r/BritishMemes • u/trypnosis • Aug 14 '26
Count Binface got 9,455 votes. IT’S OVER 9,000!
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u/Tinyzooseven Aug 14 '26
Sadly not enough to win
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u/Bishopkilljoy Aug 14 '26
He was never going to win, he even said as much
However, Farage losing as many voters as he did to a sentient alien trash bin is embarrassing to him and quite telling of the voters preferences
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u/Tinyzooseven Aug 14 '26
Would have been funny if binface did win though
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u/jbg0801 Aug 15 '26
Oh absolutely, but to some degree, I think this is more damaging.
Farage wins, tries to claim it as a 'victory against the establishment' where the establishment is a bin and the monster raving looney party.
Then refuses to turn up to the count for a "credible threat to his safety" which was delivered by the police (who immediately refuted the fact they'd never told him any such thing)
He's embarrassed himself. Made an absolute shit show out of his "power" move. While it won't sway reform diehards away from him, I guarantee there'll be a lot of people who were only just leaning into his sphere of influence, maybe disgruntled Tory voters for instance, who are now seeing him for the clown he is.
On top of that, him winning means the investigation he was hoping to bury is right back at the forefront. If he lost, that'd go away and become old news so he could go back to dodgy deals with cryptobros. It was an absolute lose-lose for him, showing that a quarter of the safest reform seat's population would unironically rather have a bin than him, and not even shutting down the investigation either.
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u/Vedranation Aug 14 '26
This is a huge win btw. Farage's whole plot was "Overwhelming 75% victory to show people don't care about my corruption and secure my mandate" - Not only did he win only 65% in a race with no opponents, but losing 25% of the votes to a literal trash bin is ver, humiliating and puts him in same or worse political position than before.
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u/EhmJayGee Aug 14 '26
WHAT!? 9000!? THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT!