How can I start a new political party??

Question

I am sick to death of the feeling that the british people are being terribly governed. The fact that those in charge get rich whilst the rest of us get poor keeps me awake at night. Is it time for a new party that will work with our best interests at heart and not with the promise of a lordship or ridiculous wages and payoffs to motivate them? Is it not possible to have true proportional representation? The money grabbing polititions have already put in place a national secure computer network (lotto). When will we be allowed a real vote? Not just voting for the bloke that looks least likely to do us over....

Answer 1

join Ralph Nader's party...guy knows he's got no chance but he's still motivated ...

all jokes aside, i think he's a very smart man and has pretty good views...

Answer 2

Okay, I'm not 100% familiar with all the requirements to run for a government office in Britain, but generally speaking, if you run under your own ticket, you are an independant candidate, and you can call your party anything you like. Bob's Progressive Bellybutton Lint-Pickers Party, if that's your fancy. The point behind a representational democracy is that anyone who meets the criteria set forth in the law can run for office, not just someone who's a member of one group or another. The proportional representation part of it comes with whoever gets elected -- in an ideal world, the reason that person got elected is because he/she best represents the political attitude of his/her constituents. So if enough people agree with your ideas and the policies that you believe will bring your region peace, prosperity and equality for all, you'll win. Generally, however, it's an uphill battle, because the older, established political parties have a foothold and a reputation, so people will be more likely to vote for them simply because they're familiar with them and have always voted that way. Good luck changing the world, however, one vote at a time.

Answer 3

"I am sick to death of the feeling that the british people are being terribly governed. The fact that those in charge get rich whilst the rest of us get poor keeps me awake at night.
When will we be allowed a real vote? Not just voting for the bloke that looks least likely to do us over...."

Wow! That sounds just like America. Good to know that we aren't alone.
Here in the USA, the two powerful main parties both suck ***...and most of the minor parties are either too radical or don't have any political clout at all! And most of our politicians are either inept, corrupt, or both....especially the neanderthal man-chimp we have as president right now! I wish I could give you a good answer to your question, but I really don't know! Good luck...

Answer 4

The decision to start a new political party should take you to the following steps:
1. If money is the only issue your party won't take off at all. The general public like you are disgusted with the politicians and hence you will be treated one among them when you start a party.
2. The people should know the views on education, price, economics, european Union, common currency, empowering the women, development through the century and of course eliminating corruption and red tapism.
3. A party will have to have members, who are like minded. You have to first mobilise such people and where possible a patron for the party can be first appointed/nominated who is revered by the society and like minded persons mobilised and a policy of the party is to be formulated.
4. Bringing to the notice of the public the views of your party is essential and actual work will have to be started before elections.
5. Assuming leadership for each area of importance in policy - similar to ministries will help in delegation and responsibility to be felt by members.
6. The next big thing is who is going to fund your party for its functioning. Herein where corruption starts. If only your party members work is the capital, then there must really be a total involvement to prove themselves before elections.
7. Small groups of people will have to tour various zones to assess the requirements of the people for on the scene assessment. This has to be besides the e-mails or messages from grass root level.
8. After all these things, the people should still thing that you are worthy to rule to cast their votes. A leadership style should have been exhibited during the intervening period from forming of party to elections.
9. Best of luck - naturally luck should be on your side. People have made exit poll a mockery several times.
VR

Answer 5

The best way to start a new party is to poach from the existing ones What you need is aplatform that appeals both to the House of Lords and the House of Commons so that you can built a bicameral plan of attack and create a three party system in Parliament. Your hope is that in time you will be able to capture a sufficient number of seats to begin breaking in new members with less experience and a new perspective. Unfortunately, money talks and the powers that be are not necessarily political but financial. The best way to fight these powers is with a significant war chest, meaning you will need donations and lots of them to ward off the deep pockets of the other parties. You also have a great deal of tradition to overcome. These two parties have been around for decades. It is hard to supplant generations of party loyalty over night. You have your work ahead of you.

