United Crowns Labour

Labour, also referred to as the UCS Labour, or the Labour Coalition was the largest political party in the Second United Crowns of Syltör. It's main ideology was originally social democracy, but it could also be classified as "big tent" due to it being born from a coalition of a variety of parties. Labour was mostly comprised of those who had advocated for the introduction of democracy, and centred much of its party policies whilst in power around strengthening the power of the democratic systems. Over the course of the administration of Taren-ra Khamen al-Qamiya in the 1070s and 80s, the party would continually shift further to the left of the political spectrum, eventually adopting democratic socialism as part of the 1081 ACA election campaign. The party would continue to dominate politics up until the turn of the century, where it would lose its majority to the Union Party, which would declare martial law shortly afterwards that would continue until the dissolution of the UCS in 1125 ACA. UCS Labour would serve as one of the founding movements of the modern leftist movement in Rathnir and later Abexilas, advocating for a new kind of leftism that specifically strayed away from Xeroism.
==Ideology==
The Labour Coalition's main ideology was democratic socialism, but originally began as social democracy as the centrepiece party of the merger was the Social Democratic Party under Taren-ra Khamen al-Qamiya. However, the party was also classified as big tent, due to the other two parties that were "eaten" by SDP to form Labour being the Unionist (conservative) Party and the socialist LSF. The party advocates for more involvement of the public sector in the economy, and proper safeguards for social security, however it doesn't want to completely remove the private sector either, looking to form a "controlled capitalist" or just, a social democratic economy. The party was also looking to expand the United Crowns military, however the party had no intentions of waging war, and the military expansion was mostly just a preparation for the worst. The party was also looking to protect the cultures of the UCS, while making sure all of them did not fall into conflicts. Aside from that, Labour looked to heavily invest in science.
==History==
=== Founding ===
The Labour's history traces back to the Social Democratic Party, formed after the PM-D bill was passed in UCS, by Taren-ra Khamen al-Qamiya. It was the first party to form after the parties were legalized in the second UCS again, followed by the then Conservative Party, Lunatwan Soldiers-Workers Union, and the Central Builders Guild. The parties mostly existed in that standstill throughout the 1060s as the elections were delayed, however throughout that standstill period two developments took place - the Conservative Party rebranded into the Unionist Party, and the socialist LSF was formed. Finally, when the elections were announced and campaigns opened, four parties put up their candidates: 
*SDP - Taren-ra Khamen al-Qamiya
*UP - Frederik von Bravien
*CBG - Buzzian Philoraptor II
*LSF - Dmitri I. Magilith
However, due to the UCS' internal issues, and in spite of the ideological differences between SDP, UP and LSF, their programs were similar; so to combat the growing CBG influence they made the Labour Coalition, as F. von Bravien and D. I. Magilith withdrew from the PM race, giving their endorsements to Taren-ra Khamen. This was the moment when the official beginning of the Labour took place. Following a landslide victory in the PM elections, winning 55% of the total vote, and 9 out of 19 provinces (where CBG won 4, and the remaining 6 were invalidated), the UCS Labour coalition was reformed into a solid party merger, with the SDP, UP and LSF merging. Khamen became the leader of the Labour party and the Prime Minister of the UCS, while Frederik von Bravien became the party's Chairman, and effectively the vice-leader. The third founder, D. I. Magilith, retired from politics after the Labour foundation.
=== Khamen Administration ===
Early on, Labour attempted to begin reforming as fast as possible. However, a backlog due to the Council reshuffle being delayed until 1074 as well as a huge inactivity problem in the old Council ministry meant that Khamen could only manage up to 20% voting turnout, with the majority of them being hard-line fundamentalists, who wished to uphold the status quo. Once the reshuffle had been completed in late 1075, the Council still had a sizeable fundamentalist camp, which severely disrupted Khamen's plans for rapid reform. Like the PM-D Bill prior to it, Labour would have to severely lessen the effects of their legislation to made the fundamentalists agree to even vote on it. Following the end of the Goblin War, opinions of the leaders of the United Crowns, including Khamen, dramatically skyrocketed, and as a result he stood unopposed in the 1081 ACA election.
