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.

@Blargmaster-pf4bf

3 жыл бұрын

Your video was award winning so it makes sense someone made a video inspired by it.

@ajayjobanbhatti

3 жыл бұрын

Hi JJ

@micahg7004

3 жыл бұрын

💜

@georgwitzlack846

3 жыл бұрын

I loved that video, keep going man! Ur videos are super exciting and fun to watch

@ERROR-ve5qg

3 жыл бұрын

Award winning and internationally recognised video!

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.

@christopherdwane2844

3 жыл бұрын

You have to get approval from the party in order to stand as a candidate for them, hence why they are "official" candidates. There is at least one breakaway party (the Eccentric party) which has run candidates against them in by-elections.

@christopherdwane2844

3 жыл бұрын

Having said that, in the recent council elections, the OMRLP ran 13 candidates for a single council ward vacancy (Chessington South), so they are not afraid to split their own vote...

@vaclavkrpec2879

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late reaction... But it seems that it didn't really work, did it? Seems to me that millions of people did vote for the unofficial one...

@imrollinb1500

Жыл бұрын

@@vaclavkrpec2879 maybe because they wanted to

@declanmcardle

4 ай бұрын

@@christopherdwane2844Splitters...

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

@Ellipsis115

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is up there with lord bucket heads abolition of the lords (except me). I dislike first past the post in the U.K. but I love the fact that jokes parties exist.

@seriousmaran9414

3 жыл бұрын

It is true though, Brexit is dead/alive. Negotiations never actually ended. A truly quantum effect (not).

@titanuranus3095

3 жыл бұрын

How can a party be "big in wales but not on a national level " who else votes in wales' national election other than wales?

@seriousmaran9414

3 жыл бұрын

The whales don't get to vote, can't get to the polling booths or post box... 😜🤣

@ASLUHLUHCE

3 жыл бұрын

How do you put being in and out of the EU in superposition

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

@lizzie5337

3 жыл бұрын

And plastic money!

@somethingelse9228

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like they do have a not so insignificant amount of influence

@kara0kech1ck

3 жыл бұрын

Also 24 hour drinking. That was one of their policies too.

@danfromabove

3 жыл бұрын

Maximum voting age of 80 🤞

@myothersoul1953

3 жыл бұрын

@@danfromabove Minimum voting age of 80 would be looney.

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

@crhu319

3 жыл бұрын

They are the lords of fringe.

@rebeccamiller1400

3 жыл бұрын

Iirc, some of the things they have come up with have legitimately been pinched by other parties and implemented

@takashi.mizuiro

3 жыл бұрын

what about count bin face

@PrinceRightyI

3 жыл бұрын

I guess Lord Buckethead and Count Binface are independents. 🤣

@rebeccamiller1400

3 жыл бұрын

Aren't they done by the same person? The politician formally known as Lord BucketHead

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

@elliot04877

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much all parties start of like that

@crhu319

3 жыл бұрын

So did Canadian Greens. Who now have 3 seats going on likely 5. Good chance of balance of power.

@internationalarmy3984

3 жыл бұрын

If the SNP was a fringe party, then I’m praying that the Monster Raving Party becomes one

@magnuspeacock5857

3 жыл бұрын

@@internationalarmy3984 we can dream

@michaelgrundy956

3 жыл бұрын

I believe that move is called 'reverse Labour'

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

@Georgios1821

3 жыл бұрын

A combination of Centrist Western Propaganda

@ryaningham5374

3 жыл бұрын

@@Georgios1821 alright settle down sunshine

@Georgios1821

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryaningham5374 relax Princess

@OHYS

3 жыл бұрын

I can't stand that guy

@ComradeHellas

3 жыл бұрын

@@Georgios1821 How is JJ a centrist, he votes Conservative. Also TLDR doesn't have any political alignment, that's why people are watching them.

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

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

@cuff1626

3 жыл бұрын

It okay

@neelvipani7417

3 жыл бұрын

Hey where's the intro music, your videos are incomplete without it?

@callumblake9003

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry it makes my day anyway when you release a video

@kizawski

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly didn't even notice 🤷🏻

@iAmTheSquidThing

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds fine to me. And I'm usually quite pedantic about audio quality.

