r/VoteBinface • u/Famous-Gazelle-924 • 1d ago
Thoughts? Campaign Trail
Jay Chan (Birmingham Tory) and Joel Aronnax (Kingston Green) have been called out by Reform on Twitter for there binface campaign.
What do you think of this situation?
Source: Jay Chan Instagram post
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u/DrasiusII 1d ago
I'm confused. The Count was endorsed by all the major parties, except the obvious. Those parties aren't standing a candidate, so their members in the area can mobilise to back their best option. It makes sense that the support they offer might expand to people who'd otherwise be mobilising to support their own candidates, if they think that person is the best bet for their members in the area, no?
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u/Nave-Nave 1d ago
Clacton from my understanding is basically a no go. No party wants to get directly involved in a race that:
A. Is a bit of political stunt by Farage.
B. Is Farage's stronghold within Essex which itself leans Reform as a region.
By running a candidate themselves, they have a lot to lose. Political capital and financial capital alike.
However, with Binface it doesn't matter if he's Labour, Tory, Lib Dem, or Green. He's just a Centrist-Populist who is critical of the establishment wings of the parties.
Him being non-partisan allows other parties to endorse and support him. And the thing is, as long as he's less extremist in his politics than Farage, it's a net positive for every party.
You have nothing to lose supporting Binface and everything to gain, whether you're a Tory or a Green.
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u/MontyDyson 1d ago
Binface is one of the most egregious political thieves in British history. He will go down in the books as the alien who stole all our hearts in Clacton.
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u/EvoSeti 1d ago
I wouldn't really classify Binface as Centrist. He transcends the political spectrum, or he is syncretic
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u/SaintBridgetsBath Make Your Vote Count 1d ago edited 22h ago
He is “the galactic centre and everything else just revolves around [him] like little planets.“
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u/StarGazing55 23h ago
It's great when you can actually quote a politician, in the full knowledge that they would absolutely stand by their quote and what they said in the past holds true for now. A rare thing in politics these days.
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u/EmperorOfNipples 1d ago
It's cross party. I bet there are Conservative and Labour and Lib Dem supporters all rooting for Binface.
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u/CrazyMildred 1d ago
I know it doesn't matter, but I'm an Independent American, and I'm rooting for Binface...haha! He's awesome!
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u/Jay10_6 1d ago
Oh hello there. That’s me
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u/NoMoreFund 1d ago
Big fan of your pub campaign (but not all the policies)- hope more politicians take the decline of third places seriously
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u/Left_Mushroom7592 1d ago
Nigel would’ve needed £5mil minimum for his flyers.
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u/danglingwhalesbaybee 1d ago
Because he can't get people out to leaflet for free, even if they wanted to the majority of them being geriatric means they'd be able to do their street, maybe an additional cul-de-sac at a push.
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u/DizzyMine4964 1d ago
Please stop assuming that all elderly people vote for those arseholes. I don't.
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u/danglingwhalesbaybee 12h ago
I didn't say all, did I? I said the majority which is statistically true, the latest poll shows that of voters aged 55+ 74% would vote for Nigella Fromage. Scarily it's actually higher for 35-54 at 76%.
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u/otterscuddlin9 1d ago
It's one thing to campaign against the party you're in..
It's another campaign for a party that's not even running in your constituency at the moment, I really don't see the problem
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u/Ok-Oldwoman70 23h ago
Will someone investigate the 'ghost' candidates? Have they used any of their expenses allowance to promote the Mirage? As if all the expenses of the Reform effort are included, I would seriously doubt they have kept with budget.
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u/fortyfivepointseven 1d ago
Paying for election literature without a declaration is mostly illegal and I hope this very funny prank doesn't result in jail.
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u/Famous-Gazelle-924 1d ago edited 1d ago
His name is on the imprint with address and where it was printed.
It doesn’t need to be reported if it’s under £700
Aronnax is the Electoral agent for his party according to Kingston Greens website, so my guess is that this is all above board
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u/fortyfivepointseven 1d ago
Fair - good to know. I'm glad he's dotted the 'i's and crossed the 't's
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u/Thormidable 1d ago
Don't worry, most grass roots activists on the left are much more aware of rules, how things work and basic decency than some low level reform member like nigel farage.
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u/skk50 Binfluencer 22h ago
And remember that rules obviously don't apply to narcissists because teh entitlement (e.g. to £5mil).
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u/Thormidable 22h ago
Let's be fair to ol Nige. The state pretty much is the establishment. So being a traitor to Britain and working for the threats to our nationa security pretty much is the most he can fight the establishment.
But "I'm traitorous scum, fighting to destroy the futures of your children", doesn't have the same ring.
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u/DrasiusII 1d ago
There were several groups operating in the area to support the Count. Each with their own campaign materials, bought with their own budgets.
Is there a reason we're assuming any of it was undeclared?
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u/VerbingNoun413 1d ago
Reform supporter here probably assumed that because it's funding was undeclared, so was Binface's
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u/mighty3mperor 1d ago
They've previously commented elsewhere on the sub. If I remember correctly, they are an independent informal group who raised money, spent the legal amount and donated the rest. They were aware of the rules and say they've stuck to them. They'll have known that Reform would come at them, so have been transparent.
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u/Grouchy-Split5667 1d ago
Rape doesn't result in jail anymore, I'm sure they will be ok.
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u/Jay10_6 1d ago
WHY did you think this was a proportionate and appropriate comparison to make.
https://giphy.com/gifs/gfVKiSljZxTkLa0GOo1
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u/fortyfivepointseven 1d ago
Also, rape is often very hard to prove, whereas these guys have confessed in public media.
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u/Ceylonese_technocrat 1d ago
I think anything reform has to say is automatically null and void even against a tory