Mannequin entered in local election

[vixen1700]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-o...

Made me chuckle and probably would have done more good than most 'live' councillors.

[Morningside]

Arrested. I know the law is the law and all that, but

[Oilchange]

They should enter a Chimpanzee painted red and call it 'Mick the Labour Candidate'

Sadly it would probably win...

[DSM2]

Oilchange said:

They should enter a Chimpanzee painted red and call it 'Mick the Labour Candidate'

Sadly it would probably win...

Quite possibly. Even dead people have won elections.

[eccles]

Oilchange said:

They should enter a Chimpanzee painted red and call it 'Mick the Labour Candidate'

Sadly it would probably win...

Perhaps they could get Harry Enfield to reprise his "Tim nice but dim" character and enter it as the Tory candidate.

[thinfourth2]

I'd vote for the shop dummy

[martin84]

DSM2 said:

Quite possibly. Even dead people have won elections.

Purely because they were dead though. Dead people have won all sorts of things.

No matter how good you are you can never beat a dead guy.

[anonymous-user]

The people of Hartlepool elected a monkey as mayor. I understand that they have subsequently re-elected him twice. Here he is out campaigning.

[DSM2]

unrepentant said:

The people of Hartlepool elected a monkey as mayor. I understand that they have subsequently re-elected him twice. Here he is out campaigning.

Yes, I hold Hartlepudlians responsible for the succession of monkeys we have had at all levels of Government since they set the precedent.

[MarkRSi]

eccles said:

Oilchange said:

They should enter a Chimpanzee painted red and call it 'Mick the Labour Candidate'

Sadly it would probably win...

Perhaps they could get Harry Enfield to reprise his "Tim nice but dim" character and enter it as the Tory candidate.

Sod that - this is exactly what the tories need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWSr1Aw0EBA

[eccles]

MarkRSi said:

eccles said:

Oilchange said:

They should enter a Chimpanzee painted red and call it 'Mick the Labour Candidate'

Sadly it would probably win...

Perhaps they could get Harry Enfield to reprise his "Tim nice but dim" character and enter it as the Tory candidate.

Sod that - this is exactly what the tories need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWSr1Aw0EBA

Hmmm, now I know where half the Tory fan boys on here get their ideas from, they think that's a documentary clip!