The Blah! Party

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The Blah! Party




Leader	Ray "Captain Sensible" Burns

Founded	24 September 2006
Headquarters	9 Newtown Honley Holmfirth, HD9 6PG

Political Ideology	Direct Democracy Protest vote
Political Position	Left, right, centre and everywhere inbetween
International Affiliation	N/A
European Affiliation	N/A
European Parliament Group	N/A
Colours	Red and Black

Website	www.blahparty.org

See also	Politics of the UK Political parties Elections

The Blah! Party is a registered political party in the United Kingdom, founded in September 2006, aimed at attracting protest voters. It is currently led by punk rocker Raymond 'Captain Sensible' Burns.

The party is largely modelled on the principle of direct democracy, with suggestions being made on the party website by absolutely anyone. These suggestions will then be voted upon.

1 Officials
- 1.1 Handover of power
- 1.2 Roles
2 Election History
3 Sponsorship
4 External links

[edit] Officials

[edit] Handover of power

On 11th September 2007, Propaganda (the PR company responsible for the founding of the party) stepped down from the running of the party and handed total control to Captain Sensible, former Official Monster Raving Loony Party deputy leader Melodie Staniforth, Robert Staniforth, Sadie Ingoldby, Shaun Nightingale and Gary Spate.

[edit] Roles

Raymond "Captain Sensible" Burns - Party Leader
Melodie Staniforth (a.k.a. Boney Maroney) - Deputy Leader, Treasurer and Candidates & Campaigns Coordinator
Robert Staniforth - Nominating Officer
Sadie Ingoldby - Merchandise Secretary and Creatives (photography)
Gary Spate - Membership Secretary, Online Coordinator and Media Relations
Shaun Nightingale - MySpace

[edit] Election History

2007 - Carl Finlan took part in the local elections standing for the Thornton and Allerton ward of Bradford. He gained 2% of the overall vote which was good considering most constituents voted tactically for the Conservatives to keep the BNP out.
2008 - Deputy leader Melodie Staniforth took part in the local elections standing for the Holme Valley North ward of Kirklees. She gained 38 votes out of a possible 5,604 (0.68% of the vote) finishing seventh out of seven.