The Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party is a satirical British

United Kingdom

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 political party

Political party

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. It fielded candidates in two constituencies in the United Kingdom general election, 2005

United Kingdom general election, 2005

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. They were Brett Harris in Edinburgh East

Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)

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, and Damien Fleck in the City of York

City of York (UK Parliament constituency)

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. Neither candidate won their election. Therefore, the party has no representation in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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.

Policies

The party's manifesto

Manifesto

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 advocated reducing the school leaving age to nine, the annexation of France

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, and the reintroduction of hanging, but only for "minor offences" such as littering. By contrast, murderers would be disembowelled, along with improper users of text language

SMS language

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. The proposed rate of tax was 90%. Immigrants would be repelled with boiling oil and longbows at all ports and airports.

Results

In the Edinburgh East constituency, Brett Harris managed to earn 89 votes. This represented only 0.2% of the turnout. Damien Fleck had equal success in the City of York constituency, earning 93 votes, which also represented just 0.2% of the turnout. Both candidates were beaten by all party representatives in their constituencies. Damien Fleck was also beaten by one independent candidate

Independent (politician)

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, though he did beat another independent.

Name confusion

There is some confusion as to the party's name. On official logos and on the BBC

BBC

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website it is referred to as "Dungeons, Death and Taxes Party". However, the two candidates who represented the party in the 2005 general elections stood under the name "Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party". Hence, this is the name listed on most official election websites.