It looks really neat! Such a shame the Taliban destroyed that Buddha OTLthoughts on my Baktrian Buddhism wikipage?
Is Baktria in the same place about as OTL Afghanistan? Does Islam still exist?
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Is Baktria in the same place about as OTL Afghanistan? Does Islam still exist?
Yea, its a shame that they destroyed it.It looks really neat! Such a shame the Taliban destroyed that Buddha OTL
Is Baktria in the same place about as OTL Afghanistan? Does Islam still exist?
As for its location, its location is basically occupies what today is Afghanistan and Pakistan. Islam never came to be in this timeline, nor did Christianity but other religions came to be and some religions survived that faded away in our timeline.
The wonderful creatures of the country of death
"Watch out for Droppers in the forests, they're very deadly"
The Droppers, also known as "Drop Bears" and "Carnivorous Koalas" are a carnivorous species who are, strangely most closely related to koalas. They are typically found in forest regions across the east coast and Tasmania. Some of the first colonists of Australia while exploring the region, got dropped on by the creatures and died. It is found that Droppers are least likely to attack voices they are used to such as those nowadays with an Australian accent. Tourists are generally advised to wear a "Wizard hat" and in one famous misspelling a "Wizzard hat".
"Watch out for Droppers in the forests, they're very deadly"
The Droppers, also known as "Drop Bears" and "Carnivorous Koalas" are a carnivorous species who are, strangely most closely related to koalas. They are typically found in forest regions across the east coast and Tasmania. Some of the first colonists of Australia while exploring the region, got dropped on by the creatures and died. It is found that Droppers are least likely to attack voices they are used to such as those nowadays with an Australian accent. Tourists are generally advised to wear a "Wizard hat" and in one famous misspelling a "Wizzard hat".
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Results map here.
The 2019 French general election was held on Sunday 29 September 2019 to elect all 225 members of the National Assembly. The incumbent centre-right National Centre minority government, supported by the Alliance Party and New Republican Party, was seeking re-election. The election delivered an unexpected victory for the Pirate Party which, despite polling between 17% and 20% throughout the campaign, won a strong plurality. Pirate support flowed from every other party in the assembly, with the National Centre suffering the greatest losses. After securing support from the left-wing Democratic Left, the Pirates formed government at a national level for the first time in any country, with leader Lydie Vigouroux sworn in as Prime Minister.
Results map here.
The 2019 French general election was held on Sunday 29 September 2019 to elect all 225 members of the National Assembly. The incumbent centre-right National Centre minority government, supported by the Alliance Party and New Republican Party, was seeking re-election. The election delivered an unexpected victory for the Pirate Party which, despite polling between 17% and 20% throughout the campaign, won a strong plurality. Pirate support flowed from every other party in the assembly, with the National Centre suffering the greatest losses. After securing support from the left-wing Democratic Left, the Pirates formed government at a national level for the first time in any country, with leader Lydie Vigouroux sworn in as Prime Minister.
Oh shit yes!
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I have only two words.
Hello Ma.
Just about the most random thing I've ever done.
Hello Ma.
Just about the most random thing I've ever done.
Results map here.
The 2019 French general election was held on Sunday 29 September 2019 to elect all 225 members of the National Assembly. The incumbent centre-right National Centre minority government, supported by the Alliance Party and New Republican Party, was seeking re-election. The election delivered an unexpected victory for the Pirate Party which, despite polling between 17% and 20% throughout the campaign, won a strong plurality. Pirate support flowed from every other party in the assembly, with the National Centre suffering the greatest losses. After securing support from the left-wing Democratic Left, the Pirates formed government at a national level for the first time in any country, with leader Lydie Vigouroux sworn in as Prime Minister.
I like it! Is this a North France-type scenario, with South France not holding elections at all (e.g. because it is under an authoritarian/totalitarian regime)?
Also, do you know anything about the Swedish electoral system?
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I have several questions.
1) how the Hell did Pat Buchanan win the popular vote?
2) why would the Dems nominate Clinton a fourth time if his popularity had dipped?
3) why were Gore and Biden dropped from the ticket?
- Laziness on my part (Buchanan did much worse )
- Clinton filled the party with Yesmen by that point
- Gore was replaced because he ran against him in the 2000 primary. Biden was replaced because it was suggested that a VP candidate who was a veteran would help him against McCain
2019 Virginia Senate Special Election
In the 2019 Virginia Senate special election, Unionist candidate Natalie Tennant defeated National candidate State Senator Frank Wagner. Tennant, who was Virginia Secretary of State at the time, was appointed by Governor Armstrong to fill the Senate vacancy left by Joe Manchin who was appointed as Secretary of the Interior by President Mitch Landrieu in July 2018.
In the 2019 Virginia Senate special election, Unionist candidate Natalie Tennant defeated National candidate State Senator Frank Wagner. Tennant, who was Virginia Secretary of State at the time, was appointed by Governor Armstrong to fill the Senate vacancy left by Joe Manchin who was appointed as Secretary of the Interior by President Mitch Landrieu in July 2018.
Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum, that's how
I'll leave it to Erin to give the real in-lore reason though
Shenanigans. Republican north with some other things going on in the west/south.
