41-512: Screaming Lord Sutch (born David Edward Sutch , 10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999) was an English musician and perennial parliamentary candidate . He was the founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party and served as its leader from 1983 to 1999, during which time he stood in numerous parliamentary elections . He holds the record for contesting the most Parliamentary elections: 39 between 1963 and 1997. As
82-515: A Maunsell Fort off Southend, and in 1964 started Radio Sutch , intending to compete with other pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline . Broadcasts consisted of music and Mandy Rice-Davies reading Lady Chatterley's Lover . Sutch tired of the station, and sold it to Calvert, after which it was renamed Radio City and lasted until the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act came into force in 1967. In 1966 Calvert
123-652: A lighter , can also be used as improvised weapons for self-defense. Verbal self-defense is defined as using words "to prevent, de-escalate , or end an attempted assault." According to Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics on Rainn, about "80 percent of juvenile victims were female and 90 percent of rape victims were adult women". In addition, women from ages 18 to 34 are highly at risk to experience sexual assault. According to historian Wendy Rouse in Her Own Hero: The Origins of Women's Self-Defense Movement , women's self-defense training emerged in
164-554: A 2009 case ruled the killing of a robber during his escape attempt to be justifiable self-defense because "the robbery was still in progress" at this time. In the United States between 2008 and 2012, approximately 1 out of every 38 gun-related deaths (which includes murders, suicides, and accidental deaths) was a justifiable killing, according to the Violence Policy Center . In Canada , self-defense, in
205-550: A candidate. A number of modern articles related to electoral politics or elections have identified those who have run for elected office and lost two to three times, and then decide to mount a campaign again as perennial candidates. However, some articles have listed a number of notable exceptions. Some who have had their campaign applications rejected by their country's electoral authority multiple times have also been labelled as perennial candidates. It has been noted that some perennial candidates take part in an election with
246-415: A knife or gun situation or how to break away from a punch, while others train how to attack. To provide more practical self-defense, many modern martial arts schools now use a combination of martial arts styles and techniques and will often customize self-defense training to suit individual participants. A wide variety of weapons can be deployed for use in a defensive capacity. The most suitable depends on
287-415: A license or for certain professions. Non-injurious water-based self-defense indelible dye-marker sprays, or ID-marker or DNA-marker sprays linking a suspect to a crime scene, would in most places be legal to own and carry. Everyday objects, such as flashlights , baseball bats , newspapers , keyrings with keys, kitchen utensils and other tools , and hair spray aerosol cans in combination with
328-448: A sense of physical and personal empowerment through training in boxing and jiu-jitsu. Interest in women's self-defense paralleled subsequent waves of the women's rights movement especially with the rise of Second-wave feminism in the 1960s and 1970s and Third-wave feminism in the 1990s. Today's Empowerment Self-Defense (ESD) courses focus on teaching verbal and psychological as well as physical self-defense strategies. ESD courses explore
369-619: A silk-lined coffin but deciding that he "(didn't have) the personality to carry this off", stating that "no one in this country had heard of Hawkins until the mid-60s". Despite a self-confessed lack of vocal talent, Sutch released horror-themed singles during the early to mid-1960s, the most popular being " Jack the Ripper ". His single "The Cheat" has been cited as a proto-psychedelic recording. Early works included recordings produced by audio pioneer Joe Meek . In 1963 Sutch and his manager, Reginald Calvert , took over Shivering Sands Army Fort ,
410-508: A singer, he variously worked with Keith Moon , Jeff Beck , Jimmy Page , Ritchie Blackmore , Charlie Watts , John Bonham , Noel Redding , Mitch Mitchell and Nicky Hopkins , and is known for his recordings with Joe Meek including " Jack the Ripper " (1963). David Edward Sutch was born at New End Hospital in Hampstead , North London, and grew up in Harrow . His father, a policeman,
451-511: A way to get public election funding . Some have also been accused of being backed by the government of their country, in an effort to make the government appear more rational in comparison. Novelty candidates are those who run for office as a form of satire or protest, with no serious policies. Due to the complex and intricate political system in Brazil concerning political parties, there are more than 30 political parties. In this scenario, it
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#1732794235669492-399: Is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm . The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in times of danger is available in many jurisdictions . Physical self-defense is the use of physical force to counter an immediate threat of violence. Such force can be either armed or unarmed. In either case,
533-442: Is buried beside his mother, who died one day before the 1997 General Election . His mother's death was one of the main factors in his deep depression. He is survived by a son, Tristan Lord Gwynne Sutch, born in 1975 to American model Thann Rendessy. In 1991 his autobiography , Life as Sutch: The Official Autobiography of a Raving Loony (written with Peter Chippindale ), was published. In 2005 Graham Sharpe, who had known him since
574-411: Is part of the martial arts industry in the wider sense, and many martial arts instructors also give self-defense classes. While all martial arts training can be argued to have some self-defense applications, self-defense courses are marketed explicitly as being oriented towards effectiveness and optimized towards situations as they occur in the real world. Many systems are taught commercially, tailored to
