Weekend Profile: Count Binface, Nigel Farage’s space-warrior foe

The Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org/web/20260711001917/https://www.economist.com/the-world-in-brief/2026/07/11/b240d63f-2768-43dd-89b6-2bdceb6df745SubscribeThe Economist ProLog inSkip to contentSubscribeThe Economist ProLog inWeekly editionWorld in briefUnited StatesChinaBusinessFinance & economicsEuropeAsiaMiddle EastAmericasArtificial intelligenceCultureGamesundefined undefinedSubscribe to The EconomistUnlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newslettersSubscribe to The EconomistUnlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newslettersSubscribeManage accountGift subscriptionsLog outManage accountGift subscriptionsLog outThe world in briefPhotograph: Getty ImagesNigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, has a habit of quitting but sticking around. In the past decade he has twice stepped down as the leader of populist-right parties, only to return to front-line politics. Now, amid a scandal over whether he should have declared a £5m ($6.7m) gift from a crypto entrepreneur, he has given up his parliamentary seat in order to try to win it again.