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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Mon Apr 19, 2021, 06:06 AM Apr 2021

Can you guess the name of the UKIP Mayoral Candidate in London?

GAMMONS

LOL. You could not make it up


For anyone reading this who does not understand the reference....
The term refers in particular to the colour of a person's flushed face when expressing their strong opinions, as compared to the type of pork of the same name.[1][2] It is defined in this context by the Oxford English Dictionary as "various parasynthetic adjectives referring to particularly reddish or florid complexions".[3]

In 2018, it became particularly known as a term to describe either those on the political right or those who supported Brexit.

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Can you guess the name of the UKIP Mayoral Candidate in London? (Original Post) Soph0571 Apr 2021 OP
May the more evolved Cosmo Blues Apr 2021 #1
After a leader called "Dick Braine", anything is an improvement (nt) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #2
Not to mention.. LeftishBrit May 2021 #7
For anyone interested, here's a primer on the 20 mayoral race candidates: Emrys Apr 2021 #3
I saw a bus on my street today Soph0571 Apr 2021 #4
It certainly looks like it. Emrys Apr 2021 #5
The details about Gammons there are eye-popping. muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #6
That's a whole lot of crazy LeftishBrit May 2021 #8

LeftishBrit

(41,305 posts)
7. Not to mention..
Sat May 1, 2021, 08:26 AM
May 2021

(Nutty) Nuttall, (Batty) Batten, and Bull(shit). And the MEP, Mike Hookem, who did indeed have an all-too-powerful right hook.

Emrys

(7,949 posts)
3. For anyone interested, here's a primer on the 20 mayoral race candidates:
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 06:35 AM
Apr 2021
A Race to the Bottom: The Weird World of the 2021 London Mayoral Election

Since the first contest back in 2000, the London Mayoral elections have attracted some of the more colourful personalities from the fringes of political life – and this year’s contest looks like a bumper offering.

The smorgasbord of talent runs from the incumbent Mayor, Labour’s Sadiq Khan – currently enjoying a whopping 26-point lead over his nearest rival – to former boxers, recidivist deposit losers, religious evangelists, vloggers, comedians, failed actors-turned-failed singers, conspiracy theorists, a man with a bucket on his head, and a drill MC from south London in a balaclava.

Running for Mayor isn’t cheap. Even before candidates can start campaigning, they are required to put down a £10,000 deposit and pay another £10,000 to get their manifesto in the booklet that is sent to every London home. To get the deposit back, they have to win 5% of the vote. But, of the 19 candidates running in this May’s election, four look likely to secure a 95% share in the first round – meaning that the other 16 candidates are quite likely in it simply to lose it.

As a Londoner, I wanted to know who these people are, what their motives might be, and what all this might say about the state of our capital in CoronaBrexit times.

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/03/26/a-race-to-the-bottom-the-weird-world-of-the-2021-london-mayoral-election/

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
4. I saw a bus on my street today
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 06:38 AM
Apr 2021

With some random blokes face on it... never heard of him and I think he should have saved his money!

Sadiq is going to Mayor for another 4 years.

Emrys

(7,949 posts)
5. It certainly looks like it.
Wed Apr 21, 2021, 08:50 AM
Apr 2021

The election's turned over quite a few stones in the capital, though! Blimey.

We have a similar situation in some of our Glasgow Holyrood constituencies this election.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,502 posts)
6. The details about Gammons there are eye-popping.
Thu Apr 22, 2021, 01:47 PM
Apr 2021

Though it looks like he'll be splitting the "complete barking nutter" vote with Piers “THE AIM IS A WORLD POPULATION CULL (‘people cause #CO2 problem’) by their mass vaccination plan containing poison” Corbyn, and Brian "friend of David Icke, inspired by reading American Psycho" Rose.

When there are 3 candidates who make Count Binface, Winston McKenzie and the leader of the Freedom’s Ark Church look moderate and sane, you know you're deep in la-la territory.

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