I never promised you a rose garden – a TILAW by Analytical Engine

So it's literally a Britain+France union? What happened?

It was the 1940 Anglo-French union. Originally, it just consisted of the UK and France-Algeria. Eventually, most of the other British and French colonies were added, as both countries federalised. Algeria is now a separate member of the Federation, hence why it isn't called the Anglo-French union.

Other things have happened ITTL as well though - more on that later. ;)
 
So it's literally a Britain+France union? What happened?

Quite. My question is who is head of state?

France would never except a British Queen as their head of state, and Britain would never accept the loss of the Royal Family.

Even if the Royal Family as is was wiped out during WW2 there are enough branches to ensure a King/Queen will always be found.

If the POD is pre WW2 with the King/Queen being removed then I would expect a far different WW2. During WW2 there was considerable support for the Royals, being a British rally figure. Even if Eddy keeps the throne we can expect him to be forced from his perch if he refuses to go along with parliament's will to fight Germany. George would still be an acceptable replacement over a British Republic.

Equally if an Anglo-Frank Union happens in WW2 I highly expect it to fall apart after WW2 as French nationalists insist that they will not have a British Monarch, which could be considered tantamount to Fascist dictatorial rule. Its the reason it didn't work IRL.

I'll be interested to see how this goes though.
 
Quite. My question is who is head of state?

France would never except a British Queen as their head of state, and Britain would never accept the loss of the Royal Family.

Even if the Royal Family as is was wiped out during WW2 there are enough branches to ensure a King/Queen will always be found.

If the POD is pre WW2 with the King/Queen being removed then I would expect a far different WW2. During WW2 there was considerable support for the Royals, being a British rally figure. Even if Eddy keeps the throne we can expect him to be forced from his perch if he refuses to go along with parliament's will to fight Germany. George would still be an acceptable replacement over a British Republic.

Equally if an Anglo-Frank Union happens in WW2 I highly expect it to fall apart after WW2 as French nationalists insist that they will not have a British Monarch, which could be considered tantamount to Fascist dictatorial rule. Its the reason it didn't work IRL.

I'll be interested to see how this goes though.

I'd guess there is some kind of coHoS thing probably with the Federal Parliament appointing a President. Afterall the French President is coHeadofState (CoPrince) of Andorra and this may have brought them more on board until changes were made.
 
Friday 8th May, 2015
03:25

With a recap of the evening news now finished, the camera shifts back to the Election Night studio.

“We now turn to Emily for the remaining results from the UK and France.” said Dimbleby.

“Thank you David. We now have all the results declared in both the UK and France. Starting with Northwest England, with 15 seats, we see Labour down 1 to 4 seats, and the Liberals down 1 to 2. Both of those seats were gained by the Tories, giving them 6. No change for the Greens, and the Nationalist Party, at one seat each.
“Next we go to the East of England, with 12 seats. Labour is down 1 to 1, and the Liberals down 1 to 2. The Tories have gained 1, giving them 7 seats. No change for the Greens, holding one seat, whilst the Nationalist Party has gained one seat.
“Southwest England has 9 seats. Labour has lost 1, leaving them with a single seat. The Liberals are down 1 to 3, whilst the Tories are up 2, to 6. The Greens hold onto their seat.
“Southeast England is divided into 2 districts of 9 seats each. Both seats have identical seat results this time around, with Labour losing one seat each, leaving them with 1 per district. The Liberals hold onto both pairs of seats. The Tories now have 5 seats per district, though one of those is a gain in the first district. The Greens have one seat per district, the one in the second district being a gain.
“Greater London is divided into 2 districts, one of which has 9 seats, the other 8. The results for Labour, the Liberals and the Tories are identical in both districts, with Labour down 1 to 2 per district, the Liberals down 1 to 2 per district, and the Tories hold onto their 3 per district. The Greens now have 1 per district, the second district’s seat being a gain. The Radical Socialists have gained 1 seat per district, and the Nationalist Party has gained 1 seat in the first district.
“Next is Scotland, which has 11 seats. Labour is down 1 to 3. No change for the Liberals, the Unionist Party and the SNP, with 2, 3 and 2 respectively. The Greens have gained one seat.
“The final UK constituency is Northern Ireland, which has 4 seats. No change from last time – the Labour Party of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party, the Protestant Unionist Party and Sinn Fein all holding their seats.”

