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It's a made up country shat into the world in five minutes. The name was chosen based on the first image from the camouflage passport article, their Flag is this bad boy from Sudan, their emblem is this WW2-era Croatian partisan one, the country looks like the two Georgias neatly mashed together on the black sea/atlantic ocean coastline on a map, and its Anglophone as f*ck, to the point that a plan by the Communist government that ran the country between 1967 and 1986 to make everyone stop speaking English and start speaking Russian was one of the reasons it was deposed (the other was that before the communists took over the Government with a Coup of their own back in '67, the officers were right-leaning and couldn't take the scary socialist government anymore.
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Well, my idea was for her to be Al Haig's running mate, then for John Hinckley to kill Haig, but that's neither here nor there.
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Ok, so this is what-if-Udall-won-in-76-for-some-reason-part-2-electric-fcking-booglaoo:
So basically, Udall does better with the economy and the hostages in Iran are freed because Udall picked Muskie to be his SecState, and I love me some Muskie so he does everything perfectly. Also, vice-president Carter is assassinated by Hinckley at a campaign rally. Udall picks Frank Church and wins the sympathy vote. Then, Reagan doesn't run in 1980 for some reason and John Connelly wins, despite the fact that it pisses off Moderates in his Party Connelly picks Reagan for his charisma and charm. Moderates launch a third-party campaign with Charles Mathias and Lowell Weicker and steal votes from Republicans so Democrats win states like Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia. Matthias wins an unpledged elector from Maryland
(OCC: This probably isn't the most realistic)
So basically, Udall does better with the economy and the hostages in Iran are freed because Udall picked Muskie to be his SecState, and I love me some Muskie so he does everything perfectly. Also, vice-president Carter is assassinated by Hinckley at a campaign rally. Udall picks Frank Church and wins the sympathy vote. Then, Reagan doesn't run in 1980 for some reason and John Connelly wins, despite the fact that it pisses off Moderates in his Party Connelly picks Reagan for his charisma and charm. Moderates launch a third-party campaign with Charles Mathias and Lowell Weicker and steal votes from Republicans so Democrats win states like Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia. Matthias wins an unpledged elector from Maryland
(OCC: This probably isn't the most realistic)
LeinadB93
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With tomorrow being the 2nd Anniversary of the Turtledove Award winning series Hail, Britannia, it is my intention to (finally) launch a separate thread for the series, although I will continue to post content here from time to time.
Many thanks as always go to @Turquoise Blue and @CanadianTory for their advice and support. The following is based on suggestions from both of them as well as a prompt from TB about showing the "main" candidates in the OTL 2016 presidential election. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoy making them.
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Donald John Trump, Lord Trump is a British American businessman, television personality and politician who has served as a member of the House of Peers of Columbia since 1998 and as a member of the Imperial Council of Lords since 2009.
Trump was born in the New York borough of Queens and went on to earn an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1971 he has managed The Trump Organisation, the real estate development firm founded by his paternal grandmother, with his business career focusing on building or renovating office towers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He started several side ventures and branded various products with his name. He also produced and hosted The Apprentice television series for 7 years, and as of 2017 he is one of the richest people in the world.
Trump has been a long time supporter of conservative parties, although prior to 1987 he was a registered member of the liberal consservative Renew New York party. He received a Knighthood in the resignation honours list of First Minister Alexander Haig, 1st Earl Haig in 1989. Having long expressed interest in taking on a more political role, Trump was granted a Life Peerage as Baron Trump, of Queens in the Province of New York City and Long Island in the Commonwealth of Columbia and appointed to the House of Peers of Columbia by Arlen Specter in 1998.
Switching to the United Heritage Party following the Conservatives' defeat in the 2007 election, Trump's politics have shifted towards the right of the political spectrum. Following the resignation of Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York and Long Island in 2009, UHP leader Rick Santorum nominated Trump as his replacement in the Imperial Council. In a surprisingly bipartisan vote, Trump was appointed to fill the elected peer vacancy by the 43rd Parliament, believed to be mainly in the hope he would stop embarrasing the UHP in the House of Peers.
Trump originally sat in the Imperial Council as a member of the British Heritage Party, but repeated clashes with leader Sarah Palin over his desire to be more involved in frontbench opposition ultimately led to Trump walking out of the party in 2012 alongwith Jeff Sessions, Imperial Councillor from Carolina, and the formation of "Team Trump", a right-wing populist, pro-business and anti-free trade party. Team Trump currently holds three seats in the Imperial Council, two in the Columbian House of Peers and one in the Carolinian House of Peers.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, 1st Viscountess Clinton is a British politician and attorney from the Ohio Country who served as the 18th Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016, the 34th Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2010, the leader of the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists from 2006 to 2016, and as the 15th Health Secretary from 1991 to 2001.
