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Nigel Farage beats Count Binface in widely mocked UK election

Nigel Farage beats Count Binface in widely mocked UK election

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August 14th, 2026

Nigel Farage beats Count Binface in widely mocked UK election

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Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, won a special election in his Clacton constituency on Thursday.

奈傑爾·法拉奇是改革英國黨的領袖,該黨反對移民。他在星期四贏得了自己選區克拉克頓一場特別選舉

He took 63% of the vote, while comic candidate Count Binface came second with about 27%.

獲得了63%的選票喜劇候選人伯爵賓費斯以約27%的得票率位居第二

Turnout was 44%.

投票率為44%

Farage had quit the seat in July to trigger the vote, which many saw as a stunt.

法拉奇在七月辭去議席以引發這次投票許多人認為這是一個噱頭

Farage said the result was an "overwhelming win" and that voters had rejected the political establishment.

法拉奇表示這個結果「壓倒性的勝利」選民已經拒絕了政治建制派

He did not attend the official result announcement, saying police had warned him of a plan to disrupt it.

沒有出席官方結果公布儀式並表示警方曾警告他有人計劃擾亂活動

Police disputed that claim.

警方否認了這個說法

Binface, whose real name is Jon Harvey, called it his best-ever result and joked about his popularity compared to a recent rival.

賓費斯的本名是喬恩·哈維他稱這是自己歷來最好的成績,並開玩笑說自己比最近的對手更受歡迎。

The election was widely mocked because major parties boycotted it.

這次選舉主要政黨抵制廣受嘲笑

Farage faced a field of 34 candidates, many of them novelty acts.

法拉奇面對34名候選人其中許多搞怪人物

He regained the seat with about 1,000 more votes than in 2024, but his victory does not guarantee he will keep it.

以比2024年多約1000票重新贏得席位勝利並不保證他能保住它

A parliamentary watchdog investigation into an undeclared gift is likely to resume.

議會監督機構對一項未申報禮物調查可能會恢復

The probe concerns a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift from a crypto billionaire, which Farage says was a personal payment for security.

這項調查涉及一位加密貨幣億萬富翁贈送的五百萬英鎊(約六百七十萬美元)禮物法拉奇表示這是用於個人安全的付款。

He also faces questions over his financial ties to a convicted fraudster.

也因與一名已定罪的詐騙犯有財務往來而受到質疑。

Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said the election was a distraction and that Farage likely has more to hide.

工黨主席布里奇特·菲利普森表示這次選舉是在轉移注意力法拉奇可能還有更多隱瞞

August 14th, 2026

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