Britain’s New Fringe Parties Explained
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As Britain gears up for a general election this year, we turn the spotlight away from the establishment parties and focus on those on the fringes fighting to steal votes from the major players. So what is it that these small parties actually stand for?
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1 - www.electoralcommission.org.u...
2 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaim...
3 - www.theguardian.com/politics/...
4 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers...
5 - www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/po...
6 - www.thenational.scot/news/239...
00:00 Introduction
01:13 The Reclaim Party
02:56 The Workers Party
05:00 The Alba Party
07:09 Brilliant
@MacrobianNomad Місяць тому
Fox got beat by a trolling UKpostsr 😭
@SquidgyPixel Місяць тому
He got so salty with Max Fosh xD
@realhorrorshow8547 Місяць тому
Last I heard, Fox submitted his paperwork for the Mayoral election with mere hours left before the deadline. So, if there was anything wrong there would be no time to fix it. There was something wrong. He won't be a candidate this time.
@zaksharman Місяць тому
@@SquidgyPixel I thought that was Niko Omilana?
@MrMister64 Місяць тому
@@zaksharman both ran, Niko got more votes though.
@tomrogue13 Місяць тому
Yeah Max can't second to last
@Claymunism Місяць тому
Something fishy is going on between Salmon and Sturgeon, not sure exactly what it is yet.
@ASocialistTransGirl Місяць тому
fish are so cool 🐟🐟🐟🐠🐠🦈🦈
@gordonstrong5232 Місяць тому
I do love a fish pun, sometimes I make one just for the halibut. (Yes, I did nick that off a penguin wrapper)
@bryanalexander2508 Місяць тому
Let’s hope that can of worms isn’t opened any time soon…
@benji.3002 Місяць тому
@@ASocialistTransGirlI've seen you in so many comment sections recently and it's great, go off girl!
@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword 29 днів тому
@@ASocialistTransGirlI love fish 🦈🐟🐠🐡
@bababababababa6124 Місяць тому
Reclaim party is such an embarrassment that they were beaten by a UKpostsr doing it for shits and giggles 💀
@wile123456 Місяць тому
Neo-nazis live for taking L's
@Paul-bs5wl Місяць тому
Yep. In a shithole city with totally broken ethnic politics, a man opposing the rot with the entire media and political establishment against him managed to lose, big surprise. Even ignoring that, it is a more relevant reflection of how little people in London (probably under 25s) respect their role in their society that they voted for some guy they know off the internet who has no intention of taking his role seriously.
@hmishfiddy Місяць тому
Not surprised since the whole niko for mayor thing was extremely popular… Its not an embarrassment you just don’t understand politics bud
@bababababababa6124 Місяць тому
@@hmishfiddy”bud” 🤓 Imagine voting Reclaim 💀
@Rho507 Місяць тому
@hmishfiddy it was popular but you know who wasn't? Lawrence Fox
@petertaylor4647 Місяць тому
Britain will always be a two party system as long as first past the post isn't changed to another type of voting
@davidz2690 Місяць тому
Well we did vote on it but the propaganda from the 2 parties it benefits was always going to be hard to beat
@Emsworth377 Місяць тому
Yep, none of this matters until a system that supports proportional representation (such as MMP) is implemented
@nealrigga6969 Місяць тому
After seeing how pathetic some of these smaller parties are like Reclaim, maybe we should just stick with the two parties
@celtic69 Місяць тому
England*
@useodyseeorbitchute9450 Місяць тому
@@nealrigga6969 Well, when think about it, especially with hindsight it opposing lockdowns may give them bragging rights...
@dutchmapping1 Місяць тому
2:30 imagine being beaten by a UKpostsr
@yusaki8064 Місяць тому
I voted for that UKpostsr. A much better choice for mayor.
@Oxijinn_ Місяць тому
I knew I recognised the name Laurence Fox, I find it somewhat karmic that he lost to a UKpostsr in kids sunglasses.
@MajesticLGBT Місяць тому
@@yusaki8064based 🫡
@MajesticLGBT Місяць тому
@@Oxijinn_I love it. Fox is so big headed too. like you’d think losing to a UKpostsr who’s not even trying to win, and also losing £10,000 would humble him. But no. He’s still at it. Still thinks he’s super popular with the “silent majority” he’s so annoying lol. All of this is just for his ego doesn’t care about anyone or anything.
@chesterdonnelly1212 Місяць тому
@@Oxijinn_ Laurence Fox is now a UKpostsr in sunglasses
@timgwallis Місяць тому
American Republicans get compared to British Conservatives, but Republicans and Reclaim sound way closer to each other
@frederickthegreat3912 Місяць тому
Republicans are basically far right at this point, the Conservatives are far less extreme overall (of course both parties have a range of different views within them, but you get the idea)
@pretty7995 Місяць тому
@@frederickthegreat3912 Lol republicans are nowhere near far right.
@swausgebouwen143 Місяць тому
@@frederickthegreat3912''basically far right'' lmao
@wile123456 Місяць тому
No, the conservatives are far right extreme. Sunak is full in on the racism and transphobia, and the rebels in the party keeps getting louder.
@Paul-bs5wl Місяць тому
@@frederickthegreat3912 Friendly reminder that the Republican platform on the national scale is effectively the Democrat platform from 30 years ago. The leftist parties are the ones that have changed, but I guess if you don't pay attention you might be convinced otherwise.
@ML-ir5vo Місяць тому
Labour have hardly been socially liberal, particularly on trans rights, to be fair.
@t1metzger Місяць тому
First past the post makes everyone except LAB CON virtually irrelevant. LAB CON could change this terrible system, but they hate each other LESS than the idea of opening up their duopoly to a new party/parties
@scarfholdgraphicsmedia9501 Місяць тому
There was a referendum on changing the system but people frightened into believing that this could usher in fringe parties. I say good. I believe that had UKIP gained seats, people would have been able to see how useless in power they are. In a way, through Brexit and Johnson's purge of moderate Tories, UKIP style Tories did get power and the result was, as we have seen, awful. Sadly, Farage and co have capitalised on this, using Tory failure as cover for their own policy failures.
