As Britain is wakes up to a hung parliament and everyone making the same joke (while simultaneously googling 'what happens in a hung parliament?'), the internet has found some new heroes amongst the mess. No, not Jeremy Corbyn. These guys.
Prime Minister Theresa May speaks while her electoral rival Lord Buckethead looks on. Truly, democracy is a beautiful thing. pic.twitter.com/6lQqeD5xb0
— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) June 9, 2017
As @theresa_may flounders, Mr Fish Finger still has his game face on in Westmorland #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/kPIHvP4nSh
— Ben Bailey Smith (@docbrown88) June 9, 2017
Two candidates running under 'Lord Buckethead' and 'Mr Fish Finger' have captured the hearts of the internet by running alongside the biggest hitters in British politics all for the sake of making things a bit silly.
'Hi, I'm the ghost of bad decisions that will haunt you forever. From now on I will always be by your side.' pic.twitter.com/9oNOT24mNA
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) June 9, 2017
Lord Buckethead ran in the same constituency as Theresa May and while she won comfortably, he still managed to get 249 votes which is worth it for this reaction alone.
Theresa May reacts to Lord Buckethead getting 249 votes. pic.twitter.com/ubjInv1GXy
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) June 9, 2017
Morning! No, you didn't dream it. I stood on a stage with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (And I did a dab). #anewdawnhasbroken pic.twitter.com/Qj4Gk2Fqzi
— Lord Buckethead (@LordBuckethead) June 9, 2017
Meanwhile, in Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron's constituency, Mr Fish Finger caused a stir with 309 votes which wasn't enough to make any impact but did open up this opportunity for some epic photobombing during Farron's victory speech.
UK Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron may have narrowly held his seat but he was upstaged by a fish finger #GE2017 https://t.co/IbTc7BF8qx pic.twitter.com/0DxUO41F42
— CNN (@CNN) June 9, 2017
If only Irish politics was this ridiculous.