Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog

Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog
Leader Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah aka Robert Boaler
Founded 12 September 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 murder victim 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 14 April 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 (6 April 2016). "'A vile joke': Brexit leaflets distributed in Kent mock murdered Woolwich soldier Lee Rigby". News Shopper. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Dunn, Connor (6 April 2016). "Disgust at leaflet using image of murdered soldier Lee Rigby produced by the Al-Zebabist Nation of OOOG in Thanet". Kent Online. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Hopkins, Steven (29 September 2016). "Political Party Leader Calls For Tommy Robinson To Be Decapitated In 'Vile' Rap Video". Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Pyman, Tom (3 October 2016). "Kent Police 'reviewing' music video appearing to threaten to kill Nigel Farage". Kent News. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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