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.

@truedarklander

3 жыл бұрын

They're Sinn Fein but pro life lmao

@OhEidirsceoil

3 жыл бұрын

Its not worth mentioning in the context of British politics though

@thehighlander6770

7 ай бұрын

Aontú is the best political party in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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.)

@davidmoule3067

3 жыл бұрын

+

@bothi00

3 жыл бұрын

Ya. They then had a conservative MP who defected to UKIP

@MrBizteck

3 жыл бұрын

And that worked out soooo well !

@James-sk4db

3 жыл бұрын

Shhh he doesn’t think that far ahead.

@86frieza

3 жыл бұрын

Electoral system in UK is fucked up. 4 million votes and only one representative. In proportional system it would result in several seats. UK will never see major change unless electoral system is changed but it's not going to happen because it favours two main players. Plenty of people vote for lesser of two evils or don't vote at all because of that rigged electoral system. You feel like like there's no point to vote because your vote will go to waste.

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.

@camwillsmusic7153

27 күн бұрын

Mebyon Kernow have been going since 1920s, 30s.

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

@Sam-bl8vj

3 жыл бұрын

EVERY VOTE COUNTS, VOTE OMRLP

@seriousmaran9414

3 жыл бұрын

I already have a 7 day weekend. Gov won't let me work. I know, shocking!

@natenae8635

3 жыл бұрын

@@seriousmaran9414 Are you a foreign student by any chance?

@seriousmaran9414

3 жыл бұрын

@@natenae8635 stop being racist And no, I have health issues.

@therealrobertbirchall

3 жыл бұрын

I do belive the SNP are considering a 3 day weekend.😂

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

@benlowen9262

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that aswell 😂

@seanegan8150

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, well in my local dialect of Gaeilge it would be pronouned "egghead"

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.

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

@jordanirving9724

3 жыл бұрын

As a Yorkshireman, me too

@cmcofficial1964

3 жыл бұрын

They have seen a rise in popularity and have won quite a few council seats It’s possible that they soon will win a seat

@cmcofficial1964

3 жыл бұрын

@MantisSZNYA2 Yorkshire has went down due to covid and the mines being closed down in the 80’s and 90’s It’s coming back and it’s also a better reason to vote for the Yorkshire party as it’s mainly the government who did this

@dod6031

3 жыл бұрын

They came third in the recent West Yorkshire Mayoral elections which was quite a big success for them.

@alexpotts6520

3 жыл бұрын

@@cmcofficial1964 I suspect, like UKIP, they will struggle to win seats under FPTP but that some national government may feel the pressure to offer them a devolved parliament anyway.

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

@ou6775

2 жыл бұрын

so jack shit can get passed through?

@SuperKing604

2 жыл бұрын

Okay BUT party should at least get 10-12% before they can get seats

@ButherLi55ett

2 жыл бұрын

There was a vote some years ago to change the system to make it easier for small parties but no one could be arsed to vote in favour of it. I think it was a referendum?

@Jenkowelten

8 ай бұрын

​@@SuperKing604Like Turkey?? No way

@Lunar_Pendragon

6 ай бұрын

​@@ou6775What makes you think Conservative and Labour aren't jack shit? Are you a tool?

sees UKIP as fringe > laughs in Remainer

@a1990hussain

3 жыл бұрын

The most dominant party that never even won a ministerial position

@AdamWebb1982

3 жыл бұрын

At least we got brexit ;)

@todbaner3385

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamWebb1982 brexit fuked everything up, thx you absolute baffoon.

@User-he6zd

3 жыл бұрын

@The505Guys Tony Blair is above Farage tbh overall, but if you're on about "influence exerted" proportionate to actual support Farage wins

@freestylevimto3109

3 жыл бұрын

@@todbaner3385 stay mad

Ah, the first UKIP MP was named Reckless. This explains a lot

Really good video. One minor point: Douglas Carswell did win re-election at the 2015 general election as a UKIP candidate.

Nice video! But in response to 4:52 and 5:16, I'm pretty sure that Douglas Carswell won Clacton for UKIP in the 2015 general election.

