General News Thread

[21st Century Fox]

In a post on social media, Reeves says:

I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.

It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.

But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won’t stop him.

 

[OntarioFox]

5 hours ago, davieG said:

Quick, someone invite him to Clacton!

[Danizen]

Has there ever been a better time to be a talking bin?

[ajthefox]

Binface vs Farage feels really quite British.  

[LCFCJohn]

Binface genuinely has to be the best candidate there.

 

I actually think he’d lose the mask and act seriously if successful. Whereas Farage has had a chance and hasn’t dropped the mask or behaved like a serious politician. 

[Innovindil]

27 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Binface genuinely has to be the best candidate there.

 

I actually think he’d lose the mask and act seriously if successful. Whereas Farage has had a chance and hasn’t dropped the mask or behaved like a serious politician. 

Reckon I'd act serious for 100 bag a year too 

[fox_favourite]

In Binface we trust

[Alf Bentley]

5 hours ago, 21st Century Fox said:

In a post on social media, Reeves says:

I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.

It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.

But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won’t stop him.

 

 

I'm seeing Rachel Reeves in a completely new light.

 

She'll clearly need a new job, once Burnham boots her out of No. 11 - but I certainly hadn't previously imagined her having a future in stand-up comedy....

[Sampson]

2 hours ago, ajthefox said:

Binface vs Farage feels really quite British.  

Definitely. One candidate who thinks he's from Sigma IX vs one candidate who thinks he's from America. 

[Innovindil]

The home secretary will change the law so the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang can be deported, the BBC has been told.

 

Literally that easy. 

[bovril]

Conservative politicians are like "wait you can just change the law?"

[Free Falling Foxes]

4 hours ago, ajthefox said:

Binface vs Farage feels really quite British.  

 

2 hours ago, Sampson said:

Definitely. One candidate who thinks he's from Sigma IX vs one candidate who thinks he's from America. 

Count Binface has just been on the Newsnight sofa taking part in a political discussion.

Only in Britain?

[ramboacdc]

25 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

 

Count Binface has just been on the Newsnight sofa taking part in a political discussion.

Only in Britain?

He had raised something like 15 grand by yesterday evening when he said he would stand. After a whole day on the news tour and I bet hes raised a lot more. 

 

I love that he has said he wont be campaigning and knocking on doors or anything like that, just like Farage then.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Given events earlier in the week, there's going to be much speculation that everyone's favourite Russian puppet has been on the phone again.

 

Russia could compete at LA 2028 Olympics -

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cp8leyjn38zo

 

 

[LCFCCHRIS]

Binface Vs 💩 head is going to be spectacular 

[lcfcell]

9 hours ago, Innovindil said:

The home secretary will change the law so the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang can be deported, the BBC has been told.

 

Literally that easy. 

Commiserations to a certain poster who will be gutted by this news 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Do any grown ups actually find "count bin face" funny?

[leicsmac]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Do any grown ups actually find "count bin face" funny?

I don't think it's the idea that he's funny per se that is amusing people right now, more that he now has the opportunity to heap a certain amount of humiliation on a person and ideology that really, really deserves it. 

[st albans fox]

22 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Do any grown ups actually find "count bin face" funny?

Amusing at times 

like most satirists/part time comics, much of what he says is meh but occasionally he raises a laugh 

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Do any grown ups actually find "count bin face" funny?

Not funny. But the idea that if he won, takes the mask off and actually operates as an MP under his real name/identity and would probably have more of a club than Farage is sort of amusing and concerning in equal measure.

 

He’s not some random guy. He knows politics. It’s not like he’s act as MP under his satirical character.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

9 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Not funny. But the idea that if he won, takes the mask off and actually operates as an MP under his real name/identity and would probably have more of a club than Farage is sort of amusing and concerning in equal measure.

 

He’s not some random guy. He knows politics. It’s not like he’s act as MP under his satirical character.

Who is it?

 

Also find it funny that people are now cheering for an out of town candidate when it is apparently a big issue when candidates they don't like do it.

[LCFCJohn]

2 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Who is it?

 

Also find it funny that people are now cheering for an out of town candidate when it is apparently a big issue when candidates they don't like do it.

I mean you’re free to look him up! Jon Harvey. He clearly has ideas and knows politics even if he has been doing it in a satirical way. He probably never actually expected to be that talked about but it’s a weird set of circumstances in Clacton where none of the parties are playing Farage’s game. 
 

To be honest, I do think MP’s should be local people. I thought it was odd how posh Southampton boy Sunak was MP for Richmond in North Yorkshire and Reform parachuting anyone in. I’m sure there’s loads of examples from Labour also and Greens etc. Obviously Farage is not exactly from the Clacton area either. 

Clearly it’s about people keen to see the downfall of Reform UK. It doesn’t need overthinking.

[FoxesWalk]

Bookies have slashed the odds on Count Binface to win Clacton to about 4/1 to 5/1… implying a ~20% chance for him to beat Farage 

[FoxesWalk]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Do any grown ups actually find "count bin face" funny?

Yes. These satire candidates are one of the few great things about British politics. 
 

Forces those overflowing with self importance and ambition to stand on stage alongside a lad win a with a bin on his head to celebrate their victory, and those images go all over the press. There is little to celebrate in British politics these days, but this is one brilliant and quintessentially British aspect in my opinion. We take the piss better than most. 

[Heathrow fox]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Do any grown ups actually find "count bin face" funny?

The way he made that pompous Sky News reporter at Makerfield look like an idiot was very funny