Count Binface: The UK has a history of ‘joke’ candidates with serious ideas

A man in a bin costume standing against the man who forced this election is a small but revealing window into the shifting boundaries of British politics

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s decision to resign his Clacton seat and force a by-election, amid scrutiny over his personal finances, has produced one of the odder spectacles in recent British politics. With every other major party declining to stand and despite a record 34…