Teddyboy Tempest at Drayton Manor, Tamworth

All confirmed. We will do our full Screaming Lord Sutch Tribute show only once this year and that will be at the Teddyboy Tempest weekend at Drayton Manor Resort, Tamworth (which runs from the 14th to the 16th November).
We are scheduled to play on the Friday night at 11.00pm and our show will capture the best in Lord Sutch’s rock ‘n’ roll theatricals and madcap Raving Loony antics.
Appearing in our line up that night will also be 2 legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll music: Steve Carter on guitar and Dave Thorncroft on Sax… Both of whom have a long history playing along side Lord Sutch back in the day.
Further details and tickets here: https://www.ducktails.uk/product/teddy-boy-weekender/
Dave Savage

Visit to Ledbury

Some time a go I had a phone call from Robin Oakey asking about our Loony Party, I invited him to attend our last conference in Belper and he asked if we would hold a Conference at his venue ‘The Barn’ in Ledbury. Last weekend I visited along with Lawd Lawson, OB Joyful and our Mem Sec Baron Von Thunderclap. It is a rustic and unique barn in the middle of a bustling town. We spent four days there and Robin and his team are great hosts, we enjoyed every moment of it.
We were entertained by an excellent Screaming Lord Sutch tribute act called Jesse Merry, plus an Undertaker/Mortician called John O’Looney, yes that was his real name, telling story’s that you wouldn’t believe! I made my party speech on the Sunday to every ones delight.
I note that The Baron has reported that I have forsaken my White Suit. I had traveled halfway there and suddenly realised ‘****’ I’ve left my suit at home, so had to improvise. Luckily Robin had a ‘Merlin the Wizard’ coat which he loaned to me, it fitted very well and after seeing it was made for me he said ‘It’s yours!’
So its looking like, unless anything changes, thanks to Robin, it will be Loony Party Conference time 2025 in Ledbury, Heredforshire. Sept 25-26-27. More updates nearer the time.
Howling Laud Hope Party Leader

Baron Von Thunderclap’s Report from Ledbury

Main point no more ‘man in the white suit’. Howlin’ is now the ‘man in the blue kaftan’. He borrowed it for this gig and liked it so much a deal was done and he’s now adopted it.
The weekend started badly when both Dangerous Dave and the rejuvenated Lord Sutch pulled out due to throat infections so the music was cancelled.
Some local musicians picked up the baton and put on a bit of a show before Lord Sutch fresh from a 25 year residency at Pinner new cemetery made enough of a recovery to attend.
Despite only managing a reduced set due to his bad throat it was enough to prove what a great musician he is starting with the favourite ‘Jack the ripper’ followed by many self penned tracks. Just like our spiritual leader he’s a great showman but has the advantage that he can actually sing!!
Our hosts at ‘The Barn’ were lovely, even sending out for a mass fish and chip meal to feed 10 of us.
The locals were also very friendly (although there may be a backlash from some of the parents whose children we gave kazoos to!) and the town is lively with plenty of pubs. Perhaps a good venue for our conference?
Baron Von Thunderclap

Lady Green & her Saddest Show on Earth

Fellow Loony’s, I will be at this exhibition on the 22nd & 30th March for those who would like to come and say hi! The exhibition will be open and staffed every other day from 18-30th March, so please do visit any other day (particularly if you don’t like crowds and want to see the artwork in a more peaceful environment)!


Lady Green

Thur 6 – Sat 8 March Ledbury, Herefordshire

Howling ‘Laud’ Hope is a guest of honour at The Barn in Ledbury, Herefordshire where he will give a party political speech.
There will be live music on the Saturday night, admission is £10.
Everyone is welcome. It’s very likely that The Barn Ledbury will be the venue of our 41st annual conference Sept 25-27th 2025.

The latest OFFICIAL documentary

In late November 2024, we were contacted by the seasoned (a pinch of salt & a sprig of Thyme) university film quartet Group 2. They wanted some representatives for their latest feature length documentary about the OMRLP. After much deliberation it was decided that our Glorious Leader, Howling Laud Hope and a fifth of a Deputy Leader, Agent Chinners would be our victims for this prestigious task. Here we proudly present the OFFICIAL final version with a 99 minute ‘Directors Cut’ version scheduled for release in the Autumn of 2029.
Chinners

May Elections *Update Some Cancelled*

Notice for Members old and new, or anyone who would like to represent ‘The Official Monster Raving Loony Party’.
Some Local Elections will take place in your area on Thursday 1st May although some have been cancelled. Whether it be Parish, Town, District, or County, all are free of charge with no deposit required. Papers will have to be in by Tues 1st April, they can be got from your local Town Hall or Council Office

You can’t just stand, you must get permission from the Party’s Nomination Officer to stand for The Loony Party. Call him on 07946 292557 or by e-mail a.hope70@yahoo.com
If you are new to the game, we can talk you through it, no problem!!
Howling ‘Laud’ Hope – Loony Party Leader

