Independent Ecology Independent Ecology Independent Ecology is a description once used in British politics to denote a form of non-party affiliation. It was used to designate a green politician as was independent of any political party, particularly of the Ecology Party before its transformation into the Green Party. Since the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 came into force, a candidate for election can no longer be described as an "Independent Ecology" on a ballot paper, as the 1998 Act prohibits any description which could cause confusion with a registered political party. In practice, the description used is either the name of
Maki (political party) the original Maki had disappeared after merging into Ratz in 1981. In 1989, members of Rakah decided to change the party's name to Maki to reflect their status as the only official communist party in Israel. The party remains the leading force in Hadash to this day, and owns the Al-Ittihad newspaper. It currently has four members in the 20th Knesset, as part of the Joint List. Maki (political party) The Israeli Communist Party ( "HaMiflega HaKomunistit HaYisra'elit", "Al-Ḥizb ash-Shuyū'ī al-'Isrā'īlī"), commonly referred to by its Hebrew acronym Maki (), is a communist political party in Israel and forms part