The fun-loving Brits seem to be enjoying their elections much more than us dour Americans. This is the way elections ought to be, in my opinion, but of course when one candidate is backed by fundamentalists who are readying for Rapture it's hard to poke fun. (Okay, it's easy, for some, anyway.)
Best quotes so far: (from the BBC Election Monitor):
"Perhaps we should outlaw smirking in public places?" and "The BBC had a clip of John Prescott saying that yes, he's met a lot of Labour supporters, but he'd met a lot of real people too..."
Now that you're warmed up, try this from The Outrage Family. They'll make you happy, too.
For Trainspotting fans, go here, and see Tony realize he's been some kind of fool. (Courtesy of eieio.co.uk, who also have a lovely photo of Tony celebrating his ballet victory.)
More Conservative graffiti, from the fine folks at www.toryscum.com.
My favourite candidate is Mark Reynolds, a parliamentary candidate in St. Albans. His campaign diary lists daily statistics, such as:
Doors Knocked on: 110
People spoken to: 53
Aging spaniels made fuss of: 1
And a final quote, from Austin Mitchell's weblog:
Jack Straw is so worried by the threat to his seat in Blackburn that he's giving every appearance of going barmy.
There'll be more as I find 'em. Many of these are stolen from my friend Guido, whose wife was next door to Charles Kennedy's wife Sarah during her recent maternity ward stay. And let's not forget toryscum.com, who keep reminding us why we don't want the Tories to win.
