UK politics starting to look like a Japanese game show

Jun 9, 2017 6:37 AM

DelGriffithShowerRings

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All are more creditable than Donald Trump...

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A wild Vermin Supreme appears!

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I'd feel safer with Lord Buckethead than May, or Trump at the helm!

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The difference is they won't elect the morons.

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We can, cos you elected Trump!!

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But will the win? Because ours did.

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I'd take anyone on that stage over Trump any day!

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I think the "Free Andy Tsego" Party might not have a broad enough platform.

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The UK has a long tradition of bonkers candidates (see Monster Raving Looney Party). You're only now noticing? :)

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I remember people voted for deeznuts in the us election

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Only difference is, none of the joke candidates won in Britain.

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TBF atleast in britain lord bucket head doesnt win

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These guys are what we call protest candidates, you vote for them so that you still vote but don't contributor editors to any major party /1

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But your vote is counted and show the number of people dissatisfied with the current political system and parties supporting it

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Uhh...we got like a 100,000+ write-ins for Harambe and a joke was already running.

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That was fake, just google it, my guy.

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Write-in's don't get officially counted doesn't mean people didn't write in a dead gorillas name. People tweeted that trash out, my guy.

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What about Mr fish finger??

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Trump is still more ridiculous

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That RED THING is a member of the Royal Family

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And all of them are still less of a joke than Trump

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At least we don't vote for the cunts

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Yeah but the difference is, we didn't vote them in

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What'd he say?

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Um...

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A pony in every paddock.

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what, I thought that was the Governor of New Hampshire

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His teeth are way better than Maggie Hassan's

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lol

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2012, Vermin Supreme was not elected president. 2017, unicorn population: 0. SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AMERICA?!

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I would totally voted for him

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Wow, Christopher Lee really let himself go

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No, because unless they actually ELECT one of those guys, we're still the fucktards with a pussygrabbing cheeto for a leader.

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Trash Can Darth Vader would be a great name for a band. And just begging for a lawsuit from Disney, but still...

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Unless someone legally changes their name to that then they can't touch you

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So, cut to the chase .. Name it "Lawsuit from Disney" . .

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"Begging for a Disney Lawsuit" would also not be bad band name.

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Trash Can Daft Vaper?

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The lead singer of Mouserat agrees.... v

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I think he is cosplaying that knight from Monty Python and the holy Grail

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I thought that was the guy from Scarecrow Boat?

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I think ge from Fourskin. Or maybe it was Threeskin...

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American here, at least they acknowledge more than 2 candidates... Jus' sayin'

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"acknowledge" literally the first time most people are hearing about them is after the election. There were plenty of 3rd party 1/2

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candidates who got plenty of coverage in US election

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Ya but they weren't allowed in the debates based on a pretty bullshit system

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Debates are the media's way of gathering sound bytes. They are pretty useless, and anyone who uses a debate to gather policy information 1/2

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shouldn't be voting

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debates aren't a compulsory thing to begin with its just based on what the news wants. which is why theresa thought she didnt have to go ;)

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I guess the difference is there's no way they'd get the majority, however your clown actually won.

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Pretty sure that the closest analogy you guys have for him used to be the Mayor of London a few years back. Wasn't he elected?

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he wasn't that bad really...

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Not by the whole population, only London. And everyone outside of London hates London. Nice try.

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It wasn't all of America, just the inbred middle part. And we all hate them, too.

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But the inbred middle part unfortunately constitutes a huge portion of your country.

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Yes, that is the pity.

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That's "Lord Buckethead" as "Trash Can Darth Vader". Got 150 votes =P

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I nearly voted for him, not sure why I didn't :p

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As long as you didn't vote for May.

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This is a good world.

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It was higher than that!? Thought it was 246?

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250! is quite a large number

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lol yeh

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Monster Raving Looney Party sounds like a legit party I'd support!

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Monster Raving Looney Party have been around for years. They're effectively a protest party to satirise the electoral system.

