the major years

Hysteria as ex-PM returns from the dead!
Daily Express, 21st of October 1997

Campbell-Bannerman to nation: I have returned from the grave, now I will return the Liberals to power!
Daily Mirror, 23rd of October 1997

Zombie Churchill Rises! Challenges Campbell-Bannerman to Boxing match!
-The Guardian October 25th 1997

Ramsay McDonald Lurches From Grave - Labour Burns Him Alive
The Independent, October 26th.

CalBear Betrays IanTheAdmin for 30 Silver Pieces
Private Eye, 28 October 1997

OOC: Given how ASB this has become, we might as well go all the way.
The Doctor Saves Britain from the Zombie Prime Ministers & Ah.com from CalBear.

Various. 31/10/1997
 
'Doctor' disappears mysteriously, independent candidate Saxon declares new party
Daily Mail, November 5th 1997
 
Meadow 'tried to make this a lefty wank' - V-J
Telegraph, November 8th

'He'll be tried in the court of public opinion', V-J says
Guardian, November 9th
 
V-J 'grossly naive' if he thinks Blairite landslide would mean a lefty wank, say sources close to Meadow
The Guardian, 2 December 1997

V-J should come and have a go if he thinks he's hard enough
Jeremy Clarkson, The Sun, 3 December 1997
 
Norman Tebbit kills Saxon, claims that control of England belongs to him.
Daily Express, November 6th 1997
Doctor regenerates and fights to the death with Tebbit for control of England. With the aid of his assistant, JK Rowling, he forces Tebbit into a retirement home.

10/12/97 The Independent.

Doctor caught in booze and sex binge. Jo Rowling caught hiding wand and claiming it feels magic shocker.

12/12/97 The Sun

Eddie Izzard PM.

13/12/97 The Daily Mail
 
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Meadow 'tried to make this a lefty wank' - V-J
Telegraph, November 8th

'He'll be tried in the court of public opinion', V-J says
Guardian, November 9th

V-J 'grossly naive' if he thinks Blairite landslide would mean a lefty wank, say sources close to Meadow
The Guardian, 2 December 1997

V-J should come and have a go if he thinks he's hard enough
Jeremy Clarkson, The Sun, 3 December 1997
So much unresolved tension. Get a room. ;)
 
Ok, as we all know it would be damn near ASB for Major to win in 1997, but I have a few ideas.

1 - Instead of Brown bowing out of he leadership contest with Blair, have them duke it out for a while. Have Brown win, isolate any "new labour" people in the party, and keep on the "old labour" track (dont get rid of clause 4 in labpour party constitution.)

2- Have Neil Kinnock win in 1992,and have a scandal ridden 5 year term. Throw in a recession, several forced resignations, an affair or two, and then have Major come back in 1997 to promise an end to the corruption,and economic Malaise.

Oh and yes,wargamer6, I do like the idea of Zombie Churchill being PM. You could toss in Powell, Alec-Douglas-Home, Heath, Macmillian, and a few others, and you could have an all zombie version of Churchill's old 1951 cabinet.


Wishing you well, his majesty,
The Scandinavian Emperor
 
Ok, as we all know it would be damn near ASB for Major to win in 1997, but I have a few ideas.

1 - Instead of Brown bowing out of he leadership contest with Blair, have them duke it out for a while. Have Brown win, isolate any "new labour" people in the party, and keep on the "old labour" track (dont get rid of clause 4 in labpour party constitution.)

2- Have Neil Kinnock win in 1992,and have a scandal ridden 5 year term. Throw in a recession, several forced resignations, an affair or two, and then have Major come back in 1997 to promise an end to the corruption,and economic Malaise.

Oh and yes,wargamer6, I do like the idea of Zombie Churchill being PM. You could toss in Powell, Alec-Douglas-Home, Heath, Macmillian, and a few others, and you could have an all zombie version of Churchill's old 1951 cabinet.


Wishing you well, his majesty,
The Scandinavian Emperor

Unfortunately Brown and Blair were both united in their push for New Labour. That's why Brown agreed to step aside for Blair.
 

AndyC

Donor
Times statistician fired over historical blunder: Campbell-Bannerman lawsuit settled out of court
The Guardian, 29 October 1997

There.

Estate of Stanley Baldwin wins claim against Times and Guardian
The Independent, 14 November 1997


(Don't worry, no-one reads the Independent anyway. Baldwin won 473 seats in 1931)

Irrelevant election statisticians ignored in argument over whether MacDonald should be creditted with the largest majority
"We've all moved on and this bit's quite boring" claims our political correspondent - The Independent, 15 November 1997

Was the photo of Blair and Brown double-teaming the Queen Mother in Trafalgar Square during rush hour pivotal in making the election result plausible?
The Daily Sport

(Let's face it, even that might not have been enough in 1997 ...)
 
Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher & David Owen form supergroup The Twigs. Vow to be "Bigger than the Beatles".
-The Independent 9/1/1997
 
Exclusive interview with Princess Diana's budgie - "I blame Prince Phillip" claims feathered friend
Daily Express, 4th September 1997
 

AndyC

Donor
'AndyC obviously didn't read post #29' says V-J
Daily Telegraph, 6th of December

"I see no problems with that", says Andy C
The Guardian, 7th December 1997

Russians return Corpse Ambassador
"She was starting to smell"
The Times, 8th December 1997

Was it an insult to send a deceased Princess to Moscow?
"They were happy enough before she went a bit off", claims Robin Cook
Guardian column, 9th December 1997
 
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