Proper politics

[Gob]

The Liberal Democrats have been left all shook up after being beaten by the Elvis Party in a by-election.



More voters backed a candidate calling for a 30 per cent discount in brothels for OAPs than Nick Clegg’s party in the election to Nottingham City Council.

It is the latest embarrassment for the Lib Dems, who have also struggled in several Commons by-elections in recent months.

David Bishop from Bus-Pass Elvis Party managed to beat the Lib Dems into fifth place

Voters went to the polls yesterday to elect a new councillor in the Clifton North ward.

Labour's Patricia Ferguson held the seat, where the other two councillors are Tories.

Labour secured 1,179 votes, with the Conservative Andrew Rule taking 1,025. Ukip’s Kevin Clarke came third with 536 votes.

In fourth place was David Bishop, from the Bus-Pass Elvis Party, who secured 67 votes, 11 more than Lib Dem Tony Marshall who managed just 56.

David Bishop stood on a manifesto to legalise brothels, and give OAPs a 30 per cent discount

A Lib Dem spokesman said he was ‘all shook up’ by the result. ‘I think this is a campaign where we were accused of having Suspicious Minds,’ he added. ‘We have been left in Heartbreak Hotel as a result.’

The Bus-Pass Elvis Party is also known as Elvis Loves Pets, Church of the Militant Elvis and Elvis and the Yeti Himalayan Preservation Party.

It was founded in 2001 by Mr Bishop to ‘overthrow the Corporate Capitalist State which turned Elvis, a man of immense talent, into a fat media joke’.

Mr Bishop, who also calls himself Lord Biro, stood on a manifesto who promised to ‘legalise brothels with a 30% reduction for OAPs’.



He also called for an inquiry in British Vet Fees, a ban on air guns and a campaign to ‘save public lavatories from extinction’.

It added: ‘Nigel Farage recently said he would like to see a relaxation of the rules on Hand Gun ownership.

‘Our candidate hopes he and his party never come into power as Nottingham will be worse than Dodge City.

‘If they do come into power our candidate will write to Clint Eastwood and ask him to be the Deputy Sheriff of Nottingham.’



Mr Bishop has previously stood against disgraced Tory MP Neil Hamilton, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Ukip’s Robert Kilroy Silk.

[Bicycle Bill]

Sounds to me like Britain has its share of comic relief when it comes to elections too.  It's just that, unlike Donald Trump, they *KNOW* that they are comic relief.

And, in what may be the largest fundamental difference between the Brits and the Americans, the electorate knows it too.

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[Lord Jim]

More voters backed a candidate calling for a 30 per cent discount in brothels for OAPs than Nick Clegg’s party

Well of course...

A 30 percent discount in a whore house would be an enormous improvement over what the Liberal Democrats have on offer...

[Bicycle Bill]

But it was only for OAPs (old age pensioners).
They should pay more, as the poor girls have to work harder for whatever they do get.
  
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[Burning Petard]

Oh-Oh Bill. You assume this OAP's are only interested in employing Girls at the brothel. That is not properly logical, considering the sex/gender distribution of OAP's.

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