Talk:Count Binface

Industry

On 04/05/26 Jonathon Harvey was on Radio 4's Great Lives proposing Peter Cook, and while being introduced he claimed the votes on Industry. ~2026-27068-76 (talk) 14:37, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Armour?

The article could benefit from a better description of Count Binface's costume. Including, but also besides, the bucket itself. Practically, is he wearing armour? In which case, should he win, would attending parliament cause him to contravene the Statute forbidding Bearing of Armour? -- ~2026-34590-40 (talk) 15:28, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Novelty candidate

Given the bookmakers seem to have him in at a >10% chance of winning, perhaps the Count is no longer a novelty candidate.

I propose that the description is updated to reflect that he actually might win in the upcoming by election. ~2026-38795-96 (talk) 15:30, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

I see quite a few sources that consider he's got a chance to win the election, but few of them (if any) regard his campaign as anything else but satire. The two are not mutually exclusive. Renerpho (talk) 09:06, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Sources still call him a novelty candidate. Cortador (talk) 13:58, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

He clearly runs as a novelty candidate who proposes joke policies. That he has some small change of winning doesn't change that. Lamoebas (talk) 11:09, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

A novelty candidate is a candidate that is satirical and humorous instead of truly seeking election and power. Even if one happens to have a shot at winning it does not make the candidate any less novel or satirical. Finfixer (talk) 18:33, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

That the novelty candidate has a chance of winning, to me, says more about the landscape of other candidates, than it does about this candidate's behaviour. One can wonder whether this Count Binface campaign is really all that different from previous ones. What is different from previous campaigns, is that only one out of the 34 candidates has a higher profile than him. ~2026-40393-04 (talk) 11:58, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

On 17 July 2026 BBC News, which is of course a reliable source, described Count Binface in the reference as a "joke candidate". I would have no objections if Binface is described in this article as a "joke candidate" as per the BBC News reference. Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 01:41, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

That is what he is, but novelty candidate is the academic term for a candidate such as him. "Joke candidate" you see could also be read as saying the person, not the character being played, is a joke. By using "official" terminology we avoid making a judgement, that could be misinterpreted, on the matter in wikivoice. Saing that some sources call him a "joke candidate" is of course a different thing. So no, I don't think we should say that in wikivoice. Finfixer (talk) 14:32, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

References

Policies

Count Binface has long-standing and well established policy proposals on Ceefax, nationalizing Adele or building at least one affordable house. This could usefully complement this article 😬. Teolemon (talk) 10:43, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

@Teolemon Those policies have been listed in the article for several years. Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:23, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

References

Personal Life

Dying of a hypoglycemic coma seems unlikely for someone with undiagnosed diabetes, which would cause hyperglycemia. I know that’s what the article said, but it’s almost certainly incorrect unless he actually was on insulin or some other therapy, or there was some other cause of hypoglycemia not related to diabetes. Diabetes causes HIGH blood sugar, the hypoglycemic coma is caused by LOW blood sugar, most often from the medications such as insulin. ~2026-40809-47 (talk) 18:47, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

If there is a change you wish to make, it is unclear. According to the source cited in the article, "Harvey found the body of his older brother, Dan, 43, in his London flat. Obese and an undiagnosed diabetic, he had fallen into a hypoglycaemic coma."

This is what the source reports, and we are not able report a different cause of death unless sources suggest one. Crtbob (talk) 21:34, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Quite agree. Dan must have died of hyperglycaemia as only a diagnosed diabetic on insulin could have a low sugar = hypoglycaemia.

please correct to “ died of hyperglycaemic coma” Gavin L Young (talk) 13:03, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate your input, but don't believe it to be possible to make this change unless backed by a source. All the sources I found on the matter called it either either a hypoglycemic coma or simply diabetes. I'm not saying that I believe you are incorrect, but it's not possible to change the cause of death unless it can be verified by means of a reliable source. Crtbob (talk) 14:58, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps we coud just leave out the word "hypoglycemic"? Maybe "died at the age of 43 after falling into a coma"? The inference is still that it's diabetes related, but without the erroneous detail. This isn't a medical article after all. Alansplodge (talk) 16:56, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion. That seems like a good compromise. Crtbob (talk) 12:06, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Actually, why are we mentioning what happened to the brother at all? They're not a notable person, and it really doesn't have any relevance to this encyclopaedic topic. Canterbury Tail talk 17:21, 24 July 2026 (UTC)