Labour Party

English Alternative forms (Australia, US) Labor Party Etymology In other countries, frequently patterned or translated after the model of the British Labour Party, founded in 1900 to combine earlier centre-left parties. Proper noun Labour Party 1 Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterised by left-of-centre politics and support for organised labour. en Sure, the City loathed the old Labour Party that Jeremy Corbyn grew up with but they loved the Blairites. en 1941 w:George Orwell The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius London Penguin Books 1982 978-0-14-006327-1 98 https://archive.org/details/lionunicornsocia00orwe/page/98 The Communists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920–26 and 1935–9. Their chief importance, and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement, was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism. Related terms Labourite Translations A political party supporting organized labor Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 工黨 gōngdǎng Cornish: kw Parti Lavur m Estonian: et töölispartei Finnish: fi työväenpuolue French: fr parti travailliste m Georgian: ka ლეიბორისტული პარტია, ka მუშათა პარტია German: de Arbeiterpartei f, de Labor Party f UK and other Anglophone countries Indonesian: id Partai Buruh Irish: ga Páirtí an Lucht Oibre m Japanese: ja 労働党 ろうどうとう, rōdōtō Korean: ko 노동당(勞動黨), ko 로동당(勞動黨) North Korea Malay: ms Parti Buruh Polish: pl Partia Pracy f Portuguese: pt Partido Trabalhista m Russian: ru рабо́чая па́ртия f, ru лейбори́стская па́ртия f UK and other Anglophone countries Spanish: es Partido Laborista m Swedish: sv arbetarparti n Vietnamese: vi Công Đảng Welsh: cy Llafur See also any of a number of parties en Conservative party UK politics en New Labour en Old Labour en Political parties