615-591: Is very useful to have hopeless candidates who can make a good number of votes and increase the overall votes count of a party (or coalition). As a consequence, there are thousands of small perennial candidates for local elections around the country, whose sole purpose is helping others get elected, then ask for a job in the elected government cabinet. Atiku Abubakar ran for president in 1993, 2007, 2015, 2019 and 2023. Self-defence Self-defense ( self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English )
656-678: The British National Party gained its first local councillor, Derek Beackon , Sutch pointed out that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party already had six. He contested 39 parliamentary elections – a record number – losing his deposit in all of them. He appeared as himself in the first episode of ITV comedy The New Statesman , coming second ahead of Labour and the SDP, in the 1987 election which saw Alan B'Stard elected to Parliament. Adverts in
697-588: The Official Monster Raving Loony Party on 16 June 1982 at the Golden Lion Hotel in Ashburton, Devon, and fought the 1983 Bermondsey by-election . In his career he contested over 40 elections. He was recognisable at election counts by his flamboyant clothes and top hat. In 1968 he officially added "lord" to his name by deed poll . In the mid 1980s, the deposit paid by candidates was raised from £150 to £500. This did little to deter Sutch, who increased
738-554: The peerage . It later became customary for the UK press to refer to him as "Screaming Lord Sutch", or simply "Lord Sutch". During the 1960s Screaming Lord Sutch was known for his horror-themed stage show, dressing as Jack the Ripper , pre-dating the shock rock antics of Arthur Brown and Alice Cooper . Accompanied by his band, the Savages, he started by coming out of a black coffin (once being trapped inside of it, an incident parodied in
779-530: The 1990s for Heineken Pilsener boasted that "Only Heineken can do this". One had Sutch at 10 Downing Street after becoming Prime Minister . Sutch pulled out of the 1997 general election to take care of his sick mother in South Harrow. Later that year he contested his last two by-elections, in Uxbridge and Winchester . In 1999 Sutch starred in a Coco Pops advert as a returning officer announcing
820-411: The accused has autism (R v Kagan). Second, the act that constitutes the offence is committed for the purpose of defending or protecting themselves or the other person from that use or threat of force. Third, the act that constitutes the offence must have been reasonable in the circumstances. There are a number of indicia which factor into whether the act was reasonable in the circumstances. For one,
861-436: The accused reasonably perceived there to have been no means of escape (R v Lavalleé). Third, the accused's role in the incident may play into the reasonableness of her or his act. Consideration of the accused's role is not limited to whether he did any provocative or unlawful acts at it was under the old self-defense provisions (R v Khill). Fourth, the nature and proportionality of the accused's response will factor into whether it
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#1732794235669902-496: The aim of winning, and some do have ideas to convey on the campaign trail, regardless of their chance for winning. Others have names similar to known candidates, and hope that the confusion will lead to success. Some perennial candidates may mount a run as a way to help strengthen their party's standing in a parliamentary body, in an effort to become kingmaker in the event of a political stalemate. Some perennial candidates have been accused of running for office continuously as
943-431: The chances of success depend on various parameters, related to the severity of the threat on one hand, but also on the mental and physical preparedness of the defender. Many styles of martial arts are practiced for self-defense or include self-defense techniques. Some styles train primarily for self-defense, while other combat sports can be effectively applied for self-defense. Some martial arts train how to escape from
984-470: The context of criminal law, is a statutory defense that provides a full defense to the commission of a criminal act. It operates as a justification, the successful application of which means that owing to the circumstances in which the act was produced, it is not morally blameworthy. There are three elements an accused must demonstrate to successfully raise self-defense. First, the accused must demonstrate that she or he believed on reasonable grounds that force
1025-408: The cyclical nature of violence in a way allows them to foresee when harm is coming. Second, it's relevant whether there was a reasonable avenue of escape available to the accused. Under the old self-defense provision, there was a requirement for the accused to have believed on reasonable grounds that there was no alternative course] of action open to him at the time, so that he reasonably thought that he
1066-445: The defense that there were no other legal means of responding available. In other words, there may be an obligation to do retreat where there is an option to do so (R v Cain). However, there is an exception to the obligation to retreat which is there is no requirement to flee from your own home to escape an assault to raise self-defense (R v Forde). Moreover, evidence of the accused suffering from battered women's syndrome may evince that
1107-494: The early twentieth century in the United States and the United Kingdom paralleling the women's rights and suffrage movement. These early feminists sought to raise awareness about the sexual harassment and violence that women faced on the street, at work, and in the home. They challenged the notion that men were their "natural protectors" noting that men were often the perpetrators of violence against women . Women discovered
1148-677: The fact that Jimmy Page , John Bonham , Jeff Beck , Noel Redding and Nicky Hopkins performed on it and helped write it. For his follow-up, Hands of Jack the Ripper , Sutch assembled British rock celebrities for a concert at the Carshalton Park Rock 'n' Roll Festival. The show was recorded (though only Sutch knew), and it was released to the surprise of the musicians. Musicians on the record included Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Matthew Fisher (keyboard); Carlo Little (drums); Keith Moon (drums); Noel Redding (bass) and Nick Simper (bass). In 2017 his song "Flashing Lights"
