Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes V (Do Not Post Current Politics Here)

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You know, I was lingering about how I could possibly expand on this and then it hit me.
Chancellors.
So without further delay, here's 16 Chancellors of the American Union.

Their term lengths are ultimately dependent on how long they work with the various prime ministers since the post's establishment in 1935. Also the Chancellor appoints his own cabinet that he can dismiss at will, with the traditional practice of having a Chancellor's cabinet only stay on for a year being followed loosely by it's officeholders.

Some of the more controversial appointments include Barry Goldwater's husband of LBJ throughout the 1960's until he opted not to carry him over after the 1968 elections. Of the 16 Chancellors:2 (Wendell Ford and Thomas Dewey) lost votes of no confidence, while the greatest chancellors are pointed towards the administration of Herbert Hoover with him calmly leading the nation throughout one of the most destructive wars in human history. Another runner up in the "best Chancellor" category include Ted Stephens, who served his country admirably amid growing inflation, was able to effectively negotiate several sweeping reforms with the backing of Prime Minister Perot. Though his largest failure was with numerous terrorist groups which sent the Historical Party (Military) into a frenzied race to eliminate his power, succeeding with the staunchly conservative and military veteran Chuck Schumer from the New York back country.

If there were, however, to be considered america's least favorite chancellor, a few noteworthy contenders would be the administrations of George Patton, (with his abusive attitudes and stark partisanship practically freezing the senate chambers in day to day operations.) and the ill fated administration of Gerald Ford, who had much blame pinned on him for political patronage and cronyism, the ill fated invasion of Iceland and several riots throughout the south which he was criticized for being indecisive and looking weak on the global stage a few months before an election (and a defeat) in 1978.


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I originally posted this on the current politics thread, but I'll post it here with some modification to the text.

I will fully admit that this one is complete nonsense, and makes absolutely no sense. Going against doctor's advice, Margaret Thatcher wants to have an active role in politics again and decides to renounce her peerage in 2001 in order to take a seat in Parliament.

John Major, who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, was standing down from the House of Commons in the 2001 election, and so Thatcher wants to become the next Conservative Party candidate for Huntingdon. She manages to get the candidacy and wins the seat with a higher Conservative vote count than IOTL.

William Hague, the Conservative Party leader from 1997 who succeeded Major, resigns the leadership after only managing a net gain of one seat in the election. The Conservatives elect Iain Duncan Smith to succeed him, as they do IOTL. Just like our timeline, the Conservatives soon realise that Duncan Smith will fail to win the next election so badly that the Tories may end up losing seats.

The vote of no confidence in Iain Duncan Smith passes, and he is forced out of his position, but not before the next leader is elected. Michael Howard runs for the Leadership of the Party, but so does Mrs Thatcher. Against all the odds, by the final ballot, Margaret Thatcher wins the leadership for the second time, regaining the leadership 30 years after she was first elected.

She becomes the Leader of the Opposition for the second time, and despite stating that "The Prime Minister has shown strong, bold leadership; standing strong together with President Bush', she pledged that she would strike harder against opposition forces.

Surprisingly, these words seemed to work in the environment of a massively Labour dominated Parliament, and in 2005 the Conservatives managed to win a majority of 6. Tony Blair attempts to stay on as Labour Leader and Leader of the Opposition, but he is soon replaced by John Prescott.

Thatcher becomes one of the oldest elected Prime Ministers in history at the age of 79, and, after leading the Conservatives to a shock second victory in 2009 by a majority of 30, she becomes the oldest elected British Prime Minister, at the age of 83. It is worth mentioning after this election result John Prescott resigns as Labour leader and is replaced by David Miliband. A year after this victory, Thatcher appoints George Osborne as her Deputy Prime Minister.

Thatcher was preparing for the 2013 General election, where, just a month before the election, in April 2013, she suffers a fatal stroke at the age of 87. If elected, she would have been one of the oldest democratically elected leaders in history. An emergency leadership election is held, with George Osborne becoming Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister the day after, unopposed. Tributes are paid across the nation, but not everyone shares the mournful sentiment, with some rather distasteful celebration being seen at the time of her death. As with our timeline, 'The Witch is Dead' from the Wizard of Oz enters the charts, but instead reaches No. 1. Some media outlets still choose not to play it out of respect.

