The next drama to watch in the coming months will be the LegCo’s by-election – or the de facto referendum (as the LSD- Civic Party alliance loves to call it). In an act to bring reform to HK Politics, five brave pan-dem warriors resigned from their LegCo seats in January. Until recently, everybody has been acting cool: no more banana-throwing in the council chambers, no major protests in the street, no nothing. It’s as if they never were elected in the first place.

Kudos, of course, go to Big Brother; our useless government; and our ass-kissing pro-establishment camp. They simply didn’t play the game the LSD-Civic Party alliance wanted them to play and virtually ignored the resignation as a protest – sticking to their guns saying the great Basic Law allows no referendum. Also odd is how it’s all quiet on the LSD-Civic Party front. They have done nothing noteworthy since their gathering outside of LegCo when they dramatically tendered their resignation in late January. Conspiracy theorists like this fella believe it’s all BS and our mavericks would soon return to their cozy LegCo seats having accomplished nothing. We agreed… but only until we heard this:

Our beloved singer/actress/chef, Maria “Fat Mama” Cordero is now considering running for the NT East LegCo seat! She said she would need to hold a family conference before making a final decision, but there’s a possibility for her to run against Leung Kwok-hung aka Long Hair. Hard choice for you denizens of NT East, right? She said she’s pretty pissed off by the uncivilized approach of the LSD, and thought that elections and constitutional reform is much like cooking and bringing up children: it takes time and has its own pace.

But that’s not all folks; we heard that Pamela Pak, the long time girl friend of Paul Tse, the Honorable LegCo member for the Tourism constituency, will be running as well. Let’s keep an eye out for their colorful costumes and their make-your eyes-bleed-photo-ops. One thing that I know for sure, if Fat Mama is elected, she will definitely do something about the price of food. As recently as a few weeks ago one catty of pea sprouts cost more than one share of HSBC. Help us Fat Mama!

Henry has a guest post on The Dark Side and is one of the founders of the Libertines Pub.