@markywarky1234

3 жыл бұрын

He did. I was going to point this out as well...

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

6:50 “Aontú are a Northern Irish party” No they’re not, they are an all-Ireland party. They stand in the Republic as well as in NI, their headquarters are in the Republic and their leader sits in the Dáil.

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.

@kaitlyn__L

3 жыл бұрын

I wish we had ranked choice voting 😔 there’s a bunch of these I’d put as my first second etc choice and then the major parties with perceived chance of winning can be 4th or 5th or whatever.

@Luredreier

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaitlyn__L That would be preferable to the current mess, yes. I think you'd be better off with a proportional party list system though. But honestly pretty much *anything* is preferable to the first past the post system.

@kaitlyn__L

3 жыл бұрын

@@Luredreier hmm, I wrote like four paragraphs and then Google ate it. Probably held for review. But I said “best” a couple times when I meant “strongest” so, if it does show up, bear that in mind please.

Schrödinger's Brexit? No wayy 😂😂😂

Does this man just deny the existence of Plaid Cymru?

Been watching JJ for years, glad to see both yours and his channels doing well.

Talking about fringe political parties in general is so fun to talk about.

So basically after watching your and JJ's videos. The Monster raving looney party is like the Rhino party of the uk.

@jedaye47

3 жыл бұрын

What's the rhino party?

@bruhboi4692

3 жыл бұрын

@@jedaye47 They want to repeal the laws of gravity

@MRMixedup

3 жыл бұрын

@@jedaye47 basically a comedic party who's there not to seriously contend but just for the jokes.

@Croz89

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much.

@seriousmaran9414

3 жыл бұрын

More like Monty Python's Flying Circus. They accept reality but lampoon politics.

Good stuff. Monster Raving Loony policy deserves a video of its own.

It's a shame the Liberal Party never caught on, I find them quite appealing

@5tycho

2 жыл бұрын

Classical liberalism is out of vogue right now across the world, even in the USA. It's very annoying if you're a rational person who doesn't want to mooch off someone or be mooched off of, and to leave everyone else alone.

I once read the manifesto of the Monster Raving Loony Party and it was actually a reasonable document with policies that made sense, and were economically viable, unlike some of the mainstream parties. It is regrettable that many voters have party loyalties based on what their parents voted, otherwise some real change could happen.

Thanks so much for doing this

I watched that JJ video yesterday as well, interesting video, glad you decided to do it as well!

I think Ashfield Independents could count as a fringe/minor party. They have a supermajority in Ashville District Council and came in second in the Ashfield constituency last general election.

I have also watched JJ McCullough's Canadian fringe parties video! I found both videos to be quite informative! Thanks!

Please can you do a video on the Northern Independence Party

Aontu definitely affected the Sinn Fein turnout in the Foyle constituency during the 2019 general election. They ran a strong ground campaign with many ex-Sinn Fein members, basically saying SF has become very left wing and is taking more traditional religious catholic nationalist votes for granted. The SDLP capitalised on this by not taking a strong stance either way on abortion and appearing slightly more centrist than SF. Sinn Fein's turnout halfed and the SDLP won back the seat in a landslide. (20k+ votes to 9k).

Well done for giving full credit for the video idea. I like that a lot.

We used to have a party similar to the Monster Raving Loony Party in Canada called The Rhinoceros Party. It seems to have faded in the last couple of decades.

please do scottish fringe parties!

I'm curious about the seniority of cabinet ministers. (Why is the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the 5th most senior minister for example?) Would appreciate a video explaining that!

This is your best ever video. You have really improved your delivery.

I bet the Yorkshire party will be like “We have devolution, now let’s get our independence”.

@JackDrewitt

2 жыл бұрын

no, just devolution please

@a.rentertainment2232

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackDrewitt We all knew what happened when we gave the other UK nations devolution powers, think about that for one moment and then think what would happen if we gave Yorkshire devolution powers like London.

You haven't even scraped the bottom of the barrel! I have delved deep into Wikipedia's "Political parties in the UK" article/list, and I have never been able to truly escape this rabbit hole of crusty ideologies

What about Mebyon Kernow ?

