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In May 2014, Jug announced plans to form his own national party.<ref name="cambsplit"/>
In May 2014, Jug announced plans to form his own national party.<ref name="cambsplit"/>
Lord Toby Jug, after having many party names regected by the Electoral Commission as sounding to similar to other party names, launched The Eccentric Party of Great Britain in St Ives on January 14th 2015. The party was launched from a motor launch on the River Ouse in the search for floating voters <http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Elections-Lord-Toby-Jug-launches-Eccentric-Party/story-25862118-detail/story.html/>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 11:29, 13 February 2015

Lord Toby Jug
Born
Brian Borthwick

1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)[1]
West Ham, London
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Politician and musician
Known forPast membership of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Lord Toby Jug (born Brian Borthwick,[2] 1965 or 1966) is a British politician. He was the leader of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire branch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party,[3] until being expelled from the party in 2014. He served as the party's media officer and was a prospective parliamentary candidate.[4]

In May 2014, Jug announced plans to form his own national party.[5]

Personal life

As Brian Borthwick, Jug was the guitarist in a band with the Loony Party's founder, Screaming Lord Sutch.[5][6] Sutch gave him the nickname "Toby Jug" because of his rotund appearance,[1] and Borthwick later adopted the name by deed poll.[1] He describes himself as a "professional jester", regarding his Union Jack wearing Loony persona as an "alter ego".[1] He wears a top hat which previously belonged to Lord Sutch.[7]

In May 2014, Jug publicly admitted suffering from alcoholism.[8][9][10]

In May 2014, Jug took part in a film A Different Drummer: Celebrating Eccentrics.[11]

Party involvement

Lord Toby Jug joined the Monster Raving Loony Party in 1987, and has described himself as its Shadow Minister for Mental Health.[12][13]

In April 2009, Jug called for a famous statue of Oliver Cromwell in St Ives to be replaced by one of Screaming Lord Sutch.[14] In 2012, Jug presided over a Blue plaque unveiling at London's Ace Cafe in memory of Sutch, a longtime South Harrow resident, who died in 1999. The plaque was paid for by the bookmaker and online gambling organization William Hill, a former sponsor of the Loony Party.[15][16][17][18] In November 2013 Jug held a graveside gathering celebrating the life of Screaming Lord Sutch.[19]

During the 2013 South Shields by-election campaign, Jug wrote to The Guardian and The Independent, claiming that the Loony Party objected to the terms "fruitcakes" and "loonies" being applied to UK Independence Party and other parliamentary candidates. He went on to describe UKIP as "nothing but opportunists, seeking a populist platform for their extremist views".[20][21][22]

Jug was expelled from the Monster Raving Loony Party in 2014 over comments made about UKIP leader Nigel Farage, and for his criticism of pub chain J D Wetherspoon, a company which the Loony party had been attempting to attract as a sponsor.[23] Party leader Howling Laud Hope said that the Loony Party was "not in the game of upsetting people".[5] When leaving the party, Jug expressed concern over racist comments expressed by Hope in a Guardian article from 14 years previously.[24]

In January 2015 Jug founded "The Eccentric Party of Great Britain" in St Ives,[25] after the Electoral Commission had rejected more than 30 suggested names, including the "Real Loony Party" and the "United Kingdom Independent Loony Party", for being too similar to those of other parties.[26]

General and council elections

Jug stood in two general elections against Tony Banks in an east London constituency, in 1992 and 1997.[27]

At the 2005 general election, Jug stood against former Tory leader Michael Howard in Folkestone and Hythe.[28] Jug polled 175 votes beating three other candidates[29][30]

At the 2009 Cambridgeshire County Council election, Jug polled 566 votes, more than either Labour candidate and also raised £275 for the Teenage Cancer Trust [31] [32][33][34] At the 2010 general election, he stood as candidate for Huntingdon and polled 548 votes.[35][36] In May 2012, Jug campaigned in the District Council Elections, polling 118 votes, only 12 behind Huntingdonshire District Council Leader Jason Ablewhite.[37] In March 2012, Jug announced plans to stand as a joke candidate for the position of Cambridgeshire's Police and Crime Commissioner.[38] In June 2012 Jug beat the Lib-Dem candidate in a St Ives Town Council by-election, and was only two votes behind the Labour candidate[39]

