One Love Party

One Love Party
Founded 2015 (2015)
Ideology Techno-progressive
Colours         
Black and white
Website
http://www.oneloveparty.eu

The One Love Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom that identified itself as techno-progressive.[1] The party campaigned for clean air and a federal union of the world.[2] It was founded in 2015[1] and its first contest was in the 2016 London Mayoral elections.[3][4]

The party was led and founded by Ankit Love, a musician and film maker.[5]

History

The One Love Party was founded in Hackney, London by Ankit Love and his friend from Cambridge University, Finn Grant.[6][7] It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 12 October 2015.[8] In 2016, Pax Brown, a television news presenter for The Chrissy B Show on My Channel,[9] became the party's general-secretary.[10]

In October 2016, the party had proposed building a monument in London dedicated to the victims of air pollution.[11]

In 2017, Ankit Love announced his candidacy for Prime Minister of India,[12] for the 2019 Indian general elections.[13]

In the build up to the 2017 UK general election, Ankit Love joined the Liberal Democrats based on their opposition to Brexit.[14] Ankit Love then joined the political party his father Bhim Singh and mother Jay Mala founded in 1982,[15] the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party of India, to fight against Islamic terrorism.[16]

He stood as an independent in the Cities of London and Westminster constituency using the title The Maharaja of Kashmir.[17][18] He came second to last with 59 votes (0.2%).

Policies

The One Love Party's priority issue is air pollution that it describes as a pandemic situation, quoting figures that 50,000 people die from it annually in the UK.[19][20] It campaigns for immediate emergency action to bring fossil fuel emissions to zero by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and Royal Prerogative to force all power production, shipping, aviation and automobile companies to convert to only clean energy sources.[1]

The party subscribes to techno-progressive principles and advocates a world union underpinned by the unification of all international armed forces.[1][21] It believes in an accelerated program of space exploration, including the colonization of Mars and Venus and the mining of asteroids to mitigate economic scarcity.[22] It wishes to abolish personal income taxes while introducing a universal national wage for all citizens. The party aims to do so by applying robotic and AI technologies and further leveraging indirect means of taxation.[23] It proposes legalizing, licensing and taxing drugs such as cannabis in the hope to end the war on drugs and reduce violent crime.[24][25]

Elections

The party started standing in elections in 2016. They have no elected officials, having received vote shares varying from 0.1%-1.5%.

London Mayoral Election 2016

Party leader, Ankit Love, stood in the London Mayoral election on 5 May 2016[26] and was the youngest candidate to do so.[27] He came last with 4,941 first preference votes (0.2%) and 28,920 second preference votes (1.3%).[28]

To reduce mortality from air pollution, the party had called for a ban on all fossil fuel emissions vehicles from the capital and wanted to introduce driverless electric cars for public transport.[3][29] In reaction to the housing crisis, they had pledged to build one million social homes in four years applying recent advances in high rise modular construction by Broad Group.[30][31] They had plans to introduce Li-Fi networks in London.[32] The party had also pledged to legalize cannabis in the capital through municipality owned licensed dispensaries with aim to reduce violent crime.[33][34] The party wanted the use of maintenance drones to conduct street and building repairs. They had planned to build six new bridges in east London designed by architect Terry Farrell, and revive the declining eel population of the River Thames.[35] They would convert all water vessels from bunker fuel to hydrogen fuel, solar or SkySails. They had wished to establish a London municipal space program by sponsoring the B612 Foundation's IR Sentinel Space Telescope, to detect unknown asteroids on a collision course with Earth.[36]

Tooting MP By-Election 2016

After being elected the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan resigned from his parliamentary seat. Love stood as a candidate to replace him in the Tooting by-election on 16 June.[37] A video he made during the election campaign depicting the map of Jammu and Kashmir as an independent country could land Love in jail in India,[38] under the 2016 Geospatial Information Regulation Bill. He received 32 votes (0.1%).

Hackney Mayor By-Election 2016

French artist Dawa Ma, along with One Love Party's other policies, said she wants to introduce “fashion gowns” – funky alternatives to the blue clothing in-patients are normally given – for children in NHS hospitals and wants Jean Paul Gaultier to design school uniforms and proposes holding a second EU referendum in Hackney in which 16 and 17 year olds can vote.

