The Empire Parnell Built

[Arthur Marston]

You got your dates mixed up a little here.

 

[Rattigan]

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You got your dates mixed up a little here.

Thanks

 

[Rattigan]

 

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[Rattigan]

 

[Steelers94]

So who won the remaining 31 seats the Progressives lost?

 

[KingSweden24]

So who won the remaining 31 seats the Progressives lost?

Presumably some mix of Socialists and minor parties? Perhaps Quebecois nationalism is getting its foreshadowed start early?

 

[Rattigan]

So who won the remaining 31 seats the Progressives lost?

Presumably some mix of Socialists and minor parties? Perhaps Quebecois nationalism is getting its foreshadowed start early?

The 1961 chamber is smaller than the 1959 chamber, which explains part of the discrepancy. The five seats not won by the three main parties were won by the True Liberals (3) and the Bloc Populaire (2). The former are basically disgruntled ex-Liberals who didn't want anything to do with the merger into the Nationals and had notable personal votes in their ridings and the latter are a Quebecois nationalist party.

 

[KingSweden24]

The 1961 chamber is smaller than the 1959 chamber, which explains part of the discrepancy. The five seats not won by the three main parties were won by the True Liberals (3) and the Bloc Populaire (2). The former are basically disgruntled ex-Liberals who didn't want anything to do with the merger into the Nationals and had notable personal votes in their ridings and the latter are a Quebecois nationalist party.

Is Bloc Populaire a name of your invention or was that Bourassa's outfit?

 

[Rattigan]

Is Bloc Populaire a name of your invention or was that Bourassa's outfit?

A bit of both: the original BP declines and dissolves in the 40s as in OTL but was revived following the Liberal-Conservative merger with much the same iconography. It is effectively the political wing of the Rassemblement pour l'Independence Nationale.

 

[KingSweden24]

A bit of both: the original BP declines and dissolves in the 40s as in OTL but was revivified following the Liberal-Conservative merger with much the same iconography. It is effectively the political wing of the Rassemblement pour l'Independence Nationale.

Awesome thanks! Had never heard that name before so was curious

 

[Rattigan]

 

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[KingSweden24]

Man, Chou Enlai and an Emperor having to get along and coexist… that’s certainly something

 

[Rattigan]

 

[Whiteshore]

Was this based on the Nedellin Disaster IOTL?

 

[Rattigan]

 

[DAv]

Oh great, Bank of England helping stage a coup in another country. This certainly won't end badly for anyone concerned. It's rather stark to show the sheer power imbalance when they can do this in France and not worry about immediate repercussion as well.

 

[Rattigan]

 

[Kurt_Steiner]

Let's hope that Mandela doesn't end like MLK.