How Nigel Farage ended up facing off with a bin
· 17 min · Episode 2012
Episode How Nigel Farage ended up facing off with a bin
Just when you thought world politics couldn’t get any more ridiculous: tonight, far-right British politician Nigel Farage is set to face a by-election of his own making. His main opponent? A joke candidate by the name of Count Binface, who says he’s an alien space warrior, and wears a superhero costume featuring a bin for a head.
The contest has turned into a circus, but the five-million-pound donation scandal which prompted it, is deadly serious.
Today, European correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, Andrew Tillett, on the contest, the scandal behind it, and the parallels between Farage and Australia’s far-right offering, One Nation.
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Guest: European correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, Andrew Tillett
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