Fun and games with ballot papers

[eighthobstruction]

According to one of the leaflets stuffed in the post recently was one which told me that we are at a "cross roads". A sort of less impassioned road rage?

....isn't that where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil so he could play his guitar better....also they should be careful those electric cars are really quiet,.could so easily creep up from one of 4 directions.....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

They can hide in trees, too.

[Serial_Apologist]

....isn't that where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil so he could play his guitar better....also they should be careful those electric cars are really quiet,.could so easily creep up from one of 4 directions.....

A recording of Yoko Ono's voice could be a suitable replacement for internal combustions. Or maybe they're the same..........

[MrGongGong]

This (might not be viewable to those without FB)

post reads

"Normative determinism in action: my local Brexit Party candidate, and what you'd like to do to him."

[Serial_Apologist]

This (might not be viewable to those without FB)

post reads

"Normative determinism in action: my local Brexit Party candidate, and what you'd like to do to him."

And his name looks like an open invitation.

[Dave2002]

According to one of the leaflets stuffed in the post recently was one which told me that we are at a "cross roads". A sort of less impassioned road rage?

Didn't go well for Oedipus - or his father and mother.

[Dave2002]

Re Ed Punchard - lives in Australia - apparently.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/16/brexit-party-candidate-lives-9000-miles-away-constituents-11166776/

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/brexit-party-candidate-tynemouth-australia-17256578

He's also an author (see Amazon) and a diver who survived the Piper Alpha disaster.

https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.com/2018/07/fire-and-fury-the-destruction-of-piper-alpha/

[MrGongGong]

And his name looks like an open invitation.

Don't let me get in your way
one at a time now... don't all rush at once

How on earth are people who live on the other side of the world even allowed to stand for election for a parliament in a country they don't live in ?

[teamsaint]

Don't let me get in your way
one at a time now... don't all rush at once

How on earth are people who live on the other side of the world even allowed to stand for election for a parliament in a country they don't live in ?

Well it's hard to know which planet some MPs are on.......

( good question though.....)

[oddoneout]

Don't let me get in your way
one at a time now... don't all rush at once

How on earth are people who live on the other side of the world even allowed to stand for election for a parliament in a country they don't live in ?

Not campaigning on the climate emergency ticket then...
When I first read his credentials I couldn't help thinking that 'disaster survivor' could be useful in the difficult times ahead, although somewhat ironic. Subsequently reading that the disaster in question was Piper Alpha I should perhaps point out that I have no intention to denigrate his experience. As it happens my allotment neighbour was also a survivor of that horrific incident.

[Andy Freude]

"He added that he has family links to the fishing industry in south-west England and felt at home in Tynemouth."

Did he mean Teignmouth?

[LMcD]

"He added that he has family links to the fishing industry in south-west England and felt at home in Tynemouth."

Did he mean Teignmouth?

He seems to be standing in Tynemouth, where the Labour candidate took 57% of the vote in 2017 with a majority of 11666.

[Dave2002]

How on earth are people who live on the other side of the world even allowed to stand for election for a parliament in a country they don't live in ?

I have lived in other countries. Perhaps it’s permitted for UK citizens to stand for election on condition that they relocate back to the UK if elected.

[MrGongGong]

I have lived in other countries. Perhaps it’s permitted for UK citizens to stand for election on condition that they relocate back to the UK if elected.

Maybe
But it doesn't really seem right that someone who has no stake in the country is allowed to potentially "represent" ?
Not that this d*ck is going to get elected but the UK is an international laughing stock as it is.

[Serial_Apologist]

He seems to be standing in Tynemouth, where the Labour candidate took 57% of the vote in 2017 with a majority of 11666.

If he thinks he's going to sail home he should maybe take some lessons from Greta Thunberg on how to reach your intended destination.