A Monty Python Skit Come to Life
After reading this story in the Oxford Mail, I could think of nothing except the classic “election night special” Monty Python skit.
“Witney residents will find themselves with election choices including a would-be Tory Prime Minister, a witch or a ‘loony’. Self-proclaimed ‘King of the Witches’ Magus Lynius Shadee and the Official Monster Raving Loony Party’s Alan “Howling Laud” Hope will join other more conventional party candidates in standing against Conservative leader David Cameron.”
“King” Shadee recently made the news for allegedly conjuring a demon inside a Cambridge Catholic church, while Alan “Howling Laud” Hope is a perennial political candidate, and leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, which was formed by the late proto-shock-rocker Screaming Lord Sutch. Sadly, I can’t make too many “Sensible, Silly, and Very Silly” jokes, since they aren’t the only ones attempting to unseat Cameron.
“Other candidates so far include Liberal Democrat Dawn Barnes, Labour’s Joe Goldberg, Nikolai Tolstoy for UKIP, Stuart Macdonald for the Green Party and Paul Wesson, who is planning to stand as an independent.”
Still, the what hope does the Labour or Liberal Democrat party have with the silly vote split like this? I have a feeling that Conservative Party leader David Cameron isn’t overly worried about losing his seat.
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