Doggerland Left



The United Left People's Party often abbreviated as the ULPP (Doggish: Folkspartij Unitayr Linz or FpUL), is a democratic-socialist political party in Doggerland. It is led by Kevin Trevor and espouses socialism and radical reform as well as internationalism. There are ecosocialist factions following the absorption of the former Green Party by the ULPP. According to pre-January election polling, it is the largest party in Doggerland with 60 registered members as of January 28, 2021.

The ULPP's official site can be found here.

History
The United Left People's Party was established on January 25th, 2021 following King Moose I's decree for the system of governance in Doggerland to shift from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy. In a brief party vote, James Summers was elected party leader.

Membership was ambitious, the ULPP was by far the largest party by membership, and it was the first party to field party lists for the upcoming election. The first party list was based on leadership then followed by participation. It was also the first party to publish campaign materials in video format. It was the second party to distribute print materials during the campaign period.

During the intervening period, James Summers resigned abruptly on January 27th, 2021. He cited the pressures that party leadership had on his schedule. In a brief party vote, the membership decided to acclaim with no objections, to have former deputy leader Kevin Trevor as party leader. This was to prevent any uncertainty with regards to leadership so close to the election. Party member Lily Hail, a former prime minister for the MHoC, held a deputy leadership election, where 5 participants entered. After 4 rounds of counts, It's Holmgang, Then was elected Deputy Leader. Trevor published the second party list based on recommendations from the first, with certain members engaged in the deputy leadership being raised during the election period.

Rune was granted permission by Kevin Trevor to enact 3 caucuses within the body of ULPP. Upon suggestions by KhanOfKhans and Sam, associate status was granted to allies of the LGBT+ caucus. After consultation with Dadijo Penguinez, him and Rune established the Disability caucus, the fourth caucus.

The party has performed favourably in both pre-election and preliminary results for the Jan. 2021 election, it is expected to enter government with proposed coalition deals with various parties in preliminary talks.

Ideology
The ULPP is a party rooted in the tradition of left-wing politics. Party membership identify generally as democratic socialists, with a moderately-sized ecosocialist wing following the unofficial dissolution of the Green Party. Its broad party platform can be found in their manifesto. ULPP membership voted to take a neutral, individual member-based approach towards joining the European Union. If it was to join the EU, it would either join GUE/NGL or DiEM25.

Party membership generally is close to DiEM25 and Progressive International in ideology.

Party membership tends to be divided over coalition partners, with some members concerned with allying with the center-left while others tend to advocate for allying with the far left. There are some dissenting voices proposing allying with the far-right, but these are few and far in between. Party membership is unanimous in rejecting neoliberal economic systems, and opposition to third way economics.

Symbols
In a official strawpoll held by James Summers, the Red Banner of Hope was voted as the party logo at 60% support.

Lily Hail has published the official ULPP Design Guide at here. The Official ULPP visual identity pack is available here for download.

Ideological caucuses
Officially the ULPP has four specific caucuses. The LGBT, Ecosocialist, Minority, and Disability caucus. Individual caucuses are similar, and have drawn comparison, to UK Labour's Socialist societies.

LGBT+ Caucus
Associate membership is reserved for members who are not members of the LGBT+ community but consider themselves allied to such and would like to participate in a consultation based format. It is the largest of the identity-based caucuses, comprising of 18 members and 3 associate members. It will transition into the Parliamentary LGBT+ Caucus once Parliament is established, while also having its members retain membership of the ULPP LGBT+ Caucus.

Ecosocialist Caucus
As the former Green Party membership has been unable to retain registration due to expiry of official party status, many members felt obligated to form an environmentally focused Ecosocialist caucus. The Ecosocialist caucus is the only ideologically oriented caucus, and is the largest one by membership comprising of 20 members.

Minority Caucus
Members who are BAME or PoC and members of the ULPP, pushing for legislation made by minorities for minority interests. The caucus aims to increase minority participation in politics. It is tied with the Disability caucus for the smallest caucus by membership, it is expected to broaden into the Parliamentary Minority Caucus when the Jan. 2021 Parliament is instated.

Disability Caucus
As suggested by Dadijo Penguinez, members who are disabled advocating for representation and legislation that keeps in mind disability-focused concerns. It is currently tied with the Minority caucus for being the smallest party by membership. It is expected to broaden into the Parliamentary Disability Caucus when the Jan. 2021 Parliament is instated.

Internal leadership elections concluded on January 29th, 2021. Collective leadership was agreed universally as the best option.

January 2021 Leadership elections
The party held leadership elections on January 26-28, 2021. Kevin Trevor was unanimously voted as leader while It's Holmgang, Then narrowly beat 752cicon to become deputy leader in a ranked choice vote.

EU Parliamentary Party election
An internal election was held on January 29, 2021 to decide which EU party the ULPP would join once Doggerland accessed to the EU. The results are as follows:

January 2021 Legislative Elections
Main article: January 2021 legislative elections

The ULPP led the preliminary support polling on January 27, taking 31.2% of the votes. On January 29, they received the majority of the popular vote (29.6%), but failed to make a 50% majority. After forming a coalition with the Labor Worker's Party and the Justice Party while supporting a confidence and supply agreement with the Communist Party, they were able to maintain a minority government, making Kevin Trevor the first Prime Minister of Doggerland.