Our country is a totalitarian state that pretends to be a democracy. Many of us are unware of this, as a result of the narrative that we have been fed through the mainstream media and our national institutions. The mainstream political parties squabble to create an illusion of argument/debate/accountability, but there is one thing that they will never disagree on: their loyalty to the regime. In effect, the mainstream political parties are one and the same. Our voting system is meaningless, because it gives us no meaningful choice in how we are governed. Nor does it allow us to hold the regime to account, a regime that we are forced to fund through taxation. As a result of all this, our country is becoming increasingly corrupt, divided, and dysfunctional. In turn, our security and quality of life continue to deteriorate.

So who heads the regime? Who is our oppressor? To avoid overstepping the limits of our ever-shrinking freedoms of expression, we will be implicit here.

Who are our military, police, MPs, and judiciary loyal to (oath of allegiance)?

Who appoints the prime minister? Who has the power to prevent the appointment of a prime minister? ("royal prerogative")

Who has, in "royal assent", a veto on all legislation, a deterrent to reform?

In "king's consent", who has powers to deter reform?

Through the embedded traditions of the weekly meetings, through the Privy Council etc, who ensures that politicians don't switch allegiance to us, the British people?

Who controls the narrative, and indoctrinates us, by means of the mainstream media?

The state of our country is going from bad to worse. But who is, ultimately, responsible for all this? Well (you might not like to accept this), it is us, the British people. As strange as it might read (because it will never appear in the mainstream media under this regime), we are responsible for our political affairs. As with any form of government, it is the masses who are responsible for their form of government. But why is this reality never communicated in the mainstream media? Quite simply, because the powers that be don't want us to feel empowered. They want us to blame some other entity, to make us think that this mess is beyond our control. Politicians, the government, political parties etc all get the blame. That's the deal: if you want a share of the regime's wealth (wealth that is taken from us), delegated power, and status, you've got to be prepared to take the blame. (Political immunity would also be on this list were it not for our plan.) The powers that be also want us to be tribal, divided, and to fight each other, so that they can control us that much more easily. Instead of uniting our country to strengthen it, the regime divides our country to weaken it! Would it follow that the regime's actions, and the actions of those who support it, be considered treason? When we vote in the traditional way, when we worship our national institutions (the regime, the armed forces, the NHS, the BBC etc), we give the regime oxygen. And when we fund the regime through taxation, we give the regime fuel. Like it or not, all this mess is, ultimately, our doing.

If we want to improve our country (or even just halt its decline), the first step is to look ourselves in the mirror and accept that it is we who must step up and do something about it. No-one else will. That is, quite simply, the nature of power. Power will not be handed over to us for the good of the nation (and therefore all of us). It must be taken by us.

The system that we use to convert votes into power – that is, our voting system – is the key to all of this. The voting system that we currently use for the House of Commons is called first past the post. It is the use of this voting system for the House of Commons that is the foundation of the regime's power. And it will be the reform of this voting system that will be the regime's undoing.

Our country's pro-reform sentiment is much bigger than many of us realise, and, of course, much bigger than the regime would have us believe. The trouble is, most of this pro-reform sentiment is not expressed, either verbally or through action. This is because, by and large, those who hold such sentiments see no viable plan for reform (we aim to convince those of us who hold these views that this movement's plan is viable), or because the sentiment manifests in efforts that have no viable plan, and are therefore wasted. Groups that call for civil disobedience with the aim to pressure MPs, for example, would do far better by first pushing for voting reform, then using that platform to push for the change that they want. If we want reform (of any kind), or indeed any policy put in place, we must accept that it is voting reform that must come first, then unite on a common aim, and unite on a route to achieve it. That's where this movement, ReformUK.org, comes in. We have that aim, and we have that plan. We have the numbers, but we have to stop pulling in different directions or, worse still, fighting each other; we have to unite.