@sfactory8253 Місяць тому
They would form a grand coalition if threatened. Unless of course the Tories get completely wi ped out at the next election
@dafyddroff8084 Місяць тому
Any party that wins an election has won their election on the back of FPTP so they have no incentive to change it to PR.
@nnkk7742 Місяць тому
Crazy that the guy with 20 SA cases just slipped away. Either he's a prolific rapist that escapes justice or someone organized a political attack using the judiciary. Either way someone should be in prison.
@howtoappearincompletely9739 Місяць тому
For none of the charges to stick, the allegations must have been particularly weak.
@BurningTNT Місяць тому
@@howtoappearincompletely9739 depends on the nature of the allegations really. SA allegations can be hard to prove given how likely it is to be X says one thing happened, Y says it didn’t, there were no witnesses to reinforce either side. Unless someone comes clean, has accomplices that do, or someone happens to witness it and choose to say something then it comes down to he-said she-said which isn’t strong enough for.a court to convict. 20 allegations is a lot, though the wider political ongoings means it’s worth assessing whose making them and what the given occurences are. Outside a political setting, that many allegations means they’re probably not the quite unpleasant even if they mever do anything illegal.
@BurningTNT Місяць тому
*are probably unpleasant to be around even if they never do anything illegal, is what the last sentence was supposed to say
@Ohloveeh Місяць тому
@@BurningTNT And yet on the assault and breach of peace arguments he was found not guilty too.
@TheWebstaff 24 дні тому
Well given Sturgeon's record of association with criminals including her criminal husband who was in charge of the purse strings, it's safe to say those at the top of the SNP all smell funny. Salmon was lucky to get out before they crashed the ship.
@owenfitzgerald5928 Місяць тому
Niko in a TLDR video
@slopernafti902 Місяць тому
NDL
@ASocialistTransGirl Місяць тому
letsgo
@zhongcena 29 днів тому
@@ASocialistTransGirl I've seen you before but can't remember where
@ASocialistTransGirl 29 днів тому
@@zhongcena I am everywhere also in TLDR news’ comments a lot
@marionettekent Місяць тому
2:28 Losing to Niko is probably a sadder thing than losing the deposit
@ganrimmonim Місяць тому
So basically, these are vanity projects of grumpy old men.
@rhynoctapus Місяць тому
Welcome to politics
@fusionsub Місяць тому
That's how political parties have been created and will continue to be created until the end of political parties as a concept
@howtoappearincompletely9739 Місяць тому
Though Fox isn't that old, that's a depressingly accurate description.
@_Wakaz_ Місяць тому
The Workers Party has a swiftly growing youth organisation actually.
@artrandy Місяць тому
If you're from Scotland, then that ageist remark should be reported under the new hate law..........
@third7715 Місяць тому
Looking like green and reform will get around 25% of the vote and no more than a handful of seats between them. Democrazy.
@MatthewJBD Місяць тому
Same happened to UKIP a few elections ago.
@lenabo9929 Місяць тому
To suggest it is undemocratic is crazy. The system is very much democratic, it asks people in a smaller geographical district what they prefer and the candidate that has the plurality takes the seat. In enhances a two party system according to Duvergers law. It is a majoritarian system at hart, which means it result in more higher likelyhood of a government straight after election. I'm fine with the criticism of majoritarian systems. Id rather have more proportionality, like a mixed system. But to suggest it is less democratic than proportional is stupid. People need to understand the system, and understand that if they vote for a party that is polling poorly in their constituency is fine but dont get annoyed if they dont get elected you could of voted for a larger party and it would not of been wasted. But on to the issue of proportional system. They do have benefits to allow a more wider proportion of populations views to be taken into account. However, then you are very rarely voting for a party based on what policy they will implement and more if you agree with them on the whole. Because coalitions can take time to form and there is no guarantee to get the policy a proportion of society want. Additionally, people will then need to learn that the outcome of the system is also different. The largest party is not guaranteed to govern. Like in Poland, which for many in the UK would be perceived as unfair. I bring this point up because if we changed you would get conservatives winning elections then complaining why are they not in government.
@ShieldToad-mk2rp Місяць тому
@@lenabo9929I disagree
@sfactory8253 Місяць тому
@@lenabo9929 why is it no-one else uses it. Fptp has brought us disaster in the UK. Even Brexit Ref was decided with the UK basically half and half.
@MiningForPies Місяць тому
@@MatthewJBDUKIPs best ever result was just over 12%.
@diemasshawkins Місяць тому
Niko coming in fifth in the London Mayoral Election will never not be funny
@pewgarpolls 29 днів тому
agreed
@merrymachiavelli2041 Місяць тому
I find it interesting to the extent to which transgender issues constitute a unique wedge social topic in British politics. It splits and left and centre in a way it really doesn't in the US, because the issue is often framed more as sex-based vs. gender-based rights than as social conservatives vs. social liberals. It also touches on areas like the NHS and what constitutes hate speech, which are also obviously very different. The contrast between British and American political debate over the same topic, driven by the same cultural shifts, says a lot about other ways British and American politics differ.
@Mom-rx5sw 27 днів тому
The goverment telling you what "hate speech" constitutes is insane.
@martinholmes-ue9ko 9 днів тому
Most people do not care.
@joshuawells835 Місяць тому
I've read that another difference between the SNP and Alba is that Alba is not just calling for Scottish Independence, but for a Scottish Republic with a president modeled after the President of Ireland.
@lewissmith350 Місяць тому
So would you say alba is maybe to the left of the snp on some issues, probably they will merge like Jim sillars party, one day, to the snp again. Unless pr suits them otherwise.
