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9/ #SocialDemocraticParty (#SDP): Crosby by-election, 26 November 1981
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Crosby_by-election

Shirley Williams was the first MP to be elected to the Commons as an SDP candidate. More than 20 sitting Labour MPs & one Conservative had defected to the SDP, but Williams was the first elected in SDP colours.

Williams was defeated in 1983, after unfavourable boundary changes. She never returned to the Commons.

The SDP merged with the Liberals in 1988, only 7 years after the SDP's creation.

1981 Crosby by-election - Wikipedia

The Japan Times Jan 14

The Social Democratic Party is considering postponing its leadership election scheduled for February due to the possibility of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolving the Lower House for a snap election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/japan/politics/social-democratic-party-leadership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #socialdemocraticparty #lowerhouse #diet

SDP likely to delay leadership race amid talk of snap election

The Social Democratic Party is considering the postponement due to the possibility of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolving the Lower House for a snap election.

The Japan Times

David Grayless Aug 15, 2025

Karl Wilhelm Berkhan (8 April 1915 in #Hamburg – 9 March 1994 in Hamburg), also known as Willi Berkhan, was a German politician, representative of the #SocialDemocraticParty.

Newscats.Org May 29, 2025

German Chancellor Merz Criticized by Coalition Partners For Reckless Escalation and Empty Promises of Supplying Taurus Missiles to Ukraine: https://newscats.org/german-chancellor-merz-criticized-by-coalition-partners-for-reckless-escalation-and-empty-promises-of-supplying-taurus-missiles-to-ukraine

#FreeDemocraticParty, #Germany, #Marie-AgnesStrack-Zimmermann ,#Merz, #RecklessEscalation ,#Russia-UkraineWar, #SocialDemocraticParty ,#TaurusMissiles ,#Ukraine

Sigmundur May 10, 2025

Am at the Javnaðarflokkin (the Social Democratic Party's) national meeting. Kaare Dybvad Bek, danish minister is guest speaker.

#FØpol #DKpol #SocialDemocraticParty

Ramesh #NotGoingBack Jan 10, 2025

German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz, a member of the #SocialDemocraticParty of #Germany (#SPD), said that there is “nothing new” in criticism by “rich media entrepreneurs who do not appreciate social democratic politics…”

Scholz says he’s staying “cool” against critical personal comments made by #ElonMusk.

Scholz is more worried that a #US #billionaire has interfered in a #German election by endorsing the far-right #AlternativeForGermany #AfD.

#AntisocialBillionaires #Musk

https://apnews.com/article/germany-musk-scholz-election-afd-f621bbb93974c656c9a75b10da4413f0

German leader responds to Musk's backing of a far-right party

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he's staying “cool” against critical personal comments made by Elon Musk but finds it worrying that Musk makes the effort to get involved in Germany's general election by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany party. Scholz was reacting after Musk called the chancellor a “fool” after his coalition government collapsed in November and later backed the AfD in an opinion piece he wrote for a major newspaper in Germany. Scholz, head of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), said in comments published Saturday by the German magazine Stern that there is “nothing new” in criticism by “rich media entrepreneurs who do not appreciate social democratic politics."

AP News

WikiPicBot Dec 12, 2024

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✧ Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa ✧

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (born 12 December 1948) is a Portuguese politician and academic. He has been the 20th and current president of Portugal since 9 March 2016. As a member of the Social Democratic Party, he previously served as a minister and parliamentarian in the Assembly of the Republic. This photograph of Rebelo de So...

#SocialDemocraticParty #Portugal #Lisbon #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Rebelo_de_Sousa

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa - Wikipedia

The Japan Times Oct 27, 2024

The heads of Japanese political parties traveled a total of 84,302 kilometers across Japan, equivalent to more than two laps around the earth, for stump speeches during the 12-day official campaign period for Sunday's general election, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/27/japan/politics/political-parties-heads-traveling-distance/ #japan #politics #2024lowerhouseelection #ldp #cdp #komeito #jcp #nipponishinnokai #democraticpartyforthepeople #socialdemocraticparty #sanseito #reiwashinsengumi

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Norobiik @[email protected]May 6, 2024

#Berlin recalled Alexander Graf Lambsdorff on Monday, three days after accusing #Moscow of #cyberattacks on the governing #SocialDemocraticParty (SDP) and the country’s defence, aerospace, and IT companies. The envoy’s return was ordered just a day before the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir #Putin. #Ukraine

#Germany recalls ambassador to #Russia citing cyberattacks
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/6/germany-recalls-russia-envoy-over-cyberattack