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"Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - Marsh Family parody of "Englishman in New York" about Binface v Farage

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As of 4.00pm this afternoon, the candidates running in one of the quirkiest and most pointless of by-elections in British political history were confirmed. The person representing the Essex constituency in Parliament, one Nigel Farage (leader of the MAGA-esque Reform Party), had resigned as the MP for Clacton in an attempt to deflect attention from his own financial improprieties that are being investigated by a Parliamentary Standards Committee. We sang about those already (he was given £5m as a gift amid lots of other dodgy dealings that are now being scrutinised, and he's getting very snippy in the media). But the fact that all the other major parties saw through the stunt and refused to engage with his attempt to dress it up as a referendum on his character (or "The People vs The Establishment") have now meant that his opposition consists only of the types of colourful/joke candidate that make a mockery of politics, often with fancy dress and satirical intent. So we thought we'd celebrate that, and mark the most bizarre and hilarious front-runner of the pack, who's already caught the eye internationally in the news: Count Binface, who claims to be an intergalactic space warrior. For info or context on these stories, including a fuller list of his remarkable manifesto pledges: - https://theconversation.com/could-count-binface-actually-win-287611 - https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/09/uk/nigel-farage-special-election-bin-face-intl The song we've reworked felt right because it was released by Sting in 1987 to celebrate the famous eccentric icon Quentin Crisp - surprisingly not charting particularly highly initially - but has since become a staple. ___________________________ Order our new album "Hollow Chapters" (came out 27 March): DIGITAL: https://orcd.co/hollowchapters PHYSICAL: CDs or LPs: https://themarshfamily.bandcamp.com/album/hollow-chapters ___________________________ Support us here: - PayPal to leave us a tip jar: https://paypal.me/marshfa