Only in Northern Ireland....

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One of the Fermanagh/South Tyrone candidates was arrested for attempted murder during the vote counting. Still, Bobby Sands got elected to that constituency while actually in jail, so there you go.

In other news, the roleplayer who stole frilly knickers at knifepoint has been convicted. There's another 'geeks are insane' point notched up in the public consciousness, sigh.

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[jadeywoman.livejournal.com]

Wow, and I thought politics were screwed up here... :P

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Until the terrorists are in the government, you aren't as screwed up as Nortern Ireland.

[ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com]

First link = scary.

Second link = amusing, but also scary in a "This is gonna make the rest of us geeks look bad" way.

[owl]

That sound you hear is Tolkien spinning in his grave....

[aquarius-1977.livejournal.com]

Still, Bobby Sands got elected to that constituency while actually in jail, so there you go.

I'm not surprised. After all, the citizens of Washington, D.C. elected a convicted crackhead to be their mayor.

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Was s/he actually in jail at the time? After sands was elected, the government hastily passed a law banning prisoners from standing in elections :D

[aquarius-1977.livejournal.com]

*In* jail during the election? No, but as you can see it didn't exactly hurt his popularity among the constituents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry

It's this situation that makes it very easy for me to believe the article you posted, though, lol.

[aquarius-1977.livejournal.com]

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