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For reference for non-UK people: anyone can apply to be a Member of Parliament for your local area, assuming you can pay the initial fee (you get it back if you
by robin_reala 3y ago
For reference for non-UK people: anyone can apply to be a Member of Parliament for your local area, assuming you can pay the initial fee (you get it back if you get enough votes). The prime minister (and other cabinet ministers) are also MPs for a local area. This means that you can get some fun photos on election day into the newspapers when journalists turn up to capture the results of the local vote for senior MPs. For example: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p07xt6k2.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p07xt6k2.jpg
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoAddendum: today (Thursday 2 May 2024) is local Election day, "in most areas of England and Wales" i.e. For London mayor, city council, etc.
- asplake 3y agoBy convention making today a quiet news day, politics-wise
- feintruled 3y agoMemorably lampooned by Monty Python : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=666OKm08fRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=666OKm08fRA
- nuc1e0n 3y agoAnd Blackadder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6mJw50OdZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6mJw50OdZ4
- defrost 3y ago> For example: That unruly man child mid picture barely made an effort at cosplay :/
- ben_w 3y agoAlong with the obligatory "look at this idiot standing next to Lord Binface and Elmo!" (The satirical news show Have I Got News For You would still say that even if it wasn't Johnson).
- BoxOfRain 3y agoI love how our Prime Minister no matter how grand has to be re-elected standing next to a bunch of comic characters, it's a little moment of speaking truth to power in my opinion. You surely can't feel too big for your boots standing next to Count Binface.
- FerretFred 3y agoI hope the Monster Raving Looney Part are standing: i'd love to see the Media cover a face-off between them.