Writer Jon Harvey will return, but this time as Count Binface.
The human behind Lord Buckethead’s 2017 election campaign against Theresa May is set to run in Boris Johnson’s constituency under a new alias.
Jon Harvey will stand in the Prime Minister’s constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip as Count Binface, citing “an unpleasant battle on the planet Copyright” as the reason for his regeneration.
Mr Harvey won 249 votes in May’s constituency two-and-a-half years ago as Lord Buckethead, a character from Gremloids, a 1984 film, but reportedly gave up the role after discussions with the film’s creator.
Count Binface – described in a statement as “independent space warrior and prospective parliamentary candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip” and “Leader of the Recyclons” – will campaign to bring back Ceefax, as well as fighting for “a cleaner, greener galaxy”.
Addressing his return, Count Binface added “I predicted that Brexit would be a s***show and so it proved.”
And while Count Binface’s attention will no doubt be fixed in part on the Prime Minister, a more personal battle could be on the horizon with another Lord Buckethead running in the same constituency, this time for The Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
“I look forward to both the hustings and to challenging the new ‘Lord Buckethead’ to take part in a Receptacle-to-Receptacle debate,” Count Binface said.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than three years after his ousted predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office to the Defense Ministry compound.
It was the first time a president had commuted to Cheong Wa Dae since May 9, 2022, the final day of former President Moon Jae-in’s term, before Yoon began his presidency working out of a converted Defense Ministry building. Following the relocation, Yoon opened parts of Cheong Wa Dae to the public as a tourist site, which drew millions of visitors.
Lee, who won a snap presidential election in June following Yoon’s removal over a brief declaration of martial law in December 2024, spent weeks relocating the presidential office back to Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House, as he seeks to erase the legacy of his now-jailed predecessor.
Cheong Wa Dae is nestled on the lower slopes of a mountain in northern Seoul, occupying about 250,000 square meters (62 acres) behind the historic Gyeongbokgung Palace. The site, which has undergone several renovations over the decades, has served primarily as the country’s presidential office since the government’s founding following independence from Japanese colonial rule at the end of World War II.
Ahead of Lee’s commute, officials raised a presidential flag featuring two phoenixes at Cheong Wa Dae at midnight, marking the palace’s return as the official presidential office. Guards saluted as Lee’s motorcade passed the compound gates, as dozens of supporters nearby waved the South Korean flag and chanted his name.
Lee’s office later released a video of him holding a tea meeting with senior aides in one of Cheong Wa Dae’s rooms.
He later inspected Cheong Wa Dae’s National Crisis Management Center, an underground bunker for security and disaster response coordination that was refurbished ahead of his return, and carried out his first approval at the palace by formally accepting Benin’s ambassador-designate to South Korea, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said.
Lee also issued a statement expressing sympathy to the families of the 179 people killed in a Jeju Air crash a year ago in the coastal town of Muan, urging officials involved in the fact-finding investigation to fully establish the cause of the accident.
Lee’s office said he will commute from the current presidential residence in another part of Seoul until it is moved back to Cheong Wa Dae at an unspecified date.
Arguing that the hillside Cheong Wa Dae was too isolated from the public, Yoon reportedly spent about $40 million relocating the presidential office to several buildings at the Defense Ministry compound in Yongsan in central Seoul, dismissing concerns over security and costs and claiming the move would make his presidency more democratic.
Yoon, a staunch conservative, later triggered the country’s deepest democratic crisis in decades when he declared martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, during a standoff with Lee’s liberal Democratic Party, which controlled the legislature and obstructed much of his policy agenda.
Martial law lasted only hours, after a quorum of lawmakers broke through a military blockade and voted to lift the measure. Yoon was impeached later that month, removed from office in April by a Constitutional Court ruling and re-arrested in July. He now faces serious criminal charges, including rebellion, which carries a possible life sentence or the death penalty.
A general view of South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House in Seoul Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Jeoon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
A general view of Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House, is seen in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Lee Jung-hun/Yonhap via AP)
A general view of Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House, is seen in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Kim Do-hun/Yonhap via AP)
South Korea's National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac, right, talks with Chief Security of National Policy Kim Yongbeom as they wait of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's arrival at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, or the Blue House in Seoul Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Jeoon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, left, arrives at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, or the Blue House in Seoul, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 as Lee marked his first official day at Cheong Wa Dae on Monday after three years and seven months since the Yoon Seok-yeol government moved the presidential office to Yongsan in May 2022. (Jeoon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, center, arrives at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, or the Blue House in Seoul, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 as Lee marked his first official day at Cheong Wa Dae on Monday after three years and seven months since the Yoon Seok-yeol government moved the presidential office to Yongsan in May 2022. (Jeoon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, center, arrives at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, or the Blue House in Seoul, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 as Lee marked his first official day at Cheong Wa Dae on Monday after three years and seven months since the Yoon Seok-yeol government moved the presidential office to Yongsan in May 2022. (Jeoon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
