WorldPublished: 9 July 2026 at 17:38
Farage to face Count Binface in self-triggered byelection amid funding probe
Nigel Farage, the anti-immigration politician, has triggered a by-election where he will face perennial joke candidate Count Binface, as he is under investigation for failing to disclose a £5 million donation.
British anti-immigration politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a by-election he called himself. The shock announcement came as Farage is the subject of a parliamentary probe over the non-disclosure of a £5 million donation from Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali tells us more.
