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Nigel Farage faces joke candidate in UK by-election amid donation probe

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK's Reform UK party, faces a potentially embarrassing by-election in Clacton against joke candidate Count Binface. This situation arose after other major parties decided not to contest the seat, leaving Farage in a direct confrontation with the satirical candidate. The election comes amidst a parliamentary probe into a £5 million donation Farage received from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne, which has raised concerns about potential money laundering. AI

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Nigel Farage faces joke candidate in UK by-election amid donation probe

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Farage vs Count Binface: how UK hard-right leader’s poll gambit could backfire

    British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a by-election after he decided to quit parliament. His surprise move threatened to backfire on Wednesday after other heavyweight par…