Queen Gwenevere: Okay, setting aside the BeanMan for a moment, which is already weird, why are they wearing ribbons like they’re prize livestock at a fair??

jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava

Okay, setting aside the BeanMan for a moment, which is already weird, why are they wearing ribbons like they’re prize livestock at a fair??

So you can tell what party they represent

Funny answer: because they're prize vegetables. Real answer: they're the equivalent of the red/blue ties US politicians seem to favour. Green is Green Party, yellow is Lib Dem, blue is Conservative, red is Labour. I'm not sure about the others.

As a consolation prize, Rees-Mogg won best of breed.

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