Anthony Milton
Leader of the Socialist Party, MP for Alberton University
Name: Anthony Matthew Milton
DOB: November 13, 1986 (age 33)
Party: Socialist
Family: Wife Mikayla, 3 kids
Seat: Alberton University
Occupation: University professor
Anthony Matthew Milton was born in Neukiel to Emerson Milton, a unionized millworker, and Theresa, a nurse. His father died when Anthony was 11 from leukemia caused by conditions in the Neukiel Mill, triggering a lifelong commitment to trade unions and universal healthcare. He became politically active as a teenager, helping found LGBTEENS, the first LGBT youth organization in Lamarna. He joined the Socialist Party at age 18, before departing to the United States for University. Upon returning from his studies, he received an adjunct professor role at Lamarna University for English literature. He was propelled to national attention when he was one of few faculty to join a student strike in 2012 against LU administration for their refusal to fire a vehemently racist, sexist and homophobic economics professor; the strike last four weeks and culminated in the resignation of the professor and much of the administration. He was elected to Parliament in a by-election from Alberton University in 2015, and was subsequently elected leader of the Socialist Party prior to the 2018 elections.
Political positions:LGBT Rights: A cause that remains very close to his heart, Milton is a strong supporter of same-sex marriage and sweeping anti-discrimination policies. He remains Honorary Chair of LGBTEENS.
Workers Rights: He remains broadly supportive of trade unions and workers rights. He opposes "right-to-work" legislation.
Malno Rights: His wife Mikayla is part Malno, and he is strongly supportive of Malno Rights, including the right to their own schooling. He supports teaching Malno language and heritage in non-Malno schools.
Military Intervention: He opposes most military intervention, but supports closer ties to the United States and NATO.
Abortion rights: He opposes all restrictions to abortion access.
Welfare: He remains supportive of Lamarna's UBI scheme, and wishes to see it tied to the cost of living.
Healthcare: He is one of the foremost advocates for single-payer universal healthcare.
Taxation: He supports tougher penalties on tax dodging and offshoring, the removal of tax loopholes, and the increase of capital gains and inheritance taxes.
Refugees & Immigration: Milton remains broadly supportive of immigrants and believes that Filipino refugees should be given asylum and a path to citizenship. He also believes that the rate of immigration is "acceptable" but he wouldn't be opposed to "slightly" limiting it.
Energy: Milton is a major supporter of renewables. He pledges to invest in solar and wind power, and to "explore" nuclear energy, which he says has been made much safer in light of Fukushima and would create thousands of new, high-paying jobs.
Poverty: "Poverty is the result of disastrous neoliberal trade policies," was Milton's tried and true campaign plank that helped win him the Socialist leadership. He says that creating a single-payer healthcare system will put more money into everyday people's pockets and tying the UBI to cost of living will help pull people out of poverty. He also supports additional benefits for the disabled who cannot work, and casting a skeptical eye towards free trade, though not necessarily becoming fully protectionist.
