Alan "Howling Laud" Hope (born 16 June 1942) is a British politician and the 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. 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. He subsequently became the Mayor of Ashburton in 1998. 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. (en)
Alan « Howling Laud » Hope, né le 16 juin 1942 à (en), dans le comté du Surrey, en Angleterre, est une personnalité politique et excentrique britannique. Cofondateur du Official Monster Raving Loony Party (« Parti fou-dingue monstrueux officiel », OMRLP) en juin 1982, il est le chef de ce parti depuis 1999. (fr)
Alan « Howling Laud » Hope, né le 16 juin 1942 à (en), dans le comté du Surrey, en Angleterre, est une personnalité politique et excentrique britannique. Cofondateur du Official Monster Raving Loony Party (« Parti fou-dingue monstrueux officiel », OMRLP) en juin 1982, il est le chef de ce parti depuis 1999. (fr)
Alan "Howling Laud" Hope (born 16 June 1942) is a British politician and the 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. 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. He subsequently became the Mayor of Ashburton in 1998. (en)