Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election
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Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election
Farage stepped down last month to trigger the vote, branding it a fight against "the establishment," amid controversy over his finances. Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K., won the Clacton by-election with 63 percent. Count Binface, a novelty candidate, came second with 27 percent, a personal best.
CNBC reported the story as "Trump ally Nigel Farage wins special election to return to UK parliament." The Independent reported the story as "Nigel Farage beats Count Binface to win back seat in Parliament in widely mocked election."
3 sources have covered this story, including CNBC, The Independent and The New York Times. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 12 hours ago.
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