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Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] finley@lemm.ee 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It doesn’t help that they look like Rick Astley

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't be mean to Rick Astley like that! Rick looks nothing like that bargain bin ken doll with several minutes of amateur photoshop applied to it from the article.

[–] finley@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

no offense to Rick Astley intended!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking Elon🤢Musk.

[–] finley@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

he does have that doughy kind of face

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago

If they did put in fake candidates then this is massive electoral fraud and there needs to be crippling fines and jail time for their leadership.

On a side note, why the hell do we have to have ID to vote, but to stand you clearly don't need to prove you even exist with ID?

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

The guy claims he altered the image to change his tie, as if that's the problem with the image. The guy's suit is made of leather, there's a deformity by his right ear, his hair is wood texture, his eyes are different colours, his lips are too small and too bright, his shirt has been blurred smooth... I could go on, but it's honestly kinda gross to look at that picture for too long.

[–] arrowMace@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

they might have changed a little more than his tie colour. Here's a side by side picture from an interview: side by side picture of the actual candidate

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Dating profile vs real life.

Oops I accidentally uploaded a photo from 20 years ago.