Political parties.

[DanaC]

I found a list on another forum, showing the number of political parties currently registered in the UK. There are 347 registered parties, and 116 of them fielded candidates in the last General Election. 3,554 individual candidates failed to get enough votes and lost their deposits.

I think you can tell quite a lot about the British attitude towards democracy and politics, by the parties on this list:

21st Century Conservative Democrats
A BEE C
Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party
Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party
Alliance For Green Socialism
Alliance Southend Party
Alternative Party
Anti Party
Ashfield Independents
Ashford Independent
Asian League
Association of Bedfordshire Citizens
Aylesbury Resident's Action Party
Barnsley Independent Group
Beaconsfield Independent Electors Association
Better Bedford Independent Party
Beyond
BIG (Brentford Issues Governance)
Billingham Independents Association
Blah Party [The]
Blair Must Go Party [The]
BNSP
BPP - Putting Britons First
Brighton & Hove Independents
Bristolian
British Democratic Reform Party [The]
British Kashmiris Party
British National Party
British Public Party
British Rural Independent Party
British Unicorn Party
Brockworth Residents Group
Brooklands Residents' Association
Caerleon Independent Progress Party
Caleb Party [The]
Calverton First Independents Party
Cambridge Community First
Campaign Against Hospital Closures in Lincolnshire
Canvey Island Independent Party
Cardiff Independent Citizens
Centreground Party
Chaos Party [The]
Chigwell Residents
Childrens Party [The]
Childwatch UK
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Party Proclaiming Christ's Lordship
Christian Peoples Alliance
Church of the Militant Elvis Party
Citizens Party of Halton [The]
City INDEPENDENT Group
Civilisation Party [The]
Clarendon Terrace Society [The]
Clause 28, Children's Protection Christian Democrats
Co-operative Party [The]
Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association
Common Good [The]
Common Sense Party
Communist Party of Britain
Community (London Borough of Hounslow) [The]
Community Action Party
Community Alliance
Community Campaign (Hart) [The]
Community Group [The]
Community Performance First
Community Representatives Party
Consensus [The]
Conservative And Unionist Party [The]
Council Tax Payers Party (England's Own)
Countryside Party [The]
Croydon Ratepayers Against Croydon Council
Cymru Rydd
Demanding Honesty In Politics And Whitehall
Democratic Labour Party
Democratic Party [The]
Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit
Derwentside Independents
Devizes Guardians
Doncaster Against Demolition
Doncaster First Party [The]
Dungeons Death And Taxes Party [The]
Durham Taxpayers Alliance
E.P.P.
East Cleveland Independent
East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance
Emergent Party
England First Party
English Awareness Party
English Democrats Party
English National Party
English Parliamentary Party
English Progressive and Liberty Party [The]
EnglishIndependenceParty.com
Epping & Area Residents Association
Epping Community Action Group
Equal Parenting Alliance
Esher Residents Association
Ewell Court Residents' Association
Families First
Fancy Dress Party Fellowship Party - Peacemaking, Social Justice, Environmentalist
For Integrity And Trust In Government
Forward Wales
Free Scotland Party [FSP]
Freedom Party [The]
Fylde Ratepayers Association
Get Britain Back Party
Glasnost Party
Green Party [The]
Grumpy Old Men Political Party [The]
H.O.O.P!
Hackney Independent
Hadley & Leegomery Residents Association
Halstead Residents' Association
Handforth 'Ratepayers' Association (Independent)
Havering Residents Association
Hawkwell Residents
Henley Residents Group [The]
Hersham Village Society
Hinchley Wood Residents Association
Holland-on-Sea Residents' Association [The]
Hornchurch Residents Association
Hounslow Independent Alliance
Hull Independents
Humanitas
Idle Toad [The]
Imperial Party
Independent and Progressive Labour Party [The]
Independent Britwellian Residents
Independent Green Voice
Independent Group of Councillors
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern
Independent Loughton Residents Association
Independent Team
Independent Voice of Longford [The]
Independent Working Class Association
Independents @ Swansea
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society
Integrity
Iranian Civil Rights Committee
Islam Zinda Baad Platform
John Lilburne Democratic Party
Justice Party
Kent Campaign Against Increasing Council Taxes
Khair (Best) Party [The]
Labour Party [The]
Legalise Cannabis Alliance
Lewisham Peoples' Alliance
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Party [The]
Liberal Unionist Party
Liberty
Ligali Party [The]
Lincoln Independent Alliance
Liverpool Labour Community Party
Llais Ceredigion
Local Education Action By Parents
Local Freedom For Islington Residents Party
Local Health Concern
Magna Carta Conservation Party Great Britain
Make Politicians History
Maldon & District Independent Democratic Alliance
Mansfield Independent Forum
Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall
Medway Independent Party
Men's Representative Party
Merthyr Independents
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents
Middlewich First
Millennium Council [The]
MK Independent
Molesey Residents Association [The]
Momentum Party [The]
Money Reform Party
Morecambe Bay Independents
Morley Borough Independents
Motorcycle News Party
Motorists, Equity & Unity Party
MP3 Party
Mums' Army
Muslim Party

(My highlighting)

[DanaC]

