India, Aug. 12 -- The surge in satirical outfits in politics has now reached the United Kingdom, where a man with a trash-can head has vowed to take on far-right candidate Nigel Farage.

Count Binface describes himself as an "intergalactic space warrior" and threw his hat in the ring after Nigel Farage's resignation triggered a snap vote for the seat of Clacton-on-Sea.

Calling himself the "only fresh thing on the menu," the trash-talking candidate is now in a prime position for the upcoming vote.

Under the trash can, body armour, and black cape of Count Binface is comedian Jon Harvey.

Harvey, who studied classics at Oxford University, has been a TV writer for several political comedies, reported the Associated Press. However, despite h...