Martin Aquinas

Martin Aquinas
Leader of the Opposition
assumed office 07/11/21
Predecessor	Rilgar Ompastre
Successor	Incumbent
Prime Minister
in office 04/03/21 - 07/11/21
Predecessor	Harry Jones
Successor	Rilgar Ompastre
Member of Parliament for Gateshead
Assumed office 04/03/21
Successor	Incumbent
Chairman of the Socialist Party
Assumed office 02/05/18 - 11/01/21
Predecessor	Office created
Successor	Incumbent
Born	Durham, Durham, Northumbria
Citizenship	Northumbrian British
Political party	Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	Socialist Party of Sorrenia (2013-2014) Sorrenian Workers Party (2014-2016) The Republicans (2018) NDLP (2018-2020)
Residence	Bowburn, Durham, Northumbria
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Religion	Catholic

Alias

It is a political norm in Northumbria to adopt an alias, utilising a pseudonym and alternative portrait. Martin's portrait is the flag of the Kingdom of Northumbria, while his surname refers to famed Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas.

Parliamentary Results

Election	Constituency		Party	%	Lead	+/-		Nearest Party
June 2018	Bowburn		The Republicans	80	70	▲16%		New Monarchists
July 2018	Bowburn		The Republicans	80	70	0%		New Monarchists
November 2018	Bowburn		NDLP	48	6	▼32%		The Republicans
November 2018	Bowburn		NDLP	52	4	▲4%		The Republicans
November 2019	Bowburn		NDLP	44	3	▼8%		The Republicans
January 2020	Bowburn		NDLP	42	6	▼2%		The Republicans

Politics

Kingdom of Sorrenia

Originally, Martin joined and lead The Republicans, retaining its left-wing economic policies, and calling for the dissolution of the monarchy and restoration of a republican mode of government. Over time however, Martin began to soften his attitude to monarchism in Sorrenia, believing dissolution would not only be infeasible, but potentially harmful in the long-term to Sorrenia. As a result, Martin sought to moderate the party's manifesto in the run-up to the November 2018 election. Unable to convince the other leading Republicans, Martin resigned, stating he could no longer lead The Republicans in good faith.

Martin in turn joined the NDLP, his previous electoral opponents. He quickly became a vocal supporter of Konpantzia Thought, and though he supported the party's coalition government with the New Monarchists, he did attempt to move the government's economic policies towards the left.

Martin is a member of the party's Konpantzia faction, and works closely with the ideology's founder, Melseeq Seetoornah. He also associates with many of the 'yellows', a more left-wing body of the party.