Vladimir Putin: CurrentFirst Advisor to the Czar as well as Prime minister of Russia, Despite being Incredibly popular to most citizens of the Russian Empire, Putin has been accused of being a "Godless-socialist" for his liberal mindedness and somewhat controversial economic plans.
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David Laws Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Leader of the Liberal Party, he led them into the 2010 election against Michael Portillo's tired Conservative government and won a landslide. Laws is the first unmarried Prime Minister in living memory, and rumours regarding his sexuality have long been circulated. He cites his idols as Liberal PMs Gladstone, Lloyd George, Samuel, Grimond and Owen, the last of whom is currently the leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords. Laws' government has pursued a policy of 'continuity and consensus', maintaining estate tax breaks and resisting calls to expand the Welfare Payment Scheme. They currently command 390 seats in Parliament.
Jon Cruddas Current Leader of the Labour Party, and their most successful leader since Bevan, leading them to a record 78 seats in the last election. He pioneered the 'decapitation' strategy that brought down rising star and then-Home Secretary David Cameron by taking his Witney seat from him in 2010. Has continued to align the Labour Party with the left, claiming he and it speaks for 'the unrepresented, the unheeded and unprotected' elements in society, 'left out in the cold by a succession of Liberal and Conservative governments'. Political historian Andrew Marr cites the strength of Cruddas' personal appeal, and that of many of his predecessors - Cook, Smith, Benn and Crosland to name a few - as the main reason that Labour has been Britain's most successful and longest-lasting political party never to form a government. Cruddas faced no challenge to his leadership after the 2010 election, with the faction of Labour that favoured reconciliation with the left of the Liberal Party (led by Labour MP David Miliband) appeased by significant electoral gains thanks to Cruddas' strategy.
Mary Robinson Current and longest-serving Chair of the Government of Ireland. Re-elected to a record 4th term in 2007.
Nick Clegg Former Foreign Secretary of the first Laws ministry in 2010. Forced to resign only three months into the job after massive financial irregularities regarding a law firm his wife worked for. The scandal deepened and found Clegg heavily involved at the centre of it. He was forced to resign his post and, within a month, his seat. He is currently under police investigation for fraud.
Jon Cruddas Current Leader of the Labour Party, and their most successful leader since Bevan, leading them to a record 78 seats in the last election. He pioneered the 'decapitation' strategy that brought down rising star and then-Home Secretary David Cameron by taking his Witney seat from him in 2010. Has continued to align the Labour Party with the left, claiming he and it speaks for 'the unrepresented, the unheeded and unprotected' elements in society, 'left out in the cold by a succession of Liberal and Conservative governments'. Political historian Andrew Marr cites the strength of Cruddas' personal appeal, and that of many of his predecessors - Cook, Smith, Benn and Crosland to name a few - as the main reason that Labour has been Britain's most successful and longest-lasting political party never to form a government. Cruddas faced no challenge to his leadership after the 2010 election, with the faction of Labour that favoured reconciliation with the left of the Liberal Party (led by Labour MP David Miliband) appeased by significant electoral gains thanks to Cruddas' strategy.
Mary Robinson Current and longest-serving Chair of the Government of Ireland. Re-elected to a record 4th term in 2007.
Nick Clegg Former Foreign Secretary of the first Laws ministry in 2010. Forced to resign only three months into the job after massive financial irregularities regarding a law firm his wife worked for. The scandal deepened and found Clegg heavily involved at the centre of it. He was forced to resign his post and, within a month, his seat. He is currently under police investigation for fraud.
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Alexander Johnson Current Leader of the Opposition. Elected Leader of the Conservative Party after Portillo's resignation in October 2010 having served as both Foreign Secretary and Transport Minister under him. Popular with the public for his flustered style and apparently genuine sense of humour, his election marks a break from the past, something he himself hailed in his acceptance speech. 'We have had twelve years of tired, old Conservatism that failed to adapt. We achieved great things, but the world was moving around us at a pace that we did not attempt to match. Now is the time for a new Conservatism - a new force for good. The New Conservatives will protect Britain's people, Britain's Empire, and Britain's interests. Our greatest leader once said 'the battle for Europe is about to begin' - I say to you now, Mr Laws, the battle for Britain's hearts and minds is not yet over!'.
