Meanwhile…

Meanwhile, in Clacton-on-Sea…

A candidate dressed as a giant trash can vies for a seat in Britain's parliament npr.org

Count Binface, a satirical candidate who campaigns dressed as a wheelie bin, is standing against Nigel Farage in Clacton. Beneath the costume is Jon Harvey, an Oxford-educated comedian whose manifesto pledges have included capping croissant prices and renaming the ravens at the Tower of London. British ballot papers have permitted this sort of thing for decades.

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