In an everlasting state of confusion

picture: a bat showing off it's tiny and CLEARLY insectivore teeth

this is an eastern red bat, it's teeth are small and very sharp, they're great for piercing an insect's exoskeleton. It's small and crunchy and lots of small teeth help. you get that general tooth shape with other mammals that eat bugs as well

this:

is a vampire bat. the upper incisors are extremely sharp, they nip at mammal skin very efficiently and then lap up the blood. being adapted to piercing mammal skin (soft, flexible) and insects (hard exoskeleton) results in differently shaped teeth. What we associate with vampire teeth isn't actually what the three species of vampire bats have in their mouths, instead they have these charming dorky smiles

(I believe a rough English translation would be “the inserted ö is my highlight/favorite part”)

Nigel Farage is the leader of Reform UK, a far right party who are currently in the process of a serious bid to become the UK government. they are just straight up evil.

Count Binface is an intergalactic space warrior with a bin on his head. he likes to run as a novelty candidate in general and mayoral elections. a big thing he likes to do is run as a candidate against the incumbent prime minister:

(Also pictured: Boris Johnson, Elmo)

Anyway, in brief:

Nigel Farage is currently in the midst of a big scandal about his finances

He has decided to deal with this by 1) making a show of nobly resigning from parliament and then 2) immediately running in the resulting by-election

He has stated that he is letting 'the people' judge his actions and implied that if he wins that will prove that he has been exonerated in the court of public opinion

His goal was presumably to get a big resounding win over the other parties, proving that The People still love him.

the other parties have thus far decided that this is a 'vanity election' and, well, there is one very easy way to ensure that he will not beat any of them, and that is simply not to play.

and as a result the only person who has so far confirmed they are running against him is Count Binface. no matter the outcome this makes Nigel Farage look like, u know, a fucking clown.

I can't bear to hope that he might actually win, all depending on the people of Clacton.

Count Binface on BBC Morning Live. Full interview. 8th July 2026