Count Binface stands next to then-Labour candidate and current British prime minister Andy Burnham after Burnham wins the election for MP of Makerfield, in June this year. Now he is causing a stir standing against Nigel Farage in the Clackton by election.
British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful.
But in a pantheon of colourful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show.
The self-described "intergalactic space warrior" from the fictional planet Sigma IX takes on hardline anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage on Thursday in the Clacton by-election, triggered when the Reform UK leader resigned in a shock move.
With Farage running again for his seat, none of the UK's mainstream political parties is fielding candidates, having dismissed the move as a stunt designed to stall a parliamentary inquiry into his finances.
