# Count Binface > Britain’s bin-headed protest candidate. Part comedian, part political satirist, and technically a completely legitimate electoral candidate. Canonical URL: https://aristotree.com/julius/count-binface Language: en Creator: julius Last modified: 2026-08-13T21:01:29.522Z Concepts: 49 Relationships: 59 This is a public, user-curated knowledge graph. Follow the cited sources when verifying claims. ## Concepts ### 2017 United Kingdom general election A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2017, two years after the previous general election in 2015; it was the first since 1992 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections. Topics: instance of: United Kingdom general election, instance of: snap election, part of: 2017 United Kingdom elections, country: United Kingdom, follows: 2015 United Kingdom general election, followed by: 2019 United Kingdom general election Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election ### Count Binface Jonathan David Harvey is a British writer who contests elections as the novelty candidate Count Binface, an "independent space warrior" who wears a bin-shaped helmet. Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Binface ### Lysistrata (opera) Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess is an opera in two acts by composer Mark Adamo. Topics: instance of: dramatico-musical work Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata_(opera) ### Euripides Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: tragedy writer, occupation: playwright, genre: Greek tragedy Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euripides ### Dionysia The Dionysia was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central events of which were processions and sacrifices in honor of Dionysus, the theatrical performances of dramatic tragedies and, from 487 BC, comedies. Topics: instance of: religious holiday, instance of: theatre festival, subclass of: Dionysian Mysteries, has part(s): City Dionysia, has part(s): Anthesteria, country: Classical Athens Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysia ### The Frogs The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. Topics: instance of: dramatic work, genre: Old Comedy Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frogs ### Socrates Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher, and a major inspiration on his student Plato, who largely founded the tradition of Western philosophy. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: philosopher, occupation: teacher Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates ### Cleon Cleon was an Athenian politician and general (strategos) during the Peloponnesian War. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: politician, occupation: military personnel Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleon ### Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War was fought in the Eastern Mediterranean between the Athenian-led Delian League and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League from 431 to 404 BC for hegemony over Ancient Greece. Topics: instance of: war, part of: Peloponnesian Wars, has part(s): Archidamian War, has part(s): Sicilian Expedition, named after: Peloponnese Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War ### Ancient Greek comedy Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece; the others being tragedy and the satyr play. Topics: instance of: theatrical genre, subclass of: comedy, subclass of: theatre of ancient Greece Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_comedy ### Aristophanes Aristophanes was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: comedy writer, occupation: playwright, genre: comedy Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes ### Dissolution of parliament The dissolution of a legislative assembly is the simultaneous termination of service of all of its members, in anticipation that a successive legislative assembly will reconvene later with possibly different members. Topics: instance of: end cause, subclass of: dissolution, subclass of: end of legislative term Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament ### Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly known as the Conservative Party and colloquially as the Tories, is a political party in the United Kingdom. Topics: instance of: political party, has part(s): Welsh Conservative Party, has part(s): Scottish Conservative Party, country: United Kingdom, founder: Robert Peel, follows: Tories Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK) ### Exit poll An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. Topics: instance of: type of survey Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_poll ### Manifesto A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government. Topics: instance of: literary genre, subclass of: declaration, subclass of: work Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifesto ### House of Commons of the United Kingdom The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Topics: instance of: house of commons, part of: Parliament of the United Kingdom, country: United Kingdom, country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, headquarters location: Palace of Westminster Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom ### Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: trade unionist, occupation: politician Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn ### Reform UK Reform UK, also known as the Reform Party, is a right-wing populist and far-right political party in the United Kingdom. Topics: instance of: political party, has part(s): Reform UK Wales, country: United Kingdom Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_UK ### First-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP) — also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality — is a single-winner voting rule. Topics: instance of: electoral system, subclass of: plurality voting system Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting ### 2019 United Kingdom general election A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2019, with 47,074,800 registered voters entitled to vote to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. Topics: instance of: United Kingdom general election, instance of: snap election, has part(s): 2019 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland, has part(s): 2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, country: United Kingdom, follows: 2017 United Kingdom general election Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election ### Private Eye Private Eye is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. Topics: instance of: magazine, instance of: satirical magazine, country: United Kingdom, country of origin: United Kingdom, founder: Peter Usborne, headquarters location: London Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye ### Yes Minister Yes Minister