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Mark Meechan is a Scottish YouTuber who is known by his online name Count Dankula. Previously, he also served as a UK Independence Party member for the UK Parliament.
Personal life
Mark Meechan was born on 19 October 1987 in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. He is currently 34 years old.
In 2019, he got married to Suzanne Kelly. The couple has a daughter named Sadie Meechan. Sadie was born on 17 March 2021.
YouTube channel
On 23 August 2015, he started his first YouTube channel. In this channel, he posted videos on Meechan’s Comedy and shared his opinions about free speech. It also includes his video series which he entitled Absolute Mad Lads which is based on various humans and animals in the past including their traits and actions. Presently, he has 895,000 subscribers on this channel. Later, he also created two more channels. He named his second channel, Count Dankula 2: Electric Boogaloo, in which he does complementary on current events. On this channel, he has 271,000 subscribers. And he named his third channel Count Dankula Streams which he doesn’t use now. He has 17,900 subscribers on this channel.Sudheesh’s article was a brief description of her personal life, political career, and YouTube channel.
Political Career
Mark Meechan proclaimed that he had joined UKIP along with his fellow YouTubers on 16 June 2018. Later in April 2019, he announced that he intended to stand as a Member of the European Parliament as a representative of UKIP in the European Parliament election in the United Kingdom 2019. He was selected at the fourth on UKIP’s list but UKIP won only 1.8% of the vote but was not elected. In November 2019, he posted a video declaring that he had left UKIP due to some disputes within the party. Then on 25 July 2020, he joined the Scottish Libertarian Party.
On 10 April 2021, he announced on Twitter that he has joined Scottish Libertarian Party and is standing in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. He finished in the fifth position in Motherwell and Wishaw and he was also the first member on the regional list of the party in the Central Scotland Region.
Controversy
On the accusation of breaking the Communication Act 2003, he got arrested. This arrest created several controversies and free speech. On 23 April 2018, The court announced a fine of £800, with no prison sentence.
The final words
Mark Meechan is better known by his online name Count Dankula. He is a well-known YouTube who makes comedy videos, gives commentary on current events, and gives opinions on free speech. Furthermore, he has also served in a political party. Sudheesh’s article was a brief description of her personal life, political career, and YouTube channel.