Count Binface And The Toy Trains

I never expected model railways and politics to collide in such a media spotlight, but here we are, and it's happening in, of all places, Clacton.Many years ago, before anyone beyond private school alumni and city traders had heard of Nigel Farage, I was starting my career in journalism in that corner of Essex.And like all well-trained reporters I do my research on the candidates in a by-election.This unscheduled contest looks very much like it will be, in Essex - sorry, essence - a head-to-head between the aforementioned Mr Farage - by now much better known - and what until now has been considered an amusing fringe candidate known as Count Binface.Except this time the Count would appear to be in with a 50/50 chance of getting elected to the mother of parliaments.And this has what to do with our own spoof layout feature, a model of former Vale of Rhiedol brake van 2 in BR blue?Well, my research shows that in previous elections he's stood in one of Count Binface's manifesto pledges as…