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Interesting. I'm assuming Ecumene here is something like a liberal party?
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Not really. Technically spoilers,
The Ecumene Movement started off as a Toryist splinter but quickly became taken over by idiosyncratic chancers from both main parties and became a more amorphous, populist outift. It's the most consistently pro-European Integration party in the Commonwealth, seeing the long-mooted entry into the German-dominated Concert of Europe as a means for civilised nations to unite and co-operate. While the incumbent Radical government is making very clear and explicit steps to join the concert, Ecumene has in the past backed Unionist governments in exchange for immigration controls, welfare cut reversals and a smack of firm government.
 
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Very true.

On reflection I think I've been able to focus on writing more as the years go on mainly because I've never learned more advanced graphics programmes so it becomes easier to just write than trying to make wikiboxes or maps (whereas 15 years ago it was acceptable to do those in MSPaint or whatever).
 
The Gulworth North by-election was held following the death of incumbent Labour MP Edmund Hilsley. A safe Labour seat, McKechnie won the seat on a reduced majority. Future cabinet minister Arthur Lakin was nominated as the Conservative Candidate, and ultimately entered Parliament in another seat in the 1969 General Election. The Liberals, having not stood in the previous general election, saved their deposit and increased their share of the vote to 16%. This was the highest voteshare a third party achieved in the seat until the 2015 General Election.

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(A by-election in the fictional East Anglian constituency of Gulworth North is a semi-important plot device in John le Carre's A Perfect Spy. In it, the father of the protagonist, Magnus Pym, stands as the Liberal candidate in a campaign that proves to be a formative moment the main character. Rick Pym is a lifelong grifter and confidence trickster, who attempts to use his master charm and tricks on the electorate. He was brought up in the Methodist temperance movement, and in his campaigning frequently invokes his childhood MP, a bombastic Methodist preacher of another era. His campaign is disrupted by allegations of fraud from previous victims and he ultimately comes a respectable third

Turnout is unusually high; one of Rick Pym's minions mentions that demographic changes and the emerging youth vote in Gulworth North mean that there are a lot of voters who've never turned up to the polls before. The vote totals and the surnames of the candidates are all listed; the Conservative candidate is described as a politically defective aristocrat and a stooge of the party establishment, so inevitably this is a dry run before he's plopped into a safe seat and starts falling upwards, probably making it into the Heath and first Thatcher Ministries. On the "highest voteshare" remark; le Carre's description of this poor backwater constituency with where what little industry and commerce available is in decline makes Gulworth North sound like very fertile UKIP in 2015 territory.)
 
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(The Cabinet, as composed under the Ministry of The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, June, 1995)

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Jack Straw (Labour)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Robertson (Labour)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Paddy Ashdown (Labour)
Secretary of State for the Home Department: Ann Taylor (Labour)
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: Vince Cable (Radical)
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons: Matthew Oakeshott (Labour)
Secretary of State for Defence: Neil Kinnock (Labour)
Secretary of State for Social Security: Gordon Brown (Labour)
Secretary of State for Health: Mo Mowlam (Labour)
Secretary of State for Education and Science: Harriet Harman (Labour)
Secretary of State for Employment: Trevor Philips (Radical)
Secretary of State for Energy: Michael Meacher (Labour)
Secretary of State for Transport: Frank Dobson (Labour)
Secretary of State for International Development: Robin Cook (Labour)
Secretary of State for the Environment: Ian Wrigglesworth (Radical)
Secretary of State for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries: Cherie Booth (Labour)
Secretary of State for Culture and Communications: David Clark (Labour)
Secretary of State for Scotland: Henry McLeish (Labour)
Secretary of State for Wales: Rhodri Morgan (Labour)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Tessa Jowell (Labour)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Greg Dyke (Radical)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Women: Clare Short (Labour)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Labour Chief Whip: Margaret Beckett (Labour)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: Derry Irvine, Lord Irvine of Lairg (Labour)
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords: John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert (Labour)
Minister for Constitutional Reform: Sue Slipman (Radical)



(The Cabinet, as composed under the Ministry of The Rt. Hon. Edwina Currie, MP, October, 1997)

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury: Edwina Currie (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: John Moore (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Tom King (Conservative)
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for the Home Department: Robert Kilroy-Silk (Citizens’ Alliance)
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons: John MacGregor (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Defence: Ian Lang (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Social Security: Theresa Gorman (Citizens’ Alliance)
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: Lynda Chalker (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Health: Tim Yeo (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Education and Science: Ken Clarke (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Energy: Sara Keays (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Transport: Peter Davies (Citizens’ Alliance)
Secretary of State for the Environment: Jonathan Sayeed (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Employment: Michael Fallon (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries: David Bellamy (Citizens’ Alliance)
Secretary of State for Culture and Communications: Francis Maude (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Scotland: Raymond Robertson (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Wales: Beata Brookes (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Michael Mates (Conservative)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: John Whittingdale (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party: Stephen Dorrell (Conservative)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Conservative Chief Whip: Nicholas Lyell (Labour)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom (Conservative)
Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords: Patrick Mayhew, the Lord Mayhew of Twysden (Conservative)
 