George Osborne leads then Conservatives to a hung parliament, being short 4 of a majority. This election sees the Liberal Democrats almost wiped out say for 1 MP, due to the public wanting to go to one extreme of the political spectrum, either to Labour or Conservative. Confidence and supply agreements are made with the UUP and UKIP, with Farage actually winning Thanet South ITTL.

...or something like that.

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One of the languages revived by the Linguistic Time Capsule project promoted by the League of Nations starting in the 1950s was the Romance language known as Dalmatian. Having become extinct when the last speaker was killed in a roadwork explosion in 1898, the resurrection of the Dalmatian language was accomplished in large part due to the discovery of a treasure trove of Dalmatian language manuscripts unearthed in a library in Zadar in 1947. Today, the language has nearly two hundred thousand speakers.

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2014 Commonwealth of America Federal Election

The 2014 election saw the Labor Party returning to power for the first time since their disastrous results in the 2004 election. Former prime minister Mike Madigan of Indiana returned to his old position after being forced out by his own party in 2003. The Liberal Party lost the majority they held for 10 years as their new leader Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania was unable to hold on to the popularity held by retiring Prime Minister Mike Castle of Delaware. The Democratic People's Party led by Tom Tancredo of Colorado continued the rise that they saw in both 2004 and 2009 to overtake the Progressive Party and become the third largest party in the House of Commons. The Progressive Party led by Bernie Sanders of Vermont gained back several seats after their large loss in 2009 under then-leader Dennis Kucinich of Ohio but was unable to outpace the DPP's growth. The Green Party under Elizabeth May of Columbia had their best federal election to date winning 9 seats and securing their first province-wide win in Prince Edward Island.


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Chandler actually auditioned for the part of Spider-Man for the part that Tom Holland eventually got. I think it's pretty nasty how he got booted off The Walking Dead just before his eighteenth birthday, so here Chandler gets to have a new big role for a good amount of time.
'Nuff said, I'm a massive fan of Chandler Riggs.
 
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Chandler actually auditioned for the part of Spider-Man for the part that Tom Holland eventually got. I think it's pretty nasty how he got booted off The Walking Dead just before his eighteenth birthday, so here Chandler gets to have a new big role for a good amount of time.
'Nuff said, I'm a massive fan of Chandler Riggs.
I like Tom Holland as Spider-man but this would've been interesting too
 
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A college basketball star blows out his knee in the big game and decides to go into the family business. Events proceed from there.
NOTE: The PoD is earlier, hence some of the butterflies.
 
I love this! I imagined Lincoln remaining beardless ITTL but that doesn't make this any less amazing. Although one thing you could've mentioned but didn't was Lincoln's pro-labor leanings (he was even pen pals with Karl Marx in OTL I think), which very well could've influenced the National Union towards becoming pro-labor like it is in your TL
 
You made Lincoln into a more awesome figure. I say again that Lincoln's assassination was one of the worst things that ever happened OTL!
Who doesn't want to make Lincoln more awesome? I just had Booth have a happy little accident in the Civil War.

I love this! I imagined Lincoln remaining beardless ITTL but that doesn't make this any less amazing. Although one thing you could've mentioned but didn't was Lincoln's pro-labor leanings (he was even pen pals with Karl Marx in OTL I think), which very well could've influenced the National Union towards becoming pro-labor like it is in your TL
Tbh I think the beard makes him more dignified. Well also the National Union wouldn't become pro-labor until the 20th century or so, but yea Lincoln laid the foundations for the party.
 
Who doesn't want to make Lincoln more awesome? I just had Booth have a happy little accident in the Civil War.

Well, this Lincoln came to power in what appeared to be some legislative coup, served for ten years, and even backed the creation of a black free state-though personally, I feel the creation of the black ethnostate enables segregation by making it easier for white supremacists to separate the races.
 
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