Category: Election

Unusual pledges from the ‘alternative’ political parties campaigning for your vote

28-Apr-10 17:13

If you are getting bored of the three main parties banging on about their policies and how they are going to do things differently (whilst secretly finding it hard to notice much of a difference between them all) then take a look at what the ‘alternative' political parties are planning for the country. BBC online has today published some of the stranger political polices being proposed at the 2010 election......

The Monster Raving Loony Party:
•99p coin to save on change
•All socks to be sold in packs of three in case you lose one
•Change the English symbol of three lions to three badgers

CURE Party (Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality):
•Give the undead the same rights as the living
•Make cemeteries more comfortable for its inhabitants
•Increase minimum retirement age to after death

The New Millennium Bean Party:
•Children who leave home should not be allowed to return until they are 40
•Convicted drink drivers to have their cars painted bright orange for five years when they finish their ban and return to the wheel
•Chewing gum to be collected from pavements and used to fill potholes in the road

My particular favourite is the one that forces convicted drink drivers to paint their cars bright orange after they are convicted, that would surely see a drop in drink driving rates, if nothing else purely due to the embarrassment it would cause! These are definitely light relief after weeks of hearing about what Brown, Cameron and Clegg are proposing, although I am not sure if we will be seeing a ‘Monster Raving Loony' Prime Minister residing at number 10 in the near future.

Danni