She presses a button, which changes the map to France.

“North France has 12 seats. The Socialists are down 1, with 3. No change for the Radical Party, holding its only seat. The joint Democratic Republican-miscellaneous right ticket gains 1 seat, giving it 4. The Greens, Left Front, National Front and the unaligned Civil Liberty Party each hold their seats.
“The Rhône-Alpine constituency has 13 seats. The Socialists-miscellaneous Left have lost one seat, leaving them with 2, whereas the Democratic Republicans have gained 1, giving them 5. The National Liberals hold both of their seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National front hold onto their seats.
“South France has 12 seats. Again, the Socialists have lost one seat, giving them 2, whilst the Democratic Republicans gain one seat, giving them 5. No change for the other parties – the Radical Liberals hold both seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National Front hold onto theirs.
“West France has 14 seats. The Socialists are down 1 to 2, whilst the centre-right combined ticket is up 1 to 7. No change for the others – again the Radical Liberals hold both seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National Front hold onto theirs.
“Finally, the Île-de-France is divided into three districts with 8 seats each. The second and third district both have identical seat results. The Socialists lose 1 each, leaving them with 2 per district. No change for Liberal Centre Party and the Democratic Republicans with 1 and 3 seat per district respectively. The Greens and National Front both have 1 seat each per district, though the Greens gained in the third district, and the National Front in the second. For the first district, again the Socialists lose 1 seat, down to 2. The Greens gain 1 seat. No change for the other parties, with the National Liberals, Left Front and National Front at 1 each, and the Popular Republican Movement at 2.”

“Thank you Emily. We still have our guests, Geneviève Arnaud, a Socialist MP for the Rhône région, James Alexander, one of the two Conservative MPs for Grampian, and Lord Edward Langford, a Liberal peer in the House of Lords. Firstly, Mr Alexander. Whilst the Socialists have experienced losses in nearly every constituency, the Conservative grouping hasn’t been the recipient of many of those seats.”
“Of course we would have hoped for some more gains, we have now come first in several constituencies, even in areas that traditionally vote for Socialist parties.”
“Some of those with a reduction in your overall vote share.”
“Throughout the campaign, the Conservatives have been going on and on that they are the rightful party of government.” said Arnaud. “But the voting people have rejected your message.”
“Of course, the Liberal grouping has seen losses as well.” said Dimbleby.
“Yes, we have.” said Lord Langford. “Not as much as one might expect for a junior party of government, but yes we have lost. We will, of course, accept the result of the election, and try to work with any government that forms, as long as it remains within our values to do so.”

“We now turn back to Emily for the final block of results from Europe. We are not expecting the results from the Americas until at least 6, possibly 7AM, but we will be back at 8AM for a final discussion of the results. Emily.”

The massive screen has now switched away from France, and onto the Federation’s German member states.

