Meet the ‘intergalactic space warrior’ challenging U.K.’s Rishi Sunak
Global News
Meet Count Binface, the 'intergalactic space warrior'running in the U.K. election against Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He's promising to build 'at least one affordable house.'
One candidate served as the United Kingdom’s most recent prime minister and currently leads the Conservative Party.
Another claims to be from space, has promised to “build at least one affordable house, which is more than all the other parties can muster between them” and wants to force all former prime ministers to enlist in the army.
They are both running to win the same riding in England’s north — though one of them is doing it more satirically than the other.
But because of British election procedure, win or lose, Rishi Sunak will stand on the same stage on Thursday night as Count Binface, whose head is a silver garbage bin and who dresses in all silver, including a cape.
The procedure “is the great leveller of Earth democracy, and I think it is fantastic,” Binface told Global News.
His platform also includes tying ministers’ pay to that of nurses for 100 years, introducing “Wi-Fi on trains that works” as well as “trains that work” and banning loud snacks from theatres.
But far more importantly, he said his candidacy is a celebration of the ability to vote and to stand for election.
“It’s the wonder of democracy,” he told Global News.