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Nigel Farage says he won’t attend count in Clacton byelection against Count Binface
(www.theguardian.com)
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Quite disappointing that it was only a 44% voter turnout with all the publicity around it.
Well, I guess a lot of people couldn't bring themselves to vote for either the ridiculous joke candidate or for the one with a bin over his head.
Absolutely. But the good news is that there is no possible way that he can argue that he has a mandate.
He'll do it anyway. The government argued they had a full Brexit mandate when it was literally 52%
But he still will.