N9S
Nantwich Independent Party
National Democrats
National Front
National Liberal Party, The Third Way
National Republican And Democratic Party
National Society for a Better Britain
Nationalist Alliance
Natural Partnership of Great Britain
Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Association
New Aristocracy [The]
New Britain
New England Party
New Millennium Bean Party
New Party [The]
Newcastle Academy with Christian Values Party
NHS First Party [The]
No Candidate Deserves My Vote!
Non Political Party [The]
Nork Residents' Association
North Somerset Community Action Association
Northern Progress Party
Norwich Over The Water
Official Monster Raving Loony Party [The] Old Windsor Resident's and Ratepayers' Association
One London
Open-Forum
Operation Sundial
Orange Squash
Organisation of Free Democrats
Ormskirk Party [The]
Passion For Property
Peace and Progress
Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment [The]
Pensioners Party (Scotland)
Pensioners Party [The]
Pensions Action Alliance
People Against Bureaucracy Group
People Before Politics
People First Party
People of Horsham First Party
People's Independent Party 2002
People's Justice Party
People's Party (Furness)
People's Progressive Party [The]
People's Representative [The]
Peoples Party For Better Government [The]
Personality AND Rational Thinking? Yes! Party
Pink Party
Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales [The]
Popular Alliance
Populist Party
Potteries Alliance [The]
PPPILA
Procapitalism
Progressive Democratic Party [The]
Progressive Party [The]
Protest Vote Party
Publican Party [The]
Radical Party of Great Britain [The]
Rainham Resident's Association
Ratepayers (Staffordshire Moorlands)
Real Democracy Party
Referendum Party [The]
Reform 2000 Party
Renaissance Independent Party of Europe [The]
Republican Party [The]
Residents and Motorists of Great Britain
Residents Associations of Epsom and Ewell
Residents' Association of Cuddington
Residents' Association of London
Resolutionist Party [The]
Respect - The Unity Coalition
Revolutionary Communist Party Britain (Marxist-Leninist)
Rhema Party [The]
Richmondshire Independent Group [The]
Rochford District Residents
Rock 'N Roll Loony Party [The]
Roman Party. Ave! [The]
Romford Residents Association
Runnymede Independent Residents' Group [The]
S O S! Voters Against Overdevelopment of Northampton
Save Bristol North Baths Party
Save Chase Farm
Save Huddersfield N.H.S.
Save Our NHS Group
Save Sloane Square
Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground
Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Independence Party
Scottish Jacobite Party [The]
Scottish National Party
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
Scottish Socialist Party
Scottish Unionist Party
Scottish Wind Watch
Seagulls Party [The] Senior Citizens Party
Social Democratic Party
Social Justice Party
Socialist Alternative
Socialist Labour Party
Socialist Party of Great Britain [The]
Socialist Unity
South Tyneside Progressives
Southport Party [The]
Space Navies Party
St Albans Party [The]
St. George's Hill Independents
Stamford Ward Residents' Association
Stoke-on-Trent INDEPENDENT Group
Stop Congestion Charging Party
Stop! Durrington's Overdevelopment - Save Titnores' Trees
Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association
Tattenhams Residents' Association
Tax-Avoid For The Self-Employed
Teesdale Independent Association
Teignmouth Alliance of Independents
telepathicpartnership.com
Telford and Wrekin People's Association
Tewkesbury Independents
Thames Ditton / Weston Green Residents' Association
Thamesmead Community Party
The People's Choice! Exclusively For All
Their Party
Thornaby Independent Association
Tidworth, Perham and Ludgershall Residents' Association
Tiger's Eye
Torbay Residents Independent Forum
Traditional Democrats
Trinity
TRIP'S Party
True English (Poetry) Party [The]
Truly Independent English Party
TUSP
UK Community Issues Party
UK F.A.G.S.
Ukpopdems - Popular Democrats
United Kingdom Independence Party
Unrepresented Peoples Party
Upminster and Cranham Residents Association
Veritas
Victory United Party
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party
Vision and Voice
Vivamus
Vote For A Change
Vote Liberty and Freedom Voter's Party
Walton Society [The]
Warwick Residents' Association
Wessex Regionalists
West Ewell and Ruxley Residents' Association
West Suffolk Independent Alliance Party
Whitnash Residents Association
Whitwell Resident's Association
Willingdon Residents' Association
Wirral Independent Network
Workers Revolutionary Party
Workers' Liberty
World
World Truth Coalition
www.xat.org
Wythall Ratepayers' and Residents' Association
Xtraordinary People Party
Yarm Independent Association

[Undertoad]

I think we're all beginning to lose sight of the real issue here, which is: what are we going to call ourselves? I think it comes down to a choice between "The League Against Salivating Monsters" or, my own personal preference, which is "The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society." One drawback with that--the abbreviation is CLITORIS.

- Rimmer

[Ibby]

Red Dwarf ftw.

[yesman065]

Dana - no highlite for the "TRIP'S Party"??

[wolf]

So what you're saying is that you basically have a two party system, with a bunch of nutters running around loose.

Just like us.

[bluecuracao]

And the two parties are different from the nutters how? lol

[DanaC]

So what you're saying is that you basically have a two party system, with a bunch of nutters running around loose.

Just like us.

Almost. Except when I looked at the list of currently registered parties in America, there were fewer of them and with the exception of the 'Marijuana Party' they generally have what could be at the very least described as sensible names......