In London’s mayoral race, UKIP pins its hopes on Gammons
Once again, the UK Independence Party has made itself the butt of the joke.
You’ll be familiar with the expression “gammon”, meaning “a middle-aged or older white man with conservative, traditionalist views, stereotypically characterized as having a red or flushed complexion”. It has been linked with supporters of UKIP for many years.
Today (January 15) we all discovered the name of the party’s candidate in the London mayoral election… and the fun began:
If you don’t think it’s funny that the UKIP mayoral candidate is called Gammons then you are lying to yourself https://t.co/2DjOVUtcZi
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) January 15, 2021
We all had a few giggles about the coincidence:
The fact the UKIP candidate is called Gammons will never not be funny https://t.co/wEowevIQKG
— jonn elledge (@JonnElledge) January 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/NHSMillion/status/1350149769621098496
I beg you, please don't laugh at the UKIP candidate called Gammons. pic.twitter.com/NPAFSi0u53
— Andy (@andy_eastfield) January 15, 2021
But the real punchline is the fact that this is not the first time UKIP has been ham-strung (sorry) by an unfortunately-resonating name:
Gammons in last place in London Mayor poll
Time for UKIP to bring back Dick Braine pic.twitter.com/oZvttGsiMn
— European Unity #FBPE 🇪🇺🇺🇦#Johnson’sOut #Rejoin (@EuropeanUnity1) January 15, 2021
This Writer, for one, is grateful to Mr Gammons.
He has brightened up an otherwise miserable day.
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