British Voters Support Count Binface Over Nigel Farage

British voters want Count Binface to beat Nigel Farage in next month’s Clacton by-election.

A new poll by Ipsos UK shows that in a head-to-head contest, 33% would back the comedy candidate, compared to just 21% who support the Reform UK leader.

But 32% said they would vote for neither of them, and 13% don’t know.

The by-election was triggered after Farage announced on Tuesday that he was resigning as Clacton’s MP amid mounting controversy over his and Reform’s finances.

Parliament’s standards commissioner is investigating a £5 million gift Farage received from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire shortly before he became an MP.

The sleaze watchdog has also been urged to probe Farage’s decision not to declare financial support he received from convicted fraudster George Cottrell.

Farage denies any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a witch-hunt.

He wants the by-election to me a “people versus the establishment” contest, but that has backfired after Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems, Greens and Restore Britain all said they would not put up candidates.

Instead, Farage’s main rival is set to be Count Binface.

The poll also showed that 74% of voters believe the standards commissioner should be investigating whether Farage broke parliamentary rules.

And 73% say the investigation should continue even if Farage wins the by-election.

Ipsos research director Keiran Pedley said: “Of course, it is the people of Clacton that will vote in the upcoming by-election and not the public overall.

“But the fact that just one in five Britons would prefer Nigel Farage to win reflects how his personal poll ratings have fallen over the past year – even if Reform supporters remain very much behind him.

“Elsewhere in the poll we see strong support for parliamentary standards investigations continuing even if Mr Farage wins the by-election – suggesting his assumed victory will not make these issues go away.”

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