Редактирование: Transhumanist UK (раздел)

== History ==

=== Founders ===
The party's founders included:
* [[Amon Twyman]] of the [[Institute for Social Futurism]], who was the party's first leader
* [[Dirk Bruere]] of [[Zero State]], who had previously contested a UK election as [[The Consensus]], a prospective party name that was considered prior to [[Zoltan Istvan]]'s media successes with the [[Transhumanist Party (US political organization)]]
* [[Deku-shrub]] who sought to apply lessons from the [[Pirate Party]] with whom he is still informally involved as liason
* [[David Wood]] who founded the UK based [[Transpolitica]] think tank to seek to develop non-partisan transhumanist policy at the same time of the party's founding
* [[Alex Karran]] who, prior to the official registration of the party, ran in the 2015 general election as an independent candidate, and as such is the first [[Transhumanist Party]] candidate to have contested an election<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/cyborg-supporting-transhumanist-party-appoints-5494746 Cyborg supporting Transhumanist Party appoints first political candidate in UK]</ref><ref>[http://lifemag.org/article/why-transhumanists-should-aim-to-inform-decision-makers-not-become-them Why transhumanists should aim to inform decision-makers, not become them]</ref>
* [[Julian Snape]] who had previously been one of the founders of the [[UK Transhumanist Association]]

===2015 ===
[[File:Th_party_logo.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[H*|Transhumanist Party (UK) logo, 2015-2019]]]]
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le520DjMGYk</embedvideo> April 2015 promotional video for the Transhumanist Party

Initial policies were developed firstly from the [[Wave]] organisation, then through the [[Institute for Social Futurism]] prior to the success of [[Zoltan Istvan]] with the transhumanist party brand.<ref>[https://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-transhumanist-manifesto-for-the-uk-general-election Transhumanists Are Writing Their Own Manifesto for the UK General Election]</ref>

The party held its first AGM in October 2015 where its first batch of policies were ratified. The following statement was agreed by a vote at the AGM:<ref>[https://transhumanistparty.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/official-policies-of-the-transhumanist-party-2015/ Official Policies of the Transhumanist Party (2015)]</ref>

<blockquote>
The Transhumanist Party’s ideological position is known as ''[[Social Futurism]]'', which represents the integration of social and technological concerns. We adopt this position as a reminder that our central mission as a Transhumanist political party is to harness technological potential for the benefit of society.
</blockquote>

An [[H*|H* symbol]] was adopted as the logo of the party following a vote among members.

On 12th October 2015 Transhumanist Party UK released a statement that "[[Zoltan Istvan]] does not speak for the Transhumanist Party" in response to his failure to engage with the wider community and [[transhumanist party]] movement.<ref>[https://transhumanistparty.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/zoltan-istvan-does-not-speak-for-the-transhumanist-party/ Zoltan Istvan does not speak for the Transhumanist Party]</ref>

=== 2016 ===

In November 2016 the party announced<ref>[https://dw2blog.com/2016/11/08/agile-organisations-for-agile-politics/ Agile organisations for agile politics]</ref> that two of its founders had resigned their roles - Amon Twyman and Dirk Bruere:

<blockquote>
These resignations arose from the recognition that there are many drawbacks to creating and developing a new political party in the United Kingdom:

* The “first past the post” electoral system makes it especially difficult for minority parties to win seats in parliament
* Political parties need to establish a set of policies on a wide range of issues – issues away from the areas of core agreement among members, and where dissension can easily arise
* The timescales spoken about for full electoral success – potentially up to 25 years – are far too far into the future, given all the other changes expected in the meantime.
</blockquote>

=== 2017 ===

The party announced in April 2017<ref>[http://www.transhumanistparty.org.uk/new_social_contract New Social Contract (Transhumanist Party blog)]</ref> that it was sponsoring [[New Social Contract prize challenge | a prize challenge]] during April and May 2017 for the best H+Pedia contributions on the topic of '''New Social Contract'''.

=== 2019 ===

In January 2019 the party announced that [[Mathieu Gosselin]] and David Wood would take over as co-leaders<ref>[https://www.meetup.com/London-Futurists/events/257964896/ Via meetup.com]</ref>.

During 2019 the party also

* created a [https://discourse.transhumanistparty.org.uk Discourse forum for structured online discussions]
* developed a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWQPIa7KVo&list=PLyGSuSZa-USPaWJyfsa1g1xZmLb_7Z5Cm "Technoprogressive Roadmap" of goals for the UK to target by 2035]
* adopted a new logo consisting of a plain pink hexagon
* published a [[TPUK Dashboard | dashboard of the status of its project activities]].

=== 2020 ===

In January 2020 the party announced another update:<ref>[https://www.transhumanistparty.org.uk/party_news_january_2020 Party News January 2020]</ref>

<blockquote>
We'll be focusing on a set of bold, transformational goals that the UK can achieve by 2035, to take deep advantage of revolutions within science and technology.

We'll be rolling out a new set of projects that will lay important groundwork, between now and 2025, for the larger changes that lie ahead...

To take part in discussions with other members and supporters of the Party about initiatives for 2020 and beyond, you can join the channel named #tpuk on [https://londonfuturists.slack.com/ the Slack workspace] provided by one of TPUK's sister organisations, [https://londonfuturists.com/ London Futurists]...
</blockquote>

From June 2020 the organisation:
* Started to emphasise the name "Transhumanist UK" rather than "Transhumanist Party (UK)"
* Started to publish regular "Vanguard" news stories<ref>[https://www.transhumanistparty.org.uk/pr Vanguard]</ref>, providing transhumanist commentary on issues and opportunities in the UK
* Indicated that the main activities of the organisation for the foreseeable future would be the Vanguard publications, comprising text articles, graphics memes, audio podcasts, and videos<ref>[https://www.transhumanistparty.org.uk/ten_competences_urgently_required First article in the Vanguard series]</ref>