There was a by election in Corby some moons ago which made the news because of reasons completely unrelated to food. It has been back in the news today, all due to a fantastic man called Mr. Mozzarella.
Mr. Mozzarella is briliant - anyone who doesn't love him must be odd. His message is a little unusual however and only managed to secure him 73 votes (0.7%, slightly more than the Liberal Democrats are predicted at the next election, but still nowhere near a win). Shame.
He was standing as the representative of the Don't Cook Party - which is actually funded by an online take away delivery service Just Eat. It transpired today that it cost them almost £1000 per vote - expensive even in today's harsh political climate. You could argue for money creeping into politics, the corruption of our democratic system, or the trivialisation of what should be a serious event (it's not of course) but since there was absolutely no way he was ever going to be elected and it was all just a clever advertising gimmick for the delivery people, who's to complain?
You have to take your hat off to Just Eat for coming up with such an excellent marketing idea.
As politicians go, Mr. Mozzaralla's charisma is abundent, but sadly, his message was wasted on me. As you can probable guess a political party advocating not cooking your own dinner is as far from my own views as could possibly be.
I'd still vote for him over UKIP though.
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