Rune

Rune Tien-Liong is a Dogger politician who entered the National Assembly of Doggerland in January 2021 as a member of the ULPP, which renamed itself as the Doggerland Left, of whom they serve as the co-leader, as well as the first and current party whip for the United Left People's Party since January 26, 2021. They are Doggerland's first President, elected on May 23, 2021.

Rune has formerly served as the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Co-Leader of the DL, Deputy Leader of the DL, Party Whip of the DL, the Lord of DSPAN, and is currently aiming to be President of Doggerland.

They entered parliament during the January 2021 Legislative elections, being ranked 6th on the party list. They have since moved from second, to third, to first place on the DL's party list.

Rune is an Anthropologist by trade, with their work also spanning a variety of natural sciences. Before becoming elected as an MP, Rune's work was focused on journalism and anthropology. They also serve as the lead anchor for DSPAN. Their work within the DL is focused on expanding minority rights and environmental protections. They nominated RepOfCommunists as Equalities Minister in their stead, deciding to focus more heavily on their duties as Party Whip.

Early Life
Rune was a survivor of the DS Verhuisen shipwreck in the South Atlantic Ocean, and was taken in by the Penguinez family in New Fish City, Antarctica, for much of their childhood. They moved back to Doggerland in 2018 and was a key influence in their adoptive sibling, Dadijo's, decision to move to Doggerland in 2020.

Political activities
They are the founder of the 4 ideological caucuses within the ULPP, being a key assistant in the design for the four caucus logos with Sam. They co-founded the Disability Caucus with Dadijo Penguinez. They later on founded the Forward Senate Alliance alongside Mel for the first 2021 Senate Election.

They were also the co-founder, and original proposer of the Forward Senate Alliance. The FSA later won 4/9 seats during the February 2021 Senate elections.

Rune is heavily involved within the ULPP's leadership, being the only current member who has served through the leadership of Summers, Trevor, and Bjarnason, as well as Kenson's current leadership. Considered a member of the old guard, they are one of the oldest-serving members of the ULPP. They have not expressed any interest in running for any higher leadership positions, but have been endorsed several times during the last leadership election despite this. Despite this, they gradually rose up in the ranks, and managed to become co-leader in April 2021. Their work as a researcher and journalist has made it difficult to invest substantial time within the governance of the nation.

Rune was thrust into the position of the Prime Ministership during April 25th, 2021. Their tenure was markedly uneventful by their wishes to hold a 4 day mourning period. However, during their short tenure they abolished the senate and established the first moderator elections to replace the outgoing moderators. They were eventually elected as President, and served two terms of a combined 12 weeks. President Tien-Liong's most important duty became that of choosing the next Prime Minister following the hung parliament of early August. They eventually chose MapDude over Saber following an extensive interview with the two candidates on August 6, 2021.

Rune resigned from their Co-Leadership position on July 6, 2021 following perceived stagnation and exclusion of the DL from government in order for new members to take their leadership position within the party and express their voices. They eventually left the party altogether, and was elected on the first August election as an independent in Free and Equal's party list.

Political positions
Rune is firmly positioned on the ULPP's left. Having explicitly opposed any alliance with the Liberal Party on the basis of neoliberal policies and questioning the LWP with regards to if they consider themselves Blairites (they were not). They initially opposed the nomination of Zebra as speaker, but was explained on the decision by party leadership and requested their previous nomination be withdrew. They are a Democratic Socialist in practice and frequently bring up concerns on the ULPP's left with regards to moderation of economic and social policy. They began initial discussions on a confidence and supply deal for the Communist Party, having forwarded said deal with Kevin Trevor.

They are a vocal supporter of the Socialist Reform Bill proposed by Holmgang.

On April 25, 2021, Rune was declared Prime Minister in resolution to an emergency political situation that occurred only hours earlier.

Personal life
In February 2021, a monolith appeared outside of Rune's house. It was there for two days before Rune started focusedly staring at it. At this point, the monolith started glowing before levitating into space. The monolith was spotted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the next day. This has sparked many theories that Rune might be the source of the mysterious monolith that has been circumnavigating the globe since 2020. Rune has yet to comment on these issues, aside from hissing and shouting "you don't know my true powers" to a DIN reporter who asked for an interview.

On March 16, 2021, Rune moderated a debate between Trashman and Robert La Follette for the leadership of the LWP, for which they were running.

On April 24, 2021, Rune was spotted in front of Parliament carrying a sign reading "I'm kinda cheesed." It is still unclear why this occurred.

On June 15th, 2021, Rune was caught on tape saying "Math fucking sucks and I hate it." The Dogger Society of Mathematicians condemned the statement and proceeded to protest outside their home. After a few days of continuous demonstrations, the protests ended and the incident was mostly forgotten. Emphasis on mostly.