Britain gripped by contest between political leader and a man with a bin on his head

The Grand Admiral writes ...

In the corner of the Galaxy Far Far Away which I came from, politics was a complete mess, run by a family-based oligarchy. Time and again, after pulling off victories which nobody else thought was possible to defend my people, the Chiss, I faced backbiting from treacherous politicians, including one or two in my own Mitth family, about how my military victories were political liabilities. 

Any remaining respect I had for Chiss politicians was destroyed by their response after the Sunrise confrontation (which some people call "Senior Captain Thrawn's last stand.") 

In that battle a hastily thrown-together alliance of Chiss and Allied forces saved the entire area which my people call "near space" and the rest of our galazy calls the "Unknown Regions" from being conquered by the Grysk, a group of evil and insidious mind-controlling aliens who make Sheev Palpatine, Lord Vader and Orson Krennic look like saints.

What was the reward of those who saved our people, and very possibly the galaxy?

The spineless politicians who run the Chiss Ascendancy originally attempted to bring charges against everyone who fought at Sunrise. They eventually settled for making me the scapegoat, stripping me of all rank and banishing me to the uninhabited planet where I was later found and recruited by the Empire.

So I must confess that it gives me great satisfaction to see any politician reduced to a joke, and in Britain that seems to be happening to the man who is seen by some as a possible Prime Minister after the next election, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

It seems Mr Farage will spend the next few weeks engaged in a battle for political survival against a man with a bin on his head.

Mt Farage appears to have failed to declare a donation of £5 million ($6.7 million) from Christopher Harborne, a British businessman based in Thailand who is involved in cryptocurrency. The donation was made before be became an MP but under the rules of the UK house of commons, members of parliament (MPs) have to declare political donations received in the year before their election to parliament or while they are an MPs. This donation was.

Any political leader who made this mistake would have faced flak over it, but if Farage had apologised, said it was a mistake, and made a late declaration he would probably have faced what amounts to a slap on the wrist.

Instead he has accused "the establishment" of being out to get him, resigned his seat in parliament and triggered a by-election.

The other major parties are boycotting the election as a "stunt" and at the time of writing Mr Farage's most serious opponent appears to be "Count Binface" - a comedian who stands in elections wearing a bin on his head. 

Daily Telegraph journalist Tim Stanley summed the contest up with the words,

"In this loony bin, it’s appropriate that a bin is the best person to take on Farage."

adding

"Clacton by-election voters have a choice between an oddity and a novelty."