Born in Chicago and raised in the suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a parliamentary legal counsel, she moved to Louisiana and married Bill Clinton in 1975. Following her husband's election as First Minister of Louisiana in 1988, Clinton used her ceremonial position to advocate for gender equality and healthcare reform, positioning herself as a candidate for public office in her own right. In the 1993 imperial election both Bill and Hillary Clinton were elected to the Imperial Parliament, becoming the first husband and wife to serve in the Imperial House at the same time.
Both the Clintons were rising stars in the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists, with Bill having been appointed to the cabinet as the Justice Secretary in 1993, and being elected Deputy Leader in 1995. However, on 28 July 1998 Bill Clinton was assassinated in New Orleans, Acadiana by the Cajun Republican Army, making him the most senior figure to be killed during the Louisiana Troubles, and his death led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1999. After a brief period away from public life to grieve with her daughter, Clinton was appointed Health Secretary by Richard Gephardt in 1999 and served until the Liberal defeat at the 2001 election.
In opposition Clinton became a household name for her fiery clashes with first Peter Reith and then Sir Richard Lugar over foreign policy. She succeeded Tom Daschle as Leader of the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists at the 2006 election, winning 20 of the national contests and an outright majority of delegates at the convention. As Leader of Opposition she took a more concilliatory approach to the Hayes Government, frequently reaching across the aisle to secure bipartisan support for education and healthcare reform, as well as securing a gradual end to the Second Gulf War.
Despite opinion polls predicting a Liberal plurality in the July 2010 election, a surge in support for the Social Democrats as well as a lacklustre and overconfident Liberal campaign, resulted in a hung parliament, with the Tories still the largest party. Attempts by both main parties to form coalitions failed and a second election was called for November. In a surprise result the SDP became the largest party, with the Liberals a close second. The subsequent SDP-Liberal-Green coalition resulted in Clinton being appointed as Deputy Prime Minister under the Layton and Lim governments.
Following the Liberals dropping to third place in the 2015 election, Clinton pledged to stay on as leader, however a scandal involving the use of a private email server to handle sensitive government emails and documents led to her announcing her resignation in March 2016. She was suceeded as leader of the Deputy Prime Minister by Michael Bennet on 6 June 2016. Clinton would retire from the Imperial Parliament on 13 October 2016, citing a desire to spend more time with her family, and in the 2017 New Years Honours list was granted an hereditary peerage as Viscountess Clinton, of the Little Rock in the State of South Arkansaw in the Union of Louisiana.
Gary Earl Johnson is a British-born Texan businessman and politician who has served as a Texan Senator from New Mexico since 2011, having previously served as the 29th Governor of New Mexico from 1999 to 2007 and a member of the Texas House of Representatives for Albuquerque North—Rio Rancho from 1991 to 1999.
Born in Minot, Dakota in the British Commonwealth of Missouri, Johnson and his family emigrated to Albuquerque, New Mexico in the Republic of Texas in the 1960s. He graduated from from the University of Albuqerque in 1975 and founded his own company focusing on mechanical contracting. Johnson first entered public office when he won the seat of Albuquerque North—Rio Rancho in the House of Representatives as a member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served two terms in the House before running for, and winning, the 1999 New Mexico gubernatorial election. Johnson was re-elected to a second term in 2003.
Already on the socially liberal and fiscally conservative wing of the party, Johnson eventually broke from the Christian Democrats in 2006 and formed the New Mexico Libertarian Party. Term limited in 2007, he was succeeded by fellow Libertarian Casey Luna. Johnson briefly retired from political life between 2007 and 2011, until he won the 2011 senate election in New Mexico. One of six Libertarians in the Senate, that sit as part of the "Crossbench" group, Johnson is known as a swing vote, voting with the Christian Democrats or the Reform Party on a case-by-case basis. He has announced his attention to seek re-election in 2017.
Jill Ellen Stein, Baroness Stein of Lexington is a British politician, physician and activist from New England who served as the 11th Environment Secretary from 2010 to 2013, and as Leader of the Imperial Greens from 2004 to 2013.
Born in Chicago and raised in Highland Park, Stein was raised in a Reform Judaism family. Graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1979, Stein went on to practice internal medicine in and around the Boston area for the next 25 years. Turning to environmental activisim in the late 1990s, Stein was a federal candidate in New England several times before winning a list seat in the Imperial Parliament at the 2001 election.