@dairebulson7122 Місяць тому
Wait, is that to suggest SNP proposes keeping the monarchy for an independent Scotland, or at least is open to the idea? (And thus, Alba, being explicitly republican, is opposed to)
@joshuawells835 Місяць тому
@@dairebulson7122 To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what kind of government the SNP desires for an independent Scotland. I have heard it described as repealing the 1703 Act of Union and having Charles III be King of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (Wales is part of the Kingdom of England) Edit-Upon further review, the SNP favors Scotland retaining the monarchy as a commonwealth realm, similar to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica (for now), etc...
@dglenday8705 Місяць тому
@@joshuawells835 Thanks for looking into that. I'm in Scotland and was getting confused by the whole thing !
@doxologist Місяць тому
I guess they're called "Reclaim" because they're still trying to "reclaim" their deposit
@RoyalLegend1000 Місяць тому
this is so real lol they lost to a yt who was just trolling (ok tbf he tried to make young people more intersed inn politics)
@BlueBird-wb6kb Місяць тому
You're just a hater, Reclaim would help Britain.
@pewgarpolls 29 днів тому
@@BlueBird-wb6kb nah, max fosh would
@idcgaming518 29 днів тому
@pewgarpolls what about Niko?
@boozecruiser 24 дні тому
@@BlueBird-wb6kb They'd help make a small number of awful people very rich at the cost of hurting British workers and harming our international reputation irrevocably
@NoJusticeMTG Місяць тому
For what it's worth - the WPGB endorsement camt from CPGB-ML, not CPGB (easy mistake to make)
@michaelthompson679 Місяць тому
The peoples front of judea apparently endorsed them too
@ComradeLibertarian Місяць тому
@@michaelthompson679 you mean the judean peoples front
@Sky-pg8jm Місяць тому
@@ComradeLibertarian No it was the Popular Front
@_MrMoney Місяць тому
@@Sky-pg8jmPEOPLE'S Front, the Popular Front are a bunch of splitters
@Mrjmaxted0291 Місяць тому
The CPB actually. They sent a contingent down to support Galloway during the Rochdale by-election and ran positive coverage in the Morning Star. The CPGB-ML were originally in coalition with the Workers Party, and helped found it back in 2019. They later split due from the party due to an internal power struggle, which saw the Brars expel the sections that lead the WPB.
@50_Pence Місяць тому
PR NOW!
@lenabo9929 Місяць тому
You want PR what version because it matters. Full proportionality, or more of a mixed system like Scotland uses. I support having more proportionality, however, we need to agree on the system between all parties. And reform needs to wider than that. England in particular needs to take devolution much more seriously. The whole of the UK should either be federalised or have devolution. Westminster has far too much power. The lords need overhaul unsure best root for that.
@jackmonaghan8477 Місяць тому
Electoral reform in general has been overdue for a while now. Unfortunately, neither of the two parties want it because that would mean the duopoly gets broken and they would have to start listening to the British public instead of their rich mates in the media, private sector and lobby groups. Hence why you'd have the Labour right and so-called "moderate" Tories doom-mongering about Reform UK getting seats (when in reality, they're more scared of the Greens and independent leftist parties) and the Tory hard right fearmongering about the "hard left" gaining seats (as demonstrated by Jacob Rees-Mogg's utter farce of a "case" against it).
@dafyddroff8084 Місяць тому
@@lenabo9929100% agree
@LeafyDavid Місяць тому
TUSC stand the most candidates out of all the alternatives left parties. Their omission here is disappointing.
@user-yf4gx9lw6c Місяць тому
TUSC is a great example but doesn’t have any elected MPs. For the sake of video length they’ve only focused on those that have representatives in parliament.
@Mrjmaxted0291 Місяць тому
TUSC and the WPB have positive relations and observance of each other. With that said, TUSC have performed dismally up to this point, losing their deposits in contests up and down the country with their broad but ultimately rather shallow campaigns. It is actually rather fitting that TUSC have been omitted, as they're presently even more obscure that these other parties. There was a time when they could have been considered a contender in the socialist left wing space, but the WPB are now at this point on a similar footing to the Greens from a parliamentary standpoint, lifting them head and shoulders above any other fringe left wing effort.
@DeezN1892 25 днів тому
TUSC have performed horribly. Everyone needs to jump ship to the BWP, a party with an actual elected MP. It's the only hope for genuine left wing represenation in british parliment as so far there is none. just liberal noise.
@user-yf4gx9lw6c 25 днів тому
@@DeezN1892 The Workers party are nothing with Galloway and will struggle for support if he loses his Rochdale seat. TUSC have fielded the 6th most local election candidates in the UK. How many have the Workers party put forward?
@ashg9023 Місяць тому
Gender reform has nothing to do with left or right wing, it sits on the progressive-traditionalist spectrum.
@Cantskatemcd 28 днів тому
The mental strength to talk so neutrally about Lawrence Fox is incredibly impressive
@joz6683 Місяць тому
Plaid Cymru is the third largest political party in Wales, with 11 of 60 seats in the Senedd and 202 principal local authority councillors.
@burntheladder Місяць тому
You cited a policy labour abandoned to claim they are socially liberal...
@alistairmonro Місяць тому
Labour, and the Cons, don't know what they are anymore. Just depends which way the wind is blowing on that day. It's pathetic from them, and is for putting up with it. Tony Blair ruined UK politics.
@ThatOneGuy7550 25 днів тому
Lol exactly these guys are morons
@boozecruiser 24 дні тому
@@alistairmonro In what way do the Conservatives flip between socialist and right wing?
@alistairmonro 24 дні тому
@@boozecruiser either you don't follow politics, you don't know what left vs right is, or you are stuck in the Tories are bastard's mentality. They are all the same. Tories have been known for rebranding Labour policy. It's one of the reasons Starmer won't say anything beyond "we plan to make things better". It's all a facade there are no real options, there is no democracy.
@sorbbae620 23 дні тому
@@boozecruiser well in 2017 they were saying that "being trans is not an illness" and said they were "determined to end homophobic and transphobic bullying" but 7 years later the transphobic bullying is coming directly from the leader of the party! im sure they will go back to the 2017 rhetoric the moment being hateful and scapegoating stops working
@user-yi7pd6qz4q Місяць тому
What about the Loony party? Big omission!
