The Reform UK leader headed to a polling station in the Essex seaside constituency in his bid to be re-elected to the seat he won at the 2024 general election .

Hard-right UK politician Nigel Farage will be fighting for his parliamentary seat Thursday, going head-to-head with parody candidate Count Binface in snap polls.

This week’s seaside showdown against ‘independent space warrior’ Count Binface might be just the start of the Reform leader’s electoral headaches, as Sean O’Grady explains