" The Tories denounce Ukip as closet racists, and my experience at byelections and local elections and of meeting many of their grassroots supporters bears this out. Most Ukip members and supporters are nothing but opportunists, seeking a populist platform for their extremist views. As the official party of protest, we Official Monster Raving Loonies strongly object to use of the terms "fruitcakes" and "loonies" when describing Ukip (Tories in disarray over response to Ukip 'clowns', 29 April). We who seek the holy grail of Loonyism strongly object to the cavalier use of these terms. In our long-held view, all politicians from all the unofficial loony parties are far too loony even for us Official Loonies, so on Thursday, both in South Shields and in the county council elections, don't vote Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Ukip or for any other pretenders, vote for the real Official Raving Loony party of the UK. As our late founder Screaming Lord Sutch said: "Vote for insanity ... you know it makes sense."
Lord Toby Jug
Leader, The Official Monster Raving Loony party, Eastern Region"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/30/loony-ukip-here-to-stay
[P.S. I'm off to 32 Smith Square next Wednesday...to sort this whole EU thing out.]