@owenfitzgerald5928 Місяць тому
They arent new
@angiki9988 Місяць тому
They are much too dignified a party to be lumped in with this lot.
@a-sea-of-salad5040 Місяць тому
this video wasn't about major parties
@bluestarsaberstarwarsfan3838 Місяць тому
They already did a video years back I believe
@tarqinquentinsson-obviousl957 Місяць тому
which one? ho ho ho
@NK-vd8xi Місяць тому
Left wing economic but socially moderate/conservative seems to be a very untapped demographic. If George Galloway wasn't so polarising then that formula could be deadly for labour.
@thesmithersy Місяць тому
True. The majority of the UK is conservative socially but its the economics that usually cause the divisions.
@Gfynbcyiokbg8710 Місяць тому
Parties across Europe have seen a lot of success by tapping in on those voters (though they often go for far right socially)
@BlueBird-wb6kb Місяць тому
Left wing economic and conservative sounds amazing, I want a party like that for Australia though anti religious
@RextheRebel 25 днів тому
It's just a shame he's backed by the Islamists.
@boozecruiser 24 дні тому
@@BlueBird-wb6kb Finally, a party for kissless virgins
@aidygooner Місяць тому
NEVER FORGET when the NDL led by a UKpostsr won more votes than Laurence Fox's Party despite more than half of NDL's fans being ineligible to vote which would've thrashed Reclaim even more. 🤣🤣🤣
@Kelfaless1 Місяць тому
Mainstream parties: “Who are you?” Fringe parties: “I am you but even more transphobic”
@alistairmonro Місяць тому
Like the rest of the population then?
@ronmastrio2798 Місяць тому
The Lab Tory Uniparty loves troons.
@elpito9326 Місяць тому
That's what pains me the most about Galloway and his party tbh...
@alistairmonro Місяць тому
@@elpito9326 trans and gays have some very strange allegiances. Mostly with people that hate you. It's bizarre.
@cheekypop 28 днів тому
@@elpito9326because he's against self-harm?
@allthenewsordeath5772 25 днів тому
The trouble with the UK system is that especially since Tony Blair, labor and the Tories have been effectively the same policies just at slightly different speeds regarding everything from immigration to taxation. The American system used to have this problem particularly under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, however it has since fixed this issue as the Republicans and Democrats now our two very different brands of crazy, hopefully something similar can happen in Britain.
@TheUgo100 Місяць тому
please allow the smaller parties to win seats and put an end to this 2 party, corrupt, monopoly system. I'm voting for the Green party, any party willing to tax the rich and nationalise all public services including water, energy, and NHS gets by vote. Labour and Conservatives are both funded by rich private equity firms, as long as they stay in power this country will become highly unequal third world country
@Monkey-fv2km Місяць тому
to be fair though, any party that gains significant power will be corrupted by corporate influence...if the greens were in power they would see themselves gradually become a variation on Con. and Lab. with slightly differing superficial policies. And having a PR system over FPTP wouldn't improve the corruption in itself, if other countries with such systems around the world are anything to go by.
@pewgarpolls 29 днів тому
NDL
@martinholmes-ue9ko 9 днів тому
"Please allow ....." ?
@EdinburghPokemon Місяць тому
Weird to cite the Workers Party opposition to self-ID as an example of how they are more socially conservative than Labour, given that Labour also opposes self-ID, isn't it?
@_Wakaz_ Місяць тому
The Workers Party is socially conservative insofar as they represent blue collar working class values: traditional family values, community, having our own industry, socialist patriotism, against liberal identity politics, against gender ideology, etc. A conservative socialism, if you will.
@Darkest_matter Місяць тому
@@_Wakaz_ That sounds like a IDEAL world.
@flippedpymgeo Місяць тому
@@Darkest_matteryeah ideal for stupid people
@ronmastrio2798 Місяць тому
@@Darkest_matter Yeah a national socialism
@EdinburghPokemon Місяць тому
@@_Wakaz_ Oh right, so just a different economic approach to the usual right-wing politics.
@yusaki8064 Місяць тому
2:29 NDL RISE UP!!!
@ThomasAndRandomRobloxGames Місяць тому
yesssma'am
@shanekent4896 Місяць тому
When 1st past the post is still used. Britian is still a 2 party system.
@wenterinfaer1656 Місяць тому
One-party system - totalitarian Two-party system - democracy
@gothicgolem2947 Місяць тому
I would say two and a half given minority goverments
@Balibaliadashi Місяць тому
@@wenterinfaer1656The best one party system is a two party system.
@gillespaling7039 Місяць тому
@@wenterinfaer1656South Africa has a one party system.
@user-sd3ik9rt6d Місяць тому
You forgot the 'lets have another party party'
@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l Місяць тому
That sounds like a party Boris would get behind.
@RoyalLegend1000 Місяць тому
@@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l lol
@hairyhaggis7431 Місяць тому
Three parties that are personality cults
@shamanahaboolist Місяць тому
lol as if any of the other parties are any different. It's politics. Plus the workers party isn't by any objective standard. Their manifesto is the most intelligent on offer.
@satoshikamiya4636 Місяць тому
@@shamanahaboolist nah G... check yourself. being anti EU and anti NATO is such a big turnoff, since obviously brexit was bad and nato is beneficial to our national security. If i had to sacrifice my life to stop the workers party being in office, I'd do it because of how dangerous they would be. a socialist workers party that doesn't want to do suicidal things would be much more appropriate.