Although Stein quickly became a prominent member of the Green frontbench team, she was still considered an outside rat the 2004 leadership election to replace Ralph Nader. In a tight race, Stein narrowly edged out Christine Milne of Australia for the leadership. Stein would lead the party to an increase in seats at the 2008 and both elections in 2010. Following the 2010 election and the formation of the SDP-Liberal-Green coalition, Stein was appointed as the 11th Environment Secretary and served throughout the Layton and Lim governments.
Stein resigned from the party leadership in 2013, citing a need for "new blood" and was succeeded by Elizabeth May, the first Green leader to not be a list MIP. Returning to the backbenches, Stein continued to advocate for environmental issues and healthcare reform, and was re-elected at the 2015 election, although she failed to win in the Boston Centre constituency. Following the mandatory retirement of Lowell Weicker Jr. from the Imperial Council at the age 85, Stein was nominated as his replacement by First Minister Petar MacÀidh and granted a life peerage as Baroness Stein of Lexington, in the Province of Massachusetts in the Commonwealth of New England.
David Evan McMullin is a Anglo-Californian politician and intelligence officer from Wasatch who has served as the Deputy Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since 2016, and as a member of the Cortes Generales since the 2013 general election. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), McMullin previously served as an intelligence officer in the Californian Intelligence Agency (CIA) and as an adviser to the Chamber Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee.
McMullin was placed on the PNL party list at the 2013 election and was elected to the Chamber of Delegates, serving in the backbenches as a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee. Following the resignation of John Campbell, McMullin was appointed as Deputy Minister under Leiticia Carazo. A rising star in the moderate wing of the party, McMullin is tipped as a future leader in the 2020s.
Many thanks as always go to @Turquoise Blue and @CanadianTory for their advice and support. The following is based on suggestions from both of them as well as a prompt from TB about showing the "main" candidates in the OTL 2016 presidential election. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoy making them.
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Donald John Trump, Lord Trump is a British American businessman, television personality and politician who has served as a member of the House of Peers of Columbia since 1998 and as a member of the Imperial Council of Lords since 2009.
Trump was born in the New York borough of Queens and went on to earn an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1971 he has managed The Trump Organisation, the real estate development firm founded by his paternal grandmother, with his business career focusing on building or renovating office towers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He started several side ventures and branded various products with his name. He also produced and hosted The Apprentice television series for 7 years, and as of 2017 he is one of the richest people in the world.
Trump has been a long time supporter of conservative parties, although prior to 1987 he was a registered member of the liberal consservative Renew New York party. He received a Knighthood in the resignation honours list of First Minister Alexander Haig, 1st Earl Haig in 1989. Having long expressed interest in taking on a more political role, Trump was granted a Life Peerage as Baron Trump, of Queens in the Province of New York City and Long Island in the Commonwealth of Columbia and appointed to the House of Peers of Columbia by Arlen Specter in 1998.
Switching to the United Heritage Party following the Conservatives' defeat in the 2007 election, Trump's politics have shifted towards the right of the political spectrum. Following the resignation of Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York and Long Island in 2009, UHP leader Rick Santorum nominated Trump as his replacement in the Imperial Council. In a surprisingly bipartisan vote, Trump was appointed to fill the elected peer vacancy by the 43rd Parliament, believed to be mainly in the hope he would stop embarrasing the UHP in the House of Peers.
Trump originally sat in the Imperial Council as a member of the British Heritage Party, but repeated clashes with leader Sarah Palin over his desire to be more involved in frontbench opposition ultimately led to Trump walking out of the party in 2012 alongwith Jeff Sessions, Imperial Councillor from Carolina, and the formation of "Team Trump", a right-wing populist, pro-business and anti-free trade party. Team Trump currently holds three seats in the Imperial Council, two in the Columbian House of Peers and one in the Carolinian House of Peers.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, 1st Viscountess Clinton is a British politician and attorney from the Ohio Country who served as the 18th Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016, the 34th Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2010, the leader of the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists from 2006 to 2016, and as the 15th Health Secretary from 1991 to 2001.
Born in Chicago and raised in the suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a parliamentary legal counsel, she moved to Louisiana and married Bill Clinton in 1975. Following her husband's election as First Minister of Louisiana in 1988, Clinton used her ceremonial position to advocate for gender equality and healthcare reform, positioning herself as a candidate for public office in her own right. In the 1993 imperial election both Bill and Hillary Clinton were elected to the Imperial Parliament, becoming the first husband and wife to serve in the Imperial House at the same time.
