The Miss Great Britain Party is a political party in the United Kingdom founded in 2008, whose candidates are mostly women who have entered the Miss Great Britain beauty contest. The party claims that the main purpose of the party is, "To make Westminster sexy not sleazy".

 

The Miss Great Britain Party was founded by Robert de Keyser, the chairman of the Miss Great Britain contest. He claimed that the main purpose of the party was to create a "Fourth way", differing from the three major British political parties: Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.

 

Originally, Miss Great Britain 2008, Gemma Garrett entered the Crewe and Nantwich by-election under the campaign slogan: "Beauty for Britain". She came last out of 10 candidates. She won 113 votes in total - 0.27% of the vote.

 

Beauty for Britain again stood in the Henley by-election of 2008 that was caused when Boris Johnson became the Mayor of London. Two candidates stood for the election, Louise Cole and Amanda Harrington. Although they techincally stood as Independents, the were known collectively known as "The Miss Great Britain Party". The main policy of the party was, "To make Westminster sexy not sleazy and to encourage voters to re-engage with politics as a means of bringing about change through beauty."

 

The polices of the party included:

 

"The right to full tax relief on child care for all working mothers."

"The rights of women everywhere to equal pay."

"A commitment to fair pay for Britain's armed forces."

"British voters to be given a referendum on continued membership of the European Union."

"A pledge to launch a true British Bank Holiday to celebrate British beauty."

The result of the election finished with Harrington finishing 9th out of 12 candidates, winning 128 votes (0.37%), and Cole finishing 11th with 91 votes (0.26%).

 

The party has since adopted the "Miss Great Britain Party" as its offical name and has formally registered with the Electoral Commission. It is currently standing in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, with Garrett returning as the sole candidate. She is one of 26 people standing in the election. Garrett claims that she is standing to give voters a "Real choice" in the by-election, due to the fact that David Davis is the political figure from one of the three major parties to stand, as well as claiming to be the only political party to feature a full manifesto.

 

Their manifesto features the following policies:

"Securing proper pay and frontline increments for British soldiers as well as rights to substantial guaranteed compensation in the event of injury or death."

"Ensuring that all necessarily incurred child care costs are fully tax deductible."

"A better deal for home buyers by abolishing stamp duties for first time buyers and making family homes exempt from inheritance tax."

"A better deal for pensioners by indexing annual pension increases against the true rise in the cost of energy, food etc rather than using the RPI and by increasing tax allowances for women under the age of 65."

"A better deal for mothers who take time off to work to have children."

"Compulsory health and beauty education to improve the looks of Britons."

"A British Bank Holiday which encourages people to look fabulous for the day."

"Help motorists by capping increases in fuel duties against the rising price of oil."

"Higher tax for higher earners with a 45 per cent rate for those on £100,000 pa rising to 50 per cent on earnings above £200,000 pa."

Voting took place on 10 July 2008. Garrett finished fifth in the election with 521 votes. However, two of the larger British political parties, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, refused to take part in the election.

 

 

 

From Wikipedia

 

Would you ever consider voting for them?

 

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