TheKennedyMachine
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You’re close. Basic POD is essentially FDR lives longer and passes a second Bill of Rights.
Basically it’s America but it mirrors more closely to post-war Europe.
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Basically it’s America but it mirrors more closely to post-war Europe.
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I posted before remembering the Meyer / JFK assassination thing which along with the ancient HHH and Scoop Jackson was sending me off down a rabbit hole of "OK there's a CIA link here, is this some sort of rule by security services TL?" but apparently not.
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The Awkward History of South Britain
(a potential route for my British Republics thing, which I only really wrote up to the mid 90s)
General Secretary of the Workers Republic of Britain
1948-1954: Harry Pollitt (Workers)
1954-1968: Rajani Palme Dutt (Workers)
1968-1975: Vic Feather (Workers)
1975-1985: Larkin Jones (Workers)
1985-1991: David Owen (Workers)
1991-1991: John Major (Workers)
President of the Worker’s Republic of Britain
1991-2002: Anthony Benn (Democratic Socialist)
2002-2002: Hilary Benn (Democratic Socialist)
President of the Republic of Southern Britain
2001-2003: David Penhaligon (Liberal Democratic)
Reunification Referendum:
North: 51% No 49% Yes
South: 65% Yes 35% No
2003-2015: Peter Mandelson (Liberal Democratic)
2015-Present: Jeremy Corbyn (Progressive List)
2016: New Consitution referendum 62% Yes
I am open to questions
As mentioned elsewhere this world features weird shit like
Eddie Izzard: First trans Prime Minister of New Zealand
Ed Miliband: New York Senator and his brother David, former Vice President
Rishi Sunak: American tech entrepreneur and one of the World's Richest Men
(a potential route for my British Republics thing, which I only really wrote up to the mid 90s)
General Secretary of the Workers Republic of Britain
1948-1954: Harry Pollitt (Workers)
1954-1968: Rajani Palme Dutt (Workers)
1968-1975: Vic Feather (Workers)
1975-1985: Larkin Jones (Workers)
1985-1991: David Owen (Workers)
1991-1991: John Major (Workers)
President of the Worker’s Republic of Britain
1991-2002: Anthony Benn (Democratic Socialist)
2002-2002: Hilary Benn (Democratic Socialist)
President of the Republic of Southern Britain
2001-2003: David Penhaligon (Liberal Democratic)
Reunification Referendum:
North: 51% No 49% Yes
South: 65% Yes 35% No
2003-2015: Peter Mandelson (Liberal Democratic)
2015-Present: Jeremy Corbyn (Progressive List)
2016: New Consitution referendum 62% Yes
I am open to questions
As mentioned elsewhere this world features weird shit like
Eddie Izzard: First trans Prime Minister of New Zealand
Ed Miliband: New York Senator and his brother David, former Vice President
Rishi Sunak: American tech entrepreneur and one of the World's Richest Men
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This makes absolutely no sense, but I did it off a Midjourney binge, so.
The First Doctor, acted by John F. Kennedy (1963)
The choice of a youthful American actor to be the main character of a new British show would be a surprise, but 'JFK' or 'Jack' as his fellow cast would know him as would be very keen on the TV show, highlighting it as a way to "inspire men to explore space". This attitude would imbibe the show with a certain sci-fi utopianism, something that got some old directors resentful. JFK's sudden death forced the show to come up with a quick explanation for a new face the following season. JFK is seen within Doctor Who circles as the 'best Doctor we basically never had'.
The Second Doctor, acted by Pierre Trudeau (1964-1969)
Unlike Kennedy's vaguely youthful but 'respectable' figure, his successor - a fellow North American actor - would turn the role into a bit of a 'renegade', and it is here that we first learn that he is on the run from his fellow 'Time Lords', and it is here that we see the trend start - although it is noted that it was planned for Kennedy as well - of the Doctor having attractive female companions who he acts vaguely attracted to. Trudeau would leave after a contract dispute, but agree to a final payout in exchange for doing the regeneration scene.
The Third Doctor, acted by Éamon de Valera (1970-1973)
In a move away from the 'youthful' faces of Kennedy and Trudeau, the directors picked an older Irish actor. Éamon de Valera often spoke of how he wanted to make the Doctor into a 'respectable fatherly figure', even as he was restrained by the directors from speaking on his Catholic beliefs overtly. Befitting 'Dev''s scepticism of sci-fi shows, the Third Doctor would be primarily stuck in modern times working for EIT [European Intelligence Taskforce] or exploring historical settings. Citing ill-health, De Valera would step down in 1973.
