Mel

Melvin John "Mel" Bradley (born July 13th, 1964) is an English-Dogger politician serving as a Labor Worker's Party MP since 2021, and as Party Leader since February 9th, 2021. He has previously served as LWP Deputy Leader and Whip from January 29th to February 9th 2021, after being appointed by Robert La Follette. Before his election to the National Assembly, Mel served as president of the United Dockworker's Union from 1994 to 2020 and was a large public figure, who was very vocal about his support for the Labor Worker's Party.

Early Career
Melvin Bradley was born in Hoovsted on July 13th, 1964, born to an English working-class family, and attended the University of Steibo. While in University, he got elected president of the Steibo Young Social Democrats, a Youth Wing of the Labor Worker's Party, and then graduating in 1985. Mel was then hired to work as a press secretary for a candidate for the mayoral election in Hoovsted in 1986, Neil Jarvis of the LWP. Even as Neil Jarvis lost the election, Mel began to make a name within the LWP and would work with several future LWP local campaigns. After Jarvis's loss in the 1986 election, Mel began to work at the United Dockworker's Union.

United Dockworker's Union Politics (1986-2020)
Mel continued to work as a press manager within the United Dockworker's Union for several years, eventually being elected the union's president in 1998 after gaining a key endorsement from Lucas Mitchell, mayor of Hoovsted at the time. In 2000, he was able to negotiate a landmark deal with the Dock companies after a 4 month long strike, which resulted in a rising of wages, less hours, and better working conditions for Dockworkers. The resulting name recognition among dockworkers led him to be continually reelected. He worked closely with LWP politicians and began to have an increasing influence over the local government, often being called in to negotiate with Communist mayor Jackie Campbell. It was a popular joke within Hoovsted that

National Assembly (2021-Present)
During the January 2021 election cycle, after Robert La Follette was elected as Labor Worker's Leader, Mel was appointed as both the Deputy Leader and Whip and was placed second on the party list. He was vocal about his support of the plan to form a left-wing coalition with the United Left People's Party, a goal which ended up being achieved. He has was elected as a Labor Worker's Party MP on January 29th and was the Minister for Industry within the Forward! Alliance for Progressive Action. On Febuary 9th, after Robert La Follette's resignation as Party Leader, Mel serves as acting Party Leader, appointing new party leadership, and now serves as Deputy Prime Minister.

Political Positions
Self-identifying as a social democrat, he believes strongly that strengthening unions and expanding the welfare system should be the first priority of the government. As well, he has been assessed by some to be slightly Euroskeptic, believing that joining the European Union could be harmful to the power of trade unions within Doggerland.