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The Reality Party was a political party in the United Kingdom that was founded in 2014, by Mark "Bez" Berry and stood three candidates in the 2015 UK general election. The party manifesto was a centre-left anti-austerity programme which includes policies against privatisation, tuition fees and tax avoidance and in favour of renationalisation, progressive taxation, rent controls, socially-managed housing and participatory democracy.
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The party was deregistered in November, 2016 and its website no longer functions
Election campaign
In 2014 Channel 4 produced a documentary series following Berry's political campaign. The Reality party toured South Thanet in a green vintage bus in December 2014.
In January 2015, the Reality Party was deregistered by the Electoral Commission for having a name that was too similar to that of the Realists' Party. Its founder had been given several written warnings that a name change was required, and was removed from the register in January when it had failed to comply. On 12 February 2015 the party re-registered as "We Are The Reality Party". They were also permitted to use the description "The Reality Party It's Your Reality" on ballot papers.
Parliamentary candidates
The party stood three candidates in the 2015 general election, after some ambiguity over which seats they intended to contest.