As a result, a Council reshuffle never occurred and the original Labour cabinet from 1073 continued into Khamen's second term. He would focus strictly on reforming the defunct internal markets, which had not seen any major change since the Commerce Act in 1065. He would begin constructing a housing plan known as Selective Redevelopment, the concept of allocating certain cities from each member state for new citizens to be relocated to. Despite initially receiving backlash for the plan, later amendments to the original concept through the G.E.O. Act in 1085 & the Activity Act in 1088 would allow Selective Redevelopment to become a popular concept. Khamen would establish at the 1086 Labour Conference that Selective Redevelopment would serve as the backbone for the domestic policies of future Labour governments after the Khamen Administration. Alongside Selective Redevelopment, Khamen would announce at the Labour Conference his intention to rework the electoral system to allow for multiple-party polling (MPP) voting, meaning that candidates could vote for more than one party in a hierarchy based off their personal preferences, as opposed to being forced to choose one candidate. Monarchist aspects of the Crown Council would attempt to block the reforms, however the Voting Rights Act would be passed in 1087.
=== Prolcan Administration ===
Lucius Prolcan would be made party leader following Khamen's announcement that he would not seek re-election in 1089 to preserve the PM-D Bill's validity. Prolcan would win the election on a decreased majority on a much more democratic socialist set of policy goals, although from the outside the new administration would begin to undergo issues. The only major bill passed during the Prolcan administration was passed at the turn of the 1090s, and the government would get increasingly slower as Prolcan would become largely absent from government after 1093. The party would begin to splinter during the second half of Prolcan's first term, and with no central figure like Khamen to rally behind, who had left United Crowns politics to return to his family in Askaru, the party had began to fall apart from the inside out. Prolcan gradually increased his public appearances in the leadup to the 1097 election, however still failed to show most of the public why he should be voted in for a second term, as he had failed on most of his policy agendas. Labour would suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Union Party that election, becoming the Opposition in government. Prolcan would hold out as leader of the opposition for six more years before resigning and leaving for Prolings.
=== Period as the Opposition ===
As the Opposition's main party, Labour would continue under Prolcan but would decide to not be overall against the laws passed by Anild de Fornois, the Union Party leader and current Prime Minister. Fornois' legislation was far more left-wing than originally promised, and subsequently enjoyed bipartisan backing from both the Unionists and Labour. Prolcan, however, would continue to criticise Fornois' legislature as 'all bark and no bite', citing the minimal action that was coming from the passing of the legislation, largely due to a lack of action from the Unionists. This problem continued until after Prolcan resigned in 1103, with his successor Muinon Fenanis appearing to be a much better contender in terms of competing against Fornois in the upcoming 1104 election. However, the election would be pushed back due to political strains recently forced upon the government by the beginning of the War of the Comet, and the following year martial law was declared, suspending democratic processes across the UCS.
=== Martial law & dissolution ===
Labour would strongly oppose martial law, but would refuse to rally protests officially backed by the party, despite the widespread support for such action. This would split the party between pro and anti-government alignments over the course of the early 12th century ACA, with Fenanis choosing to resign in 1112 after he lost the support of the majority of the party. In an act of desperation, the son of Khamen, Taren-ek Khamen al-Qamiya or 'Taren II' would be selected as the successor to Fenanis. Khamen would attempt to rally the support of anti-government Labour protestors to quell developing political violence in the UCS, eventually calling upon Fornois to resign as PM as part of a compromise in 1118, despite the role not officially being filled since the declaration of martial law in 1105. The democratic system, and Labour's influence with it, began to dwindle throughout the 1120s, eventually leading to Labour dissolving shortly before the end of the War of the Comet in 1125 ACA.
==Internal Factions==
===Social Democrats===
Social Democrats are the bulk of Labour members, tracing their roots back to the leader of the election coalition - the Social Democratic Party. Their views align with social democracy and other centre-left ideologies. The unofficial "leader" of the faction was Taren-ra Khamen al-Qamiya. They made up roughly 50-70% of the party. 
===Unionists/Conservatives ===
The second largest group in the party are the Unionists, tracing roots back to the Unionist Party. Their views mostly align with centre-right ideologies like conservative democracy and liberal conservatism. The unofficial "leader" of this faction was Frederik von Bravien, and they made up between 20-40% of the party.
===Socialists/Communists===
The third and smallest faction tracing their roots to the LSF are hard-line socialists, making up roughly 10% of the party. 
==Symbolism==
UCS Labour inherited many of the Social Democratic Party's symbols - such as the fist-rose (a rose with it's petals aligning into a fist in the centre) and the red-white colour scheme. The colour scheme would later be darkened to reflect the party's growing affiliation with other leftist and third-way socialist movements throughout the 1080s and early 90s. The modern logo has stayed the same since 1073, with minor changes in 1084 and 1096 respectively. 
==Electoral History ==
File:1073 UCS Election Results.png|Results in the 1073 election - Labour majority
File:1089 ACA UCS Election Results.png|Results of the 1089 election - Labour majority
File:1097 UCS Election Results.png|Results of the 1097 election - Union majority
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