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Count Binface receives over a quarter of votes in Clacton by-election (www.bbc.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Clacton is very full of old retired people with conservative views. 25% of the vote in Clacton is excellent considering.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Farage has re-won his seat, receiving more than 22,000 votes in Clacton, on the Essex coast.

    Binface had his highest share yet with 9,455 votes

    Reminds me of the Obama Senate run in '04, where he was running against Allen Keyes and the people who voted for Keyes were used to define the term "Crazification Factor"

    Really speaks to the state of British politics when you can lose an election by 30-pts and get excited about it.

    Incidentally, reading speeches from George Bush Jr in 2026 really recalibrates my expectations for the country long-term. So easy to forget that this guy was an utterly brainless, dry-drunk, failson bigot, after his reputation got glazed through the Obama/Trump Era.

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