Cat Mandu

Cat Mandu (also: Cat-Mandu , Mandu ) (* 1995 ; † 2002 ) was a British tabby cat who was elected and named by the Official Monster Raving Loony Party next to her owner as the "party leader".

Career

After the death of Screaming Lord Sutch in 1999, Cat Mandu was elected party leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party together with her owner Howling Laud Hope until she was run over in a car accident in 2002. To commemorate her death, the party proposed that all main streets be provided with cat crosswalks.

Surname

The name of the cat is a corruption of Kathmandu in Nepal . A legislative proposal by the OMRLP after her death was that no cat could be called Cat Mandu, as there could only be one with that name.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b POLITICAL CAT FIGHT ENDS IN DRAW FOR LOONIES , The Toronto Star. September 25, 1999. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
↑ Sholto Byrnes: THE LUNATIC FRINGE; IT'S A PARTY CONFERENCE - BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT. SHOLTO BYRNES JOINS , The Independent. October 6, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
↑ Jack Malvern: Mandu , The Times. August 7, 2002. Retrieved April 18, 2010.

Web links

The 2001 Election in Pictures: Laud Hope and Cat Mandu The Guardian
Official Monster Raving Loony Party Official Website
Publican shares Loony leader's role with a cat The Independent
Cat pushes for prime minister The Guardian
Loonies choose cat as joint leader BBC News

[owner-1] POLITICAL CAT FIGHT ENDS IN DRAW FOR LOONIES , The Toronto Star. September 25, 1999. Retrieved April 18, 2010.

[2] Sholto Byrnes: THE LUNATIC FRINGE; IT'S A PARTY CONFERENCE - BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT. SHOLTO BYRNES JOINS , The Independent. October 6, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2010.

[3] Jack Malvern: Mandu , The Times. August 7, 2002. Retrieved April 18, 2010.