Who is Count Binface?

COUNT Binface, who was previously known as Lord Buckethead, is running for Mayor of London this year.

But who is Count Binface and could he actually become Mayor of London?

Who is Count Binface?

Count Binface claims to be the “Lord Buckethead you’re looking for” on his Twitter.

The unlikely candidate went up against Boris Johnson in 2019 and Theresa May in 2017.

He has a where he has raised £5,342 so far.

He said: “My name is Count Binface, intergalactic space warrior and democracy-lover.

“I challenged Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the 2019 election and secured a glorious 69 votes against him.

“Yes that’s right, I experienced an unexpected 69 with Boris in an Uxbridge sports hall on Friday 13th at 4am under a full moon.

“Before that took on Theresa May in my previous guise as Lord Buckethead. And now I’m running to be the next mayor of the Earth Capital, London.”

On his he said of his name change: “In 2018 I had an unfortunate battle on the planet Copyright, when an elderly American human film producer took my Twitter account off me after I got famous.

“So I had an upgrade.”

He added: “I’m still your friendly neighbourhood space warrior campaigning for justice, lasers, Lovejoy and the return of Ceefax. AND I’M BACK FOR THE 2021 ELECTION. MAY THE SIXTH BE WITH YOU!”

Could Count Binface become Mayor of London?

Count Binface is one of the 20 candidates running to be the next Mayor of London.

His promise is: “I want to make the world see east London for the thriving, prosperous and happy place that we all know it should be (and in many places already is), not the ludicrous non-stop screaming match as portrayed on the BBC’s EastEnders programme.

“To this end I will pay for the writers of EastEnders to actually visit east London, so that for the first time in their lives they can get a clue about what the place is really like.

“If I am mayor I will also invest in schools, transport, housing, the arts, and other things that humans vote for.”