anyone know?

also how do i run for parliment here in the UK?

Internet isnt much help, so i though id ask you guys?

I have no idea.

Personally, if your desire is to lead a party, just worry about the leading part. If your someone people want to follow, a party will make itself.

If you want to run for political office, start at whatever the smallest office is in your area, and start knocking on doors.

supermario128 said: I have no idea.

Then why post?

I'll represent your party. what are your policies?

I'll put forward a Fair taxing system (exponential based on your salary) and making those on signed on the dole to pick up litter instead of just claiming cash.

Oh and green lamposts.

^ good idea, ten hours community service a week is not too much to ask really for people on the dole is it? I would do that if I was on the dole

highwaystar101 said: supermario128 said: I have no idea. Then why post?

It's better than saying bump, I want to help out a friend.

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Smile when its necessary and talk clearly. Try to never do anything wrong in life unless it is for your cause and will woo your people. Don't criticize others, except denouncing actions, and say everything will be alright.  Oh, and make jokes. 

You could also cater to people's anger too to a reasonable degree.

Well, to run for a seat, you need to make a deposit (I'm not 100% sure, but it's in the thousands of pounds per seat, to prevent extremist parties), so you'll need to raise the funds for that. If you get over a certain percentage of votes (which is dependant on how many people are running for that seat), you'll get the deposit back.

Once you've paid the deposit, you're entitled to free delivery of leaflets to every house in the seats you've paid for via the Royal Mail, and you're also entitled to the same amount of TV time as every other political party (which is also free - you're not allowed to pay for extra time, though, so no 30 minute ads like Obama had).

After that, you just need to rally up support and get elected. You need to write a manifesto outlying everything you want to do, or you won't have the mandate to get anything through Parliament.

The best route to take is to join a party that's closest to your political beliefs, and run for election through them, that way you don't have to worry about the deposit, TV ads, etc. You'll also get to know the ropes, and your constituency will be more inclined to vote you in again as an independent, or as a member of your new party, if you served them well under a known party.

You'll also have to consider that becoming an MP isn't everything, you also have to think about Mayoral and/or Assembly elections (depending on where you live), council elections, and party elections (if your party doesn't like you, they will strip you of your leadership. Being a PM, or not (read: Thatcher)).

i dont know about that, it implies that the unemployed are criminals, most of them arent

basically my manifesto would include lots of things, seperation of church and state (inc. abolishing faith schools), introducing a fairer electoral system (PR), make the house of lords fully elected, invest in green technologies (not nuclear power), better public transport, better funding for the NHS (make it more patient oriented), better education system (schools would not be able to stop people going to them because of gender or faith or any of that bs, better sex education from a younger age, more politics education at school) more socialist economic policy (have some nationalised banks that are fully regulated so there safe for people to use) more freedom (no id cards, no detention without trial, etc) and more stuff i cant think of right now