One Love Party

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One Love Party
Leader Ankit Love
Founded October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)[1]
Ideology Techno-progressivism
Website
http://oneloveparty.eu
Political parties
Elections

The One Love Party is a British political party that stood in the 2016 London mayoral election with candidate and party co-founder Ankit Love.[2] The party is contesting the 2016 parliamentary by-election from Tooting.[3]

History

The party was formed by Love and Cambridge University graduate Finn Grant and was named in accordance with their view that London needs a revolution.[2] The party describe themselves in their manifesto as techno-progressive.[4] The party general secretary is Pax Brown (born Giacomo Brunelli).[5] The party was formed from a hostel in Hackney in October 2015, when Ankit Love was homeless.[6]

Policies

The party wishes to put in place new legislation to combat air pollution (which they refer to as Chemical Air Wastes of Mass Destruction) and reduce industrial emissions to zero.[2][7] They wish to rapidly adopt clean sources of energy such as solar, electric and hydrogen power technologies. They also plan to introduce flat-pack skyscrapers that can be erected in 19 days - building one million new homes by 2020, and to legalise cannabis.[2]

Their policies for London include indefinitely delaying the construction of the Garden Bridge, and instead building 6 new bridges in East London based on a proposal by British architect Terry Farrell.[8] They also want to build 220 km of bicycle super highways suspended above railway lines designed by Norman Foster.[9] The first route from Stratford station to Liverpool Street station is forecast to cost £220m.[10]

The party proposes the reunification of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to end potential of nuclear conflict vis-a-vis Jammu and Kashmir.[11][12]

Results

Love came last in the mayoral vote with 0.2% of the vote and the fewest votes of any candidate ever since the position was created in 2000.[13] They had received 4,941 first preference votes, and 28,920 second preference votes.[14]

External links

References

  1. One Love Party registration – Electoral Commission
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 'We're not politicians, we're revolutionaries and we're going to win,' says One Love Party London Mayor candidate Ankit Love, GetWestLondon, 7 April 2016, Amita Joshi
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  4. One Love Party Manifesto
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  7. Ankit Love Productions - London 2016
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