{"id":145622,"date":"2026-07-08T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?p=145622"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:37:44","slug":"defence-secretary-wishes-count-binface-good-luck-in-by-election-showdown-with-farage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/07\/08\/defence-secretary-wishes-count-binface-good-luck-in-by-election-showdown-with-farage\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence secretary wishes Count Binface \u2018good luck\u2019 in by-election showdown with Farage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The defence secretary has wished Count Binface \u201cgood luck\u201d in the Clacton by-election after the satirical candidate vowed to challenge Nigel Farage.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The intervention comes after Farage, the leader of Reform UK, sensationally announced that he would resign as the MP for Clacton and stand in the subsequent by-election so that voters could be the \u201cjudges of my actions\u201d. The shock declaration, delivered in a live video statement on Tuesday afternoon, came in the face of growing questions over a series of donations Farage has received.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Farage billed the by-election as a \u201cpeople versus the establishment\u201d contest.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, in the wake of Farage\u2019s statement, the major parties consecutively confirmed that they would not stand candidates in Clacton.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0Labour Party spokesperson said: \u201cLabour\u2019s ruling body, the national executive committee, has decided not to stand a candidate in this circus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, Labour will remain focused on delivering for working people and holding Reform to account. Farage should let the parliamentary investigation into his finances run its course and face the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Andy Burnham, the likely incoming prime minister, referred to the election a \u201ca gimmick designed to distract from serious allegations about Farage\u2019s funders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, indicated that her party would not stand a candidate in the \u201cfake by-election\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Badenoch said: \u201cWe will not be standing a candidate in the fake by-election that Farage is causing to distract people from what is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, urged Reform UK\u2019s rivals to \u201crefuse to give oxygen to Farage&#8217;s vanity project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore Britain, has also said his party will not be standing a candidate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These developments appeared to clear the way for novelty candidate Count Binface, a staple of recent parliamentary by-elections, to challenge Farage. Binface, so far, appears to be Farage\u2019s main electoral rival.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, posted to social media, Binface called on any \u201cClacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior\u201d to get in touch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Count Binface, who sports a rubbish bin as a helmet and poses as a \u201cspace politician\u201d, recently stood in the June 2026 Makerfield by-election. They won 95 votes and placed seventh. In the 2024 general election, Binface stood in the Richmond and Northallerton seat, the constituency of incumbent prime minister Rishi Sunak, securing 308 votes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Binface\u2019s campaign in Clacton received a boost on Wednesday morning as the defence secretary, Dan Jarvis, appeared to row in behind the perennial candidate and comedian. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jarvis referred to the self-imposed by-election as a \u201cstunt\u201d and said Farage was in \u201creal trouble\u201d.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking from a Nato summit in Ankara, the defence secretary stated: \u201cI don&#8217;t think that has played out particularly well for him. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s been well-received. I&#8217;ve had some quite interesting feedback from my constituents that this is just a complete circus and a complete waste of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like Count Binface will be sort of stepping forward, and good luck to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Politics.co.uk is the UK\u2019s leading digital-only political website. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/subscribe\/\"><i>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/i><\/a><i> for all the latest news and analysis.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defence secretary has wished Count Binface \u201cgood luck\u201d in the Clacton by-election after the satirical candidate vowed to challenge Nigel Farage.\u00a0 The intervention comes after Farage, the leader of Reform UK, sensationally announced that he would resign as the MP for Clacton and stand in the subsequent by-election so that voters could be the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/07\/08\/defence-secretary-wishes-count-binface-good-luck-in-by-election-showdown-with-farage\/\" title=\"Read Defence secretary wishes Count Binface \u2018good luck\u2019 in by-election showdown with Farage\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":144825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[174],"editors-picks":[],"maps":[],"class_list":["post-145622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nigel-farage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Defence secretary wishes Count Binface \u2018good luck\u2019 in by-election showdown with Farage - Politics.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2026\/07\/08\/defence-secretary-wishes-count-binface-good-luck-in-by-election-showdown-with-farage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defence secretary wishes Count Binface \u2018good luck\u2019 in by-election showdown with Farage - Politics.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The defence secretary has wished Count Binface \u201cgood luck\u201d in the Clacton by-election after the satirical candidate vowed to challenge Nigel Farage.\u00a0 The intervention comes after Farage, the leader of Reform UK, sensationally announced that he would resign as the MP for Clacton and stand in the subsequent by-election so that voters could be the... 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