Count Binface wins hearts, if not the election, in bid to defeat Trump ally

Count Binface may have come up short in the by-election against Nigel Farage, but don't throw his popularity in the trash just yet. The candidate wearing a garbage can on his head just won over a quarter of the votes in a contest against one of Britain's most famous politicians.The longtime satirical candidate had his best showing yet in a surreal campaign triggered by Farage's own resignation.Binface has a simple message to voters: "I'm here to take out the trash." (In the U.K., a trash can is called a bin, though, so his name might go over some Americans' heads.)A mainstay of British politics, Binface has been on the ballot in several elections over the past few years.The man behind the trash can is satirist Jonathan Harvey, and Binface continues a long tradition of quirky political candidates in U.K. elections. After all, a musician named Screaming Lord Sutch, founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, holds the record for running in the most parliamentary elections: 39 votes spanning from the 1960s to the '90s. Count Binface attends the vote count for the by-election in the coastal Essex constituency of Clacton-on-Sea, England, on Aug. 14, 2026. Simone Jimena Rudolphi/...