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#2I'm appalled that the Count Binface wikipedia article has no picture on it
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#3> All government ministers' pay, including that of the mayors, should be tied to that of nurses for the next 100 years.
A brilliant policy.
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#4Didn't the UK use to have a joke candidate called "lord Buckethead" too? I'm pretty sure I saw him on some stage with Theresa May. Is it related to the count?
In somewhat related news, Hungary has a joke-ish party called the "Hungarian two-tailed dog party"[0], which does a lot or civic work but usually campaigns with slogans such as "more of everything less of nothing", "100% more happiness", sends people on tv tribunes dressed like chickens etc..
This year they managed to elect the major of a district in Budapest which has been controlled by Fidesz since forever.
Do not underestimate jokes.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Two-Tailed_Dog_Par...
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#5There is something about this that makes me so very happy.
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#6Didn't the UK use to have a joke candidate called "lord Buckethead" too? I'm pretty sure I saw him on some stage with Theresa May. Is it related to the count? In somewhat related news, Hungary has a joke-ish party called the "Hungarian two-tailed dog party"[0], which does a lot or civic work but usually campaigns with slogans such as "more of everything less of nothing", "100% more happiness", sends people on tv trib…
The best known in the UK was probably Screaming Lord Such: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch
Absolutely right about the power of jokes.
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#7Didn't the UK use to have a joke candidate called "lord Buckethead" too? I'm pretty sure I saw him on some stage with Theresa May. Is it related to the count? In somewhat related news, Hungary has a joke-ish party called the "Hungarian two-tailed dog party"[0], which does a lot or civic work but usually campaigns with slogans such as "more of everything less of nothing", "100% more happiness", sends people on tv trib…
Same guy - from tfa:
> In earlier elections, Harvey stood as Lord Buckethead, but was forced to change the character due to a copyright dispute with the American filmmaker Todd Durham, who created Lord Buckethead for his 1984 science fiction film Hyperspace.
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#9> All government ministers' pay, including that of the mayors, should be tied to that of nurses for the next 100 years. A brilliant policy.
> Introducing a minimum voting age of 16 and a maximum of 80.
> Sending £1 trillion a week to the NHS.
can we squeeze those in too?
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#10> Binface announced a series of satirical policies for the 2019 general election, including:
Bringing back Ceefax, the teletext service.[9] He had previously promised to bring back the service in 2017 as Lord Buckethead.[12]
Returning 20,001 police officers to the street, a reference to the Conservative pledge of 20,000 more police officers.[13]
Nationalising model railways.[14]
Holding a referendum on holding a second referendum on the United Kingdom's membership in the European Union.[14]
Allowing any Czechs on the Irish border to remain.[14]
Nationalising Adele, the English singer.[15]
Abolishing the House of Lords.[15] He had previously pledged the same in 2017 as Lord Buckethead.[16]
Giving free broadband to everyone.[15]
Stopping the sale of arms to repressive regimes.[15]
Making Piers Morgan zero emissions by 2030.[15]
Renaming London Bridge to "Phoebe Waller-Bridge".[15]
Introducing a minimum voting age of 16 and a maximum of 80.[15]
Sending £1 trillion a week to the NHS.[14]
Proroguing Jacob Rees-Mogg.[14]
Banishing Katie Hopkins to the Phantom Zone.[14]
Moving the hand dryer in the men's toilet at Uxbridge's Crown and Treaty pub to a "more sensible position".[14]