The Labour Party

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the U.K. Drift Representation Committee of the Workers, established in 1900 at a meeting of trade unions. Its formation was the result of manyyears of hard effort by working people, trade unionists and socialists, united by the goal of changing the British Parliament to represent the interests of everybody. Ignored by the Tories anddisillusioned with the Liberals, a coalition of different interests came together to push for change at a Conference on Labour Representation in London's Memorial Hall in February 1900.
It is considered as themain left party in England, Scotland and Wales since 1920. Recently it has begun to reorganize itself in Northern Ireland. It overcame for the first time the UK Liberal Party in general elections inthe early 1920's.
From its formation, Labour has grown from nothing into a formidable political organisation and one which has achieved major social and political reforms during the 20th century. Theagenda for the future is to ensure that their values become rooted in British culture so that we can achieve lasting social, economic and political change in Britain.
Throughout its history, theLabour Party has usually been thought of as being left wing or centre-left in its politics. Officially, it has maintained the stance of being a socialist party ever since its inception, currentlydescribing itself as a "democratic socialist party". Nonetheless, throughout its history, it has been criticized by other leftist commentators and historians for not being truly socialist in its policies,instead supporting anti-socialist stances such as capitalism and neo-colonialism.
Historically the party was broadly in favour of socialism, as set out in Clause Four of the original partyconstitution, and advocated socialist policies such as public ownership of key industries, government intervention in the economy, redistribution of wealth, increased rights for workers, the welfare state,...