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The '''Labour Party''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] democratic party on the left.  It was once a bastion of socialism but has largely abandoned socialism in practice and in rhetoric (although there still is vague mention in the platform).<ref> see [http://www.labour.org.uk/labour_policies "Labour's Policies"</ref>  It was founded in 1900, and is currently the party of government in the [[The United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. On 27 June 2007, [[Gordon Brown]] became the leader of the Labour Party and [[Prime Minister]] of the UK, taking over from [[Tony Blair]], the longest serving Labour Prime Minister. [[Image:Labour logo.jpg|right|thumb|170px|The Labour Party's logo]]
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The '''Labour Party''' is a democratic party of the [[United Kingdom]] generally thought of as being on the [[left-wing|left]] of the political spectrum.  It was once a bastion of [[socialism]] but has largely abandoned this in practice and in rhetoric (although there still is vague mention in the platform).<ref> see [http://www.labour.org.uk/labour_policies "Labour's Policies"]</ref>  It was founded in 1900, and currently forms the [[Leader of the Opposition|Her Majesty's Opposition]], being the largest party in the UK not in currently in government. The current leader of the Labour Party is Ed Miliband, who was elected by Labour party members on September 25th 2010, after their crushing defeat four months earlier in the UK's [[general election]]. [[Image:Labour logo.jpg|right|thumb|170px|The Labour Party's logo]]
    
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==History==
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