This year is the 30th anniversary of ‘The Official Monster Raving Loony Party’ used as a name to stand in an election. Our first election was on the 24th February 1983 when Screaming Lord Sutch stood in Bermondsey and polled 97 votes. We celebrated by having a ‘meet the brewer‘ in the Pommelers Rest which is a Wetherspoon outlet, in Bermondsey, on Tower Bridge in London.
Chris Gill, the head brewer of Ascot Ales in Camberley, Surrey presented a showcase of his beers. This included his hugely popular contribution to our Co-ALE-ition range called ‘Hope and Glory’. This was the first time that ‘our ale’ had been tapped in Central London. The customers were quite taken aback at the sight of a full posse of Loonys, The Howling ‘Laud’, Baron Von Thunderclap, The Lovely Lady Linda Landers and Knigel ‘big fibber’ Knapp, were on hand to roll out a few loony policies. If all those present who declared they had voted Loony 30 years ago, did, then there must have been some sort of voting fiddle, because Sutchie would have won!
A big thank you to Chris obviously, and Reggie the landlord, plus Vicky and all the staff who all joined in. It was also nice to meet up with Mr Wetherspoon aka John Paul Adams, he is their No1 fan and has his own web site all about them. We may see you all again sometime in the future , because it was suggested that we could have a ‘Loony Day’ up there, like we did on Westminster Bridge a few years ago, do you remember?
The Howling ‘Laud’