Congratulations to Capt Chaplington-Smythe who with tireless campaigning gained a 100% increase in our vote at Wythenshawe, with 288 Votes.

Once again the OMRLP has forced all the other parties to the front and Capt Chaplington-Smythe has kept to our tradition of coming last.

We took a lot of votes from the Lib Dem ‘s causing them to lose their deposit. They would have had 5.19% with our vote but lost their deposit with 4.17%, proving to one and all that a vote for the Loony Party is not wasted.

Many thanks to the 288 people who gave us their support and showed that the only co-ALE-ition they want in Wythnshawe is the Loony Beer of the same name.

More updates about the events in Wythenshawe from Howling Laud when he returns home.

We at the Loony are ordinary working people in the real world. With bills to pay and children to feed. We stand before you in the hope that you will give us your vote so we can go to parliament and make a difference. Make this place a better place. We are the prominent alternative party of Great Britain. We come from all walks of life. Ask us anything about our policies and we will give you a straight answer. Please, please don’t waste your vote because you think it’s not worth it labour will get in anyway! Your vote was fought for, people lost their lives to secure you that right. All we ask is you consider whether you want more of the same or you want to make British political history by voting into parliament the first ever Loony MP. We aren’t professional politicians that went to Eton or Oxford we are hard working men and women that want the chance to get up and make a difference for our society. May the force be with you.

The Wythenshawe Loony’s were at the BBC in Salford on The Alan Beswick Breakfast Show on Wednesday morning. Our hero Captain Chaplington-Smythe was on fine form considering the early start. In his first ever interview, the Captain held his own. Got his point across and even managed to make the grumpy host laugh. It’s on the BBC I player if you want to listen to it again. All in all a good baptism of fire for the Captain and onwards and upwards for the by-election on the 13th of February
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Captain Chaplington-Smythe is our loony candidate for the Wythenshawe & Sale East by-election which is to be held on the 13th of February. The Captain will sail the ‘Loony Flag’ with Andy ‘Casablanca’ Cameron, John Horatio Horner and ‘Son of the Desert’ Bob at the helm. Nick the Flying Brick is heading up to Manchester on Tuesday to deliver the authorisation papers and start the campaign.

Today is the 50th Anniversary of Screaming Lord Sutch first standing for parliament. He polled 209 votes for the  Teenage Party in the Stratford by-election narrowly losing to Angus Maude.

It should be noted that from this point onwards politics went from becoming the reserve of the titled and select (aristocratic) few who controlled the Country to the present situation where  the titled and select (aristocratic) few control the Country.

Monster Raving Loony Party candidate Jamie Hampton was declared the winner of this Year’s 10 Mock Election at The Venerable Bede Academy, Ryhope, Sunderland. This was following a fortnight of campaigning. The final stage of the election saw all six candidates take to the soap box and deliver passionate speeches for their parties. The Labour Party stole the show with an enthusiastic display, until final candidate Jonathon Pallas took the stand and swayed many of the voters towards UKIP. In the end though it was The Monster Raving Loony Party that forged ahead to win by 8 votes. A delighted Jamie ‘Sheik My Hand’ Hampton declared, ‘it’s a great day for the future, let’s party. All six parties gave superb campaigns and displays including the darker side of politics with smear campaigns and the kidnapping of the Green Party candidate, Adam Hart.
Jamie now has the power, during the final week of term, to veto detentions on behalf of Year 10, as well as placing up to 5 students onto monitoring report, and allocating 5 gold star badges to students that he feels are deserving.
The final result was as follows;
Monster Raving Loony Party: 52
UKIP: 44
Labour: 26
Lib  Dem: 14
Green: 10
Conservative: 0