Harold Wilson Liberal MP from 1946 to 1979. Petitioned the Grimond government to establish a Ministry for Technology with himself at the head, but was ignored. After unsuccessfully challenging for the leadership, he lost the support of his colleagues and retreated to the backbenches for 'the longest sulk in political history', eventually resigning his seat in 1979 for health reasons.
Wilhelm V (Born Prince Georg-Friedrich of Prussia) Emperor of Germany since 1994. Happily positioned himself in the role of 'constitutional monarch' demanded by the 1946 peace accords of Trieste, and enjoys relatively stable approval ratings in spite of the German Republican Party holding 4% of the seats of the Reichstag.
Maggie Roberts Worker in an ice cream factory in Grantham who was killed in 1959 after a chemical explosion. Became a martyr for the Trade Union movement after gross negligence was found to be responsible for her death. Subject of the Billy Bragg song 'Remember Poor Maggie'.
Harold Wilson Liberal MP from 1946 to 1979. Petitioned the Grimond government to establish a Ministry for Technology with himself at the head, but was ignored. After unsuccessfully challenging for the leadership, he lost the support of his colleagues and retreated to the backbenches for 'the longest sulk in political history', eventually resigning his seat in 1979 for health reasons.
Wilhelm V (Born Prince Georg-Friedrich of Prussia) Emperor of Germany since 1994. Happily positioned himself in the role of 'constitutional monarch' demanded by the 1946 peace accords of Trieste, and enjoys relatively stable approval ratings in spite of the German Republican Party holding 4% of the seats of the Reichstag.
Maggie Roberts Worker in an ice cream factory in Grantham who was killed in 1959 after a chemical explosion. Became a martyr for the Trade Union movement after gross negligence was found to be responsible for her death. Subject of the Billy Bragg song 'Remember Poor Maggie'.
George Romney, known affectionately as "Big George". Mastermind of the original (1949) Nash/Hudson/Packard merger, and the subsequent formation of American Motors, bringing in Studebaker (1951), and Kaiser/Frazer/Willys (1953). Today, American Motors occupies a solid second place in US sales behind General Motors, ahead of third place Chrysler and well ahead of fourth place Ford. The flagship Packard Patrician has the only domestic V-12 engine, and is recognized as the premier luxury car built in the US, eclipsing close rival Cadillac, and regularly/frequently outperforming the best offerings of Mercedes and BMW.
Tony Blair, Blair is the former Labour MP for Sedgefield and served from 1983 to 2001. He was a high flier and thought of as a potential Prime Minister. Served as Shadow Energy Secretary and Shadow Employment Secretary under Neil Kinnock, who was deposed as Leader of the Opposition in 1990 by his rival, the sacked Shadow Chancellor John Smith. Blair was promoted to Shadow Home Secretary by Smith and assumed the post following the Patten government's defeat at the 1992 election. As Home Secretary, Blair enacted several tough prison programs and counter-terrorism projects. He refused to run for the Prime Minister's office after Smith's death in 1994, the post going to Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. Blair replaced Cook as Foreign Secretary and served until 1998, resigning in a bitter dispute with the Prime Minister. He left Parliament at the 2001 general election.
An acclaimed and popular Foreign Secretary, Blair was made the UN's Middle East Envoy in 2001 and served in that role until 2007 when he was elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations, a post he serves in at present.
An acclaimed and popular Foreign Secretary, Blair was made the UN's Middle East Envoy in 2001 and served in that role until 2007 when he was elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations, a post he serves in at present.
OOC: Sorry, but a lot of this needs to be rewritten - Labour are the third party and have in fact never formed a government in this TL - see my two posts above - and Cook, Smith etc are all mentioned in there as Labour leaders. The leader of the Third Party is not the Opposition Leader in the UK. In this world, presumably because of a different outcome during WWI, the status quo has remained (Europe in particular appears full of monarchies and Empires) and in the UK that means the Liberals and Tories are still the main parties. You're welcome to write about Blair but most of what you've written would be better suited to a post-1970 PoD rather than a 1900 one. Try to read all the posts in a thread like this before you reply to it - your post is good, I'm not trying to be mean, but it's important to keep up with the world that everyone else is creating here.
Onwards...
Jeremy John James Ashdown - known as "Paddy", arguably Britain's most charismatic and popular political figure since Clement Freud, the famous Food Minister in the second Grimond Government.
