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Reform UK's Farage faces off against Count Binface in election

Reform UK's Farage faces off against Count Binface in election
France 24 Thursday 13 August 2026, 09:45 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Reform UK's Farage faces off against Count Binface in election Issued on: Share Voters cast their ballots on Thursday in a local English election pitting Nigel Farage against his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, in a test of opposition to the Reform UK leader's brand of populist politics. Our correspondent in London Benedicte Paviot tells us more. [Image text:] IOTAGE Major parties boycott local English election FARAGEFACESOFFAGAINSTCOUNTBINFACE FRANCE 24
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