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List of frivolous political parties

This is a list of political parties that have been created for various frivolous purposes: parody, joke, hoax, etc.

Contents 1 Australia 2 Belarus 3 Belgium 4 Canada 5 Denmark 5.1 Faroe Islands 6 Germany 7 Hungary 8 Israel 9 Italy 10 New Zealand 11 Netherlands 12 Norway 13 Poland 14 Romania 15 Russia 16 Spain 17 Sweden 18 Turkey 19 United Kingdom 20 United States 21 In fiction 22 See also 23 References

Australia

• Deadly Serious Party (defunct)^[1]
• Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd)
• Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)^[2]
• Party! Party! Party! (defunct)^[2]
• Surprise Party(defunct)^[2]

Belarus

• Beer Lovers Party (liquidated in 1998)

Belgium

• NEE

Canada

• Absolutely Absurd Party (defunct)
• Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
• Prince Edward Island Draft Beer Party (defunct)
• neorhino.ca
• Parti Citron (Lemon Party, defunct)
• The Party Party
• Rhinoceros Party of Canada (defunct)

Denmark

• Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements (defunct)

Faroe Islands

• Hin Stuttligi Flokkurin‎ (The Funny Party)

Germany

• Die PARTEI ('The Party'; Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Protection of Animals, Promotion of Elites and Grassroot-Democratic Initiative)
• APPD Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany

Hungary

• Double-tailed Dog Party

Israel

• Pikanti (a food manufacturer that contested the 1992 election as an advertising gimmick)

Italy

• Partito dell'Amore (Love Party, defunct)

New Zealand

• Imperial British Conservative Party
• McGillicuddy Serious Party (defunct)

Netherlands

• Rapaille Partij
• Party of the Future

Norway

• Beer Unity Party
• The Political Party (defunct)

Poland

• Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (defunct after winning 16 seats in 1991)

Romania

• Partidul Liber-Schimbist (defunct)

Russia

• Beer Lovers Party

Spain

• Partido del Karma Democrático, PKD, ("Party of the Democratic Karma").

Sweden

• Donald Duck Party

Turkey

• Büyük Anadolu Partisi

United Kingdom

• Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party
• Happening Happy Hippy Party (not actually a political party, but perceived as one by many)
• The I Want to Drop a Blancmange Down Terry Wogan's Y-Fronts Party, for which Pamela Stephenson stood for parliament.^[3]
• The Mongolian Barbecue Great Place to Party party: it stood in the 1997 election, scoring just 112 votes in Wimbledon,^[4][5] but achieved some fame through their absurd name, which was argued to be one of a wave of new parties that were using their name to advertise.^[6]
• New Millennium Bean Party
• Official Monster Raving Loony Party
• Raving Loony Green Giant Party
• Rock 'n' Roll Loony Party
• Scottish Jacobite Party

Other parties, such as the Corrective Party or the Rainbow Alliance, were often seen as frivolous, but included some genuine policy aims in their manifestos.

United States

• Guns and Dope Party
• OWL Party (Washington State, 1976)
• Straight Talking American Government Party (STAG) (defunct)
• Surprise Party (defunct)
• Youth International Party

In fiction

• All-Night Party

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 candidate later reveals that this policy was only 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, flatulent git."
• 'The Keep Royalty, White Rat Catching and Safe Sewage Resident's 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.

In an episode of Knowing Me, Knowing You, Alan Partridge chairs a political debate. One of the candidates is Lt. Col. Kojak Slaphead III of the Bald Brummies Against the Big Footed Conspiracy Party.

In the webcomic Ozy and Millie, a character runs for President for the People with Nothing Better to Do Party.

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 political parties in the United States.
• List of fictional political parties.
• Animals as electoral candidates.

References

• Adrian Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, ISBN 0-304-35871-1