Labour Party

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The **Labour Party**, also known as the **Labourites** and informally oversimplified as "the **Reds**", is the main left-wing political party in Game City which players can vote for or join. Although it used to be outright socialist, Labour today is considered centre-left, following social democracy, progressivism and social liberalism.

The Labour Party is the oldest active political party in the Kingdom and the first to enter government, first being in power from 2015 to 2017 under Game City's first-ever President, JaimeGamer99.

They have a few seats in Parliament and form part of the Opposition. They are currently led by oram.

The Labour Party is represented by the colour **red**.

## History

### The founding of the party.

In spring of 2015, the city's mayor JaimeGamer99 would attempt to introduce measures to modernize the city and develop more urban areas, but was almost always met with the disapproval of King Aston I. The constant vetos of the King would only motivate the young mayor even more, which would lead him to create a political party to represent the working class of the then small town of Game City. This would come to be known as the Labour Party, a socialist progressive faction which would serve as a pressure group for reform (this in response led to the nobility creating the Conservative Party).

One warm May morning in 2015, the Labourites marched to King Aston's residence demanding urgent change and more representation for the people. Wishing to not anger his citizens, the King came to an agreement with JaimeGamer99 and announced the celebration of elections, in which the citizens of Game City would vote for one of their own to represent them as the second-most powerful person in the Government Monarchy. Later that May of 2015, JaimeGamer99 won and became the first-ever President of the Government, selecting his running mate Canderi12 as his Vice President.

### First defeat and "the Dark Ages" (2017-2021).

However, their success didn't last forever, because although JaimeGamer99 was a great revolutionary, he wasn't a great statesman, and his policies proved highly inefficient. With his popularity dropping, he announced his intention to not run again in 2017, nominating his Vice President canderi12 to run in his place. Labour lost to the Conservatives, to such an extent that Labour was without a leader for years after canderi12 resigned.

### Handduken and "New Labour" (2020-2023).

In 2020, the architect and businessman Handduken decided to join the Labour Party, becoming its leader by default. He believed that hard socialism was not the way forward, and moved Labour further towards the political centre, making it more moderate and embracing some capitalist ideas in order to attract a wider audience and not stay stuck in the past. This move proved to be popular, and Handduken won the 2021 elections, the first red victory in 4 years.

Around the end of 2022, however, Handduken and ToastIsBestFrozen would grow more inactive, to the point that the Government was practically ineffective. Things became much more heated after ToastIsBestFrozen announced his resignation as Vice President on the 5th January and his departure from the Labour Party, and Handduken himself remained absent. Because of this problematic absence, King Aston I would temporarily take full control of the executive branch and announced a snap election for March, while Handduken remained President *de jure* but with no practical power, and was given until the 15th February to confirm whether he would run again in this emergency election with a new running mate or not. Handduken announced that he would not run for reelection and that he would pick two successors to participate in the snap election. On the 27th January, the new candidates were revealed to be EnderShrimp and oram. However, they came fourth in the election, marking their worst defeat ever, going from the ruling party to just a small group in the Opposition. Shortly afterwards, EnderShrimp stepped down and oram became the new leader. This humiliating defeat marked the death of "New Labour".

### Alliance with the communists. 'The Left' (2023-present)

After the results of the March 2023 election, the Labour Party and the Communist Party would be in secret talks for months to try and negotiate a possible partnership in order to unite Game City's left into one block. Eventually, on the 26th June, oram and LaylaFire hosted a joint conference in which they announced that Labour and the Communist Party would join forces and run together on the same ticket for the following election. The union would be known as The Left (Labour-Communist Alliance), and would consist of oram and LaylaFire running together as the two candidates for President and Vice President, though it was unclear in which order. With this alliance, Labour's centrist era was officially over, returning to its socialist roots.

## Beliefs

### Economy

* **They want to nationalize all services** (which means to put services such as the hospital and the railways in the hands of the government instead of companies).
* **They are pro-taxes**, believing that they improve the maintenance of the city.
* They believe in **the welfare state**, with the State intervening in the economy at least to help the poorest, to boost employment and to solve recessions.

### Social

* They want **more modernization, less tradition**; preferring to focus on progress, improving the general quality of living and making Game City more democratic.
* They believe in a **softer and less harsh criminal justice system.**
* They **support Notchism as the official state religion**, but are **against public funding of the Church of Notch**.
* Their **target voters** are **the working class and the poorer citizens**.
* **They support weapon control**, believing it's dangerous for citizens to possess such items.
* Although republican in its origins, and despite still wanting to limit some of the King's power; today Labour generally **supports the preservation of the monarchy**.

### Infrastructure

* They want to **build more roads** to better connect the counties of the kingdom.
* They have insisted on the construction of various **large entertainment and shopping areas** throughout the city.
* They want **better funding for the military.**
* They believe **the State should consider clean and renewable energy sources.**