The New DWP?

Day 875, 03:55 Published in Japan Japan by darlosworld

So in a sense the Desu Workers Party has disbanded. I say 'in a sense' because officially a merger took place between DWP and close political ally and friend the SOS Brigade to make for a larger party. Although it is a bit of a shame that the DWP had just made it into the top 5 (membership wise), this merger has now pushed the SOS Brigade into joint second place along with the Godzilla Party, and will definately make for an interesting next presidential election.

So why aren't I following my fellow party members, especially since one more member would push them into a non-shared second place? Well, on the 5th of April members (I presume it wasn't just myself) were sent the following email warning of an attack on the party.

"URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE DWP

darlosworld, this is an urgent message from the Desu Workers Party. This message is to inform you to change your Party Affiliation to the SOS Brigade.
The reason being that the FoH are planning to take over the party. They are starting their attack on the party earlier than we anticipated.
As such, we are moving this merge up to RIGHT NOW. When you read this, please change your Party Affiliation to SOS Brigade. Thank you, see you on the other side.
/s/
Brigade Chief Haruhi Suzumiya
Sent by: Kotomi Ichinose"


After double checking with Brigade Chief Haruhi Suzumiya it was an official warning (I've always been sceptical about messages on behalf of others, the worst I'd received was from someone trying to get me to work for them).

But to put it bluntly, I'm stubbord sod. I don't like having to change things if I don't feel it necessary, thus I decided to stay and stick it out. The party president elections are but a day away and we've still got no new candidates. I would have presumed the FoH would have put a candidate forward by now, however, it could very well be the case that due to the DWP's now low membership number, the FoH have decided not to take over DWP but another instead. It might also be the case that if the FoH just had aspirations of killing the party, then sadly it looks like it has achieved it's task.

So what with the party now? I asked on the forum if anyone was sticking about, and if not would the party simply go defunct. Sadly for the 3 month old DWP, that is the way it seems to be going.

http://nipponblog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=2289

However, I'm contemplating taking over and running for party president.

Why? Why bother being a part of a small party that won't affect anything on a big stage?

Because it is the small parties that can help keep things going. Obviously I'm not expecting this party to produce a country president at any point in the future, but if we can get some congressmen forward, then we CAN make a difference. Then if we work with other smaller parties, then we can make even more of a difference.

I wish the old members of the DWP all the best with the SOS Brigade, and I know that they will be able to work well together as has been done in the past, and thank them for establishing such an interesting party.


The Ferris Wheel on top of the Hep 5 Building, Umeda, Osaka.