For Nigel Farage, success brings new pressures and a showdown with Count Binface
- Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, is running as the incumbent favorite in an election.
- His main opponent is Count Binface, a candidate dressed as a dustbin.
- Farage triggered a special election by quitting his seat in the House of Commons last month.
- The other main parties have called Farage's election bid a stunt and are not participating.
- Farage's political appeal is based on his image as a charismatic individualist.
LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage depicts himself as an outsider taking on the establishment, but now the tables have turned. The leader of anti-immigration party Reform UK is running in an election as the incumbent favorite, and his main opponent is a man dressed as a garbage can.
Farage, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, triggered Thursday’s special election in the English seaside town of Clacton by quitting his seat in the House of Commons last month. Facing awkward questions about his finances, Farage said he would let voters judge him in a 'people versus the establishment' contest.
But the other main parties called it a stunt and refused to take part, leaving Farage running against an assortment of independents, jokers and single-issue candidates led by Count Binface, a comic space alien with a trash can on his head. In that field, it’s Farage who looks like the mainstream politician.
对于奈杰尔·法拉奇来说，成功带来了新的压力和与垃圾桶计数器的对决
伦敦（美联社）——奈杰尔·法拉奇将自己描绘成一个挑战体制的局外人，但现在形势发生了变化。反移民政党改革英国党的领导者作为现任热门候选人参加选举，他的主要对手是一名穿着垃圾桶的人。
法拉奇是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的盟友，上个月辞去下议院席位触发了周四在英格兰海滨小镇克拉克顿的特别选举。面对关于他财务的尴尬问题，法拉奇表示他将让选民在“人民与体制”的竞赛中评判他。
但其他主要政党称这是一场噱头，并拒绝参与，留下法拉奇与一群独立候选人、搞笑候选人和单一问题候选人竞争，领头的是计数器·垃圾桶，一个头戴垃圾桶的搞笑外星人。在这样的选举中，法拉奇看起来更像是主流政治家。