Ashdown was a member of the Special Boat Service (SBS) and led the team that freed 275 British hostages at Hong Kong airport after the 1976 hijacking of a British Airways jet.
Soon after, he went into politics and became Liberal MP for Yeovil in 1979. When David Owen became Prime Minister in 1986, Ashdown became a junior Defence Minister but rose rapidly to become Minister of Defence in 1991 and was hugely popular with the Armed Forces.
When the Owen Government was re-elected in 1996, Ashdown became Foreign Secretary. His negotiating style won him many friends in Europe and he was a key factor in the negotiations that concluded the Austro-Slovene War in 1999.
Tipped by many to be a future Prime Minister, he stood down in 2001 and his protege and future Prime Minister, David Laws, succeeded him as Yeovil MP.
Jeremy John James Ashdown - known as "Paddy", arguably Britain's most charismatic and popular political figure since Clement Freud, the famous Food Minister in the second Grimond Government.
Ashdown was a member of the Special Boat Service (SBS) and led the team that freed 275 British hostages at Hong Kong airport after the 1976 hijacking of a British Airways jet.
Soon after, he went into politics and became Liberal MP for Yeovil in 1979. When David Owen became Prime Minister in 1986, Ashdown became a junior Defence Minister but rose rapidly to become Minister of Defence in 1991 and was hugely popular with the Armed Forces.
When the Owen Government was re-elected in 1996, Ashdown became Foreign Secretary. His negotiating style won him many friends in Europe and he was a key factor in the negotiations that concluded the Austro-Slovene War in 1999.
Tipped by many to be a future Prime Minister, he stood down in 2001 and his protege and future Prime Minister, David Laws, succeeded him as Yeovil MP.
Adm. Robert A. Heinlein, USSF (1907-88) - Born in Missouri in 1907, commissioned in US Navy 1931. Transferred to the newly formed United States Space Force in 1948, later serving as CINC, USSF from 1965-1972. Upon retirement, he and his wife Virginia moved to Tycho City, Luna where he was elected Mayor from 1977 until his death in 1988.
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Leon Trotsky: Russian immigrant to the United States, involved in unionizing several coal mines in Kentucky. In the 1940s he retired, using his Social Security check he founded what became the fast food Empire of KFC.
He said he wanted to share the food of the southern working class with the rest of the rest of the country, and the rest is history due to Comrade Trotsky's 11 secret herbs and spices. KFC continues to follow in Trotsky's shoes and the company is still heavily involved with the labor movement.
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He said he wanted to share the food of the southern working class with the rest of the rest of the country, and the rest is history due to Comrade Trotsky's 11 secret herbs and spices. KFC continues to follow in Trotsky's shoes and the company is still heavily involved with the labor movement.
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Leon Trotsky: Russian immigrant to the United States, involved in unionizing several coal mines in Kentucky. In the 1940s he retired, using his Social Security check he founded what became the fast food Empire of KFC.
He said he wanted to share the food of the southern working class with the rest of the rest of the country, and the rest is history due to Comrade Trotsky's 11 secret herbs and spices. KFC continues to follow in Trotsky's shoes and the company is still heavily involved with the labor movement.
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I did Trotsky already, but because of the sheer hilarity of your version, I'm ready to "retire" my Trotsky. So "Comrade Trotsky" is the mascot of KFC, huh?
So "Comrade Trotsky" is the mascot of KFC, huh?
Yes, you can just taste the class struggle in each bite.
Pretty much. Read the preceding biographies to get a flavour for what the world looks like so far. While we have a good idea of what Britain is like ITTL, and some flavour of American culture, we don't have very much information at all on Asia or, say, China - so for example you could pretty much write what you liked about Mao Zedong, and then you'd be setting the precedent for future posters about China.
Hmmm. Let's see. Deng Xiaoping. CPC Chairman from 1959 to his death in 1997. Was elected to replace Mao Zedong, who was voted out of his posts during the Great Leap Forward. Ruled with several moderates in the Politburo, and kept the radicals out, purging them if he felt their ideas were to extreme. Kept relations with the Soviet Union without any trouble, and threatened to invade North Korea after being criticized by Kim Il Sung, though pressure from the US and Soviets made him back down.
Nit: It's been established that the Soviet Union fell sometime in the 30s; Russia is a monarchy once more. (Unless there's a rump Soviet Union around, but it's probably in no position to pressure anybody.)