Both the Clintons were rising stars in the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists, with Bill having been appointed to the cabinet as the Justice Secretary in 1993, and being elected Deputy Leader in 1995. However, on 28 July 1998 Bill Clinton was assassinated in New Orleans, Acadiana by the Cajun Republican Army, making him the most senior figure to be killed during the Louisiana Troubles, and his death led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1999. After a brief period away from public life to grieve with her daughter, Clinton was appointed Health Secretary by Richard Gephardt in 1999 and served until the Liberal defeat at the 2001 election.
In opposition Clinton became a household name for her fiery clashes with first Peter Reith and then Sir Richard Lugar over foreign policy. She succeeded Tom Daschle as Leader of the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists at the 2006 election, winning 20 of the national contests and an outright majority of delegates at the convention. As Leader of Opposition she took a more concilliatory approach to the Hayes Government, frequently reaching across the aisle to secure bipartisan support for education and healthcare reform, as well as securing a gradual end to the Second Gulf War.
Despite opinion polls predicting a Liberal plurality in the July 2010 election, a surge in support for the Social Democrats as well as a lacklustre and overconfident Liberal campaign, resulted in a hung parliament, with the Tories still the largest party. Attempts by both main parties to form coalitions failed and a second election was called for November. In a surprise result the SDP became the largest party, with the Liberals a close second. The subsequent SDP-Liberal-Green coalition resulted in Clinton being appointed as Deputy Prime Minister under the Layton and Lim governments.
Following the Liberals dropping to third place in the 2015 election, Clinton pledged to stay on as leader, however a scandal involving the use of a private email server to handle sensitive government emails and documents led to her announcing her resignation in March 2016. She was suceeded as leader of the Deputy Prime Minister by Michael Bennet on 6 June 2016. Clinton would retire from the Imperial Parliament on 13 October 2016, citing a desire to spend more time with her family, and in the 2017 New Years Honours list was granted an hereditary peerage as Viscountess Clinton, of the Little Rock in the State of South Arkansaw in the Union of Louisiana.
Gary Earl Johnson is a British-born Texan businessman and politician who has served as a Texan Senator from New Mexico since 2011, having previously served as the 29th Governor of New Mexico from 1999 to 2007 and a member of the Texas House of Representatives for Albuquerque North—Rio Rancho from 1991 to 1999.
Born in Minot, Dakota in the British Commonwealth of Missouri, Johnson and his family emigrated to Albuquerque, New Mexico in the Republic of Texas in the 1960s. He graduated from from the University of Albuqerque in 1975 and founded his own company focusing on mechanical contracting. Johnson first entered public office when he won the seat of Albuquerque North—Rio Rancho in the House of Representatives as a member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served two terms in the House before running for, and winning, the 1999 New Mexico gubernatorial election. Johnson was re-elected to a second term in 2003.
Already on the socially liberal and fiscally conservative wing of the party, Johnson eventually broke from the Christian Democrats in 2006 and formed the New Mexico Libertarian Party. Term limited in 2007, he was succeeded by fellow Libertarian Casey Luna. Johnson briefly retired from political life between 2007 and 2011, until he won the 2011 senate election in New Mexico. One of six Libertarians in the Senate, that sit as part of the "Crossbench" group, Johnson is known as a swing vote, voting with the Christian Democrats or the Reform Party on a case-by-case basis. He has announced his attention to seek re-election in 2017.
Jill Ellen Stein, Baroness Stein of Lexington is a British politician, physician and activist from New England who served as the 11th Environment Secretary from 2010 to 2013, and as Leader of the Imperial Greens from 2004 to 2013.
Born in Chicago and raised in Highland Park, Stein was raised in a Reform Judaism family. Graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1979, Stein went on to practice internal medicine in and around the Boston area for the next 25 years. Turning to environmental activisim in the late 1990s, Stein was a federal candidate in New England several times before winning a list seat in the Imperial Parliament at the 2001 election.
Although Stein quickly became a prominent member of the Green frontbench team, she was still considered an outside rat the 2004 leadership election to replace Ralph Nader. In a tight race, Stein narrowly edged out Christine Milne of Australia for the leadership. Stein would lead the party to an increase in seats at the 2008 and both elections in 2010. Following the 2010 election and the formation of the SDP-Liberal-Green coalition, Stein was appointed as the 11th Environment Secretary and served throughout the Layton and Lim governments.
Stein resigned from the party leadership in 2013, citing a need for "new blood" and was succeeded by Elizabeth May, the first Green leader to not be a list MIP. Returning to the backbenches, Stein continued to advocate for environmental issues and healthcare reform, and was re-elected at the 2015 election, although she failed to win in the Boston Centre constituency. Following the mandatory retirement of Lowell Weicker Jr. from the Imperial Council at the age 85, Stein was nominated as his replacement by First Minister Petar MacÀidh and granted a life peerage as Baroness Stein of Lexington, in the Province of Massachusetts in the Commonwealth of New England.
