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With Labour’s recent electoral victory, Mrs. Martha Tapihana said in her victory speech that “Luthori had chosen hope, change and a governance that cares for everyone, not for the few privileged.” Her speech translates the high expectations of voters about the incoming Labour government. During the campaign trail, Tapihana attacked the Conservative government on issues such as social welfare, globalisation, economic fairness, institutional gridlock and social justice, while emphasizing her own policy platform for all subjects. She notably attacked the Conservative government’s “inadequate” response to the terrorist crisis, in a bid to appeal to the centre and right-wing voters by shoring up her “anti-terrorist” credentials, in opposition to her more progressive campaign, which scared such voters away.

With Labour securing its fifth term in government after a short Conservative interregnum of four years, the party has seemingly reinforced the fact that it has become the “natural party of government” for this century, a title that the Conservatives, throughout their history have used to boast about Luthori’s “natural conservative nature”. During her speech, while Tapihana remained cordial towards her rivals (and now her opposition), she couldn’t help but take a jab at the Conservative Party for losing its place of pre-eminence over Luthorian politics, confidently boasting about the start of a new era under her premiership.

Unfortunately for her, the Labour Party’s reign already starts with some preoccupation on their mind, the first being the formation of the first Tapihana ministry as with the heavy influence of current Shadow Peers’ Leader, the Lord Wittfield over Mrs. Tapihana, some wonder if the formation of the government will be heavily influenced by him, causing the formation of a rather “centrist” Labour administration or if Tapihana would ignore his proposed appointments to key Cabinet position and make her government definitely “progressive” and stepping towards the left of Labour’s traditional line of governance.

The second issue is with her priorities when she takes office, as of now, the Labour leader promised a lot, but it’s unlikely that she will be able to act on all of her promises. It remains to be seen whether or not she will place great emphasis on institutional reform, as these are likely to be blocked by the House of Peers, even with a friendly Lord Wittfield on her side. Most likely, the Prime Minister will first focus on issues that she can confidently manage and shore up the support of the House of Peers, such as societal reforms, although some reforms such as the access of homosexual couples to adoption or the abolition of the death penalty might draw the ire of the conservative elements in the Diet, the latter even more considering emotions are still running high after the deadly terrorist attacks a year earlier.

Public pressure will also need to be taken into account for her first term into national politics, the voters are expecting a lot from the Labour Party in government and disappointing them might come back in the form of a severe defeat for the Labour Party in the next election cycle. Local elections in 5729 will be the first real test of the government’s popularity among the electorate, with Labour-aligned governments in Erneshire, Middenriding and Northriding facing the legitimate chance of being voted out of office, leading to uncooperative provincial governments with Darlington Palace.

The appointment of the new Prime Minister is expected to take place on Saturday morning, with incumbent Prime Minister Jay Parkford officially tendering his resignation as Prime Minister to His Majesty the Emperor and Mrs. Tapihana being summoned to the Palace for an audience with His Imperial Majesty to be formally tasked with forming a government on his behalf.