@BritishRepublicsn Місяць тому
@@shamanahaboolistthe difference between these 3 parties and the major ones are that these 3 are known primarily for one person, while, say, Labour is known more for..other things Actually I'm going to stop because idk what I'm trying to say
@shamanahaboolist Місяць тому
@@BritishRepublicsn lol Fair enough bud. Yeah... Just sit back and enjoy the desperation involved in making your primary criticism of a politician being that people like their personality. 😂
@lukefleetwood7958 Місяць тому
@@shamanahaboolist The Worker's party's manifesto is intelligent XD. That's a take. They are a party of fifth columnists who want to be friends with all our enemies like Russia and Palestine while abandoning the best defensive alliance in the world while pandering to the backwards minority of Muslims.
@bjiornbjiorn Місяць тому
A slight problem for your narrative here, Alex Salmond didn't found Alba: it was founded by Laurie Flynn. Alec was just its first leader.
@dkoda840 Місяць тому
That seems like a mistake not a “problem in a narrative.”
@bjiornbjiorn Місяць тому
@@dkoda840 Aye, it's a mistake but one that fundamentally changes the character of the discussion and therefore creates a false narrative. They're arguing that the Alba party was founded as a result of the personal fallout between Salmond and Sturgeon (Fish fight!). However, that ignores the fact that the Alba party was actually formed due to a broader feeling of dissatisfaction with the SNP's independence strategy and a lack of accountability within the leadership team.
@dkoda840 Місяць тому
@@bjiornbjiorn I replied to this comment before that section came up I watched the full video and yea I agree it does mess with the narrative. Granted I haven’t looked into the reason Laurie Flynn started the party so it could be a similar reason but yea this mistake does change the discussion.
@arankenrick7175 Місяць тому
When talking about Politics please actually say what the opinions they were censured on, not just the topic they had an opinion on.
@sladetuner8661 Місяць тому
George Galloway is a nut
@DeezN1892 25 днів тому
Galloway is pro human
@sladetuner8661 25 днів тому
If it benefit’s his political causes, just saying
@fiyum333 25 днів тому
@@DeezN1892 >anti-NATO and anti-EU >"pro-human"
@DeezN1892 25 днів тому
@@fiyum333 member states in the EU and especially NATO have orchestrated the most awful atrocities in the history of the entire planet across the 20th century The proxy wars, overthrowing elected governments, electing the fash in South America by sponsoring assassinations. God it’s so awful. Either you’re educated on it or you better get educated These cartels don’t like you. Why are you loyal to them?
@DeezN1892 25 днів тому
@@fiyum333 hes anti EU because of the literal neo-imperialism they orchestrate across Africa. You have been duped by claims of “diversity and inclusion” whilst multi-national European companies have kids in Africa enslaved in gold mines
@97Corvi Місяць тому
1:30 wait, Isn't that the Max Fosh antagoist in the race for the Mayor of London ?!?!?!
@IdunDied Місяць тому
It's so funny seeing the mayor election where Niko Omilana (look up on youtube if you don't know him) beat Laurence Fox
@garywhapples7172 Місяць тому
Funny seeing London falling to its knees hahaha
@barryhomeowner9293 Місяць тому
@@garywhapples7172 I'd be more worried about London if they thought Laurence Fox spoke any sense
@sfactory8253 Місяць тому
He was way below Count Binface
@jamesormondroyd1009 Місяць тому
@@garywhapples7172except London and the south east are the only net contributors to the exchequer, so if you don’t live in London then London is effectively subsidising your local services
@garywhapples7172 Місяць тому
@@jamesormondroyd1009 some boroughs of London ie Newham spend 9 times more than they contribute. (look it up) I live just outside of London and I can say with certainty that we're huge contributors, probably funding places like Newham, Tower hamlets etc
@Rocopherus Місяць тому
big up the NDL
@JasonAtlas Місяць тому
Only good party these days.
@humanwhodoesstuffindeed Місяць тому
niko could run the uk better than our past 5 prime ministers
@oatdilemma6395 Місяць тому
More parties the better, Labour and the Tories have failed us too many times.
@kieranmilner4208 Місяць тому
Sadly if one doesn’t get enough votes the two fuckwit ones will stay on top it should of been a third party not 3 as it spreads out the votes too much
@palindromee Місяць тому
Would love another one of these looking at even more of the smaller parties like SDP. You do such a good job of just telling all the info,
@creatoruser736 Місяць тому
2:34 Why do you use a graphic of US dollars when talking about British pounds?
@gammamaster1894 Місяць тому
I think the SDP is likely a more serious political force than Reclaim
@MichaelGGarry Місяць тому
But aren't new.
@aktuellyattee8265 Місяць тому
Every video with Ben looking confused in the thumbnail is automatically a great video.
@neoyuls 28 днів тому
"as a result, he lost his 10,000 election deposit" is cold
@AndrewRTurvey Місяць тому
Remarkable that all three of these parties are socially conservative
@stephengray1344 Місяць тому
it's not particularly surprising. The internet has basically forced American culture war issues onto the political agenda here, moving the focus away from bread-and-butter issues. And almost all of the mainstream parties are on one side of those issues, leaving social conservatism as the obvious gap to fill. The only mainstream party that is clearly socially conservative is the DUP. The Conservatives are socially conservative on some issues, but have managed to give their base the impression that they are only paying lip-service to social conservatism on those issues. That said, these parties are quite difficult .Galloway isn't playing to the large proportion of the population who are left-wing on economics but socially conservative, he's playing specifically to the Muslim vote. Salmond's party is largely a vanity project, but reflects the fact that the SNP vote is all over the place on issues other than independence. And Reclaim are basically just a particularly prominent UKIP splinter group.
@PiousMoltar Місяць тому
They wouldn't have been considered so 20 years ago...
@rosejuliette9180 27 днів тому
@@PiousMoltar I hate to be the one that points it out but yeah... that's how conservatism tends to go. 20 years ago gay marriage had only been legal for a year and there was still considerable opposition to it. Remaining progressive requires that you adapt to new information and listen to new points of view. If Your attitude would be more at home in an older and more conservative world then that attitude is by definition leaning towards conservatism. in 1924 you could have said "20 years ago i wouldn't have been seen as socially conservative to support slave ownership." Times arrow keeps marching on and it is important to allow progress to happen in spite of the fact you won't always be immediately comfortable with it. You will have concerns. it will seem new and strange and scary. You work through that and try to make life better for those who haven't had a chance to be heard. Change is necessary and fundamentaly benefits social mobility for everyone. Not all that is new will work out but it is worth hearing out those new ideas and challenging old ideas.