“Thank you David. We have the German results all declared, and will be going through the constituencies in alphabetic order.
“First is Baden, which has 10 seats. The Social Democrats and Democratic Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with one seat each. The centre-right People’s Party has gained 1 seat, giving them 4. The Greens, the right-wing Freedom Party and the Independent Gustav Muller have all held their seats. Meanwhile, the Democratic Socialist Party has gained 1 seat.
“Next is Franconia, which has 13 seats. Again, the Social Democrats and Democratic Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with 3 and 1 respectively. The Christian Democrats have gained 2 seats, giving them 5. The Greens hold onto both of their seats, whilst the Democratic Socialist Party and the right-wing Freedom and Justice Party have both held their seats, with 1 each.
“Moving on to Hanover, which has 18 seats, the greatest number for a single constituency. The Social Democrats and Liberal Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with 3 and 2 respectively. The joint Christian Democrat-People’s Party ticket has gained two seats, giving them 7. The Greens hold onto both of their seats, whilst the Red-Green Alliance, Unity and Tradition Party and the Free Oldenburg Party have held their seats.
“Next up is the Rhineland, which is divided into two districts of 12 seats each. The Social Democrats have lost one seat per district, giving them 2 and 2. The Democratic Party has held both seats in the first district, but have lost 2 in the second, leaving them with 1. The Christian Democrats have gained a seat in each district, giving them 4 seats in the first district, and 5 in the second. The Greens have held onto their single seat in each district, as have the unaligned Independent Liberal League. Both the Democratic Socialists and the Freedom Party have one seat per district, but both of them are gains in the second district.
“Schleswig-Holstein is next, with 9 seats. The Social Democrats are down 1 with 2, the Liberal Party has held its seat, and the Christian Democrats are up 1 with 3. The Greens, the Democratic Socialists and the Danish Party have also held onto their seats.
“Now we have Thuringia, the newest member of the Federation, with its 4 seats. No change for the Social Democrats, the Christian Democrats or the Democratic Socialists. The Democratic Party has lost its seat to the Green Party.
“Next is Westphalia, which has 17 seats. The Social Democrats are down 2 at 3. The Democratic Party and Greens have both held onto their respective pair of seats, whilst the Christian Democrats have gained 2, giving them 7. The Democratic Socialists and the right-wing Alliance for Freedom and Progress have held their seats, whilst the unaligned Industrial Workers’ Party has lost one seat, leaving them with 1.
“Finally, is Wurttemberg, which has 12 seats. The Social Democrats are down 2 with 2 seats, whilst the Democratic Party are down 1 with 1. The Christian Democrats are up 2 with 5, and the Democratic Socialists gaining a seat. No change for the other parties, with the Greens and Freedom Party on 1 seat each, and the independent Olga Meitner has also held her seat.”

“Thank you Emily. We are not expecting the results from the Americas until at least 6, possibly 7AM. We will be back at 8AM on BBC1 and on the BBC News channel for a final discussion of the results.”

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At the bottom of the screen, the banner for the political groups reads like so:

Socialists: 156 (-70)
Liberals: 80 (-10)
Conservatives: 228 (+25)
Greens: 67 (+35)
Left: 55 (+12)
Right: 35 (+4)
Autonomists: 34 (+4)
Other: 29 (-)

684 out of 700 seats declared. 81 out of 87 constituencies declared.
 
Interesting that the German districts include Franconia, but not Bavaria (of which Franconia is a part IOTL).

A very intriguing TL!
 
I thought I knew what to expect until I saw Germany listed :eek:

I do hope there is an election map in the works, it will be fascinating seeing this federation on a map.
 
Fascinating timeline. So we've already been told that belize is the most western part of the federation.

You'd imagine the guianas are another of the 6 remaining constituencies and then I guess it's just a question of which of the west indies have gone independent, is jamaica still in the federation being the big one.
 
May TTL Germany got split up and some the successor states decided by popular vote to join, while others due to reinstating a monarchy decided otherwise.
 
Friday 8th May, 2015
03:25

With a recap of the evening news now finished, the camera shifts back to the Election Night studio.

“We now turn to Emily for the remaining results from the UK and France.” said Dimbleby.

“Thank you David. We now have all the results declared in both the UK and France. Starting with Northwest England, with 15 seats, we see Labour down 1 to 4 seats, and the Liberals down 1 to 2. Both of those seats were gained by the Tories, giving them 6. No change for the Greens, and the Nationalist Party, at one seat each.
“Next we go to the East of England, with 12 seats. Labour is down 1 to 1, and the Liberals down 1 to 2. The Tories have gained 1, giving them 7 seats. No change for the Greens, holding one seat, whilst the Nationalist Party has gained one seat.
“Southwest England has 9 seats. Labour has lost 1, leaving them with a single seat. The Liberals are down 1 to 3, whilst the Tories are up 2, to 6. The Greens hold onto their seat.
“Southeast England is divided into 2 districts of 9 seats each. Both seats have identical seat results this time around, with Labour losing one seat each, leaving them with 1 per district. The Liberals hold onto both pairs of seats. The Tories now have 5 seats per district, though one of those is a gain in the first district. The Greens have one seat per district, the one in the second district being a gain.
“Greater London is divided into 2 districts, one of which has 9 seats, the other 8. The results for Labour, the Liberals and the Tories are identical in both districts, with Labour down 1 to 2 per district, the Liberals down 1 to 2 per district, and the Tories hold onto their 3 per district. The Greens now have 1 per district, the second district’s seat being a gain. The Radical Socialists have gained 1 seat per district, and the Nationalist Party has gained 1 seat in the first district.
“Next is Scotland, which has 11 seats. Labour is down 1 to 3. No change for the Liberals, the Unionist Party and the SNP, with 2, 3 and 2 respectively. The Greens have gained one seat.
“The final UK constituency is Northern Ireland, which has 4 seats. No change from last time – the Labour Party of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party, the Protestant Unionist Party and Sinn Fein all holding their seats.”

