abstract:The Progressive Labour Party was a political party in Saint Lucia. It first contested national elections in 1982, when it finished second behind the United Workers' Party with 27.
Mr Cannonier, a relative newcomer to Bermudan politics, was propelled into power in December 2012 when his One Bermuda Alliance ousted the government of Premier Paula Cox and ended 14 years of rule by the ProgressiveLabourParty (PLP).
So he simply appointed three trusted public personalities to head a far-left Progressive Unionist Party, a Socialist LabourParty and a centrist Liberal Party.
And it may help the Working Families Party, a progressive political party largely made up of labour unions, which already has more grassroots support than the fragmented Democrats.