If you're wondering who the man in a big yellow cloak is that you're seeing at pictures from the Newcastle count, that's a candidate in my constituency, name of Kim Tate, running as King Teare. He's an independent. Gotta have some oddball candidates keeping politics weird. #UKGE2024

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/meet-king-teare--crown-29442511

Meet the crown-wearing election candidate who says he's not just a 'novelty'

The brightly-coloured King Teare, who is campaigning under his stage name, says he wants to be “England’s first democratically elected king”

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