A footnote to H'Angus the monkey, mayor of Hartlepool

I told you the story of who hung the monkey-but there is a footnote to that story.

When Stuart Drummond (aka H'Angus the monkey) became mayor of Hartlepool, one of the MPs -Peter Mendelson  - told Drummond that he was embarrassing the entire government, and ordered him not to wear his monkey suit. This comes from a government minister who is well known as a thief and a scoundrel, and who defrauded the taxpayers of as much money as he could steal. You and I would be in prison for fraud and theft-but, true to the British government (and it doesn't matter which government, Labour and Conservatives all have the same procedure: steal as much from the people as you can, and you will be rewarded), but Tony Blair's thieves (and Cameron's thieves, too) are rewarded with knighthoods and peerages.

Mandelson is now "Lord" Mandelson (chief thief), and he told Drummond that Drummond was the embarrassment. The words "pot", "kettle" and "black" spring immediately to mind!!!!

Drummond doesn't wear his monkey suit (sadly-they should all wear one, it would be a vast improvement. At least we could ridicule them while they are stealing our money). He was re-elected in 2005, and in 2009, and is still mayor of Hartlepool.

The schoolchildren are still waiting for Drummond to honor his promise of free bananas (as if that will ever happen. A politician honors a promise? Not in my lifetime. Or yours. Or theirs!!).

Party leaders are still handing out knighthoods, peerages and other awards as if they are M&Ms (smarties in the UK).

If you go to Hartlepool, go on a pub crawl, and ask who hung the monkey, you are either a masochist or you have the intelligence of a doorknob: you will still get a beating.

Only in England!!