Model House of Commons – Come Join

[jondwhite]

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I'm from /r/MHOC, a community dedicated to simulating the UK House of Commons. We have elections to fill the 30 seats in the commons, and then a government is formed by the majority. The 6 months till the next election are then spent writing and voting on legislation from both the government and opposition. You can see our constitution here.

I'm from the Labour Party, who are currently the senior members of the government. Unlike the real life one, most of our members would describe themselves as democratic socialists, with a significant minority of social democrats. We'd love for anyone interested to come join in, and are quite desperate for people willing to become a Member of Parliament and vote on legislation. Knowledge of the British political system is definitely not required; many existing MPs are not British and have performed admirably. You can apply to join a party here.

There are 3 other parties. Our coalition partners the Liberal Democrats, who range from neo-liberals to moderate social democrats, the Conservatives who focus on neo-liberal economics and populist conservatism for social policies. There's also UKIP, which has just been created, which we expect to be a bunch of far-right racists.

Thanks for your time!

[jondwhite]

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byu/Timanfya from discussion
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As we get bigger new parties can be created. You will need at least 5 members, yourself included, to start a party. I will not allow one man bands for a while because I want to see how the house acts and interacts with each other. But at some point in the future I will allow independent candidates to stand.

[jondwhite]

This now has 8 parties including UKIP and 'Communists'.

[jondwhite]

There is now a 'socialist' party here toohttp://www.reddit.com/r/MHOC

[jondwhite]

The 'Radical Socialist party' has published a manifestohttps://www.reddit.com/r/MHOC/comments/3lsy5s/join_a_party/?sort=newThey have 14 seats

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