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[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And here's the thing that a lot of short minded people missed.

Count Binface was never going to win, but that was never the point. If you seriously thought that. Then you need to get your head checked.

The entire point, was to make a farce out of Farage's grandstanding.

That's why no major party ran, the probe would happen anyway.

And guess what, it worked.

Count Binface was everywhere going into this election and everywhere coming out of it.

Binface won.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Binface got a quarter of the votes, no? That's not nothing.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

A quarter of the votes and the vast majority of the coverage.

International media covered the election. Not because of Farage and his politics. But because a man with a bin for a face is running.

Binface stole the spotlight from Farage's stunt.