David Evan McMullin is a Anglo-Californian politician and intelligence officer from Wasatch who has served as the Deputy Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since 2016, and as a member of the Cortes Generales since the 2013 general election. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), McMullin previously served as an intelligence officer in the Californian Intelligence Agency (CIA) and as an adviser to the Chamber Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee.
McMullin was placed on the PNL party list at the 2013 election and was elected to the Chamber of Delegates, serving in the backbenches as a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee. Following the resignation of John Campbell, McMullin was appointed as Deputy Minister under Leiticia Carazo. A rising star in the moderate wing of the party, McMullin is tipped as a future leader in the 2020s.
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Aside from everything else that's great about this, Baron Trump was pretty clever.With tomorrow being the 2nd Anniversary of the Turtledove Award winning series Hail, Britannia, it is my intention to (finally) launch a separate thread for the series, although I will continue to post content here from time to time.
Many thanks as always go to @Turquoise Blue and @CanadianTory for their advice and support. The following is based on suggestions from both of them as well as a prompt from TB about showing the "main" candidates in the OTL 2016 presidential election. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I enjoy making them.
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Donald John Trump, Lord Trump is a British American businessman, television personality and politician who has served as a member of the House of Peers of Columbia since 1998 and as a member of the Imperial Council of Lords since 2009.
Trump was born in the New York borough of Queens and went on to earn an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1971 he has managed The Trump Organisation, the real estate development firm founded by his paternal grandmother, with his business career focusing on building or renovating office towers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He started several side ventures and branded various products with his name. He also produced and hosted The Apprentice television series for 7 years, and as of 2017 he is one of the richest people in the world.
Trump has been a long time supporter of conservative parties, although prior to 1987 he was a registered member of the liberal consservative Renew New York party. He received a Knighthood in the resignation honours list of First Minister Alexander Haig, 1st Earl Haig in 1989. Having long expressed interest in taking on a more political role, Trump was granted a Life Peerage as Baron Trump, of Queens in the Province of New York City and Long Island in the Commonwealth of Columbia and appointed to the House of Peers of Columbia by Arlen Specter in 1998.
Switching to the United Heritage Party following the Conservatives' defeat in the 2007 election, Trump's politics have shifted towards the right of the political spectrum. Following the resignation of Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York and Long Island in 2009, UHP leader Rick Santorum nominated Trump as his replacement in the Imperial Council. In a surprisingly bipartisan vote, Trump was appointed to fill the elected peer vacancy by the 43rd Parliament, believed to be mainly in the hope he would stop embarrasing the UHP in the House of Peers.
Trump originally sat in the Imperial Council as a member of the British Heritage Party, but repeated clashes with leader Sarah Palin over his desire to be more involved in frontbench opposition ultimately led to Trump walking out of the party in 2012 alongwith Jeff Sessions, Imperial Councillor from Carolina, and the formation of "Team Trump", a right-wing populist, pro-business and anti-free trade party. Team Trump currently holds three seats in the Imperial Council, two in the Columbian House of Peers and one in the Carolinian House of Peers.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, 1st Viscountess Clinton is a British politician and attorney from the Ohio Country who served as the 17th Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016, the 32nd Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2010, the leader of the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists from 2006 to 2016, and as the 11th Health Secretary from 1991 to 2001.
Born in Chicago and raised in the suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a parliamentary legal counsel, she moved to Louisiana and married Bill Clinton in 1975. Following her husband's election as First Minister of Louisiana in 1988, Clinton used her ceremonial position to advocate for gender equality and healthcare reform, positioning herself as a candidate for public office in her own right. In the 1993 imperial election both Bill and Hillary Clinton were elected to the Imperial Parliament, becoming the first husband and wife to serve in the Imperial House at the same time.
Both the Clintons were rising stars in the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists, with Bill having been appointed to the cabinet as the Justice Secretary in 1993, and being elected Deputy Leader in 1995. However, on 28 July 1998 Bill Clinton was assassinated in New Orleans, Acadiana by the Cajun Republican Army, making him the most senior figure to be killed during the Louisiana Troubles, and his death led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1999. After a brief period away from public life to grieve with her daughter, Clinton was appointed Health Secretary by Richard Gephardt in 1999 and served until the Liberal defeat at the 2001 election.
