone through all 34 candidates (a record by the way))