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JDuggan

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Everyone believed that the simple dockworkers strike was just going to blow over, the trade union movement at this time was not organised well enough to actually have an impact nor did they even have the ability to defeat capitalism and the aristocracy in the heartland of the Empire on which the sun never sets. Well they were proved wrong by the workers of the British Isles seeing first dockworkers striking and then the whole country, leading a vacuum that was filled by the unions, socialist political parties and et cetera. The new Commonwealth was a multi-tendency democratic socialist republic focusing on creating a community owned society at home rather than worldwide. It was and still is governed by the Co-operative Congress with the General Council and the National Executive Committee acting as the nation's day to day manager. There is also the honorary position of Common-Chancellor who has limited power and acts as the symbol of the British people.

List of Common-Chancellors of the Commonwealth of Albion
1891-1899: Frederick Maddison (Typographical Association)
1899-1907: Edward Aveling (Independent Labour Party)
1907-1915: William Adamson (National Union of Mineworkers)
1915-1923: Robert Blatchford (Independent Labour Party)
1923-1931: Alfred Barnes (Co-operative Party)
1931
-1939: Ben Turner (National Union of Textile Workers)
1939-1947: George Cole (Co-operative Party)
1947-1955: Clement Attlee (Independent Labour Party)
1955-1963: Edward Hill (United Society of Boilermakers)
1963-1971: Aneurin Bevan (National Union of Mineworkers)
1971-1979: Barbara Castle (Independent)
1979-1987: Gillian Greenwood
(Campagin for Global Peace)
1987-1995: Peter Shore (Patriotic Workers Party)
1995-2002: Tony Benn (Independent Labour Party)
2002-2010: Kenneth Coates (International Marxist Group)
2010-2018: Margaret Beckett (Transport and General Workers Union)
2018-Present day: Anthony Blair (Independent Trotskyist)
 
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The Democratic Federation of America.
Once the fall of the British Empire to socialism became apparent, the west set in for a long period of class conflict. Such was the Case in the United States, in which the labor movement looked to the success of the British trade unions in their quest for a socialist society. This eventually led to one of the biggest showdowns between Labor and Capital the world had ever seen. Similarly to the UK, it all started off with a simple strike at Pullman Palace Car Company in 1894 to achieve better wages culminated in a three year civil war which resulted in the Chicago Accords. This forced the United States to reform into a more democratic and socially conscious government.

Today the Federation is what is considered a Red-Blue State which is neither a capitalist state nor a socialist republic in which a mixed market economy dominates along with workers' participation and a democratic system based at the grassroots level. Politics is dominated by the People's Labor Alliance and has several smaller Parties it competes with, mainly the Liberty Party, and the Green Party (which pushes for the move towards a socialist republic). Internationally, people both praise and deride the nation on whether it is not radical enough or creating an alternative to class conflict. On the global scene, the nation has trade agreements with both socialist and capitalist countries, holding special relationships with both the Commonwealth of Albion and Republic of Canada.

Politically, the nation has it's three branches of government. The legislative process is controlled by Congress which is dominated by the House of Representatives and a review chamber called the House of States both of which are renewed in local elections every four years. (with a limit of three terms). The Executive power lies with the Cabinet which is elected by party tickets every four years and members can serve for a maximum of eight years. The Cabinet is chaired by two individuals the President and Vice-President who will always be at the top of the ticket. All elected officials can be subject to a recall by voters and parties select their candidates through transparent and democratic meetings.
 
List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom (2019-2040s)
2019-2025: Boris Johnson (Conservative)
2019:
Maj. Government [365] def. Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) [203], Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [48], Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrats) [11]
2024: Maj. Government [329] def. Keir Starmer (Labour) [244], John Swinney (SNP) [36], Layla Moran (Liberal Democrats) [16]

2025-2027: Matt Hancock (Conservative)
2027-2035: Lisa Nandy (Labour)
2027:
Maj. Government [336] def. Matt Hancock (Conservative) [220], Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrats) [33], Kate Forbes (SNP) [29]
2033: Maj. Government [340] def. Chloe Smith (Conservative) [200], Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrats) [40], Mairi Gougeon (SNP) [39]

2035 Onwards: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
 
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List of Mayors of London (since 2000)
1. 2000-2008: Ken Livingstone (Independent / Labour)
2000:
Independent [39%|58%] def. Steven Norris (Conservative) [27%|42%], Frank Dobson (Labour) [13%], Susan Kramer (Liberal Democrats) [11%]
2004: Labour [37%|55%] def. Steven Norris (Conservative) [29%|45%], Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats) [15%]
2. 2008-2012: John Major (Conservative)
2008:
Conservative [32%|53%] def. Ken Livingstone [29%|47%], Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrats) [21%], Siân Berry (Green) [6%]
3. 2012-2016: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrats)
2012:
Liberal Democrats [25%|53%%] def. David Lammy (Labour) [29%|47%], Victoria Borwick (Conservative) [27%], Ken Livingstone (Respect) [16%]
4. 2016-2017: Tessa Jowell (Labour)
2016:
Labour [39%|52%] def. Boris Johnson (Conservative) [36%|48%], Siân Berry (Green & Liberal Democrats) [18%]
5. 2017 onwards: Keir Starmer (Labour & London Progressives)
2017:
Labour [42%|57%] def. James Brokenshire (Conservative) [39%|43%], Alan Sugar (Independent) [17%]
 
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Welp, Due to issues with my Computer I lost all of my files (and I didn't have a backup), so I have the last vestiges of a divided England project, with Mosley coming to power and being defeated in the war, with the UK being broken up à la Germany / Korea style.

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Shame about that.

My one criticism is using county boundaries seems too neat- if the Socialist north have managed to take arch-tory rural Herefordshire, I'd have thought they'd have successfully advanced to the Severn in the Coal mines of the Forest of Dean. Meanwhile there's really not much stopping you from marching from Oxford or Banbury to Northampton even if you can't then get across the Nene.
 
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom (since 1990)
1990-2003: John Major (Conservative)
1992: Majority def. Neil Kinnock (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
1996: Majority def. John Prescott (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
2000: sup. by independents def. Hilary Armstrong (Labour), Malcolm Bruce (Liberal Democrats)

2003-2005: Kenneth Clarke (Conservative)
2005-2008: Alan Milburn (Labour)
2005: Majority def. Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats), Kenneth Clarke (Conservative)
2008-2009: David Milliband (Labour)
20090-2010: Hilary Benn (Labour)
2010-2013: Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats)
2010: sup. by Conservative def. Hilary Benn (Labour), Chris Grayling (Conservative)
2013-2015: Peter Hain (Labour)
2015-2018: Damian Hinds (Conservative)
2015: Majority def. Peter Hain (Labour), Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats), Tim Farron (Progressive)

2018-????: Justine Greening (Conservative)
 
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