Luke Berthoud (Three Bridges) (Uni)

Can I first welcome the Rt. Hon. Lady to her new position as Home Secretary, the fourth Home Secretary to serve in this government. I hope that our exchanges here will be productive. Can the Home Secretary confirm that the Arab nationals suspected of involvement in last month's failed terrorist attack currently being held in Goa will be extradited to Britain for wireterrorism charges?

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Ruth Milne)

I thank the Right Honourable member opposite for his welcome. I note that he is the sixth Shadow Home Secretary since the party opposite entered opposition! I understand that there is great clamour for these suspects to be brought back here to face trial, but with no extradition treaty with Goa, the process will take much longer than it otherwise would. I will be able to update the house of the progress of this undertaking on Friday.
 
Chief Ministers of Scotland 1962-present:

1962-1969: John Gilmour (Unionist)
1969-1976: John MacCormick (Home Rule)
1976-1978: Paul Cathcart (Home Rule)
1978-1982: Adam Kelly (Radical)
1982-1991: Paul Cathcart (Home Rule)
1991-1992: Anne Seton (Home Rule)
1992-2010: Jack Durie (Unionist)
2010-2012: Stuart Conroy (Unionist)
2012-2015: Connie Baird (Radical)
2015-2017: Mike Tunney (Radical)
2017-2019: Angus Conte (Unionist)
2019-: Mike Tunney (Radical)
 
(The Cabinet, as composed under the Ministry of The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Bertram, MP, June 2007)​

Prime Minister: The Rt. Hon. Dr. Anne-Marie Bertram, MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport: The Rt. Hon. James Yelland, MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt. Hon. Dr. Ben Griffin, MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Rt. Hon. Fabian Greene, MP
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: The Right Hon. Councillor Adam Carson
Minister of Justice and Attorney General: The Rt. Hon. Nancy Dewar, SC, MP
Minister of Defence: The Rt. Hon. Will Charles, MP
Minister of National Insurance: The Rt. Hon. Diane Richardson, MP
Minister of Education, Minister of Sport, Youth and the Arts: The Rt. Hon. Tim Purcell, MP
Minister of Health: The Rt. Hon. Lena Rampersad, MP
Minister of Industry: The Rt. Hon. Dr. Melvyn Crewe, MP
Minister of Trade: The Rt. Hon. Dr. Jon Blasdel, MP
Minister of Labour: The Rt. Hon. Charles Beck, MP
Minister of Ecology: The Rt. Hon. Bill Torrence, MP
Minister of Energy: The Rt. Hon. Joel Baker, MP
Minister of Communications, Postmaster General: The Rt. Hon. Jan Morrissey, MP
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries: The Rt. Hon. Dr. Paul Falae, MP
Minister of Overseas Territories: The Rt. Hon. Councillor Evelyn Guthrie
Minister of Housing and Public Works: The Rt. Hon. Helen Kendrick, MP
Minister of Inter-Government Relations, Minister of Local Government: The Rt. Hon. Brendan Davies, MP
Minister of Marginalised Communities, Minister for the Status of Women: The Rt. Hon. Roisin Dillon, MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: The Rt. Hon. Eric Masterton, MP
Leader of the House of Commons: The Rt. Hon. Tom Lawrence, MP
Leader of the House of Councillors: The Rt. Hon. Councillor Tim Bodner
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Radical Chief Whip: The Rt. Hon. Chris Larkman, MP
 
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(The Cabinet, as composed under the Ministry of The Rt. Hon. Leo Gardner, MP, March 2010)​

