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**Social-Democratic Party**

Established	2006
Address	21st Yale Way, Failegn
Political ideology	Social-Democracy
Colours	Red or Orange
Party leader	Odhrán Torin
Party president	Kanya Lawson
Motto	New Niploma. New Politics.

The Social-Democratic Party of Niploma (Social-Democratic Party, Social-Democrats or SDP) is the principal left-wing party in Niploma. Understanding that the SDP is the official continuation of the Socialist Internationalist Party (SIP) the SDP has never been out of government. Although SIP was a socialist party the Social Democrats adhere to a more centrist pltaform taking most inspiration from social democracy although a minority of the party have begun pushing for centrist policies. The party (and its previous incarnations) have long stood as left-wing. Yet, in light of recent policiy changes the Labour Party has been seen by some as the 'left wing party' whilst the Social Democrats are, to some, the 'centre-left party'

The party is currently in Opposition holding 180 seats out of some 700. This is its lowest record to date. Nonetheless, the party is expected to win the next election (with some 250 seats) and form a left-wing coalition. Such a win would place Odhran Torin, party leader, as Prime Minister for the second time.

History

Early Days

Prominent trade unions and pressure groups such as The Worker's Board of Representation and the Confederation for Socialism advanced the labour movement in Niploma throughout the 19th century. However, under royalist rule, no labour party gained political representation. With such difficulties the labour movement turned violent and began strikes and riots in several cities - such as Rhorn and Failegn. This mass movement became the stimulus behind the civil war.

The Civil War caused the labour movement to support the Socialist Resistance (SR) (authortarians and exterior communists supported the Niplomian Communist Army whilst upper-class men supported the Royalists). Trade unionists and political activists played a serious role in ensuring the SR was admired by the public. The SR won the civil war in 1936 and created the Social Democratic Republic of Niploma.The SR went on to rule until 1958 as a Provisional Government. In 1958 a democratic election was held and the SR stood under 'Socialist Internationalist Party'. SIP won 670 of 750 seats in one of few 'hyper-majorities' in the Democratic House - Niploma's lower chamber.

Socialist Internationalist Party

SIP continued to govern alone for 57 years returning Alsandair Healey, Fitzgerald, Hughes, Moore, Robert and Torin as Prime Ministers. The general theme of government mixed liberal values alongside socialisteconomics.Such themes were changed by Adrain Robert in the 1990's whom shifted the party's outlook to a more central and social-democratic approach. Such a move ended the traditional democratic socialist approach of the party. The unconvential move - which was foward thinking for the time - caused SIP to lose a minority of it's left-wing support base to the Communists and, later, to Labour. Odhran Torin took over the party in the late 1990's and created the People's Coalition.

People's Coalition

The People's Coalition was created by Odhran Torin to ensure control of the Democratic House. The Coalition brought together SIP with the Ecological Foundation Party (now Greens) and absorbed numerous small parties.

The Coalition pushed enviromental spending higher and continued, yet slowed down the pace of, Robert's economics. Tax's were heavily dropped (to about 65% from 80% on average) and many nationalised businesses were floated and sold. The economy began to thrive under Torin who pushed GDP even further. The Coalition soon fell prey to criticism. Numerous SIP-party-members criticised the economical policies of the party and some went as far as to change membership to Labour

The Coalition caused trouble as Torin became more and more known for simply dismissing the other parties ideas. This caused the split which created the following parties out of the Coaliton:

Social-Democratic Party - official continuation of SIP
Green Party of Niploma
Liberal-Gaelic Alliance

Social-Democrats

In 2006 the short lived People's Coalition collapsed and SIP moved all funds and papers to the newly created Social-Democratic Party. Torin apologised 'for the turmoil' yet believed 'SDP and our allies have the strongest set of policies'. None the less, the SDP lost the election to long-term-rivals the Libertarian Reform Party (LRP) who formed a broad Coalition. The LRP soon inherited a strong economy and took the benefit for it. Recent critics of the LRP have noted the work of Torin (and Robert before) who are beginning to receive praise for their work. Niploma's economy has expanded and grown and when the LRP's Coalition crashed in the summer of 2006 the SDP chose to keep Torin as leader of the SDP in light of his recent approval. Furthermore, the SDP are expected to win a strong bloc of seats in the election and has promised a 'New Niploma with New Politics' - a phrase which now forms the SDP's motto.

