# Reform UK's Farage faces Count Binface in election

https://mins.news/en/video/21112

- France 24 English, 2026-08-13 09:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fer1dBb4eMI

> Voters went to the polls Thursday in an English local election where Reform UK leader Nigel Farage faced his main challenger, comedian Count Binface, who campaigns in a trash-can costume. The contest tests opposition to Farage’s brand of populist politics.

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