Farage Faces "Count Binface" in Record-Breaking UK By-Election
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Nigel Farage wants to win an election again in Clacton, England. Clacton is a town in the UK.
Farage is a populist leader. He leads a political party. Many people call him an ultra, or a very strong right-wing leader.
This election has many candidates. It is the biggest number in the history of the British Parliament. Parliament is where UK laws are made.
One candidate has a funny name. He is called "Count Binface." A binface is a British word for a trash can. This candidate is not serious. He wants to make people laugh.
Some people in Clacton support Farage. One person said, "Nigel Farage is the best. We must send foreigners away." This shows strong feelings about immigration.
The election in Clacton is called surreal. This means very strange and unusual.
Farage hopes voters will choose him again. He wants to keep his seat in Parliament.
Vocabulary15 words
- populist
- a leader who says he speaks for normal people
- ultra
- a person with very strong political ideas
- Parliament
- the place where a country makes laws
- binface
- a funny British word for a trash can
- immigration
- when people move to live in another country
- surreal
- very strange, like a dream
- candidate
- a person who wants to win an election
- election
- when people vote to choose a leader
- re-election
- winning an election again
- voters
- people who vote in an election
- seat
- a position in Parliament
- leader
- the head of a group or party
- party
- a group of people with the same political ideas
- town
- a small city
- right-wing
- political ideas that are often about tradition and less change
Quiz
Answer key
1. Clacton 2. It has the most candidates in British parliamentary history 3. A joke candidate
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Nigel Farage wants to win an _____ again in Clacton, England.
Farage is a _____ leader. He leads a political party.
This election has many _____. It is the biggest number in the history of the British Parliament.
One candidate has a funny name. He is called "Count _____."
A binface is a British word for a trash _____.
Some people in Clacton _____ Farage.
The election in Clacton is called _____.
Farage hopes _____ will choose him again.