Exactly. I absolutely love this. One of the best things to happen to British politics in a long time. The guy who is always used to avoiding scrutiny and setting the news cycle to his own ends thinks he’s made a wildly clever gambit to avoid said scrutiny, and now has no choice but to spend the summer arguing with a bin. He’s going to look like a time waster, and a completely ridiculous embarrassment. All the more so because of his attempts to paint this as an apocalyptic ‘people vs the establishment’ election. At a minimum, he’s probably going to give up a thousand or more votes to Binface. They’ll be able to ridicule him for ever more on that. He’s a guy who relies on seeming inevitable, like the all powerful force. And this will show him up.
Also thought this was hilarious from the BBC. Shows up the limits of trying to do opinion pieces with the constraints of ‘balance’ and ending up in a completely absurd position. Just don’t write the article if you have to claim this might be a masterful gambit from Farage!
The Reform UK leader faces a challenge from Count Binface as the main parties rule out standing in Clacton.
www.bbc.com