Pony is elected mayor of his city, then banned from the local pub

Late last July, a pony named Patrick was formally elected mayor of the UK village of Cockington, but he was recently banned from a local pub following a complaint, several British media reported.

Well known to the citizens, this animal has been working as a therapy animal since 2019. He visited hospitals and schools in the county especially to console the sick and children of the region.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pony’s owner decided to bring her to a local pub, the Drum Inn, in an effort to provide customer support. Patrick is so popular that last month citizens decided to elect him mayor.

Pony also attended an investiture ceremony on July 23 presided over by local MP Kevin Foster.

An enclosure was set up in the garden of the Drum Inn pub for citizens to meet their mayor.

However, the newly elected mayor did not please everyone as a complaint was filed to prevent him from settling outside the pub.

In this complaint, the owner of the Drum Inn claimed that he was not permitted to construct his enclosure.

According to Newsweek, The grievance handling council is run by political opponents of the local MP. One of the members of the municipal council filed a complaint during the daily interview and took the citizen forward Times.

MP Kevin Foster responded.