October 31st, 2014 /r/MHOC: The Model House of Commons

r/MHOC

564 Subscribers

Could you introduce yourself?

I'm u/Timanfya. I'm an engineering student with an interest in politics and science.

What is the MHOC?

The MHOC is a Model House of Commons. It is a subreddit based upon the real life British House of Commons. The MHOC has 8 parties. The parties are all very different from their RL counterparts and are all unique. We also allow independent candidates to stand for election in the house. The parties create legislation and then submit it to the house for debate; this is known as the first reading. The bill or motion can then be altered and submitted for another reason or it can go straight to vote. Only MPs can vote in on bills and they are chosen through general and by elections. (The general election is running now!) We are going to expand to a house of Lords, all party parliamentary groups and committees. The subreddit is open to anyone across the world who enjoys politics and debates.

Why did you start the MHOC?

I started the MHOC because i wanted there to be a place to discuss politics that wasn't in the news. I wanted to see what the people of reddit could come up with; i wanted to have political discussion with people from across the political spectrum. Another reason for creating the MHOC was to widen my political views, i think that this objective has been achieved. I also wanted to see if i could successfully run and organise my own subreddit. I never imagined it would get this big and i am glad that I've been able to run it fairly smoothly through its growth.

How can people get involved? Do you have to be from the UK?

To get involved you can message me, u/Timanfya, or you can post in this thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/MHOC/comments/26pp6h/join_a_party/ You do not have to be from the UK to get involved. We have members, MPs and leaders from across the world.

Is there anything else that you'd like to add?

I hope you will all come and join in the debates at r/MHOC.