Ma claims that EU citizens rights were discriminated against by them being illegally barred from voting in the referendum, a violation of Article 2, 3 and 9 of the Lisbon Treaty as well as Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.[39] She also proposed building the tallest skyscraper in the world in Hackney – eclipsing the 828 m Burj Khalifa – for social rent.[11] It was claimed the building, based on the modular construction concept of Sky City, could be built in ninety days.[22]

She stood for the One Love Party in the 2016 Hackney Mayor by-election on 15 September.[22] She came last with 494 first preference votes (1.5%).

Batley and Spen MP By-Election 2016

Love stood in the Batley and Spen by-election in Yorkshire on 20 October.[19] He claimed to have contested in memory of MP Jo Cox, who was assassinated on 16 June during a divisive EU referendum campaign. Love wanted to unite Britain on the air pollution issue, claiming that it would kill 200,000 people in the UK over the next five years.[40] He came last with 34 votes (0.2%).[41]

Witney By-Election 2016

Emilia Rose Arnò was raised in Luxembourg and moved to the UK six years prior to the election to pursue an academic career in Arts and Education,[42] stood for the One Love Party in Witney, Oxfordshire on 20 October 2016. She came second to last with 44 votes (0.1%).

Arnò was candidate to replace PM David Cameron, who resigned in the aftermath of the EU referendum.[43] She stood calling for emergency action on the air pollution issue, and better youth enfranchisement.[44] In a BBC One interview, Arnò claimed there was a "failure by British politicians to engage young people in the contemporary political climate," and that only a third of under 25-year-olds voted in the EU referendum, while 16 and 17-year-olds were completely disenfranchised.[45]

