Vote for the Lines and Signs Party!...

As I went to vote last night around 8pm on Pembury Road I noticed two Civil Enforcement Officers (formerly known as Traffic Wardens) leaning on the wall outside. I joked with them to stop intimidating voters by looking menacing outside the polling station but actually they were, for once you might say, being helpful by directing traffic to park ON double yellow lines. Let me explain: they had coned off a small section of the curb next to the Baptist Chapel, which had become a polling station for the day, so that people voting who were too lazy or unable to walk could go and exercise their democatic right to put some crosses in boxes next to people's names they'd never heard of before. Very nice of them, those nice council employees! As I walked out having used up my floating votes for another (two) elections I joshed with them that I'd voted for the Lines and Signs Monster Raving Parking Attendant Party. Oh how we all chuckled!!..