Count Binface, Elmo and a man wearing a balaclava with baked beans on it all had brief moments in the sun during this UK election.
In a long-standing British tradition, elections feature a variety of hilarious candidates, often running against well-known politicians. While this is clearly a bit of comedy during serious times, the candidates still make a point: they have been committed to the cause of the country since the 1970s. Bridging the gap Between politics and ordinary people.
On election night, these hilarious candidates took the stage together to find out who the winner of their constituency was. That’s how you get a photo of the country’s new prime minister shaking hands with a man in a white suit. Elmo Suits, without even blinking.
You can also see a picture of Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former cabinet minister who lost to the Labour candidate on Thursday, standing next to a man wearing a baked beans balaclava.
That’s why the outgoing Prime Minister shared the stage with a man dressed as a garbage can from outer space and the official monster-rave lunatic party’s Archibald Stanton, complete with a ventriloquist puppet.
Count Binface, the perennial favorite to enter politics in 2018, lost to Rishi Sunak on Thursday. He was not all that unhappy with the result, finishing sixth. “It was the highest parliamentary vote I’ve ever had,” said the self-proclaimed space politician. Wrote on social media.
