OMRLP
Proper noun
Meaning
OMRLP
(UK, politics) Initialism of Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Examples
Almost a year after Bootle, the supposedly dead SDP finished fourth at Neath, beating the OMRLP to fifth place (see the continuing Social Democratic Party ).
By 2004, the RRLP was effectively dead, with most of its members having rejoined the OMRLP.
Policies and electoral strategy The OMRLP are distinguished by having a deliberately bizarre manifesto, which contains things that seem to be impossible or too absurd to implement – usually to highlight what they see as real-life absurdities.
He subsequently became Deputy Mayor and later Mayor of Ashburton in 1998 (mainly opposed by the local Conservatives; they never forgave him for becoming a member of the OMRLP) until he moved to Hampshire after Sutch's death.
ISSN 2045-1660 Divisions Just like any other party, the OMRLP has long suffered from splits over policy; here, the policy differences are regarding just how silly it should be.
No OMRLP candidate has managed to get the required 5% of the popular vote needed to retain his deposit, but this does not stop people standing.