Erwin the "Artic Fox" Rommel
German General fighting for Junkers Germany during the War with Russia. Served as overall command for German forces in Finland and the Baltic, and defeated the Russians with his experiences with light infantry and mountain troops combined with airborne assaults. His command of the "Arctic Korps" won him eternal fame with the daring capture of Petrograd and Novgorod, and his great defensive retreats across Pskov. After the war he appeared in front of a military Tribunal and was one of the few German Generals serving under the Junkers as not guilty. After the war he would go on to be at the core of the re-organization of the German Military and would become a strong advocate for a smaller German Army that was well versed in counter-insurgency warfare as opposed to large conscript armies. He died of a heart attack while on vacation in Konigsberg in 1950
German General fighting for Junkers Germany during the War with Russia. Served as overall command for German forces in Finland and the Baltic, and defeated the Russians with his experiences with light infantry and mountain troops combined with airborne assaults. His command of the "Arctic Korps" won him eternal fame with the daring capture of Petrograd and Novgorod, and his great defensive retreats across Pskov. After the war he appeared in front of a military Tribunal and was one of the few German Generals serving under the Junkers as not guilty. After the war he would go on to be at the core of the re-organization of the German Military and would become a strong advocate for a smaller German Army that was well versed in counter-insurgency warfare as opposed to large conscript armies. He died of a heart attack while on vacation in Konigsberg in 1950
Ronald Reagan: (1911-2004) Noted Actor and Political Activist. Reagan's first screen credit was the starring role in the 1937 movie Love Is on the Air, and by the end of 1939 he had already appeared in 19 films, many of them Westerns. Reagan appeared on his way to stardom until his association with the SAG led to his blacklisting as a Communist sympathizer during the Red Scares of the early 1940's....
...Reagan was near bankruptcy by 1964, when he was "re-discovered" by Gene Roddenberry, who cast Reagan in the lead role of his new project, Star Trek. Reagan would go on to portray Captain Christopher Pike, his best known role, through five seasons and six movies.
Later in his life, Reagan became known for advocacy on labor issues and his general support of the Democratic party, though unlike many left-wing Democrats, he was an ardent supporter of the Space Corps...
Reagan died from complications of Alzheimer's Disease in 2004, and his remains were launched into space, along with Roddenberry's.
William W. Anderson: President of United States (1981-1989). Before his political career, Anderson starred in a children's TV show, as well as several TV Westerns under the screen name "Adam West". Anderson became increasingly involved in the Republican party, eventually leaving his acting career to work with the 1968 campaign of Jim Rhodes...
Impressed with his stage presence and political views, the California Republican Party nominated Anderson for Governor in 1970. Anderson defeated the Lt. Governor, Glenn Anderson (no relation), and went on to serve two terms...
...Reagan was near bankruptcy by 1964, when he was "re-discovered" by Gene Roddenberry, who cast Reagan in the lead role of his new project, Star Trek. Reagan would go on to portray Captain Christopher Pike, his best known role, through five seasons and six movies.
Later in his life, Reagan became known for advocacy on labor issues and his general support of the Democratic party, though unlike many left-wing Democrats, he was an ardent supporter of the Space Corps...
Reagan died from complications of Alzheimer's Disease in 2004, and his remains were launched into space, along with Roddenberry's.
William W. Anderson: President of United States (1981-1989). Before his political career, Anderson starred in a children's TV show, as well as several TV Westerns under the screen name "Adam West". Anderson became increasingly involved in the Republican party, eventually leaving his acting career to work with the 1968 campaign of Jim Rhodes...
Impressed with his stage presence and political views, the California Republican Party nominated Anderson for Governor in 1970. Anderson defeated the Lt. Governor, Glenn Anderson (no relation), and went on to serve two terms...
@Fleetlord Hart, sorry about that, my bad, I meant Russia. We're gonna have to post more about how the Bolshivik Revolution fell. Meantime:
Joseph McCarthy.
Senator in the 40's, who believed, falsely, that Communists had infultrated the State Department, but was forced to resign in 1948 after his investigations turned up nothing. It also emerged that he had abused his power while heading a Senate committie set up to investigate his claims.
Joseph McCarthy.
Senator in the 40's, who believed, falsely, that Communists had infultrated the State Department, but was forced to resign in 1948 after his investigations turned up nothing. It also emerged that he had abused his power while heading a Senate committie set up to investigate his claims.