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He's a ****.

Yes, well I did take it personally. And there is still a huge difference between someone whose name is on the ballot, and a completely fictitious entity put on the paper with the sole aim of fooling the public.

Well yes, it's a lot better. They exist for a start! (I can't believe you're able to equate the two). And yes, my mum would have served as a councillor if she'd been elected - and would have been happy and proud to have done so. However the chances were incredibly slim, so she and her fellow...

I don't know and I never said there were, I was just asking how it was possible. (And pointing out that it should be relatively easy to track them down even if they don't have a social media presence, as 'paper candidates' are a long-established electoral practice).

I was going to say that. How on earth is it possible for fictitious people to end up on a ballot paper? Isn't it an offence under one of the Representations of the People acts? Or is it so outlandish that no one thought to legislate for it? My mum used to stand as a 'paper candidate' for the...