Blue Collar Bloc

The Blue Collar Bloc more popularly known as the BCB is a working man's party which was founded in October 3523 in Elbian. It was founded by former DAL Minority Leader and Vice President of the Government Sean Yates, a year after the League's second collapse. The BCB is a coalition of labour unions, Hosian churches and other activist groups.

Ideology
Economy

The BCB stands for a mixed economy with heavy government interfence in order to ensure that equality develops in the realm. The party favours large agricultural subsidies for small scale farmers. The party supports a progressive income tax code.

Ecology

The party embraces an anthropocentric policy putting the needs of humans and industries before those of animals and plants. The party supports increased industrialisation.

Defence

The BCB supports a strong military with access to all types of weaponry. The party favours increased military spending which it views a part of an effective deterrent.

Social Issues

The BCB is strongly socially conservative and opposes abortion, same sex marriage and recognition of other alternative lifestyles such as cross dressing.

Devolution

The BCB desires to maintain a strongly unitary government and believes that local governments are a cause and symbol of inefficiency and waste.

Foreign policy

The BCB supports an interventionist foreign policy and also supports full annexation of the DAZ and its organisation as the sixth province of Dranland. The party opposes free trade and wants heavy tariffs especially on agricultural products. The BCB proposes to limit immigration to Dranland to 'very small numbers' and supports harsh crackdowns on illegal immigrants.

Structure
The party is led by a Chairman who is elected by a Congress of 677 party delegates from the provinces by the exhaustive balloting method. Provincial parties have a similar structure and a National Executive comprised of 63 members and these are elected by the party's Congress which is held every five years. A presidential candidate is nominated every four years, six months before the general election, unless an early election is called.

Support
The party's support is strongest amongst lower middle class citizens, small scale farmers and small town dwellers. Its support is strongest in Loren and in Ulbrach especially in the military bases.

Under Sean Yates
Yates founded the party out of the ashes of the DAL and led it to success in the 3523 election with some 20% of the vote.

Parliamentary elections
{| class="wikitable" ! align="center" style=background:#00ff00| Year ! align="center" style=background:#00ff00| MPs ! align="center" style=background:#00ff00 colspan=2 | Votes
 * align="center" style="background:#efefef;" | 3523
 * align="center" |58
 * align="right" |13,273,994
 * align="right" |20.48%
 * align="right" |20.48%