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Nigel Farage's by-election gamble backfires as major parties boycott, leaving Count Binface as the main challenger

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's decision to resign his Clacton parliamentary seat and trigger a by-election has backfired after major political parties announced they will not field candidates, leaving satirical candidate Count Binface—a man who wears a trash can on his head—as his primary opponent.