Ideology & Politics

The Social-Democrats believe in social democracy

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 | '''Party president''' || Kanya Lawson
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-| '''Motto''' || Niploma's Choice
+| '''Motto''' || New Niploma. New Politics.
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-The '''Social-Democratic Party of Niploma''' (Social-Democratic Party, Social-Democrats or SDP) is the principal left-wing party in [[Niploma]]. Understanding that the SDP is the official continuation of the [[Socialist Internationalist Party]] (SIP) the SDP has ''never been out of government''. Although SIP was a [[socialist]] party the SDP is seen as a social-democratic or 'centrist' party due to the recent economic policies of Adrain Robert and Odhran Torin - whom have been the recent Prime Ministers and Party Leaders.
+The '''Social-Democratic Party of Niploma''' (Social-Democratic Party, Social-Democrats or SDP) is the principal left-wing party in [[Niploma]]. Understanding that the SDP is the official continuation of the [[Socialist Internationalist Party]] (SIP) the SDP has ''never been out of government''. Although SIP was a [[wiki:Democratic Socialist|socialist]] party the Social Democrats adhere to a more centrist pltaform taking most inspiration from [[wiki:social democracy|social democracy]] although a minority of the party have begun pushing for [[wiki:Third Way|centrist]] policies. The party (and its previous incarnations) have long stood as left-wing. Yet, in light of recent policiy changes the [[Niplomian Labour Party|Labour Party]] has been seen by some as the 'left wing party' whilst the Social Democrats are, to some, the 'centre-left party'
-In the last election the SDP stood under SIP in [[People's Coalition|Coalition]] with many parties. The [[People's Coalition]] won 44.53% of the vote and SDP Deputies sat 198 out of the 306 seats won - with other members of the coalition taking the others. With the [[15th niplomian general election|upcoming General Election]], however, the SDP are expected to lose to long term rivals the [[Libertarian Reform Party]].
+The party is currently in Opposition holding 180 seats out of some 700. This is its lowest record to date. Nonetheless, the party is expected to win the next election (with some 250 seats) and form a left-wing coalition. Such a win would place Odhran Torin, party leader, as Prime Minister for the second time.
 ==History==
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 ===Socialist Internationalist Party===
-SIP continued to govern alone for 57 years returning [[Alsandair Healey]], Fitzgerald, Hughes, Moore, Robert and Torin as Prime Ministers. The general theme of bills was that of [[liberal]] values alongside democratic [[socialism]] economics. For example church and state were seperated, [[burin]] legalised (along with most drugs) and all business except those employing under 50 employees were nationalised. Such themes were changed by Adrain Robert whom swiftly shifted the party and country to a capitalistic angle. Many large businesses were sold to international investors. Although GDP rose by over $7,000 SIP had created turmoil in Niploma. Robert caused SIP to lose votes to the [[Offical Communist Workers Party|Communists]] and numerous other parties. Robert was soon replaced by Odhran Torin who joined the party with several small parties and the third party (the Ecological Foundation) to create the People's Coalition.
+SIP continued to govern alone for 57 years returning [[Alsandair Healey]], Fitzgerald, Hughes, Moore, Robert and Torin as Prime Ministers. The general theme of government mixed [[wiki:liberal|liberal]] values alongside [[wiki:socialism|socialist]]economics.Such themes were changed by Adrain Robert in the 1990's whom shifted the party's outlook to a more central and ''social-democratic'' approach. Such a move ended the traditional [[wiki:democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] approach of the party. The unconvential move - which was foward thinking for the time - caused SIP to lose a minority of it's left-wing support base to the [[Official Communist Workers Party|Communists]] and, later, to [[Niplomian Labour Party|Labour]]. Odhran Torin took over the party in the late 1990's and created the People's Coalition.
 ===People's Coalition===
-The People's Coalition was created by Odhran Torin after ex-PM Robert called for a new election to break the no-overall-control. The Coalition absorbed the largest Green parties to work alongside Socialist Labour (who are now the [[Niplomian Labour Party]]), Gaelic Party and Liberal Party (who recently joined to create the Liberal-Gaelic Alliance).
