Handpuppet of Fate

[bcholmes]

Minority Government explained via the medium of political cartoons.

I particularly like how they've got matching ties.

(I was always quite amused by the way Jack found a number of really sharp-looking orange ties. For the non-Canadians, the party colours in Canada have been such a staple of Canadian politics for so many years that I've seen debates where the Conservative showed up with a blue tie, the Liberal showed up with a red tie and the New Democrat showed up with an orange tie. Nice of the candidates to colour code themselves.)

Comments

[thespian.livejournal.com]

mind you, even in a cartoon, Jack Layton is still the best looking boy in the race.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

I didn't get the cartoon, but I liked a couple of the points raised in the commentary that followed -- particularly "strategic voting sucks" and "dinner and a ballot."

Colour coded candidates

[beable]

That was how I could recognize the scrutineers several years ago (98 or something) when I worked as a deputy returning officer for a polling station.

They tried to turn up wearing appropriately coloured shirts or jackets.