Oscar Bunt

Oscar Bunt is a British Politician (born 29 October 1990) and the Minister for Transport & Infrastructure for the United Kingdom since March 2021. Bunt became chair of the People First Coalition on the 15th January 2021 after a leadership reshuffle that introduced the coalition chair as a new, impartial position. Bunt resigned as Coalition chair on the 4th of March 2021, citing the need for "new blood". He was replaced by George Morris.

He has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Norwich South since the 16th May 2021. Prior to this he was MP for Torbay from the 8th of October 2020, barring 2 weeks from the 29th of October 2020 where he served as MP for Stalybridge & Hyde.

Oscar Bunt was born in Kirkcaldy Forth Park Hospital on the 29th October 1990. He spent the first 13 years of his life living in Methil, Fife before moving with his family to Torquay in 2000. Bunt studied Politics at the University of East Anglia before completing a PGCE and teaching at South Devon College for 5 years. After teaching Bunt decided to go into politics as he had seen how the residents of Torbay were suffering from years of Tory rule. So he joined the Democratic Socialist Party and ran for Torbay. He gained that seat during the DSP's rise in influence and is also credited with a left-wing resurgence in Devon and Cornwall, as when he first ran for MP of Torbay, he was the only DSP politician in the region, and one of only two left-wing politicians. He joined the Social Liberal Party in late March, building it up to the 5th biggest party in the UK before returning to the PFC through joining the Green Party of England and Wales. He is currently their Deputy Leader and, with Jacinda Ardern has brought them to the Seventh largest party in the UK.

The Democratic Socialist Party
As soon as Bunt joined the DSP in October 2020, he fully immersed himself into the politics and machinations of the party. Rebecca Long-Bailey was Prime Minister and the DSP had just secured it's place in the hall of successful parties of the UK. Bunt participated in all facets of party life, including taking part in PMQs, contacting other members to re-run and doing party recruitment. This work was recognised on the 9th of November 2020 when Oscar Bunt joined the ranks of the Democratic Socialist Party's Collective Leadership, he came 4th out of 8. After a month of work solely on the Democratic Socialist Party Bunt ran for Prime Minister (to represent the whole Coalition) and came joint fourth with John Mcdonnell and Emmanuel Macron. Since then Bunt has maintained his position in Collective Leadership. During the leadership crisis of January 2021, Bunt is credited with helping bring the party back together. Bunt left the Democratic Socialist Party on the 27th of March 2021, citing stress and a desire to work on a different political party.

People First Coalition
Bunt's work in the People First Coalition was minor until he ran for Prime Minister on the 11th December 2020. After that date Bunt began focusing on ensuring that all coalition members were active and enjoying life in the Coalition. During the Leadership crisis of January 2020 the decision was made to separate the roles of Prime Minister and Coalition Chair. Bunt ran for this position, hoping to bring some stability and sense to the coalition. He ran against 5 candidates including Tanya Chesham-Leigh and George Morris. Bunt won with 56% of the vote in the first round. During his time as Chair Bunt managed to bring the PFC together, and, by the end of his term on the 4th of March 2021, he had brought 4 new parties onboard (Northumbria Independence Party, Labour Party, Communist Party of Britain and Mebyon Kernow). This was especially significant as both Labour and the CPB had left the coalition previously. As chair Bunt also wrote up the PFC's constitution, binding all to follow set rules so the confusion and "drama" that occurred in January 2021 could never happen again. On the 27th of March 2021 Bunt withdrew from the coalition with the SLP citing "toxic environment" as the primary reason. However, Bunt remained in [Dennis Skinner]'s cabinet and will continue to serve as transport minister. This means that the SLP is allied with the Northumbria Independence Party until Skinner's term in office comes to an end. He returned to the PFC on the 16th of May when he joined the Green Party of England and Wales.

Social Liberal Party
Bunt joined the Social Liberal Party on the 27th of March 2021. He was elected to Deputy Leader and began working to bring SLP into Devon & Cornwall. He managed to claim D&C for the SLP and helped get the SLP to a record 27 MPs, becoming the 5th largest party. He actively participated in criticising the governments of the time and was critical in the creation of the River Management Act 2021. The SLP was also where many of Bunt's more radical ideas came to fruition, including a desire to give the Shetland and Orkney Isles their own road tunnel network. He left on the 16th of May citing a desire to help the Green Party rebuild.

