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| ====== Lord Roem ====== | ====== Lord Roem ====== |
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| A British poster from the [[offtopic:Yorkshire]] town of [[offtopic:Barnsley]], Lord Roem is seen by many as the man needed to bring the Labour Party kicking and screaming into the 1950s. A former student and politican at the LSE - he has since retired to become a researcher in the House of Lords. Roem currently resides in Southwark, where he occasionally fights crime in the mid-19th Century. Outside the forum, Roem is a fan of decent coffee, real ale and country walks. | A British poster from the [[offtopic:Yorkshire]] town of [[offtopic:Barnsley]], Lord Roem is seen by many as the man needed to bring the Labour Party kicking and screaming into the 1950s. A former student and SU leader at the LSE - he briefly moved to a researcher in the House of Lords, and currently works for London's transport authority. Roem currently resides in Southwark, where he occasionally fights crime in the mid-19th Century. Outside the forum, Roem is a fan of decent coffee, real ale and country walks, and not a fan of Doctor Who. |
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| An active member of the Labour Party, according to [[offtopic:Thande]], he is a reincarnation of the 1950s Labour Party Leader, Hugh Gaitskell in terms of politics, though according to both off them, in physical appearance he looks like a UKIP candidate. | An active member of the Labour Party, according to [[offtopic:Thande]], he is a reincarnation of the 1950s Labour Party Leader, Hugh Gaitskell in terms of politics, though according to both off them, in physical appearance he looks like a UKIP candidate. |
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| | Not to be confused with [[Lordroel]]. |
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| * //**[[timelines:Use Your Loaf!]]**//, postulating a different career path for Joseph Chamberlain. | * //**[[timelines:Use Your Loaf!]]**//, postulating a different career path for Joseph Chamberlain. |
| * //**[[timelines:Agent Lavender]]**//, a joint novel with [[offtopic:Meadow]] detailing the aftermath of Harold Wilson, Prime Minister and Soviet intelligence officer, fleeing the country on a cold November day in 1975. Went on to win numerous awards in the 2014 Turtledoves. | * //**[[timelines:Agent Lavender]]**//, a joint novel with [[offtopic:Meadow]] detailing the aftermath of Harold Wilson, Prime Minister and Soviet intelligence officer, fleeing the country on a cold November day in 1975. Went on to win numerous awards in the 2014 Turtledoves. |
| * //**[[timelines:tliad|The Limpid Stream]]**//, a TLIAD (Timeline In A Day) that was not quite finished in a day, postulating a world where Lenin is assassinated in 1917 soon after his return from exile. Russia comes to be dominated by prominent figures in OTL's diaspora. | * //**[[timelines:The Limpid Stream]]**//, a TLIAD (Timeline In A Day) that was not quite finished in a day, postulating a world where Lenin is assassinated in 1917 soon after his return from exile. Russia comes to be dominated by prominent figures in OTL's diaspora. |
| * //**[[timelines:tliad|Shuffling the Deck]]**//, a joint TLIAD with [[offtopic:Meadow]] in which Churchill's death in 1942 leads to his successor, Anthony Eden, coming to power over a decade earlier than OTL. Eden's successors all seem curiously familiar, but there's something different about them... | * //**[[timelines:tliad|Shuffling the Deck]]**//, a joint TLIAD with [[offtopic:Meadow]] in which Churchill's death in 1942 leads to his successor, Anthony Eden, coming to power over a decade earlier than OTL. Eden's successors all seem curiously familiar, but there's something different about them... |
| * //**[[timelines:tliad|Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee?]]**//, a TLIAD where the earlier fall of John Prescott leads to a far more competent regional devolution agenda being taken by Mo Mowlam. By 2014, the Yorkshire Assembly is an entrenched part of the increasingly decentralised United Kingdom. | * //**[[timelines:tliad|Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee?]]**//, a TLIAD where the earlier fall of John Prescott leads to a far more competent regional devolution agenda being taken by Mo Mowlam. By 2014, the Yorkshire Assembly is an entrenched part of the increasingly decentralised United Kingdom. |
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| ==== In AH.com Culture ==== | ==== In AH.com Culture ==== |
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| | He is one of the founding members of [[offtopic: The Politibrits]], usually providing obscure parliamentary trivia. |
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| | He has come to dominate the [[offtopic:Member Doppelgangers]] running joke with the literally thousands of 'Roem Clones' that everyone seems to encounter in their daily lives. |
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| Since October 2013, Lord Roem is also the front man of AH.com's first virtual band, [[Dogs of Flanders]]. | Since October 2013, Lord Roem is also the front man of AH.com's first virtual band, [[Dogs of Flanders]]. |