The Fourth Doctor, acted by François Mitterrand (1974-1982)
The Doctor to a generation of fans, Mitterrand's Fourth Doctor would be regarded as a 'kaleidoscope', being radical and somewhat avant-garde earlier on in a correction to concerns that the Third was too staid, he would transform himself into a respectable figure, although with a tendency to give condemnatory speeches against injustice he saw in the universe. This is why in most spoofs of Doctor Who, the Doctor has a French accent. He would eventually decide it's 'time' for a fresh face to be the Doctor, and step down in 1982, doing a final regeneration scene.
The Fifth Doctor, acted by Deng Xiaoping (1983-1985)
The 'Chinese Doctor' as he's often unfairly remembered as, Deng was a notable actor who made it on the scene in Hong Kong, and in a peculiar attempt to appeal to the growing Chinese consumer audience of the Republic of China [slowly opening up under its first non-KMT government], Deng was headhunted to succeed Mitterrand. He accepted only if he could have full control over how his Doctor is characterised. The Fifth Doctor is notably absent his predecessor's morals, being a pragmatist in how he tackles the universe. "The universe doesn't care if a cat is white or black. Only that it catches mice." is an often-quoted statement. After two years, he got in a contract dispute and chose to leave the show. It is noted that under Deng, there were more episodes set in Asia than before, and it wouldn't get like this again until Moon Jae-in.
The Sixth Doctor, acted by Elvis Presley (1985-1987)
American singer-actor Elvis Presley long had an adoration of Doctor Who, especially with its first and third Doctors. After Deng stepped down to middling ratings, Presley auditioned for the role and got it by directors hoping that another American would stir up interest in the all-important US audience [a white whale, really]. Presley's Doctor would be notably that of an older man seeking to capture lost glories, with the Doctor's age often underlined, even as he tried to be the charmer with the ladies.
It is often mocked that the Sixth Doctor's greatest success at charming ladies was with the respectable gentleladies and that for all Presley's old rock-and-roll past, his Doctor was at home having a cup of tea. Rapidly getting tired of the role, Presley announced he would step down in early 1987.
The Seventh Doctor, acted by David Bowie (1987-1989, 1991, 1996)
The last Doctor before the show was cancelled in 1989 was perhaps its most eccentric and dark yet. The British singer David Bowie was a name often floated for the role, and after one letter was sent at a very opportune time, Bowie finally agreed.
The Seventh Doctor is noted to be one embracing bright, eye-searing colours, the darkest stories yet [including the notorious 'Time Conclave'] and for stuff that caused the moralists to scream their throats hoarse about. In the end, after much pressure, the BBC finally cancelled the show. This is widely considered [at least by Who fans] as part of why Michael Heseltine's Tories lost the 1990 election to Bryan Gould's Labour. Bowie would return as part of a TV movie in 1991 and a sequel in 1996 where he would regenerate.
The Eighth Doctor, acted by Bill Clinton (1996, 2007)
The 'Jazz Doctor' as he's affectionately called, this Doctor was more overtly American in tone than previous American-acted Doctors due to the fact he was first introduced in a movie made in a collaboration with NBC and NBC insisted on the character being more 'Americanised'. A 'slick' man with none of his predecessor's 'eccentric' nature, his playing the saxophone was at the actor's insistence [the actor was a former saxophonist]. The claim to being 'half-human' would emerge here much to fans' discontent.
The movie would not get a TV show due to Clinton's sexual indiscretions in his personal life, but by 2007 he was asked back to do the first half of the rebooted TV show, regenerating halfway [in what is often called the "most pointless regeneration ever"]. In between he often engaged with the Doctor Who community, and even now, many fans still defend his personal behaviour because of that personal interaction.
The Ninth Doctor, acted by Julia Gillard (2007-2010)
Anxious about the Doctor's 'reputation' after Bill Clinton, the show elected to take a new tack and choose a woman to be the main face of the rebooted series. Welsh-Australian actor Julia Gillard was ultimately chosen. Gillard's Doctor was noted to be 'fiery', 'passionate', a deliberate callback to the 'classic' Doctor of Mitterrand with a return to his condemnatory speeches against raging injustice. However, Gillard's Doctor also carried with her this darkness that the Eighth Doctor acquired in the war [an obvious analogue to the Iran War started by President McCain].
The 'Time Lords' were dead, and all that was left was her and her rival the Master [now acted by fellow Australian Kevin Rudd], and the culminating scene in where Rudd's Master exposes Gillard's Doctor