JJ makes some of KZread’s best content on cultural matters

Peeder Toy-Bin? His name is pronounced Padder Toe-been. Wouldn't have been hard to establish that. Although if you were going to include fringe Northern Irish parties like Aontú there's many other small parties there like the Transitional Unionist Voice, Progressive Unionist Party, People Before Profit etc. etc.

@m.g.3013

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah not one bit impressed tbh

@ParawhoreLoL

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they have such typical Brit attitudes to Irish issues. Including selling an Ireland pin that doesn't include Northern Ireland. They don't seem to get it

@jamesquaine6264

3 жыл бұрын

@@ParawhoreLoL I wouldn't expect them to sell a pin with an all Ireland tri-colour as that would be very political

@m.g.3013

3 жыл бұрын

@@ParawhoreLoL Why would they do that? You don't seem to get it.

@bothi00

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny how Aontú have more of a presence in NI considering that Aontú was a split from Sinn Féin on the issue of abortion - yet sinn féin are famously much more pro lfie in Northern Ireland than they are in the Republic

Didn't the monster raving loony party get tony blair to introduce 24 hour alcohol licences because they suggested it as a way to stop binge drinking?

is there a video somewhere like this, but giving a bit more of a history of more of the parties (major would be nice as well, but not as important, maybe just some history). But would interesting to find out more about the minor and regional ones

Can you do a part 2 with more fringe parties? Maybe expand the criteria.

@tsareric1921

3 жыл бұрын

I think a super Fringe or what they call the regional players would be good. Super fringe is following JJ's videos more tho.

great video

i love to see one of these for Australia! we have such a diverse and interesting political landscape here

@braveninja111

Жыл бұрын

100%

Another interesting video

I wish this video was around a few months ago. I had an argument with someone who claimed the UK was like the US in terms of only having two political parties.

Its Nice to see TLDR Giving CPA a Mini Platform

‘Why they even bother existing’ 😂 omg brutal!

Stable video 👍

Please do a vid on the regional parties

Will you be doing a video on some of the newer parties, that have formed since the last GE?

You should have mentioned the UK branch of Volt, who did not stand in the last elections, but surely are relevant now.

@markselby9352

3 жыл бұрын

Who?

@Voidwurm1701

2 жыл бұрын

@@markselby9352 Volt. I think they are a pro-EU integrationist party (for the rejoiners).

it would be super super cool if you guys made a video about the German fringe parties because it's super widespread and there are a lot of it but it would be super interesting

Could you do a video on MK in cornwall it’s like the Yorkshire party but for cornwall

Enjoyed the nutter Scottish family party putting an add on a video about fringe groups

@drakinkoren

3 жыл бұрын

Is this their new response vid one? It's bloody terrible 🤣

@realnoahsimpson

3 жыл бұрын

I saw a Conservative ad 🤣

@kaitlyn__L

3 жыл бұрын

The Scottish family party.. a friend sent me a picture of a leaflet of theirs that came through their door. It said “no more tired old arguments, we need new ideas” or similar; and then was all “ban abortion, ban trans ideology, ban sex education” and I’m like: those aren’t new ideas at all! False advertising!

You've classified the SNP as a minor party, which is tricky. As a percentage of the UK voting, it is small , sure, but the SNP has ruled Scotland for over a decade. So in Scotland it is a major party.

Ok JJ and TLDR is a real crossover lol

my biggest question for those waffling monster raving loonies is where exactly this cardboard box is gonna go. will it run down the irish border or through the north channel? should we have a second box that surrounds all of ireland so that it can be both unified and divided?

JJ's channels is about the US and Canada

Hey, great video. Just from Ireland to say that Aontù is actually pronounced Aon-tuu - it's hard to pronounced since it's irish

I wish we had more parties :(

I never knew they existed, as a foreigner.

I love the implied comment about UKIP, when you use a dollar symbol for their economic policy.

Could do with an updated version with the parties that had a counsellor elected this year. Aspire, SDP, Rubbish etc

Yes! JJ inspired content!

"Britain's Fringe Parties", I just completely misread that as being like parties at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, not political parties, yicks.

