Democracy narrowly avoids sharing a stage
What happened
Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat in the by-election he triggered, but novelty candidate Count Binface captured more than a quarter of the vote.
Why it matters
The result gave Farage the renewed mandate he wanted while showing how a joke candidate can become a real protest vehicle when a contest is framed around one politician’s personal credibility.
The Blappos angle
The bin had a platform. The platform had better branding.
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