british political and originally socialist party.

The Labour Party was established in 1900 - originally as the Labour Representation Committee - to fight for representation for the Labour movement – trade unions and socialist societies – in Parliament. Its first leader was Keir Hardie, one of the earliest Labour MP's.

Labour was in government for three short periods of the 20th century. at the moment great britain has a labour prime minister; Tony Blair.according to The labour party, the values Labour stands for today are those which have guided it since its inception. according to a lot of other people labour has become just like the other political parties: a slave to the economic world that has forgotten real socialist and humanist principles and values.tony blair started with the so called fresh and new labour. according to the manics the 'new' may stay, but the 'labour' can be eliminated in the party's name, as the party does not really care about the working class.