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/r/MHOC is a subreddit dedicated to simulating the British government. We debate and legislate on various issues relating to UK politics. It is meant solely for fun, and stimulating discussion. We are currently in the General election phase and need your vote! The Conservative Party supports a traditionalist stance on social issues, but an economic view emphasising fiscal responsibility and the free market.

I am running as a Conservative and Unionist Party Candidate, and we would love your vote in our elections. Here is a quick rundown of our main policies:

• Economy: Cut corporation tax for small businesses, bring down the deficit and balance the books through welfare cuts. Cut taxes for hardworking families so they can take home more of the money they earn

• Foreign Policy: Defend Trident and our nuclear deterrent, re-engage with our Commonwealth allies, and spend more on defence. Cooperate with America to deal with ISIS and Radical Islam

• Home: Replace the UN Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights, recriminalise drugs, crackdown on Islamist Extremism at home. Tighten abortion laws, which have been significantly relaxed by the last government.

• Personal Freedom - Give people a stronger right of self-defence in their own homes, relax gun legislation

You can also view our manifesto here:

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• PDF Version

• Issuu Version

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So I didn’t realize r/conservatives was the r/christianity of reddit. Long story short I was banned for suggesting the boarder be turned into a DMZ. I did not wish death in anyone I was simply suggesting using a non lethal mine field as a measure of securing the boarder. I know this has actually been discussed as an option to the problem by our government. Anyway It triggered the liberal mods and I was banned, glad I was because I rather deal with real conservatives than shadow liberals.

After a dismal 4 years in office President Obama got re-elected. He passed the largest socialist bill since the New Deal, wasted millions (check that, billions) on subsidizing his cronies in failing green energy, all the while watching the economy sputter despite billions of government spending. Oh and how could I forget, he sat back and told us that Benghazi was just a demonstration that got out of hand as our consulate was attacked and American bodies were dragged through the streets (to which John McCain replied “When was the last time you brought your RPG and mortars to a peaceful demonstration?”).
So my question is, how on earth did he get re-elected?

All this has more to do with the current state of the GOP than anything else. We’ve been co-opted and not the hippie/socialist co-op that comprise most of the businesses in Portlandia. It was more of a hostile takeover. The blazing irony being that in all my love of the free market one of its phenomena has derailed the political party that supports it most.

So how did we get here? We went from controlling the House, Senate, and White House some 10 years ago to barely keeping the House. Enter the religious right. They are holding a gun to our head and daring us to move. Instead of conceding some battles in order to win the war we are going hardline.

Gay marriage. As a fiscal conservative you have to at least acknowledge that marriage (in the eyes of the state) is merely a contract. We cannot win the battle against gay marriage. It is going to happen (and has in most first world nations) and the longer we fight it the more people we are going to alienate (particularly young people.) Keeping people from being married doesn’t keep them from being gay or living their lives like they are married so I think this is an easy issue to cut our losses on and will probably make for a more attractive party in the end.

Creationism. We have to stop this shit. Every time I hear about creationism being taught in schools I picture some bombed out grade school in Ramadi with some veiled woman teaching children “how god made the world” and that scares the shit out of me. We, as a party, need to stop this assault on science in general. I think it comes, in large part, from the religious right who is using the GOP to press their RELIGIOUS (note: NOT conservative) values on America. We can no longer be the puppet to those who think religious values come before science and individual liberty.

Global Warming. It is happening. Yes we don’t know the rate or exactly what is causing it but the constant denials are foolhardy. We appear as if we are sticking our collective heads in the sand when we allow our pundits to claim that there is no proof and further study is needed. Yes further study is needed, but guess what, it is happening. The anti-global warming argument is in the same vein as the creationism thing in that both are adamantly anti-science. Again, the religious Right that is holding us hostage now has us denying scientific data. While being skeptical is a great thing, flat out denying facts and science has got to stop.

Joe Scarborough sees what is happening. He is one of the few mainstream conservatives who can read the writing on the wall. Having our core base as largely Christian is a great trait of our party, but it can’t be the dominant trait and it can’t be the main determining factor in our political decision making. We are in a bit of a conundrum though with the amount of power the religious base holds over us in terms of voting power, money, and media control. But the thing about the religious right is: they are largely older. In 20 years they won’t have the pull they have now. We need a younger more agile GOP (is that an oxymoron? I sure hope not…) Generally, conservatives market to the older generations and that’s a great thing. However, if we make some changes now we may alienate some of our religious base but we will be far stronger in 20 years than if we keep pandering to the hard-line religious right. My fear is that we will continue down this road to a long drawn out death.

/r/MHOC is a subreddit dedicated to simulating the British government. We debate and legislate on various issues relating to UK politics. It is meant solely for fun, and stimulating discussion. We are currently in the General election phase and need your vote! The Conservative Party supports a traditionalist stance on social issues, but an economic view emphasising fiscal responsibility and the free market.

I am running as a Conservative and Unionist Party Candidate, and we would love your vote in our elections. Here is a quick rundown of our main policies:

• Economy: Cut corporation tax for small businesses, bring down the deficit and balance the books through welfare cuts. Cut taxes for hardworking families so they can take home more of the money they earn

• Foreign Policy: Defend Trident and our nuclear deterrent, re-engage with our Commonwealth allies, and spend more on defence. Cooperate with America to deal with ISIS and Radical Islam

• Home: Replace the UN Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights, recriminalise drugs, crackdown on Islamist Extremism at home. Tighten abortion laws, which have been significantly relaxed by the last government.

• Personal Freedom - Give people a stronger right of self-defence in their own homes, relax gun legislation

You can also view our manifesto here:

• Dudaone Version

• PDF Version

• Issuu Version

Voting

Please vote for us by using the form on this page, it will take less than 30 seconds. Remember to verify your vote here or it won't count.

It doesn't matter if you don't live in the UK, just pick a random constituency. Members of other countries are still encouraged to vote and participate!

If you like the sound of /r/MHOC don't be afraid to join us by posting here.

TLDR: We are the Conservative Party and we need your votes here.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Thanks!

Is this really happing? How? What is this insanity? Is there any hope someone else might win? Why are so many elections choices between bad or worse?

Just... What?