The Pirates had a number of issues that helped boost them to this position: a highly unpopular surveillance state that grew under the previous government, a number of embarrassing government leaks over the preceding few years, a weak economy, and the direction the government had been taking in international relations, growing ties with authoritarian nations which previous governments had distanced France from. The final push that got them to the top was the publication a week before the election of documents exposing corruption among the four largest parties. While the parties in question engaged in clumsy damage control, the Pirates stuck to their anti-corruption message and drew in a bunch more support. Their final result was bolstered by significantly increased turnout, largely attributed to disillusioned voters coming out to support the Pirates.
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@Erinthecute and I came up with the idea for a Pirateslide together and decided to both do one, so here's mine. It's for my Führerreich TL as well
Legislative elections were held in the Dutch Republic on 15 September 2019 to elect all 100 members of the House of Representatives. The incumbent government of CVP Prime Minister Yves Hendrik Visscher was at an all-time low of popularity, largely in part due to a stagnant economy and ongoing corruption investigations. Polls going into the election predicted a SDAP victory with massive gains for the Pirates as well as moderate gains for the Greens and SVP, massive losses for the CVP, and all the other parties remaining largely the same. Predictions were proven partially wrong when the Pirate Party came in first place, although the rest of the predictions were largely true. Pirate Party Lijsttrekker Maaike Zondervan was designated Prime Minister after a week and a half of negotiations, forming a majority coalition with the SDAP and the Greens
Legislative elections were held in the Dutch Republic on 15 September 2019 to elect all 100 members of the House of Representatives. The incumbent government of CVP Prime Minister Yves Hendrik Visscher was at an all-time low of popularity, largely in part due to a stagnant economy and ongoing corruption investigations. Polls going into the election predicted a SDAP victory with massive gains for the Pirates as well as moderate gains for the Greens and SVP, massive losses for the CVP, and all the other parties remaining largely the same. Predictions were proven partially wrong when the Pirate Party came in first place, although the rest of the predictions were largely true. Pirate Party Lijsttrekker Maaike Zondervan was designated Prime Minister after a week and a half of negotiations, forming a majority coalition with the SDAP and the Greens
For my Führerreich TL
Federal elections were held in Australia on 26 August 2018 to elect all 151 members of the House of Representatives. Senate elections were held on the same day. The election was a landslide victory for the Australian Labor Party, as polls showed voters were tired of the Coalition for Australia government due to a stagnant economy, corruption allegations, and five leadership spills within the span of three years, two of which were successful, leading to three Prime Ministers in a single term
Federal elections were held in Australia on 26 August 2018 to elect all 151 members of the House of Representatives. Senate elections were held on the same day. The election was a landslide victory for the Australian Labor Party, as polls showed voters were tired of the Coalition for Australia government due to a stagnant economy, corruption allegations, and five leadership spills within the span of three years, two of which were successful, leading to three Prime Ministers in a single term
And another one:
After the 2010 election resulted in a hung parliament, Prime Minister Michael Howard was unsuccessful in his attempts to form a government with the support of the Liberal Democrats. Within days, a Labour-Lib Dem coalition was formed, signified by the iconic 'garden press conference' between David Miliband and Nick Clegg.
It wasn't long before the government began to hit the rocks. A referendum on proportional representation failed to be approved, by a narrow margin, in 2011 due to anti-government midterm feelings. Post-2008 austerity measures continued, but the Labour Party was cleverly able to pass much of the blame onto its coalition partners, which was reflected in local election results.
For all of the government's troubles, the opposition just didn't seem to click with the electorate. Michael Gove, whilst undoubtedly intelligent, lacked charisma and was widely seen as being too much of a geek. The most infamous moment for him came during a visit to a Wetherspoon's pub, where, perhaps attempting to make himself seem more human, he spilt a pint of bitter over his white shirt, an image that made every single national newspaper front page the next day, with the normally sympathetic Sun's headline being "Oh Beer!".
By the time the campaign came around, the opinion pollsters and the pundits were predicting a close result. The debates had seemingly made little difference, although Nigel Farage was widely seen as the victor in all of them. The results, however, contradicted those expectations. The Tories lost vast numbers of lower middle class and upper working class voters who had been crucial to them during the 1997-2010 years, and dozens of seats, particularly in the South of England and the Midlands, were lost to UKIP. In the more standard Labour-Conservative contests, the shrewd anti-Gove campaign, which included advertising boards depicting Michael Gove in the pocket of Nigel Farage, no doubt aimed to appeal to 'centre-ground' voters, meant that Labour saw increases in its majorities in places such as Milton Keynes, Northampton and Ipswich. UKIP ate into some of Labour's traditional Northern base, but not to the extent that some predicted. The Liberal Democrats had a rather disastrous night, losing a fair few of its long-held West Country seats to the Tories (the only real point of success for the latter) and being victim to the UKIP surge in some other seats, as well as the occasional loss to Labour and the smaller nationalist parties. Seats such as Bath and Nick Clegg's own seat of Sheffield Hallam, though, were held due to left-of-centre tactical voting.
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I presume the asterisk means that the speaker is from Labour. Is it Lindsay Hoyle?
Yes, elected in 2009 mostly thanks to high levels of support on the Tory benches, although he's nowhere near as unpopular with his (former) party as Bercow is in OTL.
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