@boozecruiser 24 дні тому
@@PiousMoltar They would have. The overton window has moved right and the "mainstream" right wing parties are more extreme. The mainstream "left wing" parties are holding steady or have even shifted rightwards since the 80s
@luxann292 4 дні тому
Since when were communists conservative?
@hollytalmage Місяць тому
Dude it's crazy how Gender just breaks UK politics
@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Місяць тому
It sadly makes perfect sense when you consider the history of feminism in the UK. While feminism outside of the UK (broadly) aligned itself with the queer theory movement and intersectional feminism, British feminism dove deep into so-called "gender critical" strands of the movement, to the point of allying with anti-abortion far right movements This broadly lead progressivism in Britain to lag behind in terms of trans rights
@gtrdxz Місяць тому
@@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 "While feminism outside of the UK (broadly) aligned itself with the queer theory movement" 🤣 Talk to the middle east, Asia and south America.
@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Місяць тому
@@gtrdxz middle eastern progressivism is very much queer friendly, it's just... Very very non-prevalent considering the various governments' stances Not particularly familiar with South American or Asian progressive movements so I won't comment on that
@Darkest_matter Місяць тому
@@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Anti-abortion is good bruh. it shows you actually are responsible. you can't always just fuck around..... sometimes, you gotta fuck around and find out.
@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Місяць тому
@@Darkest_matter you won't convince a woman with this argument lol If you want to ban abortion your target is either to reduce the amount of people having sex or to control women's bodies. Which, as targets, are respectively impossible/useless and abhorrent
@DanielGalimidi Місяць тому
You know a party is fringe when the TLDR News video about it has a photo of the host making a funny face that screams "Why are we even talking about this?", rather than a photo of any of the parties' leaders.
@Shlepp Місяць тому
Even though these three look pretty bad, I still think it’s good to have more competition other than the two main parties.
@THTB_lol Місяць тому
yea, we got racist conservatives, racist labour, and racist snp
@Shlepp Місяць тому
@@THTB_lol they didn’t seem racist. Unless you’re one of those people who consider criticism or being against illegal immigration as being “racist”
@THTB_lol Місяць тому
@@Shlepp nice dogwhistle
@Shlepp Місяць тому
@@THTB_lol I’d take that as a yes then. Im sorry for you
@THTB_lol Місяць тому
@@Shlepp your dogwhistle is broken and can now be heard as racism by everyone
@user-sd3ik9rt6d Місяць тому
Lol, if you cant do your paperwork then you dont get to be mayor
@Piat47 23 дні тому
Calling them “fringe parties” is hilarious they believe basically the same things as the others
@TwinRiver100 Місяць тому
5:11 Alex Salmond hey i remember this guy they made a parody of him as Shrek! 😆
@UKcuber Місяць тому
You missed the SDP. They are contesting about 100 seats at the next election.
@MichaelGGarry Місяць тому
They aren't new.
@Kaizen917 Місяць тому
Reminds me of countries that segregate into one-policy fringe parties that just erode the whole system to the point that people either stop caring about politics (to make matters even worse) or, even if they did, couldnt figure out who stands for what.
@LuxusHauserGroup Місяць тому
The video on Britain's New Fringe Parties gives us a good look at the UK's political scene. But, looking ahead, the big question is how the UK can create a stable and growing future. With big changes coming from AI technology, central bank digital currencies and the escalating tensions in conflict zones, every political party faces tough challenges. Stability, a clear plan, and agreement among MPs on the UK's direction are key. We need to learn from the Brexit mess and not expect quick fixes for deep-rooted problems. Also, the media's role is crucial. Right now, they're pushing the idea that the Labour Party will be the next government because of their lead in polls. But in reality, nothing is guaranteed in politics. In short, the UK needs to focus on long-term solutions and be careful with how the media shapes our view of politics.
@archieloughlin2670 Місяць тому
Seeing nikos image there is amzing
@user-op8fg3ny3j Місяць тому
4:16 The US wants to desperately extradite Julian Assange, what's the conspiracy?
@thetreelander7378 Місяць тому
the people who run the channel are left wing so they chuck that word around like its a tennis ball for a dog.
@bjiornbjiorn Місяць тому
@@thetreelander7378 Just to be clear, the video doesn't use the word conspiracy when talking about Galloway: that's the OP's word choice.
@bjiornbjiorn Місяць тому
If there was any conspiracy theory around Assange it was that the sexual assault charges in Sweden had been invented so that he would be arrested and then subsequently extradited to the USA. Now, I don't think anyone would dispute that that is what would probably happen, especially given the USA's refusal to rule out extraditing Assange from Sweden at the time. However I think it crosses the line when you argue that the sexual assault charges were deliberately fabricated without any real evidence or a court case. If anything, at the time, I was angry with the USA because, by refusing to rule out extradition, they were not only denying Assange the opportunity to try and clear his name, which he said he wanted to do at the time, but they also effectively denied his accusers their opportunity to seek justice in court.
@thetreelander7378 Місяць тому
@@bjiornbjiorn yeah i know that but this channel chucks it about a bit to much for it to be used by its actual meaning. call me cynical.
@mrfryingpanowo1100 Місяць тому
SDP >>>
@kierannewell302 Місяць тому
Create a video about UK’s free ports & Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and how these will impact our way of life. I'd be really interested to see how you frame the predicted impact.
@jorgeadonay-ke1xu Місяць тому
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@cneofficial3958 Місяць тому
Everytime I watch content about the UK, I have to remind myself that the US has our colors inverted, blue= liberal, red= conservative
@ethanfarmisa1439 Місяць тому
Red has been the colour of left wing movements globally for a while
@cneofficial3958 Місяць тому
@@ethanfarmisa1439 yeah it’s just the opposite in the US which always throughs me off.
