Who is Count Binface and what is his manifesto for the General Election? | UK News
The General Election’s most unusual candidate is space warrior Count Binface – a staple of elections at this point.
The viral political star – formerly known as Lord Buckethead – first found fame for challenging PMs Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
Now the Count is standing in the General Election just two months after his bid in the race for the London mayor.
His hilarious election manifesto wants to cap the price of croissants at £1.10, and force former prime ministers to do national service.
Count Binface describes himself as ‘an intergalactic space warrior and leader of the Recyclons from planet Sigma IX’.
But the man behind the mask is actually Jon Harvey, a comedian and writer.
On Count Binface’s official website, Harvey writes that his alter-ego is an ‘intergalactic space warrior who stood against Theresa May in 2017 and went viral (in a non-Covid way)’.
He then went on to challenge PM Boris Johnson’s seat as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, which the PM has held since 2015.
After an unsuccessful bid, the Count threw his ‘metal’ hat (head?) in the ring for the 2021 London mayor election, where he received 24,775 votes.
He was hoping to win the London mayoral race held on May 2, but he failed to beat Sadiq Khan.
But the Count beat the Britain First candidate Nick Scanlon – 24,260 for the Count against Scanlon’s 20,519 votes.