Farage vs. a Trash Can: Welcome to Britain's Wildest By-Election
Nigel Farage is trying to win back his Clacton seat after resigning amid a funding scandal involving an undeclared £5 million crypto donation, but he's not running unopposed, he's running against 33 other people, including perennial satirical candidate Count Binface, who campaigns in a full trash-can costume and cape. Labour and the Conservatives refused to even field candidates, calling the race a "circus," leaving room for Bible preachers, conspiracy theorists, and a woman in a Union Jack bikini to fight for attention on a ballot so long it barely fits in an envelope.
Nothing says "democracy in crisis" like losing to a man in a bin costume.