Howling Laud Hope
British politician (born 1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alan Hope (born 16 June 1942), known politically as Howling Laud Hope, is a British politician and former publican who is the current Leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP). On the death of the party's founder Screaming Lord Sutch in 1999, Hope and his pet cat, Catmando, were jointly elected as leaders of the OMRLP. Since June 2002 Hope has been the party's sole leader following Catmando's death in a road accident.[1]
Howling Laud Hope | |
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Leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party | |
Assumed office 1999 | |
Deputy | Nick The Flying Brick |
Preceded by | Screaming Lord Sutch |
Mayor of Ashburton | |
In office 1998–2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Alan Hope (1942-06-16) 16 June 1942 (age 81) Mytchett, Surrey, England |
Political party | Official Monster Raving Loony Party |
Hope was the first-ever OMRLP candidate to be elected to public office, when he was elected unopposed to a seat on Ashburton Town Council in Devon in 1987.[2] He subsequently became the Mayor of Ashburton in 1998.[3][4][5]
In 2010 Hope was elected unopposed to Fleet Town Council in Hampshire. Hope's longtime friendship with satirist Jacob M. Appel formed the basis for the latter's novel, The Biology of Luck, which is reportedly an allegory for modern British politics.[6][7]