Fuddland

The Register points out that quite a large number of MPs could be technically breaking electoral rules once the General Election is on, due to the use of “mp” in the URL of their web presence—during the election process their membership of Parliament is up for grabs, so they are not allowed to advertise themselves as MPs until [if ever] they win back their seat.

The Register seems to suggest that taking the site down for the duration of the election is the best course of action, but there seems to me to be another obvious solution: just alter a few lines of the site’s source code and claim that the “MP” stands for something else.

• Mural Painter

• Minty Phallus

• Mindless Prattle

• Moot Point

• Master of Pogo-sticks

They’d probably need to be apt though, so although “Michael Howard, Midnight Prowler” might conjure up the famous description of him having “something of the night” about him, “Ann Widdecombe, Massage Parlour” should be avoided at all costs, in every sense.

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Jann | 2005 / 02 / 13 – 22:39

Thanks.

Now I know I’m going to have nightmares…

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