Count Binface: The intergalactic warrior who could upend Britain's strangest election
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Clad in a silver cape suit, Binface describes himself as an "intergalactic space warrior from planet Sigma IX" and has become a familiar figure in British election campaigns.

In recent days, Count Binface has been interviewed on Britain's main news channels about his policy proposals, which include nationalizing the singer Adele and a long-running campaign to move a badly positioned hand dryer in the gents' toilets at the Crown & Treaty pub in Uxbridge.

Count Binface says his campaign is about celebrating the democratic process. Speaking to BBC News , he said: "My job is to demonstrate that British democracy is wonderful and unique in the entire Cosmos."

Asked by BBC Radio 4's Today program what his appeal to voters in Clacton would be, his answer was simple: "That I'm not Nigel Farage."

From Screaming Lord Sutch to the Monster Raving Loony Party

Count Binface comes from a long tradition of joke candidates in British politics, who run in elections to poke fun at politicians.

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