She presses a button, which changes the map to France.

“North France has 12 seats. The Socialists are down 1, with 3. No change for the Radical Party, holding its only seat. The joint Democratic Republican-miscellaneous right ticket gains 1 seat, giving it 4. The Greens, Left Front, National Front and the unaligned Civil Liberty Party each hold their seats.
“The Rhône-Alpine constituency has 13 seats. The Socialists-miscellaneous Left have lost one seat, leaving them with 2, whereas the Democratic Republicans have gained 1, giving them 5. The National Liberals hold both of their seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National front hold onto their seats.
“South France has 12 seats. Again, the Socialists have lost one seat, giving them 2, whilst the Democratic Republicans gain one seat, giving them 5. No change for the other parties – the Radical Liberals hold both seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National Front hold onto theirs.
“West France has 14 seats. The Socialists are down 1 to 2, whilst the centre-right combined ticket is up 1 to 7. No change for the others – again the Radical Liberals hold both seats, whilst the Greens, Left Front and National Front hold onto theirs.
“Finally, the Île-de-France is divided into three districts with 8 seats each. The second and third district both have identical seat results. The Socialists lose 1 each, leaving them with 2 per district. No change for Liberal Centre Party and the Democratic Republicans with 1 and 3 seat per district respectively. The Greens and National Front both have 1 seat each per district, though the Greens gained in the third district, and the National Front in the second. For the first district, again the Socialists lose 1 seat, down to 2. The Greens gain 1 seat. No change for the other parties, with the National Liberals, Left Front and National Front at 1 each, and the Popular Republican Movement at 2.”

“Thank you Emily. We still have our guests, Geneviève Arnaud, a Socialist MP for the Rhône région, James Alexander, one of the two Conservative MPs for Grampian, and Lord Edward Langford, a Liberal peer in the House of Lords. Firstly, Mr Alexander. Whilst the Socialists have experienced losses in nearly every constituency, the Conservative grouping hasn’t been the recipient of many of those seats.”
“Of course we would have hoped for some more gains, we have now come first in several constituencies, even in areas that traditionally vote for Socialist parties.”
“Some of those with a reduction in your overall vote share.”
“Throughout the campaign, the Conservatives have been going on and on that they are the rightful party of government.” said Arnaud. “But the voting people have rejected your message.”
“Of course, the Liberal grouping has seen losses as well.” said Dimbleby.
“Yes, we have.” said Lord Langford. “Not as much as one might expect for a junior party of government, but yes we have lost. We will, of course, accept the result of the election, and try to work with any government that forms, as long as it remains within our values to do so.”

“We now turn back to Emily for the final block of results from Europe. We are not expecting the results from the Americas until at least 6, possibly 7AM, but we will be back at 8AM for a final discussion of the results. Emily.”

The massive screen has now switched away from France, and onto the Federation’s German member states.

