Ah good question Xaos. It is not about who has piqued my interests it is about a balanced representation of the parties that exist so this poll is complete and well rounded, that is no small feat though. It disturbs me that the BNP are on there yet they have had less local seats than some other parties that are not at all even mentioned. Maybe he who screams loudest and vomits up the most vitriol gets the most attention?
WARNING UNCENSORED EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION.
The Respect Party – More seats taken than the BNP has ever enjoyed with a member in the house of commons. Yet they are not even on the list! I imagine those that wound up in liberal democrats camp would possibly find their home amidst this particular party. As yet they have not revealed themselves to be bare two faced liars. But are a bit of a cult of personality and beset by internal division.
http://www.respectparty.org/
Trade Unionists and Socialist Coalition – If you can get over the word socialist and push images of Stalin out your head a moment. You may find that their disdain of zero hours contracts, workfare that threatens existing jobs and loss of workers rights is high on their agenda as are attempt to take on declining wages and the undermining of current minimum wage laws. They are really a coalition of smaller parties and unionists who have been scrambling to come together and organise into something more cohesive to be an alternative to labour. Who have not been true labour in quite sometime.
http://www.tusc.org.uk/
The libertarian party UK – I can't really say much about them, but unsurprisingly they are rather Libertarian, but seem to be fading into obscurity.
http://libertarianpartyuk.com/
National Health Action Party – I imagine they are painfully disappointed and angry right now.
. They are a one policy party trying to save the NHS from privatisation.
http://nhap.org/
Actually this is going to take forever.
A rather exhaustive list.
http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/bpp.htm
A much simplified list. The downside of wikipedia when it comes down to politics is the constant editing wars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom
Ultimately though the current main lot are near enough all the same. As they all sign up to the doctrine of self serving pasta. With no ramifications what so ever for lying to you about toppings. Your choice is just what sauce you want on it and you still may be served up a different sauce than what you ordered. I hear Bechamel is quite nice, if you don't mind a dead rat or two... Even if much of the country were to come together and demonstrate against the tyranny of pasta. It would make no difference. You have simply caused a breach of the peace, are an extremist, or abusive, or there is no evidence even though there is, but that evidence does not count for some reason as a think tank says so. That has no counter evidence of it's own, but it is a think tank so it should be believed. Also for some reason they wont investigate an issue while simultaneously telling you there is no evidence when they are in the position to get evidence and don't recognise any evidence outside of their own. You really can't win! They even tried to push through the Injunction to Prevent Nuisance or Annoyance, bill. Holy spaghetti monster! I would be enjoying a prison cell if that one passed.
Should you go all the way up to the high courts and they rule in your favour against your suffering at the hands of force feeding of pasta when allergic. The pasta barons will simply rush through pasta favouring legislation and alter the law so even though you won you actually lost. Makes me wonder what the point of high courts are any more? Or even law for that matter? Should you get cross party support on an issue in regards to the rats in the bechamel that a 123 vote for removal of. Versus 3 who for some reason like rats in bechamel and have financial interests in the ever expanding rat market. The pasta barons may well just turn round and tell you that it is, 'Advisory only.' There is a new bill on the table, The GMO rat pasta merger bill. But it is kept on the quiet and they wait for the wash up process then add it at the end of everything in hopes it will not come to enough attention in time to be amended or stopped.
You want to know what else is missing in this poll and on our ballot. None of the Above. Even Pakistan has none of the above on their ballot. Should you wish to join the none of the above party you can find it here.
http://notavote.co.uk/
It is rich of the government to tell people like me we are apathetic and doing a disservice to democracy. When we are busy paying them to not show up and an unpaid intern gets to ignore your letters and emails or print out a party line response with your MPs signature. Councils refuse to see you and your talking points are restricted if you are even seen in the first place.
Also the amount of spoiled ballots paints a different picture. If a person is willing to go down to the polling station simply to write either something profoundly poetic about the failings of politics or ask such probative questions like, 'What do you actually do for me?' That implies not apathy but intense frustration. Further backed up by the Elvis bus pass party showing up the liberal democrats recently. HAHA. The PCC vote having more spoilt votes than genuine ones and Brands message resonating with the already disenfranchised, even Paxman seemed some what embittered. There are efforts to get the non voters to simply spoil their vote and write None of the Above so they can't be accused of simple apathy. The fact that raving Monster Loony party ever took a council seat is a damning statement against current politics.
It is utter madness that it all just continues. First past the post condemns us to the same pointless cycle and deeply entrenched corruption. We don't have the luxury of this depth of insanity. When faced with some pretty serious global crises that governments across the world can't haul into secret courts.
I would get off my soap box but this is the soap box forum.