Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[First Aspect]

Pre-loved.

You are treading a fine liner.

 

[classic33]

This. His base voted for him last time. He is now needing to convince others that haven't been brainwashed by his anti-establishment option nonsense and I don't see them falling for it considering the timing with him finding himself under scrutiny for what many will view as dodgy behaviour. He may even loose voters he fooled into belieiving that he was somehow different to the corrupt established politicians. Chuck in that there may only be one candidate standing against him that all those who don't like Farage can get behind and he could be in trouble, especially if people see a chance to totally humiliate him by voting for a joke candidate. He's taking a huge risk and I don't think he considered all the Parties refusing to get dragged into his stunt.

Picking up on this, and assuming that there's no other Independents standing, making it a straight two horse race.
Will there be fewer voters on the day because their party has put no-one forward, a lower turnout would see him lose the seat.

Throw in the fact that there's candidates waiting in the wings as it were to be the new Reform UK party leader. As "you can't be party leader, if you haven't actually got a seat". Be it at national or local level. The LGA have been meeting in Portsmouth this week, and it's the single biggest gathering of Reform UK leaders, albeit on a local level, since the elections in May.

 

[classic33]

You are treading a fine liner.

Bin liner surely?

 

[briantrumpet]

Bin liner surely?

I think he should give his script writer the sack.

 

[Beebo]

I was quite disappointed that Count Binface now seems to have a professionally made outfit and custom bin head. I am sure it used to be just an old bin with a cape and tights. He has gone too corporate for my liking, must now be classed as the establishment.

If you remember he used to be Lord Buckethead, but there was a copyright issue with some other buckethead bloke, so changed to Count Binface.

 

[Ian H]

I think he should give his script writer the sack.

That's quite enough throw-away lines.

 

[AndyRM]

If you remember he used to be Lord Buckethead, but there was a copyright issue with some other buckethead bloke, so changed to Count Binface.

This guy:


View: https://youtu.be/psrUNcY3XSI?is=hTTzJBfSmjJh2XL8

 

[First Aspect]

Completely tangentially, I just went on an internet meander about Screaming Lord Sutch. Turns out not to have been a blissful ending to a great satirical career.

And very oddly the Monster Raving Loony party was founded in a hotel bar in Ashburton, Devon - a town I'm very familiar with for family reasons, and which has for at least the past 30 years has been about as middle class second home establishment as it is possible to find in the UK.

 

[Pross]

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I was going to mention that in my OP but thought it may have gone from the collective memory

 

[Pross]

This guy:


View: https://youtu.be/psrUNcY3XSI?is=hTTzJBfSmjJh2XL8

Hope he’s not standing as we don’t to split the pro-receptacle vote.

 

[briantrumpet]

I was going to mention that in my OP but thought it may have gone from the collective memory

Still in my collective memory too.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I was going to mention that in my OP but thought it may have gone from the collective memory

Went to school with a lad whose surname was Binns. Every teacher at some point quipped "have you got a brother named Dusty?".

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

If you remember he used to be Lord Buckethead, but there was a copyright issue with some other buckethead bloke, so changed to Count Binface.

I had completely forgotten that!

 

[Pblakeney]

Went to school with a lad whose surname was Binns. Every teacher at some point quipped "have you got a brother named Dusty?".

Went to school with a boy whose surname was Biggar. His forename was Miles.
True story. Also had a class with a Ross Allen and an Allan Ross.

 

[icowden]

If you remember he used to be Lord Buckethead, but there was a copyright issue with some other buckethead bloke, so changed to Count Binface.

It was a bit more complicated than that. The first Lord Buckethead was Mike Lee who was the owner of the video distributor for Hyperspace where the character came from. He stood in 1987 and 1992. Jon Harvey then stood as Buckethead in the 2017 election. Todd Durham asserted ownership of the character and Buckethead stood for election in 2019 played by David Hughes.

Not being able to stand as Lord Buckethead. Jon Harvey created Count Binface, intergalactic space warrior from the planet Sigma IX and has been standing as Buckethead ever since.