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Politics

Friday Fun Link, British Elections Edition

Matt Welch | 5.7.2010 5:24 PM

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The Silly Party and the Sensible Party, down to the wire:

Link via Dr. Frank. Who, come to think of it, is author of one of my five favorite songs about London.

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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  1. Pro Libertate   16 years ago

    You've made Viking Moose cry, I'll have you know!

  2. Edna   16 years ago

    Silly party?? Britain has a libertarian party?

    1. Marc   16 years ago

      I was in the liquor store this evening, and on the TV there, some Brit was saying that one thing the Conservative and Liberal Dems had in common was a respect for the free market and the rights of the individual.

      I then purchased bourbon. I was going to anyway, but still.

  3. Ken Shultz   16 years ago

    The Silly Party makes me think of Screaming Lord Sutch's, PBUH, Official Monster Raving Loony Party...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.....oony_Party

    ...which dovetails nicely with Lord Sutch's history with pirate radio stations and micro-states, and micro-state heads literally killing each other over the stations--only to be tried in British courts and exonerated for self-defense.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.....City_death

    Did someone else mention Screaming Lord Sutch around here recently? Why was I thinking about that? Maybe it was in the WSJ? I don't know.

    ...and now for something completely different.

    1. matth   16 years ago

      Yep, front page of the WSJ. Yesterday, maybe?

  4. Nick M.   16 years ago

    I weep for your taint, Matt. The Urkobold will surely not abide this blatant rip-off.

    1. Matt Welch   16 years ago

      I plead ignorance! Which, if nothing else, should be believable....

      1. Pro Libertate   16 years ago

        I'm sure the Moose will forgive. Though he demands. . .a sacrifice!

        1. .   16 years ago

          Yawn.

          1. highnumber   16 years ago

            Wake up!

            1. .   16 years ago

              I did!
              [looks around]
              What day is this?

        2. Christopher_T.   16 years ago

          or a shrubbery.

  5. Pro Libertate   16 years ago

    The Urkobold is dangerous when aroused, but Viking Moose. . .well, we don't like to talk about that much.

    A M??se once bit my sister.

    1. Episiarch   16 years ago

      Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type makes me puke! You vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert!

      1. Sudden   16 years ago

        Beware of Techno Viking Moose!

      2. BakedPenguin   16 years ago

        Hey, I came here for an argument!

        1. Almanian   16 years ago

          Oh, I'm sorry - this is Abuse

    2. Jaime Kelly   16 years ago

      Your mother's pussy smells of elderberries. So I fucked her a second time.

      1. Tsk Tsk   16 years ago

        Poor Jaime. He stopped when his vocabulary reached 200 words. "That was good enough for my 'pa and it's good enough for me," he said, using up 10 of them.

        1. Almanian   16 years ago

          Plus the fact that is was actually his father that smelled of elderberries makes this even more disgusting.

          I guess any port in a storm, etc. etc.

  6. Christ on a Cracker   16 years ago

    I am presently in behind the Great Firewall. I can see all the text on the page, even the comments, but the illustruation is block out. I am not able to complain about the FF's.

    Sometimes I think we worry too much about government censorship. And then, I see where it can lead.

    Do I get a drink?

  7. Paul   16 years ago

    Personally, I miss the Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party.

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