WHILE FOR MANY PEOPLE the result of yesterday’s by-election in Bradford West will be seen as the most remarkable swing in an electorate’s choice in recent times, with the Respect Party, here led by “Gorgeous” George Galloway (above) going from almost nothing to 18,000 odd votes and with Labour collapsing along with the Conservatives into levels that do not deem counting, the true victor is another.
ALBEIT TRUE THAT GALLOWAY has shown great resilience and ability to re-invent himself, in this case as a campaigner against “bradree” corruption in the Bradford Labour Party movement, the real mover and shaker in the election, increasing his nul points (and no contest) from last time to a massive 111 votes, is Howling Laud Hope, head of the (Official) Monster Raving Loony Party. The great advance for democracy here is the “compact” between the Monster Raving Loony Party and William Hill, the betting office chaps. This suggests that in the future betting on results and placing the actual votes may be somehow fused in a manner such as when one votes Conservative one also bets on Conservative, a sort of win-win or lose-lose situation, or win-lose for those sneaky enough to cheat.
HOWLING LAUD HOPE has more than one reason to celebrate this victory: from having campaigned innocently and in expectation, along with campaign manager Slaphead, Hope managed to show his friendship with our current leader, David “Dave” Cameron, a man who is also in touch with people on a local level, but who thought it unnecessary to turn up to the elections in support of his own Conservative candidate. Even dizzy Dave, brought up on whipping and buggering, could never have imagined that Labour would have taken such a “smashing” at these elections. One wonders how long Ed “Boy” Miliband can last.
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