Ideally should have included reference to First Past the Post and how tactical voting can be a better option until (if ever) Proportional Representation is adopted.

Carswell also won a seat in a general election for UKIP after the by-election

Idea JJ, Hotel trivago

It's aboot time this video came out

That's my A level revision for tonight done

5:15 UKIP did win a seat at a general election - Douglass Carswell was re-elected in Clacton during the 2015 GE after winning a by-election in 2014.

Yorkshire Party is a regional party not a fringe one. You forgot to mention that they started off as Yorkshire First before changing their name.

The Monster Raving Loony Party did first propose the reduction of the voting age to from 21 to 18 in the 60s... so when it was enacted in 1969 and implemented in 1970, you could say they have probably had the greatest influence on democratic governance since women got the franchise.

This focused on the smallest parties, but the fractured opposition vote is how the Tories hang onto power with only a third of the vote and fifth of the population.

@crhu319

3 жыл бұрын

Learn to vote swap

@-spudman2.054

3 жыл бұрын

Tell Scotland to stop wasting time with snp so labour can get back in power then 😂

@corpclarke

3 жыл бұрын

This presumes that everyone who doesn't vote Conservative would prefer a Labour government to a Conservative government. Which isn't true. If you were a pro EU remain voter in the 2017 election, you couldn't vote Labour or Conservative as they both had a policy commitment to deliver Brexit. Also, the Lib Dems have been in government more recently than Labour and got several of their key policy promises made into law. If Lib Dem voters would've just voted Labour or Tory, they wouldn't have got those policies realised.

@juliantheapostate8295

3 жыл бұрын

The same way Blair won a landslide in 97 with far fewer votes than Boris won

It would be interesting to see a video like this about all the european countires, and maybe even beyon that.

The Monster Raving Loony Party would do extremely well in Australia. We have the joy that is compulsory voting, fines aren't too bad but you still want to avoid them. (I do value my vote but so many do not)

@legallyblind393

3 жыл бұрын

Any fringe party stands a chance here. For example clive palmer or family first back in the day

@bluebelle8823

3 жыл бұрын

@@legallyblind393 I try really hard to forget about Clive Palmer...

@waynekerrgoodstyle

3 жыл бұрын

Lord Bucket head is a Ned Kelly lookalike lol j/k

@bluebelle8823

3 жыл бұрын

@@waynekerrgoodstyle Joke aside (though he does kinda look like a space fairing Ned Kelly) Can you imagine the chaos drunk Australians would come up with?

@waynekerrgoodstyle

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluebelle8823 As long as it's fun and nobody gets hurt I'm fine with that.

Please do a video on fringe independent candidates like Lord Buckethead!

Monster Raving Loony Party are such chads.

Just a small point, at the 2015 GE UKIP did win a seat. In Clacton after the by-election the year previous.

Video on the NIP when? They just got 3rd place polling in Hartlepool after all, and their manifesto is very much a growth from the Corbyn manifestos of 2017/19.

@jean-lucpicard5510

3 жыл бұрын

@The505Guys Well when you have Tories in the labour party sabotaging you at every turn, doing the bidding of Rupert Murdoch who has a huge influence of the electorate then your chances of success are stacked against you.

8:30 :D :D Love the joke, exactly me when putting my ballot into the box while thinking "well, it's always shitty choice anyway" :D

5:20 Douglas Carswell did retain Clacton in the 2015 GE as a UKIP candidate, so it's not true that UKIP hasn't had a candidate elected in a real general election.

Would love a video explaining the difference between different ideologies. You mentioned libertarianism in the video. : )

I live in Harrow which is where Screaming Lord Sutch came from

What is the 3rd party on regional influence whit the green atomic symbol?, have been stuck trying to figure it out for months.

I recommend talking about smaller Scottish parties. It's a wild ride....

Haven't several Monster Raving Loony Party policies become law? 10:22 For example, all day opening hours for pubs and the abolition of dog licences.

I got an ad in my door for a party called the family party amd it was horrible

im surprised that jj got a mention here

The older among us may remember the Natural Law Party their party political broadcast were hilarious (they are available on KZread if you want a giggle)