How Did It Come To This?

Browse the internet fast, privately, and without restrictions with ProtonVPN: https://protonvpn.com/tomnicholas This Thursday, Nigel Farage will face off in a special by-election against... a bin. But, how did British politics get taken over by odd novelty candidates? Chapters 00:00 British Politics' Odd Candidates 05:52 A Brief History of Novelty Candidates 15:35 Why Running for Office is So Easy 24:41 Count Binface vs. Nigel Farage 33:07 Why This Might Be the End for Silly Candidates Written, Directed and Presented by Tom Nicholas. Edited by Georgia Burrows. Additional support from Rosie Stevenson and Jack Carter. Watch this video ad- and sponsor-free on Nebula at https://nebula.tv/videos/tomnicholas-... Twitter:   / tom_nicholas   Instagram:   / tomnicholaswtf   Patreon:   / tomnicholas   Select footage courtesy of Getty Music from Epidemic Sound