@MiningForPies Місяць тому
There is no left wing in the US. The dems world be on the right of the Tory party
@RoyalLegend1000 Місяць тому
@@cneofficial3958 you guys used to have red/republicans for liberal, before the great switch
@martinholmes-ue9ko 9 днів тому
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@reheyesd8666 Місяць тому
Defo a time for change No labour and no Tories.
@jakel8627 Місяць тому
You're good at saying what you don't want. But when given the opportunity to govern, you make a mess of it.
@WhichDoctor1 Місяць тому
We need proportional representation first. Otherwise even if both big parties are somehow brought down they will just be replaced by two new equally big parties fighting to win over middle ground voters and enacting policies for their millionaire funders. That's just the outcome our electoral system is set up to produce. If you want change you have to change the rules of the game, not just replace the playing pieces
@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l Місяць тому
Given the options: I much rather be governed by a party with SOME experience rather than none. This is like giving the responsibility to a 5 year old and being shocked that they left the oven on.
@pip6142 6 днів тому
The net zero referendum wouldnt be left wing. Its specifically a referendum on the topic due to the party denying climate change. In this (and many other aspects) the party is even more regressive than even the Tories
@plasmacannon1198 Місяць тому
Where’s the other video? Was it deleted?
@user-op8fg3ny3j Місяць тому
4:06 What was the comment made about Iraq exactly?
@DaDARKPass Місяць тому
Galloway claimed Saddam Hussein was "fighting the good fight" or something like that.
@MiningForPies Місяць тому
Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability, and I want you to know that we are with you, hatta al-nasr, hatta al-nasr, hatta al-Quds [until victory, until Jerusalem]. Galloway is a really nasty piece of work.
@kwanlinus6999 Місяць тому
@@MiningForPies Galloway is basically the orthodox British tankie whose greatest idol is Joseph Stalin
@delighted2849 Місяць тому
its interesting that criticizing israel is always antisemitic, even if its about their ethics and conduct. Whats the word for being against someone who kills babies, women, civilians and their own people if caught in the crossfire?
@rosejuliette9180 27 днів тому
Thats not what happened here. I'm pro palestine and highly critical of isreal. I believe they are commiting war crimes. I have experienced false allegations of antisemitism. The difference is that galloway isn't promoting just valid criticism of isreal but also truly bizzare conspiracy theories implying a jewish social elite that control western politics. It is very important to seperate these two things. There is ne secret kabal. This is just a wealthy nation attacking an impoverished one. If isreal was christian it would likely be doing the exact same thing. The enemy of your enemy is NOT your freind. Supporting palestine does not require the belief of antisemitic conspiracy theory.
@mehmehmeh360 Місяць тому
when the two main parties are so mediocre and controlled, its no wonder that other "fringe" parties tend to pop up.
@oddmott7653 Місяць тому
As Brits, I'd be interested in hearing your opinions on joke candidates (like Lord Buckethead (assuming he's still kicking around :P))
@kapitankapital6580 Місяць тому
It's fascinating reading the comments and seeing just how ignorant a lot of the people who watch these videos are of alternative political views.
@murtisoft Місяць тому
Tumbleweeds. They go wherever the wind takes them.
@filmrevenge Місяць тому
Alba is pronounced "Al-ah-pah". Although Salmond also mispronounced the name as well. Sorry to be a stickler, but Scottish Gaelic is being cynically used to make Alba look more Scottish than the SNP, whilst failing to understand and appreciate the community - at least that's my opinion as a non-Gaelic speaker
@blisseyran-dom6822 Місяць тому
I can't see any of these parties winning a single seat between them.
@MiningForPies Місяць тому
I’d be surprised if Galloway even bothers standing in Rochdale at the election. He has form of wining by-elections and running away when it’s no longer a protest vote
@RandomNooby Місяць тому
Thank you...
@socialistsolidarity4934 26 днів тому
Labour needs to be replaced by a 'real' left-wing party. Labour is not left anymore, I hasn't been for the past 14 years.
@RextheRebel 25 днів тому
Workers Party of Britain is the closest thing to a "real" left wing party. It's just extremely disappointing it's backed by the very ppl who need to be removed from British shores.
@aimansafwan1997 19 днів тому
@@RextheRebel ok pro-genocide sadist.
@apz202 Місяць тому
What about the Heritage party run by David Kurten .
@Top-Lip Місяць тому
It's very easy to look at the UK and assume we have a two party system; except we don't, we have a one patry system where everyone suspiciously keeps voting for the same government and the opposition plays the role of it's own opposition.
@charlie7466 Місяць тому
2:28 Niko lmao
@wwanimator Місяць тому
Guys check out our fringe political parties, we’ve got: The racist The racist The racist
@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Місяць тому
The racist The racist and also a TERF The racist
@prolarka Місяць тому
Good. Just like the population.
@THTB_lol Місяць тому
its more like racist tories, racist labour, racist snp
@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Місяць тому
@@THTB_lol the Tories are already the racist Tories
@THTB_lol Місяць тому
@@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 but somehow reclaim are more racist
@thejimmydanly Місяць тому
Worker's Party just sounds like someone wanted to create a party with the objectively worst policies
@ryansmith4494 Місяць тому
I thought it said “fridge parties” and was genuinely confused.
@corpclarke Місяць тому
"It's very easy to look at the UK and assume we have a two party system." Only if you've been absolutely paying no attention whatsoever 🤣 in the last 15 years we've have one formal coalition government, one confidence and supply government, a small party running Scotland all that time, a minor party winning every EU Parliament election in the UK, and a minor party blocking May's Brexit deal. What a way to open the video 😅
@rocketrakkor9424 Місяць тому
I'd also like to mention the Transform party, if anyone is interested in an actual left wing option
@Nemerian Місяць тому
Eh, Transform is just another iteration of people thinking they are gonna the ones to unify the constantly collapsing and merging ecosystem of the fringe far-left no one cares about.
