Britain's Weird, Small Political Parties Explained - TLDR News

As Britain heads into election season (if you didn't know a bunch of elections are taking place on May 6th) we thought we should take a look at the parties which don't normally attract attention. So in this video, we look at Britain's fringe parties, the ones who have no real shot at winning but for some reason still take part.

Ft: The Yorkshire Party, UKIP, The Liberal Party, Aontu, the Monster Raving Loony Party and the Christian Peoples Alliance

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[JJMcCullough]

I am honored! I was hoping someone would make a video inspired by mine! Fringe parties can be a very revealing window into a nation’s more obscure, but still recognizable, subcultures.

[corpclarke]

I love that the Official Monster Raving Looney party includes the word Official in their name. Really helps so we don't accidentally vote for the Unofficially Monster Raving Looney Party by mistake.

[MichaelWarman]

10:24 It was the Monster Raving Looney Party's idea to have passports for pets, which then did actually happen

[ganrimmonim]

Okay have to say I love! schrödinger's Brexit now that is a stroke of genius.

[Greninjia]

how can one even hate the monster raving loony party? To me, they sound like clever people and I think Lord Buckethead should get more votes

[magnuspeacock]

The SNP started as a fringe party, and grew into a major player on the national stage

[TLDRnews]

NOTE: Sorry for the terrible audio. We're in the process of moving office at the moment, so I had to record this on my laptop microphone! Hopefully we can be up to full quality again soon - Jack

[waihopang]

JJ and TLDR must be the combination no one ever expected but is the coolest

[mard]

Never expected JJ to be referenced in a TLDR video, awesome.

[jamesquaine]

It might have been worth mentioning that Aontú actually have a Dáil seat in Ireland along with a bunch of local seats and ~2% of first preference votes.

[adamk]

UKIP did actually win a seat in the House of Commons via the general election in 2015. They won 4 million votes overall, but famously only elected one MP due to the voting system (and it was Douglas Carswell, not Nigel Farage, who came second in his constituency.)

[petertrevorah]

In the 2015 general election, Mebyon Kernow (The Party for Cornwall) achieved more than the 5000 vote threshold for this video. In the 2019 election, they decided to pour all their resources into getting just one (albeit outstanding) candidate elected. Sadly, this new strategy did not succeed but I think the party is worth an ‘honorable mention’ here as it consistently fields successful candidates in municipal elections.

[nadeemchaudhry]

Monster raving loony party all the who wouldn't want a 5 day weekend?

[joshuaellul]

Your pronunciation of Peadar Tóibín was honestly hilarious 😂
(It's "pad-er toe-been" btw)

[first-officerspock]

Fun fact: UKIP has had 3 MPs in the House of Commons, due to a defection from the conservatives in 2008, Castle Point was a UKIP seat in the commons. However it only lasted for a short while until that MP became an independent.

[syedbilalnafees]

We need Proportional representation in the UK, so that these parties actually get the seats they deserve and the politicians the people actually vote for get represented. FPTP is no better than the electoral college in the US and both are deeply flawed

[ayrtonbarmecide]

I'd actually like to see the Yorkshire Party win some seats tbh

[mrelephant]

sees UKIP as fringe
> laughs in Remainer

[Luredreier]

Small parties like this is important for another reason.
Them having *any* voters despite how unfair the UK electoral system is means that there's a *lot* more voters that *would* have voted for them if the electoral system was fair, but that either didn't vote at all or voted for one of the two biggest parties instead.
Their existence makes people aware of that.

[JackWabbitTV]

As a member of the Yorkshire Party it's great to see it gather some attention!