A politician running with the slogan “All for me, nothing for you” has made it into the second round of local elections in Croatia.

Independent candidate Josko Kraljevic Risa also campaigned using the slogan “It is definitely going to be better for me, but will be the same for you.”

Risa, who is chasing the job of mayor of Prolozac (is that next door to where the pills come from?) in southern Croatia, finished second in Sunday’s first round with 27.89 per cent of the vote.

He faces a run-off election with current mayor Mate Lasic from the ruling Croatian Democratic Union in the second round scheduled for 31 May. How could people not vote for a person called “mate”? Subliminal advertising would make your assume that Mate is your best…ah never mind.

“I’ve promised my wife Karmelita that Prolozac will be like our family business”, Risa told the online edition of the daily newspaper Jutarnji List on Monday this week (warning: ability to speak an Eastern European language is not unhelpful if you bother to click through).

UPDATE: The ever-splendid Croydonian has independently demonstrated that great minds think alike and fools never differ by also picking up on the same item of news.