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January 4th 5658

A new year, and a new change in the leadership of DSP with backbencher Kristianna Lasmane becoming the head of the Social Democrats and becoming the Leader of the Opposition. Lasmane is seen as a left-winger in her party, advocating for single payer healthcare, along with increased taxes on the richest 1% of Dolgavans. 

The Social Democrats election Lasmane, because she has become a rising star of the labor wing of the party, and she has extensive ties with labor unions, especially the mining and steel workers unions in Noversk, which represent some of the largest backers of the Social Democrats. She is a supporter of working class people, and unions, and has spent her career representing them to the Dolgavan Government. 

She also has clout with the progressive wing of the party. She has called for increased paid leave for workers, and maternity leave and paternity leave as guaranteed by the Dolgavan Government. This along with child tax credits, and lowering taxes on middle and working class Dolgavans, has shown her to be very saavy to the needs of working and middle class Dolgavans. As a backbencher, she has argued that if the Social Democrats want to come back as a party in governance, they need to appeal to these voters. 

On the growing dissatisfaction in Karzon, she has advocated for schools to teach Karzonian there, which has seen her popular amongst those groups in Karzon. 

Lasmane has an uphill battle for not only her but her party, as they look to get government back, but it is a shift to the left for the party and a shift towards populism, especially with regional populism. The Social Democrats are pursuing a new path forward with Lasmane at the helm. 

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