单词 | labour party |
释义 | > as lemmasLabour Party Labour Party n. (also with lower-case initial(s)) any of various political parties formed to support the interests of working people, often characterized by left-of-centre policies and strong ties with trade unions.From the mid 19th cent. labour party was used of and by various political groups seeking direct political representation for working people. The U.K. Labour Party was formed in 1900 as the Labour Representation Committee, from a combination of trade unions and other left-wing political organizations. It became the Labour Party in 1906. The Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest political party. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > types of party generally (in various countries) country party1648 war-party1798 Conservative Party1830 Progressive Party1830 national party1847 Labour Party1850 Nationalist Party1884 Social Credit1935 Third Force1936 third force1956 demandeur1966 People's Power1974 Green Party1977 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Labourism > Labour Party Lab1892 Labour Party1905 labour1906 1850 A. Alison Ess. Polit. Hist. & Misc. I. 473 All other countries which follow in any degree the example of the great parent republic, by the popularising of their institutions, will from the influence of the labour party, do the same. 1871 Manch. Weekly Times 30 Dec. 6/2 It was..resolved that the Spanish members [of the International Working Men's Assocation] should no longer abstain from politics, but that a labour party should be formed distinct from all existing parties. 1892 Roydhouse & Taperell (title) The Labour Party in New South Wales. 1896 Labour Annual 39 This [of 1895] was the first General Election in which an organized Labour party, independent of either Liberal or Tory, and opposing either or both, has taken part in the United Kingdom. 1905 J. R. Macdonald in W. T. Stead Coming Men 222 The Labour Party..will represent trades; it will represent the working class; it will represent a coherent body of fundamental Labour opinion. 1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 3/4 The Federal President of the Australian Labor Party..yesterday called on his party to dissociate itself from extremist students. 2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 20 June 4 He joined the Labour Party at the age of 15 and served as..an Easington district councillor before he was selected for the new Euro seat of Durham. < as lemmas |
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