In opposition Clinton became a household name for her fiery clashes with first Peter Reith and then Sir Richard Lugar over foreign policy. She succeeded Tom Daschle as Leader of the Alliance of Imperial Liberals and Reformists at the 2006 election, winning 20 of the national contests and an outright majority of delegates at the convention. As Leader of Opposition she took a more concilliatory approach to the Hayes Government, frequently reaching across the aisle to secure bipartisan support for education and healthcare reform, as well as securing a gradual end to the Second Gulf War and the War in Afghanistan.
Despite opinion polls predicting a Liberal plurality in the July 2010 election, a surge in support for the Social Democrats as well as a lacklustre and overconfident Liberal campaign, resulted in a hung parliament, with the Tories still the largest party. Attempts by both main parties to form coalitions failed and a second election was called for November. In a surprise result the SDP became the largest party, with the Liberals a close second. The subsequent SDP-Liberal-Green coalition resulted in Clinton being appointed as Deputy Prime Minister under the Layton and Lim governments.
Following the Liberals dropping to third place in the 2015 election, Clinton pledged to stay on as leader, however a scandal involving the use of a private email server to handle sensitive government emails and documents led to her announcing her resignation in March 2016. She was suceeded as leader of the Deputy Prime Minister by Michael Bennet on 6 June 2016. Clinton would retire from the Imperial Parliament on 13 October 2016, citing a desire to spend more time with her family, and in the 2017 New Years Honours list was granted an hereditary peerage as Viscountess Clinton, of the Little Rock in the State of South Arkansaw in the Union of Louisiana.
Gary Johnson is a British-born Texan businessman and politician who has served as a Texan Senator from New Mexico since 2011, having previously served as the 29th Governor of New Mexico from 1999 to 2007 and a member of the Texas House of Representatives for Albuquerque North—Rio Rancho from 1991 to 1999.
Born in Minot, Dakota in the British Commonwealth of Missouri, Johnson and his family emigrated to Albuquerque, New Mexico in the Republic of Texas in the 1960s. He graduated from from the University of Albuqerque in 1975 and founded his own company focusing on mechanical contracting. Johnson first entered public office when he won the seat of Albuquerque North—Rio Rancho in the House of Representatives as a member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served two terms in the House before running for, and winning, the 1999 New Mexico gubernatorial election. Johnson was re-elected to a second term in 2003.
Already on the socially liberal and fiscally conservative wing of the party, Johnson eventually broke from the Christian Democrats in 2006 and formed the New Mexico Libertarian Party. Term limited in 2007, he was succeeded by fellow Libertarian Casey Luna. Johnson briefly retired from political life between 2007 and 2011, until he won the 2011 senate election in New Mexico. One of six Libertarians in the Senate, that sit as part of the "Crossbench" group, Johnson is known as a swing vote, voting with the Christian Democrats or the Reform Party on a case-by-case basis. He has announced his attention to seek re-election in 2017.
Jill Stein, Baroness Stein of Lexington is a British politician, physician and activist from New England who served as the 11th Environment Secretary from 2010 to 2013, and as Leader of the Imperial Greens from 2004 to 2013.
Born in Chicago and raised in Highland Park, Stein was raised in a Reform Judaism family. Graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1979, Stein went on to practice internal medicine in and around the Boston area for the next 25 years. Turning to environmental activisim in the late 1990s, Stein was a federal candidate in New England several times before winning a list seat in the Imperial Parliament at the 2001 election.
Although Stein quickly became a prominent member of the Green frontbench team, she was still considered an outside rat the 2004 leadership election to replace Ralph Nader. In a tight race, Stein narrowly edged out Bob Brown of Australia for the leadership. Stein would lead the party to an increase in seats at the 2008 and both elections in 2010. Following the 2010 election and the formation of the SDP-Liberal-Green coalition, Stein was appointed as the 11th Environment Secretary and served throughout the Layton and Lim governments.
Stein resigned from the party leadership in 2013, citing a need for "new blood" and was succeeded by Elizabeth May, the first Green leader to not be a list MIP. Returning to the backbenches, Stein continued to advocate for environmental issues and healthcare reform, and was re-elected at the 2015 election, although she failed to win in the Boston Centre constituency. Following the mandatory retirement of Lowell Weicker Jr. from the Imperial Council at the age 85, Stein was nominated as his replacement by First Minister Petar MacÀidh and granted a life peerage as Baroness Stein of Lexington, in the Province of Massachusetts in the Commonwealth of New England.
David Evan McMullin is a Anglo-Californian politician and intelligence officer from Wasatch who has served as the Deputy Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since 2016, and as a member of the Cortes Generales since the 2013 general election. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), McMullin previously served as an intelligence officer in the Californian Intelligence Agency (CIA) and as an adviser to the Chamber Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee.
