Mehdi Meets Space Warrior Count Binface

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1. Claim 1

   Accurate97% confidence▶ 0:08

   “I pledge to move the hand dryer in the Crown and Treaty pub Uxbridge as far too close to the urinal. It is like a hair flying your genitals while attempting you to urinate.”

   Count Binface pledged to move the hand dryer at the Crown and Treaty pub in Uxbridge because it is positioned too close to a urinal.

   The Crown and Treaty in Uxbridge has a male toilet with a hand dryer positioned near the urinals; an independent account reports that using the rightmost urinal activates the dryer. The pledge and the underlying positioning claim are supported.

   Sources

   • 1Fact-checking Count Binface↗

     SupportsOne of Count Binface’s campaign promises is to move the hand dryer in the male toilet at the Crown and Treaty pub in Uxbridge to a more sensible position.

   • 2Count Binface brings comedy to British politics in special election↗

     SupportsOne item that has raised some eyebrows is a vow to relocate the hand dryer in the men’s restroom at the Crown & Treaty pub in Uxbridge to a more sensible location.

2. Claim 2

   Accurate99% confidence▶ 0:19

   “You have run many times before. No one's really taken you seriously until now.”

   Count Binface had run for political office many times before this interview.

   Before the interview, the performer associated with Count Binface had contested multiple elections, including contests in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024. Thus, “many times before” is supported.

   Sources

   • 1Count Binface: ‘Adele is a creative powerhouse and one-woman GDP boost. Which is why I pledge to nationalise her’↗

     SupportsIn 2017, he made his political debut as Lord Buckethead, challenging Theresa May in her Maidenhead constituency in that year’s general election. As Count Binface he ran against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and South Ruislip two years later. In 2021, he ran for London mayor and stood again for the post this year, winning 24,260 votes and beating Britain First.

   • 2Media kit: bios, fact sheet, assets↗

     SupportsHis electoral record spans general elections, by-elections and two London mayoral contests, including 24,775 first-choice votes in 2021 and 24,260 in 2024.

3. Claim 3

   Accurate93% confidence▶ 0:39

   “You can't wear that bin in the House of Commons chamber.”

   Count Binface could not wear his bin helmet in the House of Commons chamber if elected.

   House of Commons guidance requires Members to dress in business-like attire and says they should not in principle have their faces covered while voting. Contemporary reporting therefore states that Binface would have to leave his costume headgear at the chamber door.

   Sources

   • 1Members' dress - Erskine May↗

     SupportsMembers should dress in business-like attire; this need not include a tie.

   • 2Members' dress - Erskine May↗

     SupportsThe Speaker has indicated that Members must not in principle have their face covered while voting in a division since they must identify themselves to the tellers.

   • 3Count Binface brings comedy to British politics in special election↗

     SupportsHe would have to check his headgear at the door of the House of Commons under rules that bar costumes and require businesslike attire.