It’s not everywhere in the world that the country’s leader shares a stage with a person wearing a bucket on their head and Elmo.
But this is Britain, where the politics is unpredictable and the humour is absurd.
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Current Prime Minister Theresa May was up for re-election in her constituency of Maidenhead. As is glorious tradition, several eccentric characters contested the seat, either for publicity or just for our enjoyment.
First, there’s Elmo.
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