McMullin was placed on the PNL party list at the 2013 election and was elected to the Chamber of Delegates, serving in the backbenches as a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee. Following the resignation of John Campbell, McMullin was appointed as Deputy Minister under Leiticia Carazo. A rising star in the moderate wing of the party, McMullin is tipped as a future leader in the 2020s.
@LeinadB93
Yet again amazing work, this remains one of my favourite series on a this site. I must say though, "Hayes government" and "top-secret international military operation run out of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex" do I sense a certain sci-fi series making an appearance.
Yet again amazing work, this remains one of my favourite series on a this site. I must say though, "Hayes government" and "top-secret international military operation run out of the Cheyenne Mountain Complex" do I sense a certain sci-fi series making an appearance.
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The 2010 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election was an election held between two Marks, Mark Dayton and Mark Kennedy. The Independence Candidate, Dayton, narrowly beat the Farmer-Labor candidate, Kennedy. It was notable for the traditions broken; Kennedy brought national politics into Minnesota by attacking Independence Senator Al Franken for voting for the Affordable Care Act.
Early on it seemed that Kennedy was leading, but Dayton was able to use his message of fiscal conservatism alongside his strong socially liberal roots to sweep the rug out from the strongly Keynesian policies of Kennedy.
In the years to come Dayton would be re-elected handily alongside his fellow Independent-Republicans and lead the state down the road to recovery.
OOC: Due to a combination of PoDs the Republican and Democratic Parties lose all footing in Minnesota and two unique homegrown parties instead fight for control and sometimes play Kingmaker at the National level.
Early on it seemed that Kennedy was leading, but Dayton was able to use his message of fiscal conservatism alongside his strong socially liberal roots to sweep the rug out from the strongly Keynesian policies of Kennedy.
In the years to come Dayton would be re-elected handily alongside his fellow Independent-Republicans and lead the state down the road to recovery.
OOC: Due to a combination of PoDs the Republican and Democratic Parties lose all footing in Minnesota and two unique homegrown parties instead fight for control and sometimes play Kingmaker at the National level.
So while this is far from done, nor polished, I figured I put this here just in case I never finished it.
Basically the idea is that rather than a President the United States has an elective monarchy of sorts, the Archon Basileus or "Sovereign Magistrate" of the Republic. The Archon Basileus is essentially elected for life, but they can be removed from office by a super-majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Vice Presidency in turn was changed into what is known as the Megas Archon or "Grand Prince" of the Republic, which while having expanded powers over the Senate is also subject to an election every two years. If an Archon Basileus were to abdicate or die, the next in line would become what was termed as an "Anti-Basileus", essentially becoming a care-taker until an election for the position was held in November of the next even-numbered year. That was the framework I initially chose to run with.
From there I had amendments to this process getting gradually introduced over time. For example, during Thomas Jefferson's reign the Democratic-Republicans make it possible that the Archon Basileus may instead choose to call an election rather than trigger it through abdication, meaning that at all times there was a potentially full government wholly behind the controlling Party's politics. The Democrat's under Jackson introduce an amendment that allow for the Archon Basileus to nominate someone should the position of Megas Archon be vacant, supposedly securing the line of succession, though such nominee's had to be approved by the Senate. Other amendments are also under discussion, such as one that would allow the Senate to fill vacancies of the position of Megas Archon, as well as one that would establish in law the "Virginian Precedent", where an Archon Basileus is elected only for a single eight-year term rather then serving for life.
This list is also especially at the beginning more or less parallel with OTL, and that was by intention. There are some obvious differences as you go, but I didn't go far enough for those differences to really take hold.
Spoiler since the image is rather sizable even at its current state.
Basically the idea is that rather than a President the United States has an elective monarchy of sorts, the Archon Basileus or "Sovereign Magistrate" of the Republic. The Archon Basileus is essentially elected for life, but they can be removed from office by a super-majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Vice Presidency in turn was changed into what is known as the Megas Archon or "Grand Prince" of the Republic, which while having expanded powers over the Senate is also subject to an election every two years. If an Archon Basileus were to abdicate or die, the next in line would become what was termed as an "Anti-Basileus", essentially becoming a care-taker until an election for the position was held in November of the next even-numbered year. That was the framework I initially chose to run with.
From there I had amendments to this process getting gradually introduced over time. For example, during Thomas Jefferson's reign the Democratic-Republicans make it possible that the Archon Basileus may instead choose to call an election rather than trigger it through abdication, meaning that at all times there was a potentially full government wholly behind the controlling Party's politics. The Democrat's under Jackson introduce an amendment that allow for the Archon Basileus to nominate someone should the position of Megas Archon be vacant, supposedly securing the line of succession, though such nominee's had to be approved by the Senate. Other amendments are also under discussion, such as one that would allow the Senate to fill vacancies of the position of Megas Archon, as well as one that would establish in law the "Virginian Precedent", where an Archon Basileus is elected only for a single eight-year term rather then serving for life.
