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Labour Party Councillor for Challney Ward, Luton. Editor of @leftfootfwd. Passionate about tackling poverty and inequality and promoting social mobility.
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Over a quarter of voters backed Count Binface over Nigel Farage in Clacton by-election

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By Basit Mahmood Verified, Olivia Barber Verified
| Left Foot Forward
Count Binface won the support of more than one in four Clacton voters in yesterday’s by-election. Nigel Farage has declared that he won the contest “fairly convincingly”, securing 22,239 votes. Yet, Binface won 26.9% of the vote, securing support from 9,455 voters in Clacton yesterday. This marks the intergalactic space warrior’s best result in a parliamentary election. In the Makerfield by-election, the Count Binface party secured just 95 votes to Andy Burnham’s 24,927.
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Nigel Farage ridiculed for claiming to have ‘beaten the establishment candidate’ in Count Binface

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By Olivia Barber Verified, Basit Mahmood Verified
| Left Foot Forward
Nigel Farage is being ridiculed this morning after claiming to have ‘beaten the establishment candidate’ in Count Binface after his by-election victory in Clacton.
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Reform’s Lee Anderson in car crash BBC interview trying to defend Nigel Farage’s no show at election count

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By Olivia Barber Verified, Basit Mahmood Verified
| Left Foot Forward
Reform chairman Lee Anderson endured a humiliating BBC interview as he attempted to defend Nigel Farage not turning up to his own election count following a by-election in Clacton. The Reform UK leader failed to turn up for the result declaration, despite winning with a majority of more than 12,000 votes. Reform claimed that the reason for Farage’s no show was a warning from Essex Police of a threat to Farage’s safety – but that was denied by the force.
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