Our Leader & Harriet Harman in South Shields

So soon after the ‘Eastleigh’ By-election in February, came another in ‘South Shields’ in May. Barely had time to put the white suit away, and it was out on the road again, for us valiant Loonies Nick ‘The Flying Brick’ was well and truly on form again, travelling from Derby up to the ‘North East’ to collect the ten names we need to stand, and did it almost in record time he says. With all the preliminarys taken care of, and a party HQ sorted at ‘The Douglas Vaults Hotel’ the main thrust of our invasion began on Wed 24th April, our leader ‘Howling Laud Hope’ was on hand to appear on TV, Radio and all other media factions, as and when they happened. Nine days of ‘Geordie’ hospitality, what a wonderful bunch of people, but then I should have known, my own parents were from up that way. So a bit rubs of on me I suppose.
Nevertheless all the usual rigmarole, fun and games, went as planned, or unplanned, I suppose is a better way of putting it, you never know who your going to meet, or in most cases ‘what will happen next’.
Lord Toby Jug and Lady Jezebel Luxury-Yacht arrived three days before the count and added fire to the campaign, although both Toby and I were also standing in our own constuencies for our respective County Councils on the same day. (catch up with that in other reports). We met up once again with one of our admirers ‘Nigel Farrage’ always good to see him,and always has a laugh and a joke, and goes out of his way to tell people of the things that we have achieved since our inauguration. We also had a ‘run in’ with Miss Harriet Ha Ha Harman, the Labour Party Deputy Leader, well running in the same High Street that is, we certainly made ouselves known, outshouting her entourage to the delight of some of the locals. She took it quite well, or tried to make out that she did with a smile on her face, but underneath you could hear her crying ‘Go away, Leave us alone’. Well we did, but not before she knew that we were there!
Thurs 2nd May Polling Day, now arrives Mr R.U.Seerius and Lady Hell ‘n’ Back along with our intrepid ‘Flying Brick’ and also ‘Cardinal’ Maximus Bobetsky, all ready and up for the count. The count night always has an auspicious air about it, and this one was of no let down, we came, we saw, we went away with 194 votes.
Maybe the loudest cheer when results were read out,and congratulations all round.
Trouble was — Ukip stole all our votes, but we shall steal ’em back!
Even so with their sudden upsurge we still managed a nice number of votes, more than some other By-elections. Who is losing them, ask yourselves!
Still a very low turn-out, just over 25%, do you know, it’s quite obvious that the biggest Political Party isn’t any party that we have ever heard of, its the Non-Voting Party.
If all of those voted for us, we would win, the amout of people who said “I dont vote cause I dont trust ’em” was incredible. We in the Loony Party have a new catch phrase ** If you dont usually vote, then vote unusually, VOTE LOONY**
I would like to thank Stuart and his staff in ‘The Vaults’ for their hospitality, Paul Kelly of the South Shields Gazette for his friendliness and coverage, all the people who voted for us, and all those who didn’t, just for being there. Thankyou all!
Watch out for future dates —- Portsmouth South and Clitheroe maybe!!!!!
The Howling Laud

Rumour on the street is that the loony party may get more votes than the Lib Dems. Impossible…. no…we did it with the SDP.. do your remember them?

If we do the credibilty of the coalition will be at stake and may cause the downfall of the Ruling 2 parties..

Dont bother voting UKIP or any one else..they don’t have the Kudos of being beaten by the Loony Party

So tell all your friends in South Shields to get out there and Vote ..Official Monster Raving Loony Party…

Local elections 2013: Why stand for the Monster Raving Loony Party?

  Whopping Lord Foghole took his name from a Canadian radio show in the 1940s

In Thursday’s county council elections, most candidates will be hoping for a few hundred votes but one man from Ilkeston will be happy with just two.

And one of them will be his own ballot paper.

He is Whopping Lord Foghole and seeks election to Derbyshire County Council on a Monster Raving Loony Party ticket, in the Ilkeston East division.

Asked what reaction he is getting on the campaign trail he said: “None, I’m disabled. I’m just going down the pub, giving out flyers and hoping the message is passed on.”

Despite taking his name from a competitor in a farting – or crapitation – contest on a Canadian radio comedy in the 1940s, he has some surprisingly sensible ideas.

Lord Foghole, or Jonathan Daniel as he is more commonly known, would like to see money generated in Ilkeston stay in Ilkeston, rather than back to the neighbouring cities of Derby and Nottingham.

He wants better investment in local infrastructure, grants to flagging businesses and is keen to introduce an Ilkeston-only currency, similar to the Lewes Pound and the Bristol Pound.

And he candidly admits he cannot do anything about immigration or the EU because that’s a government issue.

But, naturally, everything he offers is tinged with his own brand of comedy.

For example, traffic wardens will be renamed valets and will help people park their cars rather than issuing tickets and the mayor will be called Wee Wee Willy Winky.

Of course he knows he stands no chance of winning, but Lord Foghole said he would be interested to find out how much he spent per vote gained compared to the winning candidate.

Monster Raving Loony Party candidates all take on silly monikers, such as Howling Laud Hope, the current leader.The party was founded by Screaming Lord Sutch who died in 1999.In this month’s county council vote, there are 14 candidates standing nationally that the party knows about.According to Erewash Borough Council, it is up to the returning officer to decide if a name is acceptable.

It has to be one that is commonly used by the individual and not seen to be maliciously misleading.

In this case, Mr Daniel is known as Whopping Lord Foghole by the Monster Raving Loony Party.

“I’ve not had to put down a deposit, so it’s not cost much. Maybe a bit of printing and some shoe leather – and not much of that because I can’t walk far,” he said.

“At the end of the day I’m doing something a bit different and a bit of fun. I’m looking forward to it.”

There are four other candidates vying for votes in the Ilkeston East division.

Rachel Allen, Lib Dem, said: “The fact that anyone feels they can stand on whatever ticket is good for democracy. It means people are taking an interest in politics.

“Having someone from the Monster Raving Loony Party stops the main political parties taking themselves too seriously and it adds a bit of colour to the event.”