At the launch of the 2013 Cambridgeshire County Council election campaign, Jug was accompanied by Loony minister for floating voters Lady Jezebel Fortescue Luxury Yacht and accidentally dropped his leaflets into the River Ouse.[40] He later polled 197 votes.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "'Drink left me homeless and doctors told me I only had months to live,' says Monster Raving Loony Lord Toby Jug". Cambridge News. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ^ Grafton-Green, Patrick (9 September 2014). "New EU laws see News Shopper story about north Kent chief of Monster Raving Loony Party wiped from Google searches". Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  3. ^ "UK | UK Politics | Election 2005 | Full list of candidates". BBC News. 2005-05-03. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  4. ^ "ABOUT". officialmonsterravingloonyeast. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  5. ^ a b c "Split in Monster Raving Loony Party as Lord Toby Jug, of St Ives, sets up new party". Cambridge News.
  6. ^ The Book Of Bands Alain, Christine; et al. "SCREAMING LORD SUTCH's SAVAGES: Regular Savages". thebookofbands2.blogspot.co.uk. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  7. ^ "Let a Loony loose for law and order, party leader says | Cambridge News | Latest News Headlines From Cambridge City & Cambridgeshire | National News By". Cambridge-news.co.uk. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  8. ^ Hywel Barrett. "Lord Toby Jug tells the tale of his battle with alcoholism". Hunts Post.
  9. ^ "'Drink left me homeless and doctors told me I only had months to live,' says Monster Raving Loony Lord Toby Jug". Cambridge News.
  10. ^ "Alcohol charity the Gainsborough Foundation has seen an increase in inquiries since Lord Toby Jub spoke of his alcoholism". Cambridge News.
  11. ^ "Lord Toby Jug". celebratingeccentrics.com.
  12. ^ "St Ives' Party Animal". The Hunts Post. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Lord Toby Jug plans Acer Ward protest ahead of final decision on closure". Hunts Post.
  14. ^ http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Loony-Toby-bids-oust-Cromwell/story-22740239-detail/story.html
  15. ^ "Screaming Lord Sutch Honoured in Blue Plaque Award". Iharrow.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  16. ^ "Blue Plaque in memory of Screaming Lord Sutch". Ace-cafe-london.com. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  17. ^ "Plaque for Sutch". loonyparty.com.
  18. ^ http://allevents.in/london/screaming-lord-sutch-heritage-foundation-blue-plaque-unveiling-at-the-ace-cafe-4-11-12/359628510770644
  19. ^ http://www.headstonenorth.co.uk/?ai1ec_event=lord-sutchs-graveside-gathering&instance_id=
  20. ^ "Letters: Loony or not, Ukip are here to stay | Politics". London: Guardian.co.uk. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  21. ^ Independent Voices (2013-04-30). "Letters: Ukip - rise of the anti-everything party - Letters - Voices". London: Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  22. ^ "Ukip Not Worthy Of 'Fruitcake' Description, Says The Monster Raving Loony Party". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  23. ^ "Wetherspoon pub in St Ives would be a loony idea". Hunts Post.
  24. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/08/hugh-muir-diary-egypt-tony-blair-president-sisi
  25. ^ "Elections: Lord Toby Jug launches Eccentric Party". Cambridge News. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  26. ^ Makey, Julian (7 October 2014). "Row over name for Loony Lord Toby Jug's new political party". Cambridge News. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  27. ^ Brinicombe, Lucy (3 May 2005). "Lording it with his totally loony ideas". The Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  28. ^ "UK | UK Politics | Election 2005 | Traveller to stand against Howard". News.bbc.co.uk. 2005-04-11. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  29. ^ "Folkestone and Hythe (UK Parliament constituency)". wikipedia.org.
  30. ^ Robert McCrum. "Groundhog Day for Tory England". the Guardian.
  31. ^ "Vote Loony and help children's charity". Hunts Post.
  32. ^ "Blue is still the colour but Bradney is derailed | Cambridge News | Latest News Headlines From Cambridge City & Cambridgeshire | National News By". Cambridge News. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  33. ^ "Labour fourth after Loony Party". Ellee Seymour MCIPR.
  34. ^ Jason Beattie (5 June 2009). "Labour wiped off the county council map in local elections". mirror.
  35. ^ "Lord Toby Jug, Monster Raving Loony Party, Huntingdon". Oxfordmail.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  36. ^ "Results of the May 6, 2010 General Election in Huntingdon". Huntingdon Liberal Democrats.
  37. ^ http://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/HDCCMS/Documents/Elections/Declaration%20of%20results%20-%20District%205-12.pdf
  38. ^ "Let a Loony loose for law and order, party leader says". Cambridge News.
  39. ^ "Independent wins council by-election". Cambridge News.
  40. ^ "Official Monster Raving Loony candidate starts election campaign with an accidental leaflet drop | News & Crier Latest News in St Neots, Huntingdon & St Ives | Events & Sports In Huntingdon". Cambridge-news.co.uk. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2013-06-10.

Further reading

  • Sharpe, Graham (2005). The Man Who Was Screaming Lord Sutch, Aurum Press, 256 pages. ISBN 978-1854109835

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