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where did "The Dungeons, Death and Taxes Party" (Great Britain), "Polish Party of the Bald"(Poland), and "Polish Beer-Lovers Party" (Poland) get their names from and what do they mean? this is political practices btw.

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These are all Joke parties, created as a parody, and not trying to gain any role in political offices.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Polish Beer-Lovers Party, which name refers to the love for beer, ran as a joke in the first free post-Communist parliamentary elections (1991), but the joke got out of hand as they ended up with 16 deputies. This event led to legislation aimed to reduce the number of parties and avoid new surprises. Despite that, the Polish Party of the Bald created a platform based on their fight against discrimination based on baldness for the parliamentary elections in 1993, but, they didn't present any candidates.

The Dungeons, Death, and Taxes Party was created with the same humorous intent, with a name referencing the London Dungeons, a famous touristic place, their platform on raising taxes, and reintroducing death by hanging.

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