Where Are You On The Brexit Spectrum? Would A New Party Suit You Best?

Which letter A-F in this table best describes your stance on Brexit?

	Stance	Single Market	Euro-scepticism
A	Pro-EU	Yes	Embrace the EU
B	Clearly Remain	Yes	A little scepticism
C	Mildly Remain	Yes	Some scepticism
D	Mildly Leave	Yes	Somewhat more sceptical
E	Clearly Leave	Possibly	Sceptical
F	Brexiter	No	Anti-EU

Then where do you see yourself on the left-right political spectrum 0-10 where 5 is in the middle?

Plot yourself on the following chart.  The circles represent the epicentre of the official position of existing political parties according to their 2017 manifestos or websites, detailed here.  Are you near a party circle, or are you out in an open white space? 

The position of the 'epicentre' of each circle represents the latest manifesto, and therefore the party's 'natural support'.  The size of the circle represents the size of that 'natural support'.   The actual support of the established parties is generally much bigger, due to the 'brand loyalty' and the depth and breadth of support across the left-right spectrum.

The Just Party's epicentre is around C6 (or C '5 and three quarters').  It has the largest circle because its stance most closely matches the ,majority of the UK electorate, as shown in this analysis.

Whilst there is a gap for a Centrist Leave party, the biggest gaps are in the A and B sectors.  As a result, a number of new anti-Brexit parties and pressure groups have appeared.  It's useful to compare them and the established parties.


COMPARISON OF PARTIES

Amongst registered parties, The Just Party and the LibDems are closest together, but there are some significant differences set out here.


Imagine the chart above was set out horizontally.  The "breadth" would be the left-right axis and the "depth" the EU axis.  Let's imagine the range of breadth or depth of support that would provide at least 90% of each party's 'actual support' at the ballot box, based around the Epicentre of their 'natural support'.

On that basis the support for the policies of the parties and pressure groups, both established and new, would be something like:

Symbol	Reg’d	Party	Brexit	Political	Epicentre	Depth	Breadth
.....	Yes	Conservative	Hard	Right	E7	D-F	5-9
.....	Yes	Labour	Hard	Socialist	E3	D-F	2-5
.....	Yes	UKIP	Clean	Broad	F8	F only	Broad
.....	Yes	Green	Soft	Socialist	C2	Broad	1-4
.....	Yes	LibDems	Remain	Centre left	C4	B-C	3-6
.....	Yes 2520	The Just Party	Remain	Centrist	C6	B-D	3-7
	Planned	Formaggia’s	Pro-EU	Centrist	A5	A only	4-6
	?	The (UK) Democrats	Remain	Centrist	B5	A-C	4-6
	?	Progress Party	Unclear	Unclear	?	?	?
	?	European Party	Pro-EU	n/a	A	A only	n/a
	?	Unity	Remain	n/a	B	A-C	n/a
	?	Labour for Europe	Remain	Socialist	B3	A-C	2-4
	?	Coghlan's	Remain	Centrist	B5	A-C	4-6
	?	Progressive Democrats	Remain	Centre-right	A6	A-B	5-7
	No	Fight Brexit	Pro-EU	n/a	A	A only	n/a
	No	Open Britain	Single Market	n/a	B	A-C	n/a

Most of the new parties are clearly at the very early stages of development, and show no clear plan to be registered with the Electoral Commission. This is needed to stand a candidate with the party logo and description on the ballot paper, rather than each candidate standing as 'independent'. 

If you represent a new Remain party not listed above, or would like to amend information on any of them already listed, do contact us.

Other than The Just Party, two parties to highlight from the table are:

• A 'pro-EU centrist party' for which Chris Formaggia is trying to raise funds to register the party and set up a paid administrator.  
• The Democrats (or The UK Democrats) has been started by James Chapman, former advisor to David Davis within the Department for Exiting the European Union.  He has recently hit the headlines saying that Brexit will be a disaster and must be stopped. The formation of an actual party is in its early stages

The only new party already registered is The Just Party.  We can stand a range of candidates under the party banner even if a General Election were to be called tomorrow. 

We are already talking with Chris Formaggia and look forward to speaking with James Chapman and others to pool our resources and efforts.  Hopefully there is sufficient synergy in our Remain and general political positions.

It's worth realising that it looks like Brexit support follows a normal distribution.  That means sector A for pro-EU has far lower support across the country than sectors B, C and possibly D who would support The Just Party or its 'Half-Brexit' proposal.  The Just Party's position is naturally the one with the most potential political power.

But turning 'natural support'  into 'real support' at the ballot box is no easy matter.  Are your views in the light blue rectangle below?  That includes people in the moderate half of both the Labour and Conservative parties. Then 'The Just Party' is just for you. 

You yourself can help if you would like to see these ideas become prominent, and to see The Just Party at the ballot box next election.  That could be sooner rather than later, given Theresa May's slim majority. Do support us now:  

1. With your time, to help spread the word. On Twitter, Facebook and otherwise to your friends.  Especially if you know moderate anti-Brexit MPs and other influential people who would be interested.
2. Simply make a donation.  Minimum £5 and up to £500 can be made by anyone anywhere in  the world without your name being disclosed.  Your name will not be published without your permission, but you can if you wish remain anonymous.
3. Anyone making a donation of £24 or more will optionally become an Associate Member of The Just Party.  Details are here. This is even if you are a member of another party. 
   

Why  not?  Do support us today!