ReformUK.org is the only political movement that can be trusted with the reform of the voting system, this most special and most important of tasks. Any political party that claims to want voting reform, and that does not put voting reform front and centre of its policies, is not to be trusted. Even if a political party put voting reform front and centre of its policies, it would need to be viewed with a great deal of scepticism. Such is the unfortunate state of British politics. On the other hand, pro-voting-reform pressure groups, ironically (and, for some, unwittingly), help to maintain the regime, because they use up pro-voting-reform resources (people's time, money, energy etc) in a plan that is destined to fail. Why is it destined to fail? Because MPs and mainstream political parties are loyal to the regime, and trying to get them to reform the very thing that their master's power depends on would be like trying to get turkeys to vote for Christmas! The larger of the pressure groups are almost certainly run by the regime. For such groups, not only do they use up pro-reform resources that could have been put to better use here, but these groups act as excellent focus groups for the regime, for the regime to keep its finger on the pulse of the pro-voting-reform movement. Additionally, by running these groups, the regime can control the narrative, sending its members down a path to nowhere.

ReformUK.org is neither a political party, a protest group, nor a pressure group. It is a positive political movement that capitalises on the fact that spoilt ballot papers are counted, and the figures are published. It effectively turns the option of spoiling one's ballot paper into a vote in itself, with no candidate deposit required. By this means, this movement can gain traction with no up-front costs at all. Using this approach, we put the future of voting reform, and therefore our country, directly into our hands. This is a huge responsibility, and our decisions will have profound consequences, for us and for future generations. What will you do with this power?

As for who founded this movement, does it matter at this stage? If one wants to get from A to B, why should it matter who suggested, and who promotes, the need to get to B? The same question can be asked of how to get there. What matters here is whether you believe that we need to get to B, and whether you believe that we should use this route to get there.

We need a voting system that gives the electorate meaningful choice at general elections, and one that holds our elected representatives to account. For this to happen, the voting system must be one that rewards political parties (in seats/MPs) according to their level of support (in votes) from the British electorate. For this to happen, the voting system's electoral threshold must be low and the system must be proportional. The specific voting system that we will put in place for general elections will be the Closed List Party-List system with the following details:

• 650 seats

• 1 region i.e. the whole UK

• A legal electoral threshold of 2 %

• Seats allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method

We will also hold a snap general election using this voting system.*

*During this snap general election, we will be able to collectively decide on our country's policies. One of the policies covered by this is the voting system that we use. So, if the voting system that we will use for this snap general election will not be your preferred option, then we will all be able to vote for/stand for election for a change to this. However, one thing that we must all be clear and united on is that, until we reach this snap general election, debate on what our voting system should be (indeed on what any other policy should be) is meaningless, and a damaging distraction to achieving our aim. Until we reach the snap general election, all other political debate is meaningless.

The regime will do its best to divide us, disperse us, distract us, muddy the waters, confuse us, obfuscate, and undermine us. It is well versed in these tactics, and has used them to great effect so far to hold on to power. We must — and this cannot be stressed enough — remain focused on the steps in this plan until we reach the snap general election stated above. Then, and only then, will the biggest door open to our country's future that our country will have ever experienced, and everything will be open for meaningful debate and meaningful discussion.

1. Register to receive a ballot paper if you have not already done so. https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. (Note that the webpage is entitled 'Register to vote' despite the fact that we have just as much right to spoil our ballot papers.) If you would prefer to cast your ballot paper by post, you can register for this from the page at https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote.

2. For those who opt to receive their ballot paper at a polling station, proof of identification will be needed. More information on this can be found on the following page: https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-youll-need.

3. In your constituency, at the next House of Commons election (general election or by-election), if there is a ReformUK.org candidate, vote for that candidate. Otherwise spoil your ballot paper.

4. ReformUK.org candidates who are elected to become MPs will push to legislate in accordance with this movement's aim.

You can find a flowchart for this plan by clicking on the 'Flowchart' link in the menu at the top of this page, or by clicking here.

Notes for Step 3

In any one constituency, ReformUK.org will only put forward a candidate once the share of the spoilt ballot papers in that constituency is 10 % or higher. This is to give ourselves sufficient chance of having deposits returned.

ReformUK.org candidate names will be displayed on the 'Candidates' page of this website.

If you have opted to receive your ballot paper at a polling station (as opposed to by post), the polling-station staff may instruct you to vote, and explain how to do this e.g. "draw a cross in one of the boxes". The staff should not be instructing you in this way, as you have just as much right to spoil your ballot paper as you do to vote. Just ignore their (illegal?) instructions and cast your ballot paper spoilt.

