by Ted is an opposition politician in Atlantica. He leads the United We Stand party. Barton is an old school socialist politician from Eastern Province. He has worked as a coal miner and trade union activist since he was young. Ted opposes Gwendolen Brooke-Ansah and her Liberal party. He is an outspoken critic of the government’s policy regarding South Aipotu, the oil-rich but war-torn region of the southern island.
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