That was actually a comparatively good result for him. In the 2019 Peterborough by-election he received only five votes.
His best ever result was 58 votes in the 2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election.
He actually makes the McGillicuddy Serious Party look … well, serious. 
And you’d think the US system would produce better results, since the cabinet is not limited to the small pool of people who have been elected to Parliament.
And yet…
Why would that be? People who have served in parliament would have more experience with how government works, so should surely be in a better position to get things done. MPs are almost never appointed to cabinet until they’ve served some time as a ‘back bencher’ learning the ropes.
That depends on what sort of things the appointer wants to get done, no?
That’s a good point. It would probably be not too hard to think of examples of people who had great experience and expertise in a particular area, but failed because they didn’t understand the political aspect of the job.
Oh … I was referring to the muppet. 
Yes, but MPs are politicians already.
True. And this points me in mind of something I was thinking about overnight.
In his first term, Trump was faced with a number of senior subordinates that told him he was doing things wrong.
He could have learned from this how to do things better. Instead, he learned to hire subordinates who wouldn’t tell him when he was doing things wrong.
This appears to have led to a preference for people who know almost as little about how to run a government as he does.
It would appear that “what sort of things the appointer wants to get done” is telling Trump he’s right, and doing whatever he tells them to do. The consequences of this for the country, and for the world, would appear to be a negligible consideration.
So was I 
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But Bobby Smith influence my choice of Sesame Street character[1].
(The Count would have been my choice for the treasury and, as noted elsewhere, Cookie Monster for the FDA)
I’m assuming DJT has watched as much Sesame Street as he has Dr Oz and WWF. ↩︎
Elmo knows what he doesn’t know. Which is a great place to start!
Gonzo for Energy, Dr.Bunsen Honeydew for NIH. Statler & Waldorf for co-AGs. One could go on.