Prime Minister: The Rt. Hon. Leo Gardner, MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the House of Commons: The Rt. Hon. Agnes White, MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt. Hon. Lee Sharma, MP.
Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Rt. Hon. James Marlon, MP
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: The Right Hon. George Mantel, CSO, MP
Minister of Justice and Attorney General: The Rt. Hon. Mel Jackson, SC, MP
Minister of Defence: The Rt. Hon. Liz Wolmar, MP
Minister of National Insurance: The Rt. Hon. Paul Faversham, MP
Minister of Education: The Rt. Hon. Isaac Posner, MP
Minister of Health: The Rt. Hon. Eva Keating, MP
Minister of Industry: The Rt. Hon. Angus Conte, MP
Minister of Trade: The Rt. Hon. James Birdal, MP
Minister of Labour: The Rt. Hon. Andrea Herbert, MP
Minister of Transport: The Rt. Hon. Miriam Jackson, MP
Minister of Housing and Public Works: The Rt. Hon. Rod Jarvis, MP
Minister of Ecology: The Rt. Hon. Archie Kellner, MP
Minister of Energy: The Rt. Hon. Councillor Dr. Peter McMann, OM
Minister of Overseas Territories: The Rt. Hon. Caroline Hogg, MP
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries: The Rt. Hon. Keith Manning, MP
Minister of Sport, Youth and the Arts: The Rt. Hon. Maurice Ross, MP
Minister of Communications and Postmaster General: The Rt. Hon. Julia Caro, MP
Minister of Families and Public Services: The Rt. Hon. Councillor Iain Coleridge
Minister of Marginalised Communities, Minister for the Status of Women: The Rt. Hon. Sam Durie, MP
Minister of Inter-Government Relations: Rt. Hon. Martin Calleary, MP
Minister without Portfolio, Chairman of the Unionist Party: The Rt. Hon. Hal Brison, MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury: The Rt. Hon. Luke Berthoud, MP
Leader of the House of Councillors: The Rt. Hon. Councillor Sheila Dorrell
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, Unionist Chief Whip: The Rt. Hon. Peter Cobb, MP
 
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(The Cabinet, as composed under the Ministry of The Rt. Hon. Helen Kendrick MP, June 2013)​

Prime Minister and Leader of the Radical Party: The Rt. Hon. Helen Kendrick, MP
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs: The Rt. Hon. Charles Beck, MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer: The Rt. Hon. Dr. Paul Falae, MP.
Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Rt. Hon. Henry Petersen, MP
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: The Right Hon. Nancy Dewar, SC, MP
Minister of Justice and Attorney General: The Rt. Hon. Jo Parnes, SC, NC
Minister of Defence: The Rt. Hon. Tim Purcell, MP
Minister of National Insurance, Minister of Public Services: The Rt. Hon. Ruth Milne, MP
Minister of Education: The Rt. Hon. Evlyn Guthrie, MP
Minister of Health: The Rt. Hon. Bill Torrence, MP
Minister of Economic Development: The Rt. Hon. Imran Rais, MP
Minister of Employment and Immigration: The Rt. Hon. Jon Blasdel, MP
Minister of Transport: The Rt. Hon. Will Charles, MP
Minister of Ecology, Energy and Natural Resources: The Rt. Hon. Evelyn Guthrie, MP
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries: The Rt. Hon. Leanne Taylor, MP
Minister of Business and Consumer Affairs: The Rt. Hon. Ryan Sade, MP
Minister of National Heritage: The Rt. Hon. Roisin Dillion, MP
Minister of International Co-operation: The Rt. Hon. Councillor Ben Griffin, CSA
Leader of the House of Commons: The Rt. Hon. Jan Morrissey, MP
Leader of the House of Councillors: The Rt. Hon. Councillor Oliver Mark

Also attending cabinet meetings when their ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda:
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, Chief Whip in the House of Commons: The Rt. Hon. Iain Kane, MP
Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations: The Rt. Hon. Geoffrey Smith, MP
Minister for Business and Trade, Postmaster General: The Rt. Hon. Peter Heming, MP
Minister for Public Finances: The Rt. Hon. Elijah Ryan, MP
 
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So UK as part of a federal Europe with a subnational monarchy surviving?

Sounds fun.
 
“The Caro era was that of a boiling frog, really. He turned up the heat so slowly that you just got more and more comfortable, until one day you realised that the rich were much richer, the poor were poorer, the state was leaner and meaner, the unions’ backs were broken and Thomas himself had been in charge for ten years.”
 
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“The Caro era was that of a boiling frog, really. He turned up the heat so slowly that you just got more and more comfortable, until one day you realised that the rich were much richer, the poor were poorer, the state was leaner and meaner, the unions’ backs were broken and Thomas himself had been in charge for ten years.”
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I think I remember you saying there was going to be another story in this 'verse, but I do really like this format of fragmentary pieces of info to build a world, feels very unique to the internet age as a story-telling method.
 
Callan said:
“The Caro era was that of a boiling frog, really. He turned up the heat so slowly that you just got more and more comfortable, until one day you realised that the rich were much richer, the poor were poorer, the state was leaner and meaner, the unions’ backs were broken and Thomas himself had been in charge for ten years.”
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I love using the boiling frog as a motif - and Caro is one of the spookier things in the TGS universe - this is great!
 
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