This list is also especially at the beginning more or less parallel with OTL, and that was by intention. There are some obvious differences as you go, but I didn't go far enough for those differences to really take hold.
Spoiler since the image is rather sizable even at its current state.
That is a really interesting and unique idea, would love to see a timeline based off this idea.So while this is far from done, nor polished, I figured I put this here just in case I never finished it.
Basically the idea is that rather than a President the United States has an elective monarchy of sorts, the Archon Basileus or "Sovereign Magistrate" of the Republic. The Archon Basileus is essentially elected for life, but they can be removed from office by a super-majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Vice Presidency in turn was changed into what is known as the Megas Archon or "Grand Prince" of the Republic, which while having expanded powers over the Senate is also subject to an election every two years. If an Archon Basileus were to abdicate or die, the next in line would become what was termed as an "Anti-Basileus", essentially becoming a care-taker until an election for the position was held in November of the next even-numbered year. That was the framework I initially chose to run with.
From there I had amendments to this process getting gradually introduced over time. For example, during Thomas Jefferson's reign the Democratic-Republicans make it possible that the Archon Basileus may instead choose to call an election rather than trigger it through abdication, meaning that at all times there was a potentially full government wholly behind the controlling Party's politics. The Democrat's under Jackson introduce an amendment that allow for the Archon Basileus to nominate someone should the position of Megas Archon be vacant, supposedly securing the line of succession, though such nominee's had to be approved by the Senate. Other amendments are also under discussion, such as one that would allow the Senate to fill vacancies of the position of Megas Archon, as well as one that would establish in law the "Virginian Precedent", where an Archon Basileus is elected only for a single eight-year term rather then serving for life.
This list is also especially at the beginning more or less parallel with OTL, and that was by intention. There are some obvious differences as you go, but I didn't go far enough for those differences to really take hold.
Spoiler since the image is rather sizable even at its current state.
Hah!
I have my doubts that it is all that realistic even with the many caveats and despite actual discussion by those working on the Constitution. There is meant to be a loose story of sorts, and there has already been some manner of chaos I developed further going into the late 50's, but ultimately I find it more fun (and sane for mysake) for others to try and guess the circumstances involved; I just don't have the time to delve into detail on something of this scale unfortunately.
I have my doubts that it is all that realistic even with the many caveats and despite actual discussion by those working on the Constitution. There is meant to be a loose story of sorts, and there has already been some manner of chaos I developed further going into the late 50's, but ultimately I find it more fun (and sane for mysake) for others to try and guess the circumstances involved; I just don't have the time to delve into detail on something of this scale unfortunately.
Yeah I know what you mean. I have posted wikiboxes here and have been told that I ought to make a proper timeline on them (Where Charles Lindbergh becomes President), but I have never had the commitment to actually realize that idea. Still an interesting idea nonetheless.
The 13th son of Prince Eric Westergaard of the Southern Isles (nicknamed the Fray of Doran) Hans was seen as a waste of space. His oldest two brothers, had sons, pushing him further from the seat of Head of Westergaard and Prince of Southern Isles.
He is sent as representative from his family, to Winterfell with the Royal cortege from Kings Landing. While in Winterfell, he is able to get the attention of Anna Stark, a cousin of Sansa, but a carbon copy of her, Anna too raised as a lady with traditionally feminine interests such as music, poetry, and singing; she also strives to become like the heroines of romantic tales by being the damsel to a prince, knight, or gentleman to fall in love with.
While trying to take control of the North, when Robb Stark in in the Riverlands, Hans is killed by Stark loyalist, who sends his bones back to the Southern Isles.
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Glad someone finally picked up on that! To be honest, the series orignally started as a Stargate wikibox series but then it sort of snowballed into the Brit-wank you see today. So there are certain leftover elements, such as Henry Hayes, Robert Kinsey, Zeditron Industries to name a few, plus that reference in the Missouri update, but I'm not going to be dealing Stargate in the main updates.
Really I'm treating Hail, Britannia as two separate timelines; one is the series I've shown so far, in the vein of True North and the American Commonwealth, that explores the modern day world, which is what I will be focusing on in the new thread. The other is mainly my own personal Stargate head canon, and involves disclosure in 2010, with the "modern day" being the mid-2240s, but I'm not delving into that one at the moment...
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