Doncaster man dressed as fish finger to stand against Lib Dem leader Tim Farron in General Election
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The man, whose real identity has not been revealed, will fight for the Westmorland and Lonsdale seat on June 8 - when he will be hoping to batter the politician who has held the seat since 2005.
Crowdfunders raised the £500 deposit so Mr Fish Finger, whose address is listed as being in the Don Valley constituency, can stand against Mr Farron.
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It comes after a 'poll', launched by the now closed-down Twitter account @SkipClaus, which claimed people had more confidence in a fish finger leading the country than Mr Farron.
If he wins on June 8, Mr Fish Finger - who is using the hashtag #votefishfinger - has vowed to conduct any related business dressed as the breaded snack.
The Fish Finger MP has launched a Twitter account on which he has written his "manifishto."
He wrote: "Even though I have only been in Pollocktics for a short while, I am fully codmitted to making Brexit work for the Codstituents of Westmorland and Lonsdale."
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Other pledges include free fishing rods for everyone, no tax on chip shops and restaurants, more fish fingers on hospital menus and free fish for NHS staff.
He added: "If we had enough codidates to stand in every codstituency, we would not make manifishto promises that we can’t keep.
"We would, however, make a firm codmitment to hake Britain great again by making all MPs pre-qualify before standing for election.
"All codidates should pass a swimming test, and – once elected – must wear kipper ties and cod pieces for offishal duties."
The full list of candidates is James Airey (Conservative), Eli Aldridge (Labour), Tim Farron (Liberal Democrats) and Mr Fishfinger (Independent).