Count Binface, Elmo and AI Steve to run alongisde more serious candidates at the U.K. election

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When either Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer take to the stage to hail victory in the British election on Friday, they will be joined at their moment of triumph by either a man with a trash can on his head

or someone dressed as “Elmo” from Sesame Street. Among the more than 4,500 candidates standing for election to parliament’s 650 seats are those from fringe parties, single issue campaigners, and, in a peculiarly British tradition, those who are simply making fun of the whole thing.

“It might be true that on Thursday night or Friday morning I haven’t beaten Rishi Sunak numerically,” said Binface, who has been endorsed by one national newspaper, the irreverent Daily Star tabloid. “But I would argue the moral victory will be mine.” Loonies The veterans of the U.K. comedy candidate genre belong to the Official Monster Raving Loony Party which was formed in 1982 and has regularly contested elections ever since.

 

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