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they are a full on thing, we also have nation of oog who pledge heroin for all

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Wait... I Just noticed this is actually prime minister voting instead of local county major or something small lol. How'd they get to run?

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each of 650regions votes like this, party with the most votes usually place their leader as prime minister

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£500 and 10 mates. Also it's not voting for the PM, it's voting for the incumbent PM's seat.

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it only costs £500 to stand for election in the UK so its pretty common to get stuff like this.

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Weird candidates are a UK tradition going back a way, especially in constituencies of major political figures like the PM.

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Wait. Why the fuck does it cost anything!?!

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Probably to discourage this sort of shenanigan

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It's a 500 deposit to run, it's returned to you if you receive more than 5% of the vote.

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It's also the PM's seat so they tend to choose to stand there.

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Uh, the news channel has labelled it "BELFAST SOUTH" and it's a DUP seat.

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look at the top it says live maidenhead. Belfast south is just it scrolling through results

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Oh, oops

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You probably don't remember the California governor election that eventually resulted in Arnold winning. Bunch of crazy candidates in that.

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Total Recall 2003.

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Anyone remember vermin supreme?

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Arnold was a boss governor tho. He did a lot of cali.

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Debbie did a lot of Texas

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Arnie did a lot of Debbies

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Especially Dallas

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Was he even a bad governor though?

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Not bad. I'd take him again over Brown 3.0. TBH I felt that the whole recall was unnecessary & SUV owners were upset at Davis.

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much better than the other joke candidate who actually won.

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There's a good Netflix special about his term. He kinda got manipulated/corrupted while in office. I don't think it was intentional though

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I heard he did pretty well based on Californians I know giving feedback. That was as a republican in a blue state too

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He did better than some we have had. Not great but not bad. Literally won't go down in history one way or another as good or bad.

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I feel like he was criticised for being the Govenator while in office, but his legacy isnt regarded badly as far as I can tell.

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I've noticed that's just a growing trend for politics in general anymore :/

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I think thats always been vogue for politics and media. Its just that now we're more readily bombarded with it.

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As a Californian, he did okay. What happened in his case was he campaigned on a few big issues (fix corruption, no wasteful spending, etc.)1

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then when he got into office, had to change his tune a bit. He couldn't pass anti-corruption laws because CA legislators. There really 2/X

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wasn't much wasteful spending once he looked into it, so few cuts. He also backed down on some stupid GOP positions when he realized 3/X

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But...... Trash Can Darth Vader

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Lord bucket head

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I see the Black Knight from Monty Python's Holy Grail

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But..... Trash Can Darth Vader Head?

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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At least our joke candiates didn't win :P

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Yeah but the overgrown Oopma Loompa did.

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Jesus that's amazing

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That's hilarious.. hahahaha.. ʰᵉᶫᵖ ᵘˢ⋅

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Hey, you can't do that. Outright fucking murder is illegal!

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I'm upvoting the whole post so more people see this comment.

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This round goes to you, Britain.

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God damnit... That was beautiful.

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I scrolled down the links to find this gif. Well played.

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Damn nigga thanks for the seizure.

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v

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Jesus God, that's beautiful. +1

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v

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He is a joke and Putin is laughing all the way to the oligarch bank.

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Comment of the year? Comment of the year.

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Fucking 3rd degree burns top to bottom you god damn savage

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sweet, sweet revenge.

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Sick burn dude! UK UK UK UK!

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All we had was joke candidates

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At least we didn't hang out Congress.

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FUCKIN' BURNNNNN!!!!

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Pretty sure your most comparable clown used to be mayor of London a few years back. Didn't that require winning an election?

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Boris Johnson may be a bit of a clown at times but he is a better politician than Trump will ever be

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Hey @OP

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touche motherfucker. touche

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Yeah, none of your candidates won, doesn't seem too much better tbh

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It's waaaaaaaaaay better to have nothing than to have chaos.

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I dunno, i look at your guys' parliament.... i think they won a while ago.