Richmond Park By-Election 2016

Ankit Love stood in the Richmond Park by-election on 1 December, using the title of Maharaja Jammu and Kashmir, with plans to reunite India and Pakistan,[46][47] and end the potential for a nuclear war between the two countries, embroiled in 69 years of armed conflict in Kashmir.[48] He came second to last with 67 votes (0.2%).[49]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Loeb, Josh (2016-08-22). "'Techno-progressive' One Love Party fields candidate Dawa Ma for Mayor of Hackney". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  2. ↑ "One Love Party - Official Site". Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. 1 2 Joshi, Amita (2016-04-14). "Mayoral elections: 11 things the One Love Party want to change". Get West London. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  4. ↑ London Evening Standard (2016-04-06), Ankit Love is standing as the One Love Party's Mayor of London candidate, retrieved 2016-10-19
  5. ↑ "Meet Ankit Love, the ‘Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir’ who was running for London Mayor". Business Insider (India). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Joshi, Amita (2016-04-07). "'We're revolutionaries and we're going to win' - One Love Party". Get West London. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  7. ↑ Andrei, Thomas (2016-05-05). "The unknown revolutionary royal who wants to be London's next Mayor". Huck Magazine. Retrieved 2016-10-20. Weigel likens Ankit to that character who steals every scene in a sitcom, the guy the studio audience cheers for whenever he opens the door. It’s a pretty solid endorsement, of his character at least.
  8. ↑ "One Love Party - Registration". The Electoral Commission. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  9. ↑ Chrissy B Show (2016-11-04), International Men's Day - Why men rock!, My Channel, Pax Brown first appears at 3:37 in the show., retrieved 2017-01-24
  10. ↑ Bartholomew, Emma (2016-05-04). "Mayoral candidate drew up manifesto while homeless and living in Hackney hostel". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  11. 1 2 Loeb, Josh; Schöffmann, Katharina; Eckersley, Max (2016-10-26). "Reborn river among weird and wonderful ideas as council invites masterplan feedback". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  12. ↑ "Ankit Love has announced he's running to be India's next PM.". London Live. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  13. ↑ Ganai, Naseer (24 February 2017). "Prime Minister Modi To Face Love Challenge In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections". Outlook India. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  14. ↑ Sonwalkar, Prasun (2017-05-03). "New Indian faces likely in Britain’s House of Commons". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  15. ↑ "Ankit Love, 33 is the New Leader of the Panthers Party of India | JK Media News". JK Media News. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  16. ↑ "Panthers Party of India". Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  17. ↑ "Cities of London & Westminster parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  18. ↑ "<Election Title>" (PDF). Westminster City Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  19. 1 2 Harding, Anna (2016-10-19). "Batley And Spen By-Election Candidate - Ankit Love, One Love Party". Global Radio. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  20. ↑ Sonwalkar, Prasun (2016-04-27). "A Kashmiri Dogra who wants to be mayor of London". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  21. ↑ Downer, Martin (2016-05-04). "London poised to elect first Muslim mayor". Gulf News. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  22. 1 2 3 Loeb, Josh (2016-05-09). "Meet the candidates for Hackney Mayor: Dawa Ma, One Love". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  23. ↑ "Manifesto". One Love Party. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  24. ↑ Miller, Lucy (2016-05-04). "Free university and legal drugs: meet Ankit Love, the London mayoral candidate you've never heard of". The National Student. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  25. ↑ "End War on Drugs". One Love Party. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  26. ↑ Heritage, Stuart (2016-05-05). "From pints to propaganda... it's the London mayoral election awards". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  27. ↑ Bose, Adrija (2016-05-02). "Meet Ankit Love, The 32-Year-Old 'Maharaja Of Jammu & Kashmir' Running For London Mayor". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  28. ↑ "Final Results - Election of the London Mayor" (PDF). London Elects. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  29. ↑ London Live TV (2016-04-26), One Love Party Leader Interview, retrieved 2016-10-20
  30. ↑ "Ten more mayoral candidates you can vote for". Time Out London. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  31. ↑ Downer, Martin (2016-05-04). "Kashmiri ‘Maharajah’ bidding to be London mayor". Gulf News. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  32. ↑ "MAYORAL ELECTION: candidates for UKIP and the One Love party layout their plans for London - Southwark News". Southwark News. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  33. ↑ Noble, Tim (2016-05-04). "Meet the Millennial Mayoral Candidate Who's Going to Legalise Weed and Solve the Housing Crisis". Vice. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  34. ↑ Lowe, Josh (2016-05-06). "What's it like to run for Mayor of London?". Newsweek. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  35. ↑ "One Love Party candidate Ankit Love's policies for the Thames". River Thames News. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  36. ↑ Kirkinis, Andreas (2016-05-01). "The ex-MTV sensation aiming to be London’s pro-weed mayor". Dazed. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  37. ↑ The SWLondoner (2016-05-27), SW Londoner News, retrieved 2016-10-20
  38. ↑ Taylor, Rebecca (2016-06-15). "'Only God can judge me': One Love candidate releases rap video as he pledges to fight for cleaner air". Wandsworth Guardian. Retrieved 2016-10-19. The video shows him performing, against images of a map of an independent Sovereign State of Jammu-Kashmir, which could land Mr Love in prison, as images showing this as a separate nation are now against Indian law
  39. ↑ "NPP Chief appeals Hackney electorate to vote One Love Party in Mayor By-Election". Pakistan Christian Post. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  40. ↑ "‘Love’ candidate to contest poll". The Press News. 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-10-19. He claimed to be standing in memory of Mrs Cox with the aim of uniting the public on air pollution... he claimed that air pollution will kill 200,000 people in Britain over the next five years.
  41. ↑ "Tracy Brabin wins Batley and Spen by-election and takes murdered Labour MP Jo Cox’s former seat". The Sun. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-11-17. Love finished at the bottom of the pile with just 34 votes. The British-Dogra musician, 32, is head of the little-known One Love Party who plan to make air pollution in London a priority, promote green cars and hydrogen fuel stations, ensure free higher education and legalise cannabis.
  42. ↑ "BLUE DAY David Cameron congratulates his successor Robert Courts for winning Witney by-election for the Tories". The Sun. Jennifer Hale and Tom Towers. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  43. ↑ "Witney By-Election: Who Is Standing?". Heart Thames Valley. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  44. ↑ "Witney by-election: The candidates". BBC News. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-19. Ms Arno says she felt "it was about time that the youth have an official political platform from which to express their views and get their voices heard"... It campaigns strongly for emergency action to deal with what it calls the air pollution pandemic.
  45. ↑ "Sunday Politics". BBC One. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017 – via YouTube.
  46. ↑ "A Dogra bids to make it in UK politics – again". Hindustan Times. Prasun Sonwalkar. Retrieved 1 November 2016. He has plans for peace in Jammu and Kashmir and the reunification of India and Pakistan.
  47. ↑ "British Kashmiri To Stand For UK By-Election". NDTV. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  48. ↑ Ul-Hassan, Ishfaq (2016-05-05). "Prince of peace' Ankit Love tries his luck at London's mayoral polls". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 2017-01-08. Ankit's concept of a confederation of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is the best solution to 69 years of ongoing armed conflict... there by ending the potential of an apocalyptic nuclear war in the region
  49. ↑ "Lib Dems oust Zac Goldsmith in Richmond Park by-election". BBC News. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.