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Bolt451 - The Curse of Tony
An unapologetic (And approved) Rip off of @Thande 's excellent Curse of Maggie (Available from Sealion Press stop reading this and go buy it now!)
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The Curse of Tony
or
How many Prime Ministers can Bolt Shoehorn into ten years
1997-2007: Tony Blair (Labour)
2007-2009: Gordon Brown (Labour)
Though Gordon Brown was Tony Blair's designated successor and had seen a brief honeymoon period in the polls he quickly dropped below David Cameron's Conservatives in the polls and continued to drop. By Summer 2009, these trends suggested that Labour might drop below the Lib Dems (in polling percentages, if not seats). In the end, the long considered (by some) coup came from the Shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband who narrowly beat Gordon Brown for Labour leadership
2009-2010: David Miliband (Labour)
Although David Miliband's arrival in number 10 saw polling figures rise for Labour it was perhaps too little and too late. While he didn't have the dour image of Brown he had picked up the image in the papers of being a backstabber and a schemer, something David Cameron would try and use again and again in Prime Minister's Questions. It was also seen that Milband had left it too late to take the reigns of Labour leadership and so the
2010-2010: David Cameron (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
It is under almost a footnote David Cameron is recorded as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and if history had been more fortuitous he would have almost certainly taken the reigns of government. Having secured a 297 seat position in the Commons, David Cameron had negotiated a deal with the Liberal Democrats, who had increased their seat share to 65. David Cameron was Prime Minister for a total of two days. Having been given Royal Assent to form a government while coalition negotiations were still technically underway. David Cameron would have moved into Downing Street on the eleventh of May 2010 if it weren't for his death in a car accident on his way from the Palace.
2010-2010: William Hague ((Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition))
If David Cameron is a footnote then William Hague is a Technicality. Often seen as Cameron's right hand man as Shadow Foreign Secretary, the former leader of the opposition found himself the go-to man for the role of Prime Minister following David Cameron's Death for the total of six hours it took the Lib Dems to approve the coalition agreement.
2010-2010: Nick Clegg (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
By the Time the news of David Cameron's death had passed to the wider Liberal Democrat Party they had already voted on and approved the finalised agreement of the Coalition Government. Under this, Clegg had been appointed Deputy Prime Minister and given the passing of the Prime Minister, he technically (Albeit temporarily) ascended to number 10 although he never actually moved in. Prime Minister for a total of two months, he was very strictly Prime Minister and mostly worked closely with William Hague who assumed his position as interim Tory leader and their first press conference in the Rose Garden of Number 10 was a quiet, sombre affair devoid of humour.
2010-2014: George Osborne (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
It was a surprise to many when William Hague didn't run for Prime Minister. In the end, the Coalition government went ahead as planned with former Chancellor George Osborne defeating Theresa May for Tory leadership. Stability was restored, although the seeds of Osborne's destruction would be planted with the election of an SNP majority to the Scottish parliament in 2011.
2014-2015: Theresa May (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
The 52%-48% victory for the Leave vote in the Scottish Independence referendum saw George Osborne resign the day the victory was confirmed. As the SNP celebrated in Holyrood the Tories quietly picked Theresa May to take the reigns of government as she ran unopposed as potential challenge from Michael Gove was removed with careful positioning of him as home Secretary.
2015-2015: John McDonnell (Labour Minority)
The 2015 election was a chaotic one. With Scotland still technically being in the United Kingdom but fully intending to leave a general election is held with Labour capitalising on the Tories image as "the party that lost the union" though still falling short of a majority. John McDonnell, who won a surprise victory against Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham in the 2014 Labour leadership election, failed to come an agreement with the greatly reduced Liberal democrats. This was further complicated by the fact that both parties had firstly lost seats to the SNP in the election and further more in turn would lose several MPs when negotiations with Scotland were completed and Scottish MPs stood down. In the end Labour limped on with supply and confidence from the five seat winning United Kingdom Independence Party in return for a referendum on Britain's EU membership, something McDonnell agreed with but much of his party didn't.
2015-2016: Yvette Cooper (Labour Minority)
Yvette Cooper unseated John McDonnell in a challenge to his leadership over the agreement to hold a referendum. Given Labour's precarious position, however, she would still hold the referendum over fears of a resurgent (moreso post Scottish Independence) Tory Party and a potential UKIP surge if she backed out. Cooper lead a divided Labour and campaign for the yes side with other policies getting through parliament (if at all) with the help of UKIP and/or the Lib Dems.
2016-2016 Andy Burnham (Labour Minority)
Following the 55%-45% victory for the leave campaign in the EU referendum, Cooper resigned, with Andy Burnham, Home Secretary, becoming Interim leader.
2016-2016: Tom Watson (Labour Minority)
Burnham however would lose to moderate left wing candidate Tom Watson in the leadershp election, who would immeditately face a carefully timed vote of no confidence from the Tories.
2016-Present: Andrea Leadsom (Conservative Minority)
Still tarred by their performance in the Scottish independence referndum, the tories failed to secure a majority and with some cajoling of the new Tory leader, formed a supply and confidence agreement with a curiously resurgent Liberal Democrats (Who had capitalsied on the disenfranchesd Labour-Remain vote and rose back to 65 seats) whether Andrea Leadsom can get her intended "Hard Brexit" bill through this divided Commons remains to be seen and theirs the Scottish Independence negotiations to continue.
