Count Binface, an actor, and comedian famous for his intergalactic space warrior persona is running for the office to contest with Rishi Sunak in the general election to be held on July 4, 2024. Count Binface, created by the comedian Jonathan David Harvey, originally perhaps the most satirical politician of them all, its his humorous approach to politics and the ids he holds as a politician to make the public chuckle.
Key Highlights:
- Announcement Date: 07/06/2024
- Location: Richmond and Northallerton, Which is represented by Rishi Sunak
Previous Campaigns:
General election 2019 in against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, The 2021 Mayoral elections in London where he polled over 24,000 votes. In his rambling podcast of Trash Talk, Count Binface revealed that he has challenged Sunak to the contest saying, “You dodged D-Day Rishi, you can’t dodge the B-Day. Binface vs Sunak is going to be Fury vs Usyk times a billion!”.
Manifesto Highlights:
- National Service for Former Prime Ministers: They go on suggesting that national service should be reintroduced with exclusivity to the former prime ministers.
- Double-Locked Pensions: Of these he recommends incorporating an additional and further chain in to the pension double lock.
- Environmental Policies: Promises of offering stilts to all British citizens to help counter the problem of the increase in sea levels.
- Cultural Policies: London wants to name a new bridge Phoebe Waller-Bridge and has suggested that Claudia Winkleman’s fringe should be listed as a cultural heritage asset of Grade-1.
The previous adverts that have been produced by count Binface was; humor mixed with subliminal political commentaries. It appears that his candidacy is the application of the British tradition according to which satire is discussed within society.
Nevertheless, the given campaign of Binface also has a subliminal message as the candidate aims at attracting voters’ attention to various political and social concerns. The boycott by his team is believed to have tilted the election in the favour of his rival From all the observation made above, it can therefore be concluded that he has contribute a special dimension to the political campaigns in the coming one week.