article_snippet.sent: Farage hopes for electoral victory in Hartlepool come after the town elected a man dressed as a monkey as Mr Farage's hopes for electoral victory in Hartlepool mayor in 2002.
article_snippet.sent: Stuart Drummond stood as 'H'Angus the Monkey', Hartlepool United FC's mascot, as a publicity stunt with the slogan, 'free bananas for schoolchildren'.
article_snippet.sent: Hartlepool's residents are famously said to have hanged a monkey during the Napoleonic wars because Hartlepool's residents thought it was a French spy.