The labour party

Great Britain's party system is regarded as the model ___1___. This is because ever since the end of the war in 1945, only two parties, the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, have held ___2___. The leader of Labour is Gordon Brown, who serves as the current Parliament's ___3___; the leader of the Conservatives is David Cameron, who serves as the Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal ___4___ (Opposition Leader). Obviously, if the next election were to swing seats to the Tories, Cameron becomes Prime Minister.

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the ___5___ in Great Britain. It grew out of the trade union movement and socialist political parties and continues to describe itself as a party of democratic socialism.

Since the mid-1980s, under the ___6___ of Neil Kinnock, John Smith and Tony Blair the party has moved away from its traditional socialist position towards what is often described as the “Third Way” adopting some free market ___7___.

Blair himself has described New Labour's political position as a "Third Way". The current Labour ___8___ have brought in policies such as introducing a minimum___9___ and increasing the spending on the NHS and education. It also has been credited with reducing the gap between the rich and poor.

The 2008 Labour Party Conference, for some, represented closer ties with big business and away from workers as Gordon Brown proclaimed "we are, we always have been and we always will be a pro ___10___ government".

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