“Thank you David. We have the German results all declared, and will be going through the constituencies in alphabetic order.
“First is Baden, which has 10 seats. The Social Democrats and Democratic Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with one seat each. The centre-right People’s Party has gained 1 seat, giving them 4. The Greens, the right-wing Freedom Party and the Independent Gustav Muller have all held their seats. Meanwhile, the Democratic Socialist Party has gained 1 seat.
“Next is Franconia, which has 13 seats. Again, the Social Democrats and Democratic Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with 3 and 1 respectively. The Christian Democrats have gained 2 seats, giving them 5. The Greens hold onto both of their seats, whilst the Democratic Socialist Party and the right-wing Freedom and Justice Party have both held their seats, with 1 each.
“Moving on to Hanover, which has 18 seats, the greatest number for a single constituency. The Social Democrats and Liberal Party have both lost one seat, leaving them with 3 and 2 respectively. The joint Christian Democrat-People’s Party ticket has gained two seats, giving them 7. The Greens hold onto both of their seats, whilst the Red-Green Alliance, Unity and Tradition Party and the Free Oldenburg Party have held their seats.
“Next up is the Rhineland, which is divided into two districts of 12 seats each. The Social Democrats have lost one seat per district, giving them 2 and 2. The Democratic Party has held both seats in the first district, but have lost 2 in the second, leaving them with 1. The Christian Democrats have gained a seat in each district, giving them 4 seats in the first district, and 5 in the second. The Greens have held onto their single seat in each district, as have the unaligned Independent Liberal League. Both the Democratic Socialists and the Freedom Party have one seat per district, but both of them are gains in the second district.
“Schleswig-Holstein is next, with 9 seats. The Social Democrats are down 1 with 2, the Liberal Party has held its seat, and the Christian Democrats are up 1 with 3. The Greens, the Democratic Socialists and the Danish Party have also held onto their seats.
“Now we have Thuringia, the newest member of the Federation, with its 4 seats. No change for the Social Democrats, the Christian Democrats or the Democratic Socialists. The Democratic Party has lost its seat to the Green Party.
“Next is Westphalia, which has 17 seats. The Social Democrats are down 2 at 3. The Democratic Party and Greens have both held onto their respective pair of seats, whilst the Christian Democrats have gained 2, giving them 7. The Democratic Socialists and the right-wing Alliance for Freedom and Progress have held their seats, whilst the unaligned Industrial Workers’ Party has lost one seat, leaving them with 1.
“Finally, is Wurttemberg, which has 12 seats. The Social Democrats are down 2 with 2 seats, whilst the Democratic Party are down 1 with 1. The Christian Democrats are up 2 with 5, and the Democratic Socialists gaining a seat. No change for the other parties, with the Greens and Freedom Party on 1 seat each, and the independent Olga Meitner has also held her seat.”

“Thank you Emily. We are not expecting the results from the Americas until at least 6, possibly 7AM. We will be back at 8AM on BBC1 and on the BBC News channel for a final discussion of the results.”

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At the bottom of the screen, the banner for the political groups reads like so:

Socialists: 156 (-70)
Liberals: 80 (-10)
Conservatives: 228 (+25)
Greens: 67 (+35)
Left: 55 (+12)
Right: 35 (+4)
Autonomists: 34 (+4)
Other: 29 (-)

684 out of 700 seats declared. 81 out of 87 constituencies declared.
Friday 8th May, 2015
06:00

“Good morning, and welcome to the BBC News, I’m Joanna Gosling. Counting is still underway for the 2015 Federal Election in North and South America. With sixteen seats left to declare, it is no longer possible for the current coalition government to achieve a majority. As yet, there has been no word from Government House in Rouen as to Prime Minister Lacan’s reaction to his government’s defeat.
“In other news, the fourth round of talks for the reunification of Japan have stalled. Nationalist protesters have effectively blockaded the National Diet Buildings in Tokyo, demanding that the United States relinquish its control over the Ryukyu Islands before the South Japanese government signs any treaty with ex-communist North Japan. Riot police are currently attempting to disburse the protestors, with limited success. We will bring you more on this story as it unfolds…”

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Friday 8th May, 2015
06:15

“And now the sporting news. In the cricket, England has moved on from their 3-2 win in the 5-day international against south Japan, and are continuing their tour of the Pacific, moving on to the Philippines. The West Indies team is currently 2-0 up on the third day of their tour of Cuba – despite their new coach, the Cubans have yet to break their six game losing streak…”

