Reform UK's Farage faces off against Count Binface in election

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:52 Issued on: 13/08/2026 - 11:45 Voters cast their ballots on Thursday in a local English election pitting Nigel Farage against his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, in a test of opposition ‌to the Reform UK leader's brand of populist politics. Our correspondent in London Benedicte Paviot tells us more. Keywords for this article