Our Fair Country: The Commonwealth of New England
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IOTL's "Big Four" of the Central Pacific Railroad (which connected Utah to California, and later became part of the First Transcontinental Railroad) were Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker. All except Crocker were from within TTL's New England boundaries, so I doubt they would be involved with US railroads. That being said, does a railroad connecting the West come up similarly to IOTL?
Also, I am guessing Stanford University doesn't exist ITTL, unless Leland made the trek out west anyway.
Also, I am guessing Stanford University doesn't exist ITTL, unless Leland made the trek out west anyway.
What are the main political parties of the UK like ITTL? Why is UK Labour in power rn instead of the tories?
Would you be so kind as do enlighten me on the situation in Australia, because PM Truss doesn't seem remotely possible to me.
So, Sanders is New England's totally-not-Jeremy-Corbyn, or New England's totally-not-Tony-Benn ITTL?
The Kennedy's are a VERY powerful political family. You name them, chances are they are in politics. Caroline Kennedy only stepped down in 2016, but three members of the Kennedy family sit in the House of Commons, representing Long Island, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
In terms of cars, there are plants in New England (Naugatuck, Connecticut and Saint John, New Brunswick) for General Motors and Toyota. There is no car brand native to New England. William C. Durant is a New Englander, but he moved to Michigan in search of employment. Thus, General Motors is still (mostly) the same.
All three were prominent New England railroad men, owning some of the biggest railway companies in the country (Boston & Maine, Vermont Central, Springfield & Adirondack, Albany & Connecticut, Long Island, New Haven, Halifax & Boston). Stanford University does indeed not exist. The United States Railroad industry is known primarily for Cornelius Vanderbilt who owned the New York Pacific Railroad, which completed the second Trans-Continental Railroad through the northern states. The first Trans-Continental Railroad was a quasi-government project (same as the one in OTL), which went through the "Southern Route" to assist slavery's expansion to California. Los Angeles was the terminus of the first TCRR, which was owned from Los Angles to Houston by the California Atlantic RR. From Houston to Atlanta it was owned by the Southern Pacific RR. Interestingly, the Southern Pacific RR was owned by future President William Mahone.
Labour (Imagine Attlee's Labour, not Blair's), along with the Conservatives trailing and the Liberals far behind. British politics are much more left-wing, and what we know as Blair's Labour is more aligned with standard Conservative positions. The Liberals sort of exist as a place to dump votes when you don't want to vote for either of the two major parties (sound familiar?), but they've essentially been relegated to being the Tories' supporting cast whenever they win enough seats to knock Labour out of power, but can't form a majority.
Don't ask about Northern Ireland. It's... a mess.
Stick around! I'll try and do something today on Australia!
Gotta keep in mind the sources. This is still Fox News. He's pretty similar to the one we all know, just a tiny bit more to the left given the already leftist nature in general of New England politics compared to (real) USA politics.
It's because it's from the FAIR and BALANCED network.
Any organisation with a brain calls it the Labour Party.
Hold the phone...
"Rubio backs repeal of the Second Amendment"
That has many, many interesting implications (presuming it's still 'right to bear arms’):
- That repealing the second amendment is an opinion in the mainstream
- Repealing the Second Amendment is something that the right-wing party considers possible
- That supporting a repeal of the second amendment is not going to immediately signal Rubio's defeat to a primary challenger
- That altering the constitution is something that is either much more common, or much more feasible
"Rubio backs repeal of the Second Amendment"
That has many, many interesting implications (presuming it's still 'right to bear arms’):
- That repealing the second amendment is an opinion in the mainstream
- Repealing the Second Amendment is something that the right-wing party considers possible
- That supporting a repeal of the second amendment is not going to immediately signal Rubio's defeat to a primary challenger
- That altering the constitution is something that is either much more common, or much more feasible
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From my understanding, most candidates follow a one term presidency in the U.S. ITTL. That's one of the reasons Rubio defeated the incunbent social labour candidate, she was running for reelection, which was controversial.
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