With the Illiberals having already announced their candidate for the next General Election in the new Smalltown and Dullbridge, Fridgpond Unitary Constituency (SaDFUC) in the form of Lord Rashley Fox, all eyes are on the Working Man’s Party as the name of their candidate is yet to be revealed.
It is widely believed that the issue of a new Missing Person for the area will be a straightforward fight between the Illiberals as they take the battle to the Working Man’s stronghold of Fridgpond.
Meanwhile the BeFuddleds continue with their overly–optimistic rosy vision which sees them firmly believing they will triumph once again, as they did in the All-New-Yet-Unimproved Somerset Cuonty Council and Smalltown and Dullbridge Town Council elections in 2022. Unfortunately, residents across Somerset and particularly in Smalltown and Dullbridge have been less than impressed with their BeFuddled overlords, with the question “What have the BeFuddleds done for us?” remaining unanswered.
Undaunted, the Fridgpond BeFuddled Party advertised for candidates in September and two names made it to the short list.
Young Eager-Beaver Tim Peeking, currently a Toytown ANYUSSC Councillor and Associate Lead But Not Lead-Lead Member for Performing Arts, threw his hat into the ring and after much talking and thinking it was agreed that he could be one of the candidates selected to go forward into the next round of BeFuddled Party talking and thinking.
Mr Peeking was previously selected as a BeFuddled Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Flexeter in 2019. Speaking at the time about his selection, Mr Peeking said “I am delighted to have been chosen to fight to represent the people of Flexeter in Parliament at the next election. For too long the Working Man’s Party have taken the city of Flexeter for granted and they have let local people down”.
Unfortunately, a few moths later the BeFuddled Party did a deal with the Remoan Allegiance and Mr Peeking was forced to stand aside in favour of Remoan Allegiance’s favoured party for Flexteter, the Green Behind the Ears Party candidate. The Working Man’s Candidate romped home with over 53% of the vote.
Also selected as a SaDFUC BeFuddled PPC was fellow ANYUSCC Councillor, the representative for Bendit, Clara Scullery, Deputy Chair of the Somerset Be Group at ANYUSSC.
Ms Scullery has previously displayed similar characteristics to Smalltown’s Dictator Dullard and Deputy Dictator Sherry, with one colleague describing her as a “harridan who loves self-promotion and who stamps her feet if she doesn’t get her own way.”
Rather than thinking and talking about it for eternity in typical BeFuddled fashion, Mr Peeking immediately hit the campaign trail and began knocking on doors in the area. Rumours abound that when Ms Scullery discovered this she trapped Mr Peeking behind the bike sheds at Cuonty Hall and threatened to push him off his fence and disembowel him if he didn’t withdraw from the contest immediately.
The BeFuddleds are now searching for a new candidate to face Ms Scullery in the Election Selection Contest, with particular consideration given to candidates prepared to superglue themselves to a fence and pray heavily, whilst saying 999,994 Hail Mary’s to prevent early withdrawal.