is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Topics: instance of: television series, genre: comedy television series, genre: political satire, country of origin: United Kingdom, followed by: Yes, Prime Minister Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_Minister ### None of the above "None of the above" (NOTA), or none for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system. Topics: subclass of: vote, subclass of: ballot Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_the_above ### Lord Buckethead Lord Buckethead was a novelty candidate who stood in four British general elections between 1987 and 2019, portrayed by three different people. Topics: instance of: character, occupation: politician Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Buckethead ### Protest vote A protest vote is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates or the current political system. Topics: subclass of: vote, subclass of: discourse Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_vote ### Satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Topics: instance of: art genre, instance of: art movement, subclass of: humor Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire ### A Modest Proposal A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to simply as A Modest Proposal, is a 1729 satirical essay by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. Topics: instance of: literary work, genre: polemical lampoon, genre: essay Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal ### Single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV), also known as PR-STV and "proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote", is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Topics: subclass of: proportional representation, subclass of: ranked voting, part of: democracy Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote ### Voter turnout In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate of a given election. Topics: subclass of: ratio Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout ### Write-in candidate A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Topics: instance of: political candidate, subclass of: political candidate Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-in_candidate ### Strategic voting Strategic or tactical voting is voting in consideration of possible ballots cast by other voters in order to maximize one's satisfaction with the election's results. Topics: subclass of: voting Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_voting ### Abstention Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote but does not cast a ballot. Topics: instance of: political position, subclass of: abstinence Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstention ### Spoilt vote In voting, a ballot is not included in the vote count if a law declares or an election authority determines that it is spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid, rejected or stray. Topics: subclass of: ballot Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoilt_vote ### 2024 London mayoral election The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. Topics: instance of: London mayoral election, part of: 2024 United Kingdom local elections, country: United Kingdom, follows: 2021 London mayoral election, followed by: 2028 London mayoral election Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_London_mayoral_election ### Official Monster Raving Loony Party The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is a satirical political party established in the United Kingdom in 1982 by the musician David Sutch, also known as Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow, or simply Lord Sutch. Topics: instance of: frivolous political party, country: United Kingdom, founder: Screaming Lord Sutch Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party ### Todd Durham Todd Durham is an American filmmaker, comedy writer, and novelist, best known as the creator of the concept for the Hotel Transylvania film franchise. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: film director, occupation: screenwriter Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Durham ### Science fiction comedy Science fiction comedy or comic science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that exploits the science fiction genre's conventions for comedic effect. Topics: instance of: science fiction genre, instance of: comedic genre, subclass of: speculative fiction comedy, subclass of: soft science fiction Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_comedy ### 3D film 3D films are motion pictures made to give an illusion of three-dimensional solidity, usually with the help of special glasses worn by viewers. Topics: instance of: type of cinematic work, subclass of: film Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_film ### Shelby, North Carolina Shelby is a city in and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina. Topics: instance of: city in the United States, instance of: county seat, country: United States Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby%2C_North_Carolina ### Paula Poundstone Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer, and commentator. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: actor, occupation: stand-up comedian Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Poundstone ### Chris Elliott Christopher Nash Elliott is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his surreal sense of humor. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: comedian, occupation: novelist Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Elliott ### Hyperspace (film) Hyperspace, also known as Gremloids, is a 1984 3D science fiction comedy film starring Chris Elliott and Paula Poundstone, written and directed by Todd Durham and filmed in Shelby, North Carolina. Topics: instance of: film, country of origin: United States Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspace_(film) ### Political satire Political satire is a type of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics. Topics: instance of: literary genre, subclass of: satire Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_satire ### The Thick of It The Thick of It is a British comedy television series created, co-written and directed by Armando Iannucci that satirises the inner workings of British government. Topics: instance of: television series, genre: sitcom, genre: political satire, has part(s): The Thick of It, season 1, has part(s): The Thick of It, season 2, country of origin: United Kingdom Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It ### Dr. Strangelove Dr. Topics: instance of: film, genre: black comedy film, genre: comedy film, part of: National Film Registry, country of origin: United States, country of origin: United Kingdom Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove ### The Daily Show The Daily Show is an American