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Friday 8th May, 2015
06:30

“Good morning, and welcome to the BBC breakfast with Charlie Stayt.”
“…and Naga Munchetty.”
“Before we continue with the election news, we are joined by author Jeremy Mitchel for a run through the morning papers. Good morning.”
“Good morning.”
“So, we’ll start with the other big news of the day, in the Telegraph, about the events unfolding in Japan…” said Naga.
“Yes. These talks, which have been going on since the late ’90s, never really amounted to much before. People were getting really hopeful this time around, with the G5 of America, Canada, the Federation, the Soviet Union and south China all coming together to try and make this work. Unfortunately, tensions between Communist hardliners in the north and nationalists in the south have conspired to make things difficult. It says here that “Korean People’s Republic premier Song Do-young is appealing to both sides to remain calm”. That’s all very good for him to say, given that democratic Korea is basically a small island off the coast, whereas north and south Japan are about the same size, though not population-wise…”
“Moving on to something a little more optimistic, the Observer on page 4 has some more details of the 70th Anniversary of VE day in October.” said Charlie.
“Yes, the Queen and the French President, Michelle Gascon, are going to be treated to a joint fly-by of World War II aircraft from Britain and France at the celebrations in Malmedy. They are going to be joined by leaders from all over Europe, and a representative from the Soviet Union, as Premier Nabokov is going to be leading their celebrations.”

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Friday 8th May, 2015
07:00

Now back in the studio, the Election Night team has reassembled, fresh from a nap and a pot (or several) of strong coffee.

“All of the American results have been finalised. We now go back to Emily one last time for the results.” said Dimbleby.

Panning over to the side, we see the uber-touch screen has focused on the Caribbean, with small maps showing St Pierre and Miquelon and the Falkland Islands next to it.

“There are eight constituencies, with a total of 16 seats up for grabs. In alphabetical order, the results are as follows – Bahamas, Bermuda and Falkland, no change, with the Labour Party holding the single seat. British Guiana, again no change, with the Democratic Left Union holding the single seat there. No change either for British Honduras, with Labour keeping the sole seat.
“In French Guiana, the Socialists lose the seat there to the Left Front. No change for French North America’s 2 seats, with the Socialists and the Guadeloupe Independent Bloc holding on.
“Jamaica has 6 seats. The Labour Party has lost one seat, down to 2, whilst the independent Enoch Zephaniah has lost his seat. Both the Liberals and Conservatives have held their respective seats, with 1 each, whilst the Greens and the Democratic Socialist Front have both gained 1 seat each.
“Finally, we have Trinidad and Tobago, with its 2 seats. No change here, with Labour and the United Left Party hold onto their seats.”

“So, there we have it.” said Dimbleby “The governing coalition of Socialists, Liberals and Greens has lost too many seats to hold onto a majority. By convention, of course, the incumbent Prime Minister, Étienne Lacan, is within his right to try and form a new coalition first, but if it isn’t possible, he will have to go to President Hawkes and tender his resignation. In which case, Jeffrey Hamilton, Leader of the Opposition, will try to build his own coalition. We expect to hear the result of these negotiations within the next few days. We now turn to Jeremy Vine for a little more background to the election. Jeremy…”

Once again in his green screen cubicle, Jeremy is standing by a virtual graph, showing notable elections from 2010.

“Thank you David. We have here a graph showing the popularity of the parties over the course of the last few years.
“The last election was in 2010, which coincided with general elections in Algeria, Baden, Franconia and Hanover, all of which saw Socialist victories. The Socialists, Liberals and Greens were on a high, especially in the UK, with their general election victory in 2009. We see a slight drop in the coalition’s popularity in 2011 and ’12, seeing them loose several regional and local elections in the UK, France and national elections in several German states. During the same period, we see the Conservatives’ popularity increase, until they peak in 2013, with the centre-right bloc winning in France. Their popularity drops slightly in 2014, but the Tories still win in the UK general election.
“The Socialists’ popularity nosedives in 2013, as evidenced by their spectacular loss in the ECU parliamentary elections of that year. The Liberals also have some losses, though not by as much.
“The important line here is the Green group. Their popularity is fairly high, hovering at about 6-7% in 2010. It goes up slightly, mostly in the German states over the next two years, but after 2012, it starts rocketing up to its highest ever level at 10% in March 2015, which is very high for a relatively new group. During this period, the Greens are on a roll, making gains in local, regional and national elections. The Greens are senior parties in two provincial governments in Hanover, and are especially popular in the councils of southern Wurttemberg. The polls all suggested that the Greens would do well in this election, and they have, outdoing everyone’s expectations.”

