Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog

Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog
Leader Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah aka Robert Boaler
Founded September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)[1]
Headquarters Kent
Ideology Joke
Website
alzebab.org

The Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog is a satirical British political party, led by Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah. The only election it has contested was South Thanet in the 2015 general election. It received 30 votes, the lowest of the 11 candidates.

Election campaign 2015

It claims credit for undermining the credibility of Nigel Farage with a series of campaign pledges that are popularly regarded as absurd. It has been described as the weirdest party,[2] while Vice News UK described its members as "heroin-loving piss-takers".[3] In February 2015 it bought the web address www.ukipthanet.co.uk[4] and redirected users to the Al-Zebab homepage where visitors were told to "renounce [their] white skin" and shown a YouTube video of their party political broadcast. It also claims to have scared Farage away from attending any public hustings events.[2]

Campaigning

In April 2016, the party distributed Brexit leaflets in Thanet mocking Lee Rigby and calling on Britain to "join Africa".[5][6]

Leader Robert Boaler, known as Prophet Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah, released a rap video in September 2016 calling for the beheading of Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog". Electoral Commission. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Mellors, Tom (19 May 2015). "Nation of Ooog: How a bizarre fringe party helped bring about Nigel Farage’s downfall". RT.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Heroin-Loving Piss-Takers Running Against Nigel Farage in Kent". VICE. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Bennett, Asa (19 February 2015). "'Terrorist-Like' Al-Zebab Fringe Party Is Trolling Nigel Farage In South Thanet". The Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Bell, Jess (April 6, 2016). "'A vile joke': Brexit leaflets distributed in Kent mock murdered Woolwich soldier Lee Rigby". News Shopper. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ Dunn, Connor (April 6, 2016). "Disgust at leaflet using image of murdered soldier Lee Rigby produced by the Al-Zebabist Nation of OOOG in Thanet". Kent Online. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ Hopkins, Steven (September 29, 2016). "Political Party Leader Calls For Tommy Robinson To Be Decapitated In ‘Vile’ Rap Video". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ Pyman, Tom (October 3, 2016). "Kent Police ‘reviewing’ music video appearing to threaten to kill Nigel Farage". Kent News. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.