late-night talk and news satire television program. Topics: instance of: television program, instance of: television series, genre: late-night talk show, genre: political satire, country of origin: United States Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show ### 2021 London mayoral election The 2021 London mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of London. Topics: instance of: London mayoral election, part of: 2021 United Kingdom local elections, country: United Kingdom, follows: 2016 London mayoral election, followed by: 2024 London mayoral election Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_London_mayoral_election ### Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. Topics: instance of: human, occupation: journalist, occupation: politician Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson ### Uxbridge and South Ruislip Uxbridge and South Ruislip is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation. Topics: instance of: constituency of the House of Commons, country: United Kingdom Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uxbridge_and_South_Ruislip ## Relationships - Count Binface — related_to → 2017 United Kingdom general election: is the election where the character's predecessor first appeared - Aristophanes — related_to → Euripides: frequent subject of his parody - Aristophanes — related_to → Dionysia: festival where his plays were performed - Aristophanes — related_to → The Frogs: representative work of the author - Aristophanes — related_to → Lysistrata (opera): representative work of the author - Aristophanes — related_to → Socrates: caricatured in his work - Aristophanes — related_to → Cleon: frequent target of his satire - Aristophanes — related_to → Peloponnesian War: historical context for his plays - Aristophanes — related_to → Ancient Greek comedy: primary genre of the playwright - Aristophanes — related_to → Satire: foundational genre for his work - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Conservative Party (UK): winning political party in the 2019 general election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Dissolution of parliament: legal mechanism that triggered the 2019 general election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Exit poll: statistical method used to predict the 2019 election result - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Manifesto: policy platform documents published by parties for the election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → House of Commons of the United Kingdom: legislative body elected in the 2019 general election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Jeremy Corbyn: leader of the opposition during the 2019 election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Reform UK: primary political driver of the 2019 general election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → First-past-the-post voting: electoral system used for the 2019 general election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Voter turnout: key metric for measuring engagement in the 2019 election - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Lord Buckethead: satirical candidate who stood against the Prime Minister - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Uxbridge and South Ruislip: constituency contested by the Prime Minister in 2019 - 2019 United Kingdom general election — related_to → Boris Johnson: Prime Minister who led the Conservative Party to victory - Protest vote — related_to → Single transferable vote: electoral system influencing protest behavior - Protest vote — related_to → Voter turnout: metric affected by protest voting - Protest vote — related_to → Write-in candidate: method for casting protest votes - Protest vote — related_to → Strategic voting: strategic alternative to protest voting - Protest vote — related_to → Abstention: passive form of political dissatisfaction - Protest vote — related_to → None of the above: institutionalized protest voting mechanism - Protest vote — related_to → Spoilt vote: distinct form of electoral expression - Protest vote — related_to → 2024 London mayoral election: recent context for protest voting - Protest vote — related_to → Lord Buckethead: satirical candidate for protest votes - Protest vote — related_to → Official Monster Raving Loony Party: frivolous party used for protest voting - Count Binface — related_to → Protest vote: is the primary mechanism for Count Binface's electoral impact - Count Binface — related_to → 2024 London mayoral election: is a recent election contested by the Count Binface persona - Count Binface — related_to → Official Monster Raving Loony Party: represents the tradition of British novelty political campaigning - Hyperspace (film) — related_to → Science fiction comedy: genre classification of the film - Hyperspace (film) — related_to → 3D film: technological format of the film - Hyperspace (film) — related_to → Shelby, North Carolina: filming location of the production - Hyperspace (film) — related_to → Todd Durham: writer and director of the film - Hyperspace (film) — related_to → Paula Poundstone: lead actress in the film - Hyperspace (film) — related_to → Chris Elliott: lead actor in the film - Political satire — related_to → Yes Minister: influential British satire of the civil service - Political satire — related_to → Satire: broader literary and artistic genre containing political satire - Political satire — related_to → Aristophanes: ancient Greek playwright and pioneer of political satire - Political satire — related_to → The Thick of It: modern television satire of government bureaucracy - Political satire — related_to → Dr. Strangelove: cinematic satire of Cold War political and military policy - Political satire — related_to → Private Eye: long-running British publication specializing in political satire - Political satire — related_to → A Modest Proposal: foundational literary work of political satire - Political satire — related_to → The Daily Show: exemplary television program of political satire - Political satire — related_to → 2019 United Kingdom general election: event featuring satirical political participation - Political satire — related_to → Boris Johnson: frequent target of political satire - Political satire — related_to → Lord Buckethead: satirical political candidate in UK elections - Count Binface — related_to → Hyperspace (film): origin of the Lord Buckethead character - Count Binface — related_to → Boris Johnson: primary political target - Count Binface — related_to → Political satire: political genre of the candidate - Count Binface — related_to → 2021 London mayoral election: significant electoral campaign - Count Binface — related_to → Uxbridge and South Ruislip: primary constituency for electoral campaigns - Count Binface — related_to → 2019 United Kingdom general election: first major electoral contest - Count Binface — related_to → Lord Buckethead: predecessor and inspiration for the persona