Topic: labour party
Definition:

  • a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900
  • characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people

    Related tag cloud:

  • politics
  • labour
  • tony blair
  • mp
  • parliament
  • member of parliament
  • government
  • bill clinton
  • councillor
  • election
  • cherie blair
  • council
  • peter mandelson
  • blair
  • local labour party
  • gordon brown
  • westminster
  • british politics
  • uk politics
  • house of commons
  • prime minister
  • Resources:

    Labour Party (Britain)
    Official site of the Labour Party, Britain's "democratic socialist party", according to the party constitution. Currently led by centrist Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is the chief advocate of the "Third Way" philosophy advanced by author Anthony Giddens.
    http://www.labour.org.uk/

    Social Democratic and Labour Party (N. Ireland)
    Principal party of the nationalist (Catholic) community in Northern Ireland. Site contains news on the Northern Ireland peace process and details of the SDLP's internal organisation, policy and manifesto.
    http://www.sdlp.ie/

    Irish Labour Party
    Represented in the Dail as a minor party and has been a junior coalition partner in Irish governments. Absorbed the left-socialist Democratic Left party into its ranks in a 1998 merger.
    http://www.labour.ie/

    New Zealand Labour Party
    Principal party in the New Zealand government. Led by Prime Minister Helen Clark. In the 1980s the party, in government, moved dramatically to the centre instituting a series of neo-liberal economic reforms leading to a number of splits in the party. The party has moved leftwards under Clark.
    http://www.labour.org.nz

    Australian Labor Party
    One of the two principal parties in Australia. Has formed national government on several occasions as well as forming government on the state level. Strongly supports the creation of an Australian republic.
    http://www.alp.org.au/

    The Scottish Labour Party
    Activities of Scottish Labour at Holyrood, Westminster, local government and in Europe. Information on MPs, MSPs and MEPs. Find out about election results, policies and Labour's record in government. There is currently an error on this site which means it cannot be read by Netscape 4.7 although it may be viewed using Internet Explorer.
    http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/