Just when you thought world politics couldn’t get any more ridiculous: Tonight, far-right British politician Nigel Farage faces a byelection 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 £5 million donation scandal that prompted it, is deadly serious.

Today, the 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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