+The People's Coalition was created by Odhran Torin to ensure control of the Democratic House. The Coalition brought together SIP with the Ecological Foundation Party (now [[Green Party of Niploma|Greens]]) and absorbed numerous small parties.
-The Coalition pushed enviromental spending higher and continued PM Roberts push towards capitalism although continued it in a more relaxed manner. Tax's were heavily dropped (to about 66% from 80%) and smaller, not larger, businesses were privatised. The economy began to thrive under Torin who pushed GDP even further. He is criticised from both party members and outsiders due to his more authortarian stance in regards to defence and law & order - the two departments who recieved the biggest percentage increase in funds.
+The Coalition pushed enviromental spending higher and continued, yet slowed down the pace of, Robert's economics. Tax's were heavily dropped (to about 65% from 80% on average) and many nationalised businesses were floated and sold. The economy began to thrive under Torin who pushed GDP even further. The Coalition soon fell prey to criticism. Numerous SIP-party-members criticised the economical policies of the party and some went as far as to change membership to [[Niplomian Labour Party|Labour]]
 The Coalition caused trouble as Torin became more and more known for simply dismissing the other parties ideas. This caused the split which created the following parties out of the Coaliton:
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 ===Social-Democrats===
-In 2006 the short lived People's Coalition collapsed and SIP moved all funds and papers to the newly created Social-Democratic Party. Torin immediately called a new election although almost certain the SDP would lose. The SDP had developed a strong programme in terms of its politics and leadership. The now defunct SIP stood for socialism and a lack of progress whilst the SDP appeared to realise that capitalism and free-market would be needed to ensure Niploma thrived. A strong economy would also allow for economic prowess which, added to Delegate status, could ensure Niploma as a superpower.
+In 2006 the short lived People's Coalition collapsed and SIP moved all funds and papers to the newly created Social-Democratic Party. Torin apologised 'for the turmoil' yet believed 'SDP and our allies have the strongest set of policies'. None the less, the SDP lost the election to long-term-rivals the [[Libertarian Reform Party]] (LRP) who formed a broad Coalition. The LRP soon inherited a strong economy and took the benefit for it. Recent critics of the LRP have noted the work of Torin (and Robert before) who are beginning to receive praise for their work. Niploma's economy has expanded and grown and when the LRP's Coalition crashed in the summer of 2006 the SDP chose to keep Torin as leader of the SDP in light of his recent approval. Furthermore, the SDP are expected to win a strong bloc of seats in the election and has promised a 'New Niploma with New Politics' - a phrase which now forms the SDP's motto.
 ==Ideology & Politics==
-The Social-Democrats are a typical centre-left party. Economically it is in favour of a heavily controlled free-market. General economics also include a level tax rate of 50-70% with spending favouring Education, Law & Order and Social Welfare.
+The Social-Democrats believe in [[wiki:social democracy|social democracy]]
-Due to the continual move to the centre political platform in its previous incarnation SIP throughout the 1980s and 1990s the Social Democrats have a lost support base. Most of their support comes from the educated middle-class who can sympathise with their views, moderate authotarians who do not want to side with right-wingers and the typical 'working-class'. Due to its more central policies it is believed the Social-Democrats have now lost all confidence in the public and will remain a 100-150 seat third-party. This distresses many previous supporters of SIP/SD who believed its excellent running of Niploma for several decades should be noticed.
-Socially the Social-Democrats are moderately 'right-wing' (authortarian) although the party argues it is 'centrist in social matters'. Regardless, they hold several liberal beliefs. The Social-Democrats are pro-abortion and gay marriage. However, their other beliefs are more noticed. Their social spending favours Law & Order more than their political rivals ([[Libertarian Reform Party]]). They have also supported less respect for what opponents aregue as civil rights such as ID Cards, overlooking a huge amount surveillance and internet police.