Centre-left politics
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| 2025 | Anthony Albanese led Labor to a landslide victory in the federal election, securing a majority government. |
| May 5 2025 | Don Davies becomes interim NDP leader, representing Vancouver Kingsway. |
| May 1 2025 | Labour suffers severe losses in local elections across England, losing the Runcorn and Helsby by-election to Reform UK by six votes, leading to internal party criticism over government actions. |
| 2025 | NDP wins 18 seats but loses official party status, marking a continued decline in electoral performance. |
| 2025 | The NDP remained the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons with 24 seats, continuing under Jagmeet Singh's leadership. |
| 2025 | Jagmeet Singh fails to retain his seat in the federal election and announces he will step down as party leader once an interim leader is found. |
| April 28 2025 | In the Canadian federal election, the Liberal Party under Carney's leadership gained seats in the Canadian House of Commons, won the popular vote for the first time since 2015, and secured over 40% of the popular vote for the first time since 1993. |
| April 17 2025 | A new party logo was introduced featuring a white donkey facing right with three blue stars on a blue background. |
| March 19 2025 | Mark Carney succeeds Justin Trudeau as party leader and prime minister. |
| 2025 | YouGov poll revealed Democratic Party voters largely opposed Trump's tariffs, with minimal support for import tariffs on various countries and goods. |
| March 2025 | Pew research revealed that 69% of Democrats now have an unfavorable view of Israel, a significant increase from 53% in 2022, reflecting growing skepticism about Israel's actions in the Gaza war. |
| 2025 | Gallup poll shows Democratic Party composition as 9% conservative, 34% moderate, and 55% liberal. |
| February 2025 | Labour Party membership revealed to be 309,000 members. |
| January 20 2025 |
Le Monde
Le Monde announced its withdrawal from social network X (formerly Twitter), citing concerns about platform toxicity and the impact of Elon Musk's ownership on public discourse. The decision was made to protect the newspaper's editorial independence.
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| January 2025 | Party membership further declined to 329,957 members. |
| January 6 2025 | Trudeau prorogued parliament and announced his intention to resign as both party leader and Prime Minister following a leadership election. |
| 2024 | Selena Uibo becomes leader of Territory Labor branch |
| 2024 | Lucy Watson becomes National Director, taking office in 2024. |
| 2024 |
Chunichi Shimbun
Chunichi Shimbun group reported a combined newspaper circulation of 2,274,583, ranking third in Japan behind the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun.
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| 2024 | Labour wins the general election with a landslide majority of 174 seats, securing 33.7% of the popular vote and ending fourteen years of Conservative government. |
| 2024 | Rachel Reeves appointed as Chancellor, becoming the first woman to hold this office in UK history. |
| 2024 | Democrats lose their last Senate seats in red states, signaling a continued shift in political landscape. |
| 2024 | Vice President Kamala Harris became the first Black woman nominated by a major party, but was defeated in the election by Trump, losing both the electoral college and popular vote. |
| 2024 | In the presidential election, LGBT voters strongly supported Kamala Harris with 86% of the vote, while Harris faced challenges among married voters, losing married men and women. |
| 2024 | Three veteran Labour MPs - Kelvin Davis, Rino Tirikatene, and Grant Robertson - resigned from Parliament, allowing Shanan Halbert, Tracey McLellan, and Glen Bennett to re-enter Parliament via the party list. |
| December 23 2024 | President Biden commutes the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates to life in prison without parole. |
| November 2024 | Gallup poll conducted analyzing unionization rates correlating with educational attainment and income levels. |
| November 2024 | Twenty Democrats requested support for US legislation to ban arms trade with countries that hinder humanitarian aid, reflecting growing internal party divisions over Israel policy. |
| November 29 2024 | At the Labour Party's annual conference, Chris Hipkins announced that under a Labour government, New Zealand would not be a part of AUKUS, pledging to 'restore New Zealand's proudly independent foreign policy'. |
| September 2024 | Jagmeet Singh announced the end of the confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberal Party. |
| September 2024 | NDP successfully defended the Elmwood—Transcona seat in a by-election with Leila Dance elected as MP, marking their first by-election victory in five years. They also ended their confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal Party nine months early. |
| July 2024 | Biden became the first incumbent president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 to withdraw from running for reelection, and the first since the 19th century to withdraw after serving only one term. |
| July 5 2024 | Keir Starmer becomes Prime Minister, succeeding Rishi Sunak and becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010 and the first to win a general election since Tony Blair in 2005. |
| April 2024 | Additional $61.4 billion in aid to Ukraine was finally added after prolonged congressional delays. |
| April 2024 | Labour called for New Zealand to recognise Palestinian statehood. |
| March 2024 | Party membership reduced to 366,604 members. |
| March 2024 | The NDP passed a motion on Palestine after negotiations with the Liberals, calling for working towards the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of a negotiated two-state solution. |
| February 2024 | Two Labour MPs questioned New Zealand's potential involvement in the non-nuclear component of the AUKUS alliance, with foreign affairs spokesperson Phil Twyford describing it as an 'offensive warfighting alliance against China'. |
| January 2024 | Jeremy Corbyn formally expelled from the Labour Party after announcing his intention to run as an independent candidate. |
| 2023 |
Le Monde
Le Monde banned fossil fuel advertising to tackle climate change.
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| 2023 |
Le Monde
Neige Sinno won a literary award with the book 'Triste Tigre' published by Éditions P.O.L
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| 2023 | Sergio Massa, representing Union for the Homeland, defeated in the presidential election, receiving 44.35% of votes in the second round. |
| 2023 | Sergio Massa of Unidad Provenir (UP) led the Kirchnerist movement, winning 33.62% of votes and maintaining a minority position in the Chamber of Deputies. |
| 2023 | State and federal branches of the Labor Party reported $67.5 million in total donations, with the largest single donation of $1 million coming from Anthony Pratt. |
| 2023 | Keir Starmer leads Labour to victory in local elections, setting out five key missions for potential government focusing on economic growth, health, clean energy, crime, and education. |
| 2023 | An AP-NORC poll showed a majority of Democrats believed the War in Afghanistan was not worth it. |
| 2023 | During the Israel-Hamas War, the Democratic Party requested a large-scale military aid package to Israel, with President Biden announcing military support and condemning Hamas's actions. |
| 2023 | Gallup poll found 84% of Democrats support same-sex marriage, compared to 71% support by the general public. |
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