Election news
Thursday, April 7th, 2005 05:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanThis is (probably) not true, but should be (from today's Times):
I think armed combat between prospective MPs is a fine idea.
Under a law of 1537, which has curiously never been repealed, if two candidates in any constituency win the same number of votes, the result can be decided by armed combat "using sword and buckler at a place within a league of the tallying place before sunset on the next morrow". This is more entertaining than a recount and must happen if ten voters demand it.
I think armed combat between prospective MPs is a fine idea.