And it’s not the rival candidate wearing a trash can on his head that they’re holding responsible for the “farce.” Ordinary punters, he argued, should be the ones to have their say as he faced mounting questions over undeclared donations. Farage has denied wrongdoing in both instances, arguing that help was given in a personal capacity. That’s how Count Binface, one of the most enthusiastic inheritors of a rich British tradition of standing as a satirical candidate in elections, ended up as Farage’s most high-profile rival. Broadcast rules mean the 34-strong candidate list needs to be read in full at every mention of Farage’s by-election on TV.