"A Very British Transition" - A Post-Junta Britain TL

IIRC Australia became a republic while Canada and New Zealand stayed in the Commonwealth to form an anti-Junta bloc, and Canada has tried to style itself as the leader of the Commonwealth following the UK's decline.
What do you mean? you can still be a Commonwealth member and a Republic......
Did Australia withdraw from the Commonwealth and become a Republic while Australia and New Zealand retain HM as Head of State?

Sorry, perhaps I misunderstand
 
What do you mean? you can still be a Commonwealth member and a Republic......
Did Australia withdraw from the Commonwealth and become a Republic while Australia and New Zealand retain HM as Head of State?

Sorry, perhaps I misunderstand
Yes Australia remained in the Commonwealth as a Republic, apart from that what Leonidas has said is correct.

Apologies for confusion!
 
Wikibox: The People's Party
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The People's Party is a left-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Part of the anti-austerity movement, it was founded in February 2014 by Bell Ribeiro-Addy in the aftermath of the OutRage protests. It is on the left wing of the political spectrum.

The People's Party is a democratic socialist party which holds anti-austerity views. It takes a soft Eurosceptic stance, and promotes direct democracy, federalism and patriotism.

In January 2014, it released the manifesto Real Change which was signed by 42 leading academics, including Steve Keen and Avi Shalim.

Real Change stated that it was necessary to create a party list for the 2014 EU elections, with the goal of opposing the dominant austerity policies of the EU. On 14 January, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, an anti-racism activist and TV presenter, was announced as head the movement. The movement was organised by the National Coordinating Group of the OutRage movement which had written Real Change
 
Unfortunately not, never got past the censors
This made me think of Terry Gilliam's situation, which in turn prompts a question. Did the Junta ever get itself into diplomatic disputes by arresting or prosecuting "subversive" types who were citizens of other countries? Or would those folks just get deported back to their countries of origin?
 
This made me think of Terry Gilliam's situation, which in turn prompts a question. Did the Junta ever get itself into diplomatic disputes by arresting or prosecuting "subversive" types who were citizens of other countries? Or would those folks just get deported back to their countries of origin?
Probably deported, if possible. Last thing to damage US-UK relations would be to make too much of a fuss over such things.
 

Nick P

Donor
I can't imagine Blackadder Goes Forth being made in this environment. The military leaders would not look kindly on the urine being extracted from the gallant actions and the brave soldiers of The Great War.
Same probably goes for It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Dad's Army unless they are written with a slightly more serious tone or greater respect in each episodes outcome.
 
I can't imagine Blackadder Goes Forth being made in this environment.
On the other hand, if Rowan Atkinson is one of the ones that crosses the Atlantic, the entire Blackadder series (not just Goes Forth) could be one that could probably be filmed out of Canada (whether it's in Toronto, at the old Jarvis Street studios, or in Montreal, at the Maison de Radio-Canada, is immaterial). In that case, Blackadder could also be somewhat self-referential in the fact that it's a "British" series that's not filmed in Britain (providing some room for making fun of people with strange accents that make even English people wince), which means it could be far more cheeky about some of the old sacred cows of English Canada than Canadians themselves would be willing to admit (as outside observers of Canadian society - and sometimes the best comedy can be from people who look at society with fresh eyes). In the case of Blackadder Goes Forth, for example, the willingness to die for the Empire during WW1 was something that was just as easily embraced by English Canada as in the UK (in French Canada, reeling off of stuff like Regulation 17, not so much). So there's a lot of scope to present not only the original OTL message Rowan and co. wanted to convey, but also to reflect on trans-Atlantic differences, as well as Quebec's conscription crisis (very timely, if we follow the OTL timeline - and even if not, there would be some scope for disguised commentary) and the willingness to base the formation of national identity on a single battle (even if absolutely awful). So, in its wittiness, Blackadder could go far further than even in its OTL BBC incarnation ITTL.
 
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