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Brecon and Radnorshire by-election result: Ukip beaten by Monster Raving Loony party

Loonies want to send Noel Edmonds to Brussels ‘because he understands Deal Or No Deal’

Adam Forrest
Friday 02 August 2019 17:37 BST
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Monster Raving Loony Party candidate speaks after party beats UKIP at the Brecon by election

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The Official Monster Raving Loony Party beat Ukip at the by-election in Brecon and Radnorshire, pushing the ardent Eurosceptics into last place.

The satirical group known for its nonsensical policies proved more popular than the Brexiteers in the crucial vote which saw the Lib Dems take the seat from the Tories.

The Loonies’ candidate, Lady Lily the Pink, finished fifth with 334 votes, ahead of Ukip hopeful Liz Phillips on just 242 votes.

Arriving at the count with Loonies’ leader Alan “Howling Laud” Hope, Lady Lily the Pink was cheered by supporters in fancy dress.

“I’m not a politician – I’m a loony,” the candidate, a B&B owner, said after the result. “Hopefully I’ve engaged a few people who wouldn’t have normally voted to come out and vote in this election.”

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party’s Brexit policies include sending Noel Edmonds to negotiate Brexit “because he understands Deal Or No Deal”.

Rather than a hard or soft Brexit, the Loonies claim to prefer an “Al dente Brexit”. And they would make Germany “pay for all treatment of German measles”.

In 1990 the Loonies’ founder David “Screaming Lord” Sutch beat the SDP candidate at a by-election in Bootle, and the centre-left breakaway party dissolved soon afterwards.

“If you’ve noticed the Monster Raving Loony Party is trending, here’s the reason – they’ve just done to what’s left of Ukip what they famously once did to what was left of the SDP,” said one Twitter user.

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