(I know this was all silly, kinda lost the will to live half way through)
Bought it? Game on! I cannot promise to be anywhere near as good or feasible.
The Curse of Tony
or
How many Prime Ministers can Bolt Shoehorn into ten years
1997-2007: Tony Blair (Labour)
2007-2009: Gordon Brown (Labour)
Though Gordon Brown was Tony Blair's designated successor and had seen a brief honeymoon period in the polls he quickly dropped below David Cameron's Conservatives in the polls and continued to drop. By Summer 2009, these trends suggested that Labour might drop below the Lib Dems (in polling percentages, if not seats). In the end, the long considered (by some) coup came from the Shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband who narrowly beat Gordon Brown for Labour leadership
2009-2010: David Miliband (Labour)
Although David Miliband's arrival in number 10 saw polling figures rise for Labour it was perhaps too little and too late. While he didn't have the dour image of Brown he had picked up the image in the papers of being a backstabber and a schemer, something David Cameron would try and use again and again in Prime Minister's Questions. It was also seen that Milband had left it too late to take the reigns of Labour leadership and so the
2010-2010: David Cameron (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
It is under almost a footnote David Cameron is recorded as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and if history had been more fortuitous he would have almost certainly taken the reigns of government. Having secured a 297 seat position in the Commons, David Cameron had negotiated a deal with the Liberal Democrats, who had increased their seat share to 65. David Cameron was Prime Minister for a total of two days. Having been given Royal Assent to form a government while coalition negotiations were still technically underway. David Cameron would have moved into Downing Street on the eleventh of May 2010 if it weren't for his death in a car accident on his way from the Palace.
2010-2010: William Hague ((Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition))
If David Cameron is a footnote then William Hague is a Technicality. Often seen as Cameron's right hand man as Shadow Foreign Secretary, the former leader of the opposition found himself the go-to man for the role of Prime Minister following David Cameron's Death for the total of six hours it took the Lib Dems to approve the coalition agreement.
2010-2010: Nick Clegg (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
By the Time the news of David Cameron's death had passed to the wider Liberal Democrat Party they had already voted on and approved the finalised agreement of the Coalition Government. Under this, Clegg had been appointed Deputy Prime Minister and given the passing of the Prime Minister, he technically (Albeit temporarily) ascended to number 10 although he never actually moved in. Prime Minister for a total of two months, he was very strictly Prime Minister and mostly worked closely with William Hague who assumed his position as interim Tory leader and their first press conference in the Rose Garden of Number 10 was a quiet, sombre affair devoid of humour.
2010-2014: George Osborne (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
It was a surprise to many when William Hague didn't run for Prime Minister. In the end, the Coalition government went ahead as planned with former Chancellor George Osborne defeating Theresa May for Tory leadership. Stability was restored, although the seeds of Osborne's destruction would be planted with the election of an SNP majority to the Scottish parliament in 2011.
2014-2015: Theresa May (Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition)
The 52%-48% victory for the Leave vote in the Scottish Independence referendum saw George Osborne resign the day the victory was confirmed. As the SNP celebrated in Holyrood the Tories quietly picked Theresa May to take the reigns of government as she ran unopposed as potential challenge from Michael Gove was removed with careful positioning of him as home Secretary.
2015-2015: John McDonnell (Labour Minority)
The 2015 election was a chaotic one. With Scotland still technically being in the United Kingdom but fully intending to leave a general election is held with Labour capitalising on the Tories image as "the party that lost the union" though still falling short of a majority. John McDonnell, who won a surprise victory against Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham in the 2014 Labour leadership election, failed to come an agreement with the greatly reduced Liberal democrats. This was further complicated by the fact that both parties had firstly lost seats to the SNP in the election and further more in turn would lose several MPs when negotiations with Scotland were completed and Scottish MPs stood down. In the end Labour limped on with supply and confidence from the five seat winning United Kingdom Independence Party in return for a referendum on Britain's EU membership, something McDonnell agreed with but much of his party didn't.
2015-2016: Yvette Cooper (Labour Minority)
Yvette Cooper unseated John McDonnell in a challenge to his leadership over the agreement to hold a referendum. Given Labour's precarious position, however, she would still hold the referendum over fears of a resurgent (moreso post Scottish Independence) Tory Party and a potential UKIP surge if she backed out. Cooper lead a divided Labour and campaign for the yes side with other policies getting through parliament (if at all) with the help of UKIP and/or the Lib Dems.
2016-2016 Andy Burnham (Labour Minority)
Following the 55%-45% victory for the leave campaign in the EU referendum, Cooper resigned, with Andy Burnham, Home Secretary, becoming Interim leader.
2016-2016: Tom Watson (Labour Minority)
Burnham however would lose to moderate left wing candidate Tom Watson in the leadershp election, who would immeditately face a carefully timed vote of no confidence from the Tories.
2016-Present: Andrea Leadsom (Conservative Minority)
Still tarred by their performance in the Scottish independence referndum, the tories failed to secure a majority and with some cajoling of the new Tory leader, formed a supply and confidence agreement with a curiously resurgent Liberal Democrats (Who had capitalsied on the disenfranchesd Labour-Remain vote and rose back to 65 seats) whether Andrea Leadsom can get her intended "Hard Brexit" bill through this divided Commons remains to be seen and theirs the Scottish Independence negotiations to continue.
(I know this was all silly, kinda lost the will to live half way through)
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