How Nigel Farage ended up facing off with a bin
Just when you thought world politics couldn’t get any more ridiculous.
Just when you thought world politics couldn’t get any more ridiculous: Tonight, far-right British politician Nigel Farage faces a byelection of his own making.
His main opponent? A joke candidate by the name of Count Binface, who says he’s an alien space warrior, and wears a superhero costume featuring a bin for a head.
The contest has turned into a circus, but the £5 million donation scandal that prompted it, is deadly serious.
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Today, the European correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, Andrew Tillett, on the contest, the scandal behind it, and the parallels between Farage and Australia’s far-right offering, One Nation.
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