The BBC has details of some of the more entertaining alternatives available on in some UK ballot papers this Thursday.

America’s Minutemen could, perhaps, take a tip from the Church of the Militant Elvis which has plans to place “giant photos” of certain notorious British celebrities in Heathrow and Gatwick “to discourage undesirable foreigners from entering Britain”.

And if that’s not enough, there’s the oddly appealing Dungeons Death and Taxes party which pledges to reintroduce hanging, “but only for minor offences such as writing graffiti and dropping litter”. Murderers and those guilty of improper use of mobile text abbreviations will be disembowelled. The new school leaving age would be nine, with “thickie” children forced to take up manual labour. The party also pledges to occupy and annexe France, and to have tax rates of 90%. ”

I assume they are joking about the tax – that really would be going too far.