Green Party of England & Wales
Upon arrival to the Greens on the 16th of May 2021 Bunt was elected to Deputy Leader and took the region of Cambs, Suffolk & Norfolk for the Green Party. He is credited with helping ensure the first Green Party Prime Minister in the form of Jacinda Ardern and maintaining the Green Party's dominance over Cambs, Suffolk and Norfolk.

Ideology


Bunt has always been staunchly left-wing. He originally was a Democratic Socialist but has drifted from ideological to a more realistic interpretation of left wing values. He is now a Social Liberal.

Bills
Oscar Bunt has worked on multiple bills throughout his career, primarily focussing on Transport reform and LGBTQ+ rights.

- Provide Funding to Rebuild Devon's Railways. (Passed)

- Free PReP available without prescription on the NHS. (Passed)

- Bring Britain's Buses into National Ownership. (Passed)

- Decarbonisation of Transport Bill. [With the Eco-Socialist Alliance]. (Passed)

- Improving Cycling Act 2020. [With the Eco-Socialist Alliance]. (Passed)

- Re-Building the East Neuk of Fife Line from Kirkcaldy to Leuchars. (Passed)

- The National Broadcasting Network Act 2021. (Passed)

- Nationalisation of Domestic Air Travel Act 2021. (Passed)

Of these a few are of special note. The "Decarbonisation of Transport Bill, in association with the "Improving Cycling Act" and the "Bring Britain's Buses into National Ownership Act" massively changed how British people viewed and used public transport. Under Bunt, all non-essential domestic flights were banned, and a new High Speed rail network was built to replace it. Bunt also oversaw the electrification of most of Britain's railways, allowing Britain to finally catch up to the rest of Europe. Bunt also built a "Boris bike" network in every town that had over 10,000 residents, and built a cycleway network spanning Britain. Nationalising all buses also enabled buses to run more efficiently and for the good of the population, meaning that car usage has dropped 25% since these changes were made. This revitalisation of public transport was completed with the Nationalisation of Domestic Air Travel Act, which brought the remaining domestic flights under government control, to ensure fair pricing and accesibility.

Personal Life
Bunt came out aged 17. He is an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ and sex worker's rights. In his youth Bunt spent a huge amount of time campaigning for change in government.

In 2021 Bunt was met with an interesting situation as he realised that in the USA, Russia, France and Germany politicians with the same first name were running for office. These names included Oscar Gunt, Oscar A-unt, Oscar Runt, Oscar Cunt and Oscar Funt. It is rumoured that Bunt is creating the -unt alliance, to lobby world governments to make changes. There are also newer additions to the -unt group of notable people. Including NBN's primary news anchor, Oscar Present-unt. NBN's morning show host, Oscar Willoughb-unt and Oscar Busdriver-unt.

Bunt is well known in Torbay's gay scene, hosting quiz nights in full drag at the Soho Cocktail Bar in Torquay. He is also on the management team for Torbay PRIDE.

In 2021 Bunt also tied the knot with Emmanuel Macron and Arsene Wenger, fortunately, they all kept their own names. Bunt tied the knot with John Jones, integrating himself into the JCP on the 06th of June 2021, following that up with a marriage to Mairi Gougeon on the 10th of June 2021, following the marriage to Mairi, Bunt tied the knot with Ben Dunwright on the 15th of June 2021. This now means, that Oscar Bunt's full name is; Oscar Bunt-Wenger-Macron-Jones-Gougeon-Dunwright.

Government Positions
Bunt became the United Kingdom's first Transport & Infrastructure Minister in late February. In his role he dealt with the Torness Disaster, the Canterbury Fiasco and many other disasters. He also assisted the Health Secretary and the Home Secretary in their roles. He was replaced by Thomas the Saxman of Labour on the 15th of April 2021 to coincide with the end of Dennis Skinner's cabinet. He re-assumed the position of Transport & Infrastructure Minister on the 5th of June 2021 as part of Jacinda Ardern's new cabinet.