Press release ·
BinAid volunteer weekends announced for Clacton
The campaign opens sign-ups for BinAid, weekend canvassing sessions framed as a day out with mates, with a specific job on polling day: lifts to the polling station for elderly voters.
The Count Binface campaign has opened sign-ups for BinAid, a programme of weekend canvassing sessions in and around Clacton in the run-up to the by-election.
BinAid weekends are deliberately unglamorous and deliberately sociable: leaflets, doorsteps, a decent number of cups of tea, and a clear job on polling day itself, arranging lifts to the polling station for elderly and less mobile voters who want to vote in person. The campaign is also coordinating ice cream logistics, which it insists is a serious operational matter.
Volunteers sign up through the official channel on votebinface.com. The campaign stresses one legal point clearly: at a by-election, independent spending on printed material by supporters is restricted, so volunteers must work through official channels and must not print or distribute their own leaflets.
“BinAid is the least heroic and most useful thing in politics,” said Baron Kerbside, spokesperson for the site. “You knock on a door, you have a chat, you make sure someone’s nan has a way to get to the polling station. I am but a Baron, so I will not pretend it is glamorous. I will say it works, and that turning up for your neighbours is the entire point of the exercise.”
The campaign expects to schedule further weekends once the by-election date is confirmed.
About Count Binface
Count Binface is the satirical persona of British comedian Jonathan David Harvey, who previously performed as Lord Buckethead until 2018. He is an independent candidate and leader of the Count Binface Party, standing in the Clacton by-election as the sole declared challenger. His stated purpose is to encourage electoral participation; fundraising surpluses have gone to the housing charity Shelter. His official website is countbinface.com.