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Neither did ours..... v

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The tragic one won, right?

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The reason this comment is getting gangbanged is because while Clinton has her serious issues, she's at least competent and qualified.

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Sure, she's the joke... not Cheeto Hitler...

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Thats a risky comment on imgur

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I was just thinking that. The herds about to stampede over that comment

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That's like bragging about trashcan Vader not winning while Elmo is making his acceptance speech.

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To be fair Vermin Supreme was one of the best candidates the americans had.

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That's not saying a lot Bassist.

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Welp, you're right. Clinton or Trumpo, they voted the most hated stupid blonde on the world. [muffled Boris Johnson bs on background]

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You, too, have a Johnson, Gary Johnson.

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I am brazillian. We have a plethora of Johnsons, Trumps, Clintons, Mays and Hitlers.

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You have a problem with free ponies for everyone?

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Vermin Supreme's pony identification system is no laughing matter

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cat ninja has delivered!

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Burn!

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I audibly gasped

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YASS KWEEN!

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911, I'd like to report a fire

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*0118999881199119725...3

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I read this as "9/11, I'd like to report a fire." 9/11: "Yeah?? Well, sorry, I'm a little busy here, I don't know, BEING 9/11?!?!"

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999 m8

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.

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You get my American upvote

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I thought they had and that's why y'all are in this mess.

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*throws money at screen*

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1) Apply tea freshly brewed in Boston Harbor to burned area.

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Teach me

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As much as I agree, May is also a joke, just not quite Trump level

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And there were no survivors

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Uhhhh... you'll likely have DUP in your government. I wouldn't be laughing if I were you

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Oooh. Buuuurn

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It appears that somebody named hung won the election.

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ZING!

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Ouch

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Well, there was the monkey mayor who was gunna give everyone in Hartlepool bananas ... And Boris Johnson.

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You're a good person :)

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As of right now, this comment has more points than the post. Brutality achieved.

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I donno, you MAY be right; but I'm thinking you MAY be wrong

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Yeah. It would suck if America's joke candidate won. Thankfully she wasn't able to. Unfortunately our spite candidate did win. Meh.

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So there are at least 106 trump supporters on imgur.

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Stop the burns.

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YOOOOOO

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Didn't she though...?

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I mean, the DUP as the balance makers? That's a pretty big fucking joke of a party. Not to mention May herself.

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At first I laughed, but then I thought "Huh. At least their citizens are smart enough to us the voting process to get rid of the people

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that are fucking them over instead continuously voting them in again and again like mayo-brained fucktards".

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Oh yeah? Well the brits aren't even that good at tea. China was first and better at it.

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When you voted to leave the EU you lost all rights to make fun of our bad political decisions.

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Yet

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cast'n shade like its an eclipse

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http://www.britishburnassociation.org/burns-units Free on the NHS too. Leave when you're fixed.

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Too bad it's not free in the US.

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True. She has to form a coalition government with the DUP. :D :(

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Holy shit. I'm feeling that burn all the way on the US west coast.

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Both our candidates were jokes, it was rigged.

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I actually spat out my coffee at that, wonderful

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Two words: tony Blair. If he wasn't a joke candidate, I guess I still don't get English humour...

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I thought Hillary lost?

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when people get sick enough of the non jokes they might be willing to take a shot on a lark.

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Yeah, honestly at this point I think a guy dressed as discount Darth Vader would be an improvement :P

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There who only 2 joke canditates to choose from lad

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*laughing turns to crying*

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Someone just won the internet

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And everyone knows they are jokes

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Don't make me call Russia

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ya mate too bad hillary didnt win - thatd be HILLarious

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you've never heard of vermin supreme then? or hillary clinton

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private email server vs collude with russians to overthrow democracy. hmmm lets see one is worse... but hmmm which one

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I know, I know. But a crime is a crime and no one should be above the law

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exactly, and they found no crime with clinton

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Debatable.

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if you lack critical thought. ignore facts, love treason... its still not debatable

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