Proposed Bill & Ben Party logo
The Bill and Ben Party is a joke political party in New Zealand. The party's leaders are Jamie Linehan and Ben Boyce ("Bill" and Ben) of the TV show Pulp Sport.
In early 2008 while frustrated with not only the current political options but Eddie Murphy’s latest choices in movies, Ben came up with the idea of having a political party. He mentioned it to Bill, who thought it sounded like a very lame theme for a function and maybe people would be much more into a 70’s themed party or something. Some confusion followed but that was soon cleared up and they both decided that they should run for parliament. Bill had always fancied himself as a long distant runner placing 3rd in the Bay 10k Under 12 Champs in 1990 and Ben was happy to follow him in his beat up Nissan Sunny (mainly because he's lazy), so it was decided. Bill and Ben would run for parliament! [1]
The Bill and Ben party wanted their policy to be “New Zealand’s lowest food prices” but the Pac n Save Supermarket chain had already beaten them to it. Currently a legal battle rages and the Bill and Ben party hope to offer you cheaper cheese by the end of the year.[2]
Unlike other political parties that promise so much and deliver so little, the Bill and Ben Party promise to promise nothing. And yes, we do realise that by promising no promises we are actually making a promise, but that’s the only promise we’re going to make. We promise.[3]
On 1 July 2008 the party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission, which would allow it to contest the party vote.[4] The party was registered by the Electoral Commission on 29 July 2008.[5]
On 31 July 2008 the party applied to register a logo with the Electoral Commission.[6]
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