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Dear Americans, THIS is what an election in a mature democracy looks like. Yours, The UK
(feddit.uk)
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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.
I do sometimes wonder what the world would be like if we just gave it to whoever worked hardest on their costume.