List of frivolous political parties
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This is a list of political parties that have been created for frivolous purposes. See joke political party.
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[edit] Australia
- Cecil G. Murgatroyd (see also: Imperial British Conservative Party, McGillicuddy Serious Party)
- Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)
- Party! Party! Party! (defunct)
[edit] Belarus
- Beer Lovers Party, liquidated in 1998
[edit] Canada
- Absolutely Absurd Party (defunct)
- Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
- Parti Citron (Lemon Party)
- Neo Rhino Party
- The Party Party
- Prince Edward Island Draft Beer Party (defunct)
- Rhinoceros Party of Canada (defunct)
[edit] Denmark
[edit] Estonia
- Independent Royalists (Sõltumatud Kuningriiklased) (defunct after winning 8 seats out of 101 in 1992)
[edit] Germany
- Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative)
- German Beer-Drinkers Union
[edit] Hungary
[edit] New Zealand
- Imperial British Conservative Party
- McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)
- The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (defunct)
- Blokes Liberation Front (defunct)
[edit] Netherlands
[edit] Norway
- Beer Unity Party
- The Political Party (defunct)
[edit] Poland
- Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct after winning 16 seats in 1991)
[edit] Romania
- Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)
[edit] Russia
[edit] Spain
- Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD, ("Party of the Democratic Karma").
[edit] Sweden
[edit] United Kingdom
- Church of the Militant Elvis Party
- Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party
- Happening Happy Hippy Party (not actually a political party, but perceived as one by many)
- New Millennium Bean Party
- Official Monster Raving Loony Party
- Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party
- Scottish Jacobite Party
[edit] United States
[edit] Pop culture
A special episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, titled Election Night Special, makes fun of the British electoral and party system and the broadcasting of elections.
In the programme, the main competing parties are called:
- the Silly Party
- the Sensible Party
There are also two fringe parties called:
- the Slightly Silly Party
- the Very Silly Party
In Blackadder the Third, during the by-election for the rotten borough Dunny-on-the-Wold, there is a candidate for the Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party'.
This party's policies include:
- Compulsory servings of asparagus at breakfast
- Free corsets for the under-5s
- Abolition of slavery
(The abolition of slavery is actually not a real policy, but merely something they put in as a joke.)
Other parties standing for this by-election include:
- 'The Adder Party' led by George, Prince Regent, who is described by his party newssheet as a "great moral and spiritual leader of the nation", but is described by almost everybody else as a "fat, flatulant git."
- 'The Keep Royalty, White Rat Catching, Safe Sewage Residents' Party' led by Sir Horace Balsam.
In the BBC comedy Dead Ringers, Jon Culshaw walked around a town centre on behalf of 'the Lovely Party' in an election special. Their policies included 'On the spot fines for colour clashes'.
In an episode of Little Britain, character Daffyd Thomas is campaigning for his party, the 'Gay Rights for Gays' party.
[edit] See also
- Index of political parties to browse parties by name
- List of political parties to browse parties by country
- List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
- Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
- List of fictional political parties
[edit] References
- Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1
