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Count Binface Runs Makerfield By-Election on Crazy Platform

7/11/2026

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Jon Harvey, in the Count Binface mask, entered the Makerfield by-election as a candidate promising affordable house.
His campaign drew attention with proposals to nationalise Adele, cap croissants at £1, prompting parties Monster Raving Loony to field candidates Nick the Flying Brick and Howling Laud Hope.
Harvey, a writer for The Thick of It and Have I Got News for You, runs after Nigel Farage’s resignation as Clacton MP.

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Story summary

Jon Harvey, in the Count Binface mask, entered the Makerfield by-election as a candidate promising affordable house.
His campaign drew attention with proposals to nationalise Adele, cap croissants at £1, prompting parties Monster Raving Loony to field candidates Nick the Flying Brick and Howling Laud Hope.
Harvey, a writer for The Thick of It and Have I Got News for You, runs after Nigel Farage’s resignation as Clacton MP.