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Anarchy in the UK

7/15/202626 min

The UK is about to have its seventh prime minister in 10 years.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

Count Binface is running to replace Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage for a seat in Parliament. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images.

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Clips

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    [gentle music] It's a big day for England. They're facing off against Argentina in the Men's World Cup in Atlanta. But back home, things are kinda messy. Voters are big mad, yet another prime minister is about to lose his job, and one of the main opposition figures is being challenged by a guy called Count Binface, who wears a trash can on his head.

  2. Tom McTague· Guest0:23

    Oh, my goodness. Looks like something out of Star Wars.

  3. Speaker 30:26

    National policies: nationalize Adele, build at least one affordable house, tie nurses' pay to that of ministers, rename London Bridge after Phoebe Waller.

  4. Speaker 40:37

    I'll make cyclists who disobey the highway code have to ride unicycles instead.

  5. Speaker 10:43

    Sadly, today Explained from Vox will not be about Count Binface. Instead, we're going to talk about the political chaos that's led to this moment where voters are excited about a man wearing a trash can on his head.

  6. Speaker 50:58

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