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At the bottom of the screen, the banner for the political groups reads like so:

Socialists: 163 (-65)
Liberals: 81 (-9)
Conservatives: 229 (+26)
Greens: 68 (+36)
Left: 59 (+15)
Right: 35 (+4)
Autonomists: 35 (+5)
Other: 30 (-1)

700 out of 700 seats declared. 87 out of 87 constituencies declared.

(Retcon again, sorry :eek:. The seat count for the previous update should read 79/87 constituencies declared.)

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Thursday 14th May, 2015
09:12

“We are now going live to Rouen, where Prime Minister Lacan is about to make a statement.”

The scene cuts to Government House in Rouen, home of the Federal Prime Minister and the cabinet offices. Outside is a plinth, with the title written in English, French, German and Arabic. After a minute, the Prime Minister steps behind the plinth, and starts speaking in his native French. An interpreter translates his words for the BBC’s English-speaking audience.

“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I and my colleagues have been in negotiations with members of the other political groups, but we have unfortunately been unable to form a working majority. I cannot escape the inevitable, that the voting people of the Federation have chosen not to elect this government for a third term. Therefore, I will be proceeding to the Presidential Palace to tender my resignation to President Hawkes, and ask him to invite the Leader of the Opposition to form a government. Thank you.”

And with that, he walks to his limousine, camera flashes going off constantly.

The scene cuts to an overhead shot, showing the limousine and its police escort on its quarter mile journey to the Presidential Palace.

“So there we have it, Jeffrey Hamilton will be the next prime minister of the Federation. We understand that he has already gained agreements with the Liberals and the Greens to form a government. This will be President Hawkes’ last major engagement until the swearing in of the incoming parliament. It is unclear whether the parliament will choose to reappoint him as president, or to elect a new candidate, likely from the Conservative grouping, or possibly from another grouping within the new coalition.”

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The End.
 
It seems that WW2 lasted longer and the USSR was more successful in Asia and part of China was retained by the KMT.
 
One question I have is that with Britain, France and what seems to be West Germany federated, what's keeping the Benelux countries out? It seems at the very least, we've got a good chunk of the OTL EU already federated.
 
One question I have is that with Britain, France and what seems to be West Germany federated, what's keeping the Benelux countries out? It seems at the very least, we've got a good chunk of the OTL EU already federated.

The Benelux made their own arrangements. Anglo-French occupied Germany was absorbed to add the technological distinctiveness (ok, industrial base) to their own.

I have got a map, but I forgot to copy it over to my memory stick... :eek:
 
I have got a map, but I forgot to copy it over to my memory stick... :eek:

Yeah, next it'll be forgetting to do up your flies*, then leaving the keys in the car, and finally leaving the chip pan on the cooker and burning the house down...

I see VE Day was in October 1945? If France fought on, presumably North Africa was cleared of Axis forces quite quickly, so what caused the delay? Was US involvement later or less? Hope there will be more details of the back story emerging, but good to see that Cuba, South Japan and the Phillipines are playing cricket. There may be hope for civilisation in this TL.

(*Apologies if my assumption that you are a gentleman is incorrect ;))
 
Friday 8th May, 2015
02:07

“Of course, the opinion polls have been wrong before.” added the bespectacled Nick Robinson. “The most recent ones from the Times and La Monde have the Socialist grouping making smaller losses than previous ones. The Green surge was predicted, but not on this scale. The hard left tends to gain most when the Socialists do badly, but not so in Somaliland, it appears.”

Hmmm... CAN newspapers have a sex-change operation?
 
Hmmm... CAN newspapers have a sex-change operation?

I thought that's how it was spelt :eek:. I have spent the past 15 years forgetting all my French lessons.

Anyway, here is a map (of the Federation):

Federation Map.png
 
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