Posie has launched her new party!

[HirplesWithHaggis]

Party of Women, a registered political party.

www.theotherparty.co.uk/

It doesn't matter if she loses her deposit. I'll be donating and I don't care if she loses her deposit and it's my money because it'll be worth it to discuss child safeguarding and the importance of sex, not gender, for that on a national stage.

Losing a deposit is just a part of life for smaller political parties in our system.

According to google, at the last GE, the Greens were the biggest deposit losers, failing to get the required 5% in 465 constituencies.

So detractors will try to claim that any deposit loss would be some kind of massive failure or humiliation, whereas just like the Green party, the real victory will be bringing an issue to a wider audience and pushing it up the political agenda (which arguably the greens have done very well over the last few decades with the environment).

This party is crying out for PR, without it, she hasn't a cat in hells chance.

Is it too late for Posie herself to stand in these?

Nice little warm-up?

After all, the point is to get exposure.

In fact, I've been a bit surprised she hasn't stood in previous by-elections.

God knows we've had enough since she mooted the idea of standing for Parliament (thank you Peter Bone, Chris Pincher, et al).

And in a by-election she'll actually get more press attention because the media will be focussing on a single seat.

But of course she's the one standing, so not for me to tell her what to do.

Surely the point is to stand in Starmer’s seat not a random by election

And coverage will be high for a GE, she’ll be fine

Why?

Better story and coverage

Not conspiracies really. Just interesting that there was lots of coverage last year on the two times her application was rejected, but all gone quiet now accepted.

But of course she's the one standing, so not for me to tell her what to do

This part is fair however

If you don’t want Labour and its leader to be under the spotlight on this issue I doubt it’s this advice she’ll go to

Hopefully that will happen. As we've seen, every women's group has had to get smarter about PR, publicity, and being articulate and completely on top of thier brief. That's been achieved by most of the organisations.
Hopefully KJK has access to similar PR & legal expertise who will help her professionalise the party to ensure maximum positive publicity that challenges the other political parties to look beyond the queer theory activists they're currently in thrall to.

Yes there was and I googled and could only see the rejection stories

They are obviously agenda riven but hopefully a press release and new site will be up next

The logo is awful ....... I know not THAT important but a bunch of roses ..... Sigh

You edited after I'd posted.

It's not an either/or! Any election is coverage. I can't see any downside to standing in by-elections.

As @Datun says, even the Monster Raving Loony Party had a purpose, we've heard of them, and they were reported in every paper in the land.

And I absolutely agree with this bit

That's all we need. We need people to understand the issues, and not just that, but to watch our politicians' petrified inability to address them.

I think it’s against Starmer because he is the most obtuse on the issue

I don't think KJK expects to win parliamentary seats but she wants the exposure and, eg, to be able to display AHF billboards. She's said many times that she wants to concentrate on getting POW members on to local councils, school boards, PCC etc. All the areas that TRAs previously infiltrated that direct and decide policy. She wants to ensure that women's voices are heard.

She couldn't stand as Party of Women wasn't registered as a political party.

’lots of coverage’ where? Besides Pink News and Reddit?

She could have stood as an independent. Many people do.

But you may be right that she much prefers to stand as a party. Indeed she can tell us why herself, should she think it matters – but she absolutely needn't justify herself. She's the one doing it, so when and where she stands is totally up to her.

Not read whole thread yet, but wondered if KJK is hoping to target Brighton?

Other than it being a cess pit of TRActivism, it is also home to a strong GC contingent (a big chuck of whom won't work with her, though as she is considered right wing).

The Greens are fielding Sian Berry (TWAW), while Eddie Izzard was recently NOT selected to be the Labour candidate. So, it is an area where this stuff is very much out there in terms of public debate.

You ve got the wrong PR, i meant Proportional Representation.

Not Public Relations.

Without PR, 15% of the general public across the UK, could vote for her new party but unless she wins at a local level, she will get zero seats.

I agree. She needs help with the logo

That's a good start( though a slight caveat about child benefit,if the couple have the woman as the main wage earner,and/or dad as main child care, then getting CB paid to him would help towards pension/NI contributions. Though I know it's a niche point 😁👍)

That’s £232,500 of lost green money?
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