Farage beats Count Binface to win back parliamentary seat in widely mocked election
LONDON — Nigel Farage beat trash-can-wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election.Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party who some see as a possible next prime minister, abruptly quit his seat in July amid an investigation into whether he failed to report a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift from a crypto billionaire overseas.He said he would run for the open seat to prove he had voters’ support, and regain it with 63 percent of the vote. Binface, who finished in second, won about 27%. The election, held on the hottest day of the year so far, had a turnout of 44%.Binface, a serial candidate who has challenged prime ministers past and present, became the default challenger in a field of 34 candidates after the major parties boycotted the campaign as a…
Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, successfully regained his parliamentary seat in a special election, defeating comic candidate Count Binface. Farage had resigned from the seat in July amid an investigation into an undeclared £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire. He won with 63% of the vote, while Binface secured 27%.
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Farage did not attend the official declaration, citing police warnings of an "organized campaign to disrupt and degrade the result," a claim disputed by police. Despite his victory, Farage still faces an ongoing parliamentary investigation into the undeclared donation, which could potentially lead to his removal from Parliament and another election.
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