Context
as a matter of traditional British courtesy, Johnson acknowledged the candidates he defeated to comfortably retain his parliamentary seat west of London.
“I thank my fellow candidates in all their glory, Lord Buckethead, Elmo … forgive me if I don’t identify them all,” Johnson said.
He wasn’t imagining things.
Lined up alongside the besuited Johnson and his more traditional political foes were:
- a man dressed as a furry red Sesame Street character who called himself Bobby Elmo Smith;
- Count Binface who wore a silver garbage can over his head and an improvised suit of armor;
- Lord Buckethead, who donned a similar receptacle, colored black, and a matching cape.
Mature, have you seen how Parliament acts.
I totally want my US congressional representatives to holler out a big “NAY!” Sometimes that’s the mature thing to do.
I’d argue that Bojo is also a joke candidate.
And Liz L. Truss*.
*L stands for Lettuce.
That joke has really gotten old, though.
Like a fine wine.
the only difference here is the joke candidates don’t win
you had prime minister boris johnson
Count BinFace is the only man I trust with this country’s future.
FPTP mature??? It’s the dummy’s version of democracy.
Elmo trying to wiggle into UK politics, too? 😄
Steven Mangan is a very Tory-coded comic actor.
I don’t see the difference. We both have Elmos. 🤷🏻♂️
I do sometimes wonder what the world would be like if we just gave it to whoever worked hardest on their costume.
Cosplay Parliament.
It would unironically be an improvement.
Elmo only got 8 votes? Recount!!!
he only counts until 10, so when reaching 11 count resets to 1