Answer 6

Successful political parties all need the same fundamentals:
1. Cohesive ideology - written out in clear terms so that other believers can agree with it and join the party.
2. A media forum - usually TV and newspapers owned or controlled by people who support the ideology, but any media forum will work. Al Quida uses the Internet, for example.
3. Money - usually donated by other believers, but can be earned through speaking engagements, or other media events, book sales or even rock concerts if you can convince rock bands that your party is one they can support.
4. A savvy political affairs manager to coordinate it all and keep the party organized and on track.
5. A committee of power brokers who screen hopeful candidates for those who can win and achieve the parties aims.
6. A successful advertising agency which knows how to contact the people - the citizens - who will vote for your party, and perhaps join it. They know how to target specific kinds of people with advertisements that are effective in swaying public opinion.

A political party is in fact a big deal. But it can be done.

Start with step one, and work your way down the list.
1. What do you see as problems and how will your party solve them?
2. Contact media moguls and find support there.
etc, etc.

;-D I hope you can solve many problems!

Answer 7

It's easy.
First , and the most important one. To make enough money to ads on newspaper.
Second, get an idea no one even think about it.
i.e 1) Why there is no full water river cross LA ?
Third, make people to support your idea with what ever ribbons, satin edge ribbons so on and on, and wave their hands if they don't have cash.
4th, find party favor which is the most of most important point. let me ask, how can people have a party but no party favor or favors?
When poeple decide to join the party, they need party favors to comfort them. So , better, put some sweet candies in a little favor bag, and give each member one.
5th, The mission. Now people feel good and happy with favors, need to give them some missions, like "Support IdearRibbon with no conditions", "LA need a crystal river!" "No river, no good"

Good enough, This just come out of my mind
To form a party or polical party. hope everyone can add some points

Answer 8

Just register yourself as a political party if you're in the UK.
Then pay your £500 and stand.
If you don't get 5% of the constituency vote you don't get your money back.

Keep things local to you. You have to understand how the FPTP electoral system works. Instead of lobbying to the whole country and getting 1,000,000 voters around the country you shuld lobby one constituency and get 20,000 voters because due to the non-proportional nature of FPTP (or any simple plurality system for that matter) it would be better to have a strong concentration of voters in one area.

Example on a smaller scale

- 646 constituencys
- 4 people running in each one
- about 60,000 people in each constituency
- you have one person standing in each constituency (not likily but makes the example run better)
- Each person has to get more votes than the other people. Not an abolsute majority but a simple majority

- you lobby and get 4,000,000 votes around the country spread evenly across the country (agin would never happen but helps prove the point)
- with 4 million votes all you get is about 6-7000 votes in each constituency
- with this not one person would get a seat and mores to the point some of them would loose the £500 deposit.

Now let's consider that you only focused on one constituency

- 1 constituency
- 60,000 people in it roughly
- instead of 4,000,000 voters you only attract 25,000
- by attracting only 25,000 voters you have managed to get more than everyone else
- this gives you a seat in the HoC


So it is always best to only campaign locally because by doing this you get a seat in parliament (although you would still not be of any real power so you would HAVE to align yourself with a party already in their so either labour, tory, or lib dems anyway) and by campaigning nationally you would get no seats in the HoC and be down £500 for every seat where the candidate did not get 5% of the vote...which would be most of them

Answer 9

Well for starters you need to get yourself known,do lots and lots of good work in the community for no pay.If you have several years and lots of time it can be done.You need to help and fight for other peoples rights in all areas.Try to do some work voluntary with a political party that's already established as you will need experience and loads of insight.Go and do lots voluntary work with the local citizens advice bureau.All that will take you say,5 to 10 years.Study politics and possibly law or social studies.Once you have worked up a large portfolio of voluntary work and local media backing hopefully you should have a army of supporters to back you and with all the contacts you have made you need to get financial backing. Good luck

Answer 10

I understand your sentiments but hasn't this been tried before? The media would destroy any party that did not meet with its left wing agenda. I am thinking here about the TV media. Also, the problem with proportionate representation is that you would end up with many small parties, which would make it difficult for any one party to form a government. You would also loose constituency representation.

Answer 11

Amen to what you say. In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin, wrote that parties are formed by people with similar ambitions and that people join parties in the belief that the party will help them to achieve their ambitions. You just need to gather members who like your aims - but you will need to get the rich on board to finance your campaigns and they will want their pound of flesh, or, as the original Labour Party did, get contributions from organisations such as the trade unions.

If it is coruption and self-interest that sickens you, join Martin Bell as an independent, get elected and through the media gather followers for your cause.