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Arron Banks asked who funds Count Binface, and set a new UK record for irony - 24 favourite massive facepalms (www.thepoke.com)
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[–] 56 points 4 months ago (8 children)

This whole thing is really shredding Reform's small stockpile of credibility. They didn't realize that Count Binface, though a space alien, has more in common with the average person than Farage could ever pretend to.

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Sadly credibility means nothing today. A good chunk of the UK's population is perfectly fine turning a blind eye at corruption and the sacking of the country, as long as it is wrapped in a nice package of racism and oversimplified (impossible) solutions to complex problems.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Sounds like the USA

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago

    I mean, that's kinda been the goal of the conservatives in the UK since Thatcher. Most wealthy people in liberal democracies all over the globe covet the amount of freedom from and power over the government wealthy have in the US, especially compared to how little they are forced to contribute to society.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    They had credibillity? Fartage had credibility?! When? Where? In what timeline on what planet?

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Enough to get the empty-headed wankers of Clacton to elect him in the first place.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    He got 46% of the vote with multiple none right wing candidates turn out 58%.

    He must have pissed off at least a few of of his former voters by now. Plus this is amusing so turn out will be higher.

    Is not outside the realm possibility he could lose this. If he wins the investigation is back on because no matter what he says resigning and reapplying has no effect on the investigation, so that's a shallow victory.

    The absolute best outcome here would be that Farage loses. But a good second place would be he wins but at the cost of losing the Manchester mayor election because of reallocated resources / scandal of all this happening.

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