One of several. Though the most famous equivalent to Vermin Supreme in the UK is probably Screaming Lord Such (RIP) of The Monster Raving Loony Party. He was a staple of elections in the UK for a couple of decades.
Fun fact: when Such finished ahead of the candidate for the struggling Social Liberal Democratic Party (SDLP) in a by-election, the SDLP officially and permanently shut themselves down. So Such basically caused the death of a legitimate (but failing) political party.
Another UK candidate is Lord Buckethead (of the Monster Raving Loony Party).
As a side note, there have been many one-off UK prank candidates too, like the Alfred The Chicken Party (which was advertising a new video game), and the Mongolian BBQ's A Great Place To Party (advertising a restaurant).
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teft@piefed.social · 13 pts · 78d
Kind of lame that the american creator of Lord Buckethead told him to stop using his character and then immediately had someone else do the same gag.
Sergio@piefed.social · 11 pts · 78d
Same energy:
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 78d
Been fan of him since 2012
glups@piefed.social · 6 pts · 78d
"Nationalize Model Railroads" really got me
boaratio@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
So the British version of vermin supreme?
CapnClenchJaw@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 77d
One of several. Though the most famous equivalent to Vermin Supreme in the UK is probably Screaming Lord Such (RIP) of The Monster Raving Loony Party. He was a staple of elections in the UK for a couple of decades.
Fun fact: when Such finished ahead of the candidate for the struggling Social Liberal Democratic Party (SDLP) in a by-election, the SDLP officially and permanently shut themselves down. So Such basically caused the death of a legitimate (but failing) political party.
Another UK candidate is Lord Buckethead (of the Monster Raving Loony Party).
As a side note, there have been many one-off UK prank candidates too, like the Alfred The Chicken Party (which was advertising a new video game), and the Mongolian BBQ's A Great Place To Party (advertising a restaurant).
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 78d
Doesn't get more based than this