Notes for Step 4

We at ReformUK.org use a decentralised approach, to make it more difficult for the regime to thwart, stifle, and obstruct our progress. The use of independent candidates to achieve our aim, as opposed to a political party, is part of this. In parliament, ReformUK.org MPs will push for achieving our aim, and they will abstain on all other decisions/votes. For us to not be represented on other policies is of no loss to us, as our politicians are anyway unaccountable to us and disloyal to us.

It is not certain how many ReformUK.org MPs will be needed to achieve our aim. It may be before or after ReformUK.org has a majority of MPs in the House of Commons, depending on how many other MPs are prepared to support the legislation. Furthermore, ReformUK.org MPs will need to have sworn the oath of allegiance. This movement's aim is not, in itself, inconsistent with the oath. However, those elected under this movement who do not believe in the oath will be expected to lie under oath (it is expected that elected representatives have already lied in this regard on several occasions), an unfortunate consequence of having an undemocratic oath. When we get to the point of having a majority of the MPs in the House of Commons (if we haven't already achieved our aim by then), we will appoint a minority, caretaker government to keep the country going as it is while we push through our legislation.

The resources that are needed for this movement to gain traction are minimal. So the barrier to entry is low. All that we need is for us to be able to receive a ballot paper, spoil it, and cast it. Many of us already do this. As for those who vote, it's just a case of marking the paper in a different way. You can see examples of how to spoil a ballot paper on the 'Example Papers' page. For those who are not yet registered to receive a ballot paper, and/or who don't have voter ID, those will be two additional tasks.

Funding will be needed later, for candidate deposits, but there will be a good indication, from the percentage of spoilt ballot papers being greater than, or equal to, 10 % in the respective constituencies, that these deposits will be returned. At the time of writing, the electoral-deposit threshold is 5 %.

Register to vote. Make the pledge. Share this website. Become an electoral observer. Spoil your ballot paper. It's all free. And the cumulative effect? Monumental.

Between now and the next general election, we need our fellow Brits, first and foremost, to know about this movement. We don't have an advertising budget, so we depend on people like you to spread word of this movement. Let's then have those discussions, debates and, if necessary, fallings out — could there be better justification? — about why this movement's aim is so important, and why this movement's plan is the best one we have (by a long way) of achieving that aim. We know it's difficult to talk politics in this toxic political landscape, but the stakes are huge, and we either go outside of our comfort zone now, or we will be forced to — on another country's terms — in the future.

For those who are in a position to do this, we should also choose a way of life that weakens our country economically. This will accelerate the execution of our plan in two ways:

1. By accelerating the worsening of our way of life, which will put even more emphasis on how the regime is wasting the money that we give it through taxation.

2. By reducing the regime's ability to control us through, for example, propaganda, or by handing out public-sector jobs.

So we need to weaken our economy. But how? The answer is straightforward: pay less tax. And this is not just tax paid directly from us, but tax that is paid on our behalf as a result of transactions that we initiate e.g. paying for most products and services. So, for those of us in a position to do so, we should produce and consume less of what is taxed.

The regime has indoctrinated us to believe that how much we earn, how much we spend, how much we own, how much we consume etc, are the metrics by which to measure our success. Instead, the metrics we should use to measure our success should be how little tax we pay, how little taxable work we do, how little money we spend, how few financial services we use, how self-sufficient we are etc. Using these new metrics, billionaires are considered highly unsuccessful, whereas those who live humbly, with minimal means, are considered highly successful.

Is there a downside to us weakening our economy, what would, under normal circumstances, seem like an extraordinary act of self-harm? No, because all our tax currently goes to a corrupt, wasteful, and disloyal regime that has no mandate and is determined to divide and weaken our country in order to control it. On this note, could one even argue that the regime is no better than an adversarial foreign power?

Once we have implemented our plan, we can go back to using the earn/spend/consume metrics to measure success, in order to drive the economic activity and growth that will be needed for our security and prosperity. In short, the worse our economy, the faster we can mobilise the masses, the faster we can implement our plan, and the faster we can get on track to being a great country again.