Britain's "unparty" political party relaunches itself today - having correctly surmised it had bugger-all affect on the 2005 general election.
The "Protest Vote party" is hoping to get enough donations and volunteers to stand 100 candidates at the next election, simply on the premis of creatng a "none of the above" option on ballot papers.
Correctly noting that 40% of the British public no longer see the point in voting, it rejects options such as voting for small parties or abstaining, in favour of putting up non-political candidates who could unseat even party stalwarts in the safest of seats.
Any "Protest Vote party" candidate actually elected would then resign on day one of attending parliament.
At least, that's the theory. There probably is enough antipathy to politicians to score highly as a none-of-the-above candidate - but only if voting was made compulsory first.
And in any case, a party complaining about "apathy" might note that relaunching on June 1 with a "more soon" message - and failing to reply promptly to email inquiries might put its own house in order first.
