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A party conference with a difference
By Stephen LloydOctober 01, 2008
It really was a laugh a minute when Official Monster Raving Loony Party members descended on the Raven Hotel in Hook for their annual conference at the weekend.
The conference kicked off with the party’s world-famous cabinet reshuffle - where all members got into an upturned bedroom cabinet and shuffled around.
There was then a chance for members to lobby each other on their various key issues.
Sheikh Mihand was trying to get colleagues to back his plan to bomb Iraq and Afghanistan with jokes.
He said: “I also want to introduce laughter clinics in every hospital because laughter really is the best medicine.”
Meanwhile, 55-year-old Professor Nabob from Aldershot was trying to gain support for his latest hare-brained scheme.
“I want to turn Number 10 into a hairdressers and call it Government Cuts,” he said.
A little closer to home, party leader Alan ‘Howling Laud’ Hope was lobbying members to back his bid to get the Saturday Market sign at the Oatsheaf crossroads in Fleet pointing in the right direction.
He said: “That was on my manifesto when I stood in the local elections over two years ago and it’s still pointing towards Crookham Village.”
Among those taking part in the conference was 49-year-old Chrissy ‘Laugh and a Half’ from Aldershot, the party’s Shadow Minister for Cuddly Toys and Teddy Bears. She said: “I’ve been a party member for four years now and just love it.
“Everyone’s always smiling and it’s like being with one big happy family.
“But we also raise a lot of money for charity as well as doing loony things.”
Mr Hope declared the conference “a raving success”.
He added: “It really was a good weekend, absolutely wonderful - so good in fact that I took my hotel room key home with me. We had a great turnout and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.
“The locals in Hook loved it. They said they’ve never had so many laughs and they can’t wait until we return.
“Normally they say it’s boring and nothing happens but that all changed totally for the four days we were there.
“The staff at the Raven Hotel said we are welcome back anytime.”
Music for the conference was provided by What’s Next, The Big Fibbers, The Bolivian Sunshine Dogs and Crondall-based Elvis impersonator Dale Fontaine.
Mr Hope said: “Obviously the cabinet reshuffle was a highlight of the conference but I thought the entertainment was brilliant - and they’re all party members too.
“Thanks must go to the Raven Hotel for hosting the event and the Greene King brewery and Grolsch Blonde Lager for all their support during the conference.”
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