The joke isn't the bin. The joke is pretending the man inside it is some random eccentric. Jonathan David Harvey is an Oxford-educated writer with three decades at the heart of the BBC comedy establishment, writing for programmes such as The Thick of It, Have I Got News For You and Yes Minister. He's won awards, been celebrated by the media, and is hardly an unknown outsider.
So let's stop pretending Count Binface is just a bloke who wandered into politics wearing a wheelie bin.
The costume is the gimmick. The career behind it is anything but.
All this Count Binface talk got me looking into who this guy really is.
Jonathan David Harvey — who earns his living making comedy shows for the BBC — is an Oxbridge liberal elitist who has screeds of anti-Brexit, anti-Trump, and anti-British rants on his Twitter going back over a decade.
He even thought Nigel Farage’s Brexit balloons “looked Russian.”
His “Talent Manager” Hollie Ebdon once wrote of Farage, “Oh f*ck off you horrible c*nt.”
Don’t get me wrong, I think Binface is a hilarious character, and Harvey is clearly a talented satirist.
But pretending he’s just some random bloke in a suit having a laugh is nonsense.
He’s an establishment luvvie sent to try to undermine the aspirations of people who vote for right wing candidates or parties.
Reminds me of when Al Murray ran against Farage in 2015 and got 300-odd votes.
Mocking people to their faces is only funny for so long.
Hi Arron
There’s absolutely no reason to capitalise “leeches” here.
If you can’t read and or write our beautiful English language properly I strongly suggest you leave our wonderful country.
The polar exploration ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough cost £200 million to build and was actually voted by the public to be called Boaty McBoatface
We need to repeat this level of public engagement and public support in Count Binfaces Clacton by election campaigning!
@KaliBilli That’s not entirely correct! The public overwhelmingly voted for "Boaty McBoatface" but officials chose to name the ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough. As a compromise & to honor the public campaign they gave the name to one of the ship's high tech deep-sea submersibles!
Robert Jenrick(Reform MP); "I hope that the people of Clacton will return Nigel, we don't know that for certain..." 👀
Tim Stanley: "What's the message to the wider electorate that Nigel Farage can beat a field of one talking Bin." 🤣
@gingerrtom Imagine him knocking doors campaigning
“Hi, I’m Ken, you might know me from films such as Barbie, I’m here campaigning on behalf of your MP who has spent more time in the US than Clacton & voted in less than 33% of legislation votes , government taxation plans & policy motions!”
This is how a Detective Inspector from @bedspolice chose to present himself to the media and therefore the public today. Mate, you’re a detective, not a poet. Get a haircut and a beard trim.