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Actually the prior art is Screaming Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Looney Party[1] who started in 1963.

As a former Monster Raving Looney I have decided to defect to the Binface Party based on their sensible policies on the hand dryer in the Uxbridge Crown & Treaty pub.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Lord_Sutch

Lord Buckethead is much older than Boaty McBoatface.

Better prior art [1], in an actual election.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Drummond

Also members of the Original Monster Raving Loony Party, who have achieved multiple seats, including Mayor of Ashburton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_...

Still no: "Lord Buckethead" first stood in 1987, some 15 years before the "H'Angus the monkey" campaign in 2002.

I thought that's the prior art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment

Nope. Several decades later.

The "Boaty McBoatface" campaign was from 2016. "Lord Buckethead" first appeared in 1987, some 30 years earlier.