Independents in Doggerland

Independent politicians are a fairly uncommon thing to occur in the context of Doggerland's sim, especially considering that the party-list system disadvantages independent runs for office. So far there have been 4 independents in the server's history.


 * Sam, Sam was elected on the DL's partylist and then eventually defected to form the AGP. When the AGP was dismantled due to inactivity, most members decided to rejoin the DL. However, Sam served the remainder of his term as an Independent.
 * Julio974, Julio was a member of Volt Doggerland but refused to rejoin the Liberals, the party he first joined when he entered the sim, when they merged again. He served the remainder of his term as a political independent.
 * Rune, Rune was elected on the DL's partylist but later retired from the leadership and let their membership expire. They were re-elected as an independent on Free and Equal's party list, being the first Independent to be elected through this method.
 * Baal Moss, Baal was elected as a senator for the United Progressives but exited the alliance following conflict with party leadership regarding their willingness to work openly with the Doggerland Communist Party.