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2011 May 07
Nominations for the role of Campaigns Officer are now open, and will close at midnight on 21st May 2011.
This time a year ago we were celebrating the first ever Pirate candidates in a UK general election. In May 2010, we stood candidates in nine Westminster constituencies, and received an average of 0.4% of the vote.
Although many of us were disappointed that the numbers weren't higher, it provided a good benchmark to judge our success in future elections. Over the last year, there've been quite a few of them!
What is Pirate Party politics?
2011 April 15
Election season is underway and some people are hearing about the Pirate Party for the first time. Also voters are being bombarded with leaflets and 70 page manifestos. Here is a quick round up of what we stand for- as most people don't want to wade through a whole huge document.
The Pirate Party is the first genuinely 21st century political movement. It is our aim to set digital policy right at the heart of of British politics where it belongs. Access to broadband should be a right for all, whether in rural or urban communities. We want to see an end to laws that hound individuals, we want to see a country where government is truly open and accountable, and where technology is embraced rather than feared.
This forward-looking policy, that touches each part of our everyday lives. Concerned about cuts? We should support free software in the public sector and channel savings in to British technology and jobs. Concerned about the NHS? Then we need to stop subsidising pharmaceutical companies' profits and marketing budgets through the patent system. Concerned about crime? Then we should stop wasting money on ineffective and intrusive CCTV.
Oldham East and Saddleworth Campaign Meeting
2010 December 15
Candidates 2011
2010 December 10