20 Ridiculous Things Which Make You Proud Of Being Scottish

5. A Penguin Received More Votes Than Liberal Democrats

In 2012 the Liberal Democrats were suffering poor results in local council elections based on their role in an austerity coalition government in Westminster. By the time the local council elections rolled round, the Lib Dems were worried about the possibility of embarrassing results across Scotland. Nowhere was this more notable than in the Pentland Hills ward of Edinburgh where an independent candidate who dressed as a penguin throughout his entire campaign and called himself Professor Pongoo took a higher percentage of the vote than the Lib Dem candidate. Embarrassing for the Lib Dems? Sure, but classically Scottish. Vote Penguin!