Pushkin.

Hello, Tim Halford here.

At not long ago, I popped up on Jody Avagans' podcast this day in esoteric political history.

And I thought I'd share that interview with you now.

This day in esoteric political history is a short show.

It drops three times a week.

It's really fun to listen to.

On the show, Jody and his co-hosts, Nicole Hema and Kelly Carter Jackson take one moment,

big or small, often forgotten, from a specific day in esoteric political history.

And they discuss how it might inform the world we live in today.

However, I managed to convince them to go off-piste and talk about a weird moment from

UK political history.

I talked about the moment in 2002 when the north-east and English town of Hartlepool was gearing

up for a mayoral election and they ended up voting in the local football clubs Monkey

Mascot to run their government.

So I discussed how hang us the monkey got elected and what happened to the man inside the

suit Stuart Drummond when he got his hands on the levers of power.

Here's the episode.

I think you'll like it and if you do, you can find more episodes of this day in esoteric

political history, whatever you get your podcasts.

Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radio topia.

My name is Jody Avergan.

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