Principles

 The only fixed policy of the Anti Party is that we have no policies. All members are required to make their own minds up on all issues at all times. We really are a party of independents.

However, we do share a commitment to democracy. Not sham democracy, such as the UK currently has, but real democracy: a country governed in accordance with the will and needs of its population.

That means moderating the power of political parties. Political parties, though highly desirable instruments in the focusing and energising of political activities, are unfortunately also inherently anti-democratic.

See paper on Democracy for an analysis of the current shortfall in democracy in the UK, and of the contribution of political parties to that.

We acknowledge the need, in providing democracy, to pay due regard to the wishes and needs of all sections of the population. There need to be limits to how much any majority can impose on a minority. There needs to be as much consideration for those citizens who do not have a vote as for those who do. In general, there needs to be equitable treatment for all, regardless of such things as sex, race, religion, profession and age.

Note that we say equitable rather than equal, because we have to acknowledge that rational discrimination is desirable, and different people have different needs: children need schools, the elderly need pensions, the sick need medical care, for example. What we cannot accept is irrational discrimination based on stereotyping: "You cannot live here because you are black", "You cannot do this job because you are a woman".