British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a snap election after he decided to quit parliament.
His surprise move threatened to backfire on Wednesday after other heavyweight parties confirmed they would not contest a by-election.
Count Binface, a self-described "intergalactic space warrior" is the only other person to have said so far that they would run.
What did Farage announce?
In a televised address on Tuesday, the leader of the hard-right Reform UK party said he was resigning as the member of parliament for Clacton, a constituency in southeast England that he has represented since July 2024.
