Farage wins UK by-election as Count Binface claims 'moral victory'
LONDON-AFP
Hard-right British politician Nigel Farage reclaimed his seat in a by-election, according to the final tally on Aug. 14, though his main rival and joke candidate Count Binface took an larger than expected share of the ballot.
Farage, who triggered the vote by resigning the parliamentary seat he had held since 2024 over an investigation into his finances, swept 63 percent of the ballots in the English constituency of Clacton.
While votes were still being counted, Farage had declared victory.
