Posted: Jan 7, 2008 9:10 pm
Talking of politics, I just had a look at 1977 UK local election results to settle an argument about whether the National Front were as big as people made them out to be (it turns out they came third or fourth each time. Which explains the songs of The Clash and The Specials, or something). Anyway, I was not only intrigued by the thousands of idiots who voted for them, but the thousands of people who voted for these other parties that stood:
Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident (recieved over 3000 votes in one result! What was this party about? Oh, hang on: safety and racism. Pretty straightforward)
Christian Outreach to Britain, Anti-Pornography (came fifth in Westminster!)
Christian Constitution
Law and Order
National Party
Royalist
All Party Anti-Common Market
New Britain
Christian Constitution
Democratic Monarchist
Logic Party
English National Party
If you were of the more left-leaning persuasion, you could choose:
International Marxist Group
Socialist Workers Party
Flame / Socialist Workers Party
Socialist Party of Great Britain
Socialist Unity
Workers Revolutionary Party
Communist
South London People\'s Front
Or if you really didn\'t give a fuck, you could vote for:
World Grid Sunshine Room Party
Science Fiction Looney