2025 here we come, another year of sheer Lunacy

Look out, look out, there’s a Loony about!
Hopefully you all had a good Christmas and New Year. 2024 was an interesting year for us once again. I started off in January as usual out in Malta, not quite as busy as normal, still suffering from the lockdown, as a lot of holiday places are, but still the Brits over there look forward to my arrival and Loony stories.
February got us off to a good start with three By-elections. The Raving Rodent stood in Rochdale, Nick the Flying Brick stood in Wellingborough, and I was down for Kingswood Bristol, but my agent for that area was rushed to hospital and couldn’t get my nomination papers in on time.
Of the two that we did, we didn’t come last, which for some reason upsets a few that take it all too seriously. In general most people though like the fact that we are there and able to do what we do.
March, I was invited to be guest speaker at Britain’s top 6th form college down in Eastleigh Hampshire. Pleased to say that we now have a very good Loony enclave down there, some saying that they will stand in future elections. They booked me because they had seen that I had already spoken at Eton and Oxford.
May, there was another By-election in Blackpool South and I was the candidate, once again not coming last. On same day there were ‘local elections’ where I stood for my District Council of Hart in Hampshire, didn’t get on but still retain my seat on the Fleet Town Council where I live.

July was the big one, a general election was called, much sooner than we all thought, but it didn’t catch us out, we managed to field twenty two candidates. Well done to you all, and all those who helped. In fact quite a few of those candidates made it up to our annual conference in Belper, Derbyshire. Talking of which our conference 2025 has not quite been finalised as yet, but will be within the next 6 weeks.
A big round of applause for Agent Chinners for his appearance on the James Whale show
Once again I would like to thank our team, Nick the Flying Brick, RU Seerius, Agent Chinners, Baron Von Thunderclap and Knigel Knapp.
But as always a big thank you to you, our party members, supporters and sympathisers, without you it wouldn’t be half the fun.
For more intricate detail of stories in this message go to www.loonyparty.com
All that is left for me to say is ‘Happy New Year’ to you all, see you in 2025 somewhere or other, I’ll be bound.
Howling ‘Laud’ Hope – Loony Party Leader

Loony New Years Honours 2025

It only seems like 12 months ago that we were announcing the six new Lords & Ladies who made it into the Loonyverse!

We are delighted to now reveal the six new OFFICIAL Loony Ministers along with the Ministry they have been awarded to run once we are in Government, so in no particular order >>>

Lord Ash of Gould (Minister of Talking TV’s)
In a nod to his breaking of tradition, we decided to announce the appointment of Lord Gould live on Christmas Day on Talk TV’s “The Lord James Whale Show”. This gala ceremony can be enjoyed via another recent article on this website. In his acceptance speech, Lord Gould has pledged to make a big difference with the monsters.

Lady Debbie McGee (Minister for Lovely Magical Assistance)
As a trained ballet dancer, one of Lady McGee’s Ministerial duties will be to keep the unofficial loony MPs on their toes. Her first act will be to raise the height of the urinals at Westminster by 1 foot… in both the men & lady’s toilets. She also promises World Peace to all UK constituents but has yet to reveal which piece of the world this will be.

Lord Rick Wakeman (Minister of Grumpy Affirmative Moog’s)
As a good friend and former Harrow neighbour of our Spiritual Leader, Screaming Lord Sutch, Lord Wakeman was always going to end up as an OFFICIAL Loony Minister. The minor delay in him accepting the job was due to the 100+ album recordings he had to finish. Lord Wakeman pledges to bring back a Woolworths store to every UK town so that budding musicians can, like him, purchase their first keyboard for a reasonable price.
 
Lord Christian of Paris (Minister of Magical Mystery Wonderlands)
Author, Fashion Guru, Artist, Musician, Mortician & Nightclub pioneer are just a few of the skills that Lord Paris will bring to the Loonyverse. His exploits with our Minister Lord Clive Jackson of Doctor & the Medics, spawned the legendary Soho psychedelic nightclub ‘Alice In Wonderland’ and his early 1980’s ‘Magical Mystery Trip’ events are credited as the forerunner of the rave scene that came along many years later. Overcome with emotion he proclaimed becoming an OFFICIAL Loony Minister as “possibly the highlight of my earthly trip so far”

Lord Pothole (Minister for Wholesome Plastic Quarry Duck Campaigns)
For well over a decade now Lord Pothole has been the scourge of many a council across our fantastic isle and with a success rate that we are so very unfamiliar with, so it was logical that his wisdom should be utilised as we are concerned about the expanding blackholes across the Loonyverse. Lord Pothole will instruct all councils to decrease building speedhumps and instead use the tarmac to fill in the plethora of potholes.

Lord Roy Wood (Minister of Rainy Rock ‘n’ Roll Winter Flowers)
The Move, ELO & Wizzard are just some of the musical delights that Lord Wood has bestowed on a grateful population. Lord Tony Blackburn saw his loony potential early so he selected one of his tunes to be the first record played on BBC Radio 1 in 1967. We believe that his pledge to make every day, Christmas Day, will be a massive boost for the UK economy.

A. Gent Chinners