Grillings
Do TV election debates matter?
Greetings Countbinistas!
I hope you are very well indeed. Less than two weeks to go till the election. And I’ve had the single greatest piece of correspondence of this or indeed any campaign. It came in a tweet from LBC presenter and news editor Simon Conway, who wrote:
To be thought of as a political Santa by the youth of the United Kingdom gladdens my central fluid pumping organ like you wouldn’t believe. As I’ve said to many a current politician, what they don’t realise is that I’m playing the long game. Just you wait until today’s Octonauts fans are tomorrow’s mainstream voters. I am binevitable!
Until then, as dear readers of this newsletter know, I am still fighting the good fight to bring bin-focused politics into parliament. And this week provided my greatest challenge of the 2024 election: I faced my very own election debate grilling, from one of TV’s finest inquisitors - the legendary Simon McCoy. Well, I figured that if none of the so-called major TV channels (or ITV) would have me on their shows, I’ll just do my own. You can hear the FULL interview in the latest edition of my smash-hit podcast, Trash Talk with Count Binface. And for a special video trail, check this out.
I’m sure you’ll agree that just like Frost / Nixon, the mighty McCoy / Binface will go down in history as one of history’s great one-on-one clashes. Together we proved that one of TV’s simplest forms, the humble interview, is still a key part of the election tapestry. And I hope we may have shone a light on just how frit (I love that word) the ‘mainstream’ leaders have been in this campaign.
The debates that voters have been subjected too have been woefully inadequate, and I blame the format. Frankly it’s not been fair on the politicians or the broadcasters. Which is why I here and now make Rishi, Sir Keir, Ed a powerful offer: come and appear on CB News (Count Binface News) and be grilled by either Simon McCoy, or me, or indeed a combination of us both as an intergalactic dream team to rival Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
How about it? There’s still time, and we might yet tease out those all-important remaining mysteries. Why has Rishi made so many gaffes? What if anything will Prime Minister Starmer actually do? And what theme park rides has Ed Davey got left to try?
Just be confident that you’ll have no such issues with ol’ Binface. And that is why I am delighted to be signing off this newsletter with my biggest news of the year. I am GOING ON TOUR. That’s right, this autumn I am embarking on my (moral) victory lap across the nation with my debut live comedy show, Bindependence Day. What’s more, tickets have just gone on sale and you can get them here NOW! Come see me for real and together let’s Make Earth Great Again!
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