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NateNate60 to Not The OnionEnglish · 1 day ago

Farage left fighting a trash can as the UK populist leader’s election gamble backfires

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Farage left fighting a trash can as the UK populist leader’s election gamble backfires

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NateNate60 to Not The OnionEnglish · 1 day ago
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Nigel Farage resigned from the UK Parliament amid a controversy over undeclared financial donations but his tactic backfired
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    Lord Buckethead and Count Binface are one and the same person, the actor had to stop using “Lord Buckethead” for IP reasons.

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      They’re different people now. Indeed, Buckethead and Binface ran against each other in 2019 in Uxbridge.

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      Prog metal guitarist, for anyone wondering.

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        In an interview, Harvey said it was Buckethead in SpaceBalls, the film, that was the issue

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          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperspace_(film)

          Hyperspace, not space balls

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            According to today’s Guardian, we’re both wrong and it’s Gremloids

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              Gremloids is the British name of Hyperspace

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      Probably because Buckethead is an excellent guitarist and knew his name would provide an unfair advantage.

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