Reality Party

The party's logo

The Reality Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that was founded in 2014, by Mark "Bez" Berry. The party was briefly deregistered by the Electoral Commission, for breaching rules regarding party names,[1] but re-registered in February 2015 under the name We Are The Reality Party. They are also permitted to use the description "The Reality Party It's Your Reality" on ballot papers.[2]

The party manifesto is a centre-left anti-austerity programme[3] which includes policies against privatisation, tuition fees and tax avoidance and in favour of renationalisation, progressive taxation, rent controls, socially-managed housing and participatory democracy.[4]

Election campaign

In 2014 Channel 4 produced a documentary series following Berry's political campaign.[5] The Reality party toured South Thanet in a green vintage bus in December 2014.[6]

In January 2015, the Reality Party was deregistered by the Electoral Commission for having a name that was too similar to that of the Realists' Party. Its founder had been given several written warnings that a name change was required, and was removed from the register in January when it had failed to comply.[1] On 12 February 2015 the party re-registered as "We Are The Reality Party".[2]

Parliamentary candidates

The Reality campaign bus

The party stood three candidates in the 2015 general election, after some ambiguity over which seats they intended to contest.[1]

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