@MiningForPies Місяць тому
Looks interesting. Main thing now is getting the tories out though.
@rocketrakkor9424 Місяць тому
@@MiningForPies yeah Transform definitely still needs more time to grow before making any real dents
@NaSaSh1087 Місяць тому
Left wing but socially conservative or moderate is one of least talked about in news.
@useodyseeorbitchute9450 Місяць тому
Really? I thought that whenever ones suggest such ideas that are likely to resonate well among voters, he is being screamed away by all establishment media as "right wing populist".
@boozecruiser 24 дні тому
@@useodyseeorbitchute9450 Conservatives ARE the establishment
@Hsalf904 22 дні тому
I don’t know much about British politics but I find it hard to believe the workers party is socially conservative
@Jack-Oates 20 днів тому
It is. Its anti-immigration, anti-trans rights, its leadership had expressed some homophobic views, there anti-Net zero, and very against 'wokeness'. There's other party's that are equally left-wing economically but soically liberal though like the TUSC.
@Hsalf904 20 днів тому
@@Jack-Oates Cringe
@cg_plays 3 дні тому
@@Hsalf904what do you mean cringe? He is explaining different parties beliefs. Are you 5 years old or something
@braziliantsar 27 днів тому
The workers party reminds me of the old brazilian workers party. Stood for more "socially conservative" ideas till the 90's
@Sheena1234ization Місяць тому
"Fringe parties" is a pretty anti democatic term
@flmis Місяць тому
I haven't watched the whole video, but I reckon the political party with the "R" symbol as a Republican Party in the thumbnail
@blubblewubble Місяць тому
Republican means different things depending on where you are. In Ireland a republican is someone who wants northern Ireland to integrate with the republic of Ireland and they are generally more left wing. Republicans in the USA are right wing
@flmis Місяць тому
@@blubblewubble I know, I meant that I thought it was about a party in the UK that wanted to replace a monarchy with a republic
@BritishRepublicsn Місяць тому
@@flmisif only there were one
@iGamezRo Місяць тому
Alba also said they specifically want a republican Scotland. The SNP isn't too sure. Nicola Sturgeon is a convinced monarchist, for example. Humza Yousaf may lean a bit republican because at a football game between Scotland and England, when English fans sang "God Save the King", some Scots booed, with Yousaf, who was present, smugging.
@mrbanana69 22 дні тому
The three types of divorced middle aged dad
@JdeBP Місяць тому
0:27 Looking at the video from 2 years ago, I see that you quickly skipped over Wales then, too.
@MiningForPies Місяць тому
What new parties are in wales?
@howtoappearincompletely9739 Місяць тому
@@MiningForPies Gwlad was founded in 2018 and Propel was founded in 2019. They each have one councillor.
@howtoappearincompletely9739 Місяць тому
Correction: Propel was founded in 2020.
@callumcoutts2081 Місяць тому
Alba should be pronounced Alpa. As its the Gaelic for Scotland. Otherwise, great content as always
@lindsaymobil22 Місяць тому
It's more like "Al-uh-pa", that extra little sound in the middle trips a lot of folks up.
@MiningForPies Місяць тому
There is no such language as Gaelic.
@howtoappearincompletely9739 Місяць тому
@@MiningForPies Are you going to insist on its being called Gàidhlig?
@user-mn4cc6bb7t Місяць тому
Pronouncing names from one language in another can often be a cause for debate. How many native English-speakers pronounce the German car maker Volkswagen as a native German-speaker would, i.e. 'Folksvaagen'? The same applies to Citröen, which strictly speaking should be pronounced differently from 'citron', the French word for lemon. P.S. I am Scottish and studied French and German at university and I anglicise my pronunciation of both these names.
@nervousheadache 26 днів тому
That isn’t how you pronounce it either.
@alaninsoflo Місяць тому
Reclaim isn't a party. I know this because you can't be a member.
@martinholmes-ue9ko 9 днів тому
Non -Impartial sources NOT partial source. "Partial" means "in part, not whole".
@kieferngruen 22 дні тому
For all American viewers: „Britain’s New Bang Parties Explained“. You’re welcome.
@play4dc Місяць тому
The reclaim party are a joke, the workers party will fail but might get some councillor seats in the Midlands this election, the alba party are worth watching as the snp are struggling and salmond being a main stay of Scottish politics.
@dobryden.6241 Місяць тому
Why the Reclaim's leader looks like he's going to cry?
@_CaptainCookie Місяць тому
his wife left him for being racist. he's a broken man
@pewgarpolls 29 днів тому
because he lost to a youtuber in children's sunglasses
@kwanlinus6999 Місяць тому
What TLDR fails to point out is that unlike most left-wing party in Britain, the WPGB is staunchly-unionist and is against regional autonomy. So basically, the WPGB is the closest thing Britain has to the CPSU
@elpito9326 Місяць тому
But the Bolsheviks created the different Soviet republics which had absolutely no autonomy before, other than whatever the feudal system granted them (and that was based on feudal posessions rather than culture). Without the USSR, it's likely that Belarusian, Kazakh and many other languages would either be extinct or in a far worse position than nowadays.
@kwanlinus6999 27 днів тому
@@elpito9326 Despite ethnic minorities given some right to manage their own republics, it didn't stop the central policy of Russification occuring in the non-Russian republics
@chetmanley1885 22 дні тому
Why is one logo a cross between the galactic empire and Vault-Tec?
@jackm1758 Місяць тому
Galloway's workers party of Britain is definitely the best and will grow organically - people crying out for change
@FranzBieberkopf Місяць тому
The Rt. Hon. Member for Gaza Central will be on the dole post-GE. Going by his recent statements, he'll end up in the Russian Duma-he's a consistent Putin bootlicker.
@aimansafwan1997 19 днів тому
@@FranzBieberkopf Ok pro-genocide sadist.
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