Pilot Traces Bin Shape Near Clacton as Poll Gives Farage 73% in By-election
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 10
Pilot Traces Bin Shape Near Clacton as Poll Gives Farage 73% in By-election
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 10
Summary
Flightradar24 data showed a light aircraft spent about 30 minutes drawing a bin shape off Clacton on Saturday, flying between 2,100ft and 4,150ft before Thursday’s by-election.
The 85-minute flight took off from Earls Colne at 2.48pm and landed at 4.13pm; the privately owned plane’s pilot has not been identified.
Count Binface — who wears a bin-shaped helmet — is challenging Nigel Farage in the Essex contest, with Survation polling Farage at 73% and Binface at 20%.
The by-election was triggered by Farage’s resignation after scrutiny over a £5 million gift from crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne; the standards investigation is expected to resume if he wins back the seat.
A suspension of more than 10 days could still trigger a recall petition and another contest, even if Farage wins on Thursday.