1189-677: The film Slade in Flame ). Other props included knives and daggers, skulls and "bodies". Sutch booked themed tours, such as 'Sutch and the Roman Empire', where Sutch and the band members would be dressed up as Roman soldiers. Fellow musician Chas McDevitt has claimed that he gave the idea for a Screamin' Jay Hawkins-inspired act to Sutch's manager Paul Lincoln after seeing Hawkins perform in New York in 1957, having already considered emulating Hawkins himself by starting his act by emerging from
1230-446: The late 1960s, wrote the first biography , The Man Who Was Screaming Lord Sutch . Posthumously released : Posthumously released : Notes:- Perennial candidate A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins. Perennial candidates are most common where there is no limit on the number of times that a person can run for office and little cost to register as
1271-467: The multiple sources of gender-based violence especially including its connections with sexism, racism, and classism. Empowerment Self-Defense instructors focus on holding perpetrators responsible while empowering women with the idea that they have both the right and ability to protect themselves. Self-defense techniques and recommended behavior under the threat of violence are systematically taught in self-defense classes. Commercial self-defense education
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1312-402: The needs of specific target audiences (e.g. defense against attempted rape for women, self-defense for children and teens). Notable systems taught commercially include: In any given case, it can be difficult to evaluate whether force was excessive. Allowances for great force may be hard to reconcile with human rights. The Intermediate People's Court of Foshan , People's Republic of China in
1353-597: The number of concerts he performed to pay for campaigns. He achieved his highest poll and vote share at Rotherham in 1994 with 1,114 votes and a 4.2 per cent vote share. At the Bootle by-election in May 1990 , he secured more votes than the candidate of the Continuing Social Democratic Party (SDP), led by former Foreign Secretary David Owen . Within days the SDP dissolved itself. In 1993, when
1394-458: The results of its renaming competition. A number of Sutch's Loony Party policies were later adopted by mainstream parties and became law. Specifically: Sutch was friends with Cynthia Payne , and at one time lived at her house. Sutch had a history of depression, and killed himself by hanging on 16 June 1999 at his late mother's house. At the inquest , his fiancée Yvonne Elwood said he had manic depression, now known as bipolar disorder . He
1435-590: The threat presented, the victim or victims, and the experience of the defender. Legal restrictions also vary greatly, and influence which self-defense options are available to choose from. In some jurisdictions, firearms may be carried openly or concealed expressly for this purpose, while other jurisdictions have tight restrictions on who can own firearms, and what types they can own. Knives , especially those categorized as switchblades , may also be controlled , as may batons , pepper spray and personal electroshock weapons —although some may be legal to carry with
1476-704: Was featured in Logan Lucky , directed by Steven Soderbergh . In the 1960s Sutch stood in parliamentary elections, often as representative of the National Teenage Party. His first was in 1963, when he contested the Stratford by-election caused by the resignation of John Profumo . He gained 208 votes. His next was at the 1966 general election when he stood in Harold Wilson 's Huyton constituency. Here he received 585 votes. He founded
1517-602: Was going to be used against her or him or another person or that a threat of force is being made against her or him or another person. The reasonableness of the belief is assessed through both a subjective and objective lens. Certain beliefs, including racist beliefs and beliefs induced by self-intoxication are prima facie unreasonable. Other beliefs related to the subjective experience of the accused may, however, be reasonable. These include any relevant military training (R v Khill), heightened awareness of patterns of cyclical violence in intimate relationships ( R v Lavallée ) and whether
1558-579: Was killed in a car crash in September 1941, when Sutch was ten months old. His mother was a fan of Charles Dickens ' works, and christened Sutch "David" after David Copperfield . He and his mother lived in a flat in Kilburn for fifteen years, and in 1956, Sutch left home and worked as a window cleaner. In the 1960s, inspired by Screamin' Jay Hawkins , he changed his stage name to "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", despite having no connection with
1599-414: Was obliged to kill in order to preserve himself from death or grievous bodily harm. Now, even though 34(2)(b) is only one consideration in a non-exhaustive list, the mandatory role it used to play in the common law suggests it carries considerable weight in determining the reasonableness of the act in the circumstances under 34(1)(c) As such, while there is no absolute duty to retreat, it is a prerequisite to
1640-493: Was shot dead by Oliver Smedley over a financial dispute. Smedley was acquitted on grounds of self-defence . About this time Ritchie Blackmore left the band. Roger Warwick left to set up an R&B big band for Freddie Mack. Sutch's album Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends was named in a 1998 BBC poll as the worst album of all time, a status it also held in Colin Larkin 's book The Top 1000 Albums of All Time , despite
1681-508: Was the violence or threat of violence imminent? Usually, if there is a significant time interval between the original unlawful assault and the accused's response, it undermines the contention that there were no other means available to respond to the potential use of force and one tends to suspect that the accused was motivated by revenge rather than self-defense. However, R v Lavalleé accepted expert evidence demonstrating that people experiencing battered women's syndrome have special knowledge about