Everything You Need to Know About Lord Buckethead, the Spacelord Star of the UK General Election

The United Kingdom has woken up after going to the canvass toa shocking upset for Prime Minister Theresa May , and a hung Parliament — an outcome where no company contend to achieve a peculiar majority . But if American audiences tuned in , they have been less perplexed by the electoral organization than Lord Buckethead .

My nation ’s finest politician , Lord Buckethead — who , up until last nighttime , was an independent candidate running for election in the Maidenhead constituency , the prat held by PM Theresa May since 1997 — shot to fame last night as weary Americans , look to obtain any way to graspingly understand my home area ’s frankly ludicrous political cognitive operation , constitute themselves suddenly more disoriented than ever . Mainly because when they tuned into the BBC ’s all - nighttime coverage to find out out what the bloody sin a hung Parliament was , they were recognize by someone dressed up in all total darkness with a ginormous bucket on his point who arrogate to be from hyperspace , tolerate just a few foot away from the most muscular person in British politics . If you ’ll indulge me :

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Elmo from Sesame Street was also there , because of course he was . The UK has a long , fabled history of independent political prospect being a little … let ’s say strange . After all , a recur feature article at our election is a party literally call theMonster Raving Loony Party .

So who the infernal region is Lord Buckethead ? Well , he ( or they ? ) runs on a policy of being the only intergalactic spacelord in British government , and Lord Buckethead has in reality scat in several UK elections in the past tense , work against former Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major in both 1987 and 1992 . But no one really know if it ’s the same Buckethead , because they never expose their identity . Or maybe Bucketheads are like Time Lords on Doctor Who , and capable of regeneration .

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As for the policies our Spacelord ran on , well … see for yourself . They include banning proposals of turn the urban center of Birmingham into a Star Base until at least 2022 ( presumably so Buckethead ’s dominance of space can remain inviolate ) , exiling noted veracious - offstage media troll Katie Hopkins to DC Comics ’ Phantom Zone , and selling less weapon to Saudi Arabia so we can buy more optical maser guns from Lord Buckethead .

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If that was n’t enough to sell you , here ’s Lord Buckethead ’s party political broadcast , which is him singing a David Bowie knockoff while get out the vote .

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Suffice to say , Lord Buckethead is as wondrous as you conceive of if you blearily attempted to wade into the mire that is British politics last night . Sadly , Lord Buckethead not in power this forenoon — he secured 249 ballot , to Theresa May ’s 37 , 718 in Maidenhead — but the quad lord still stands as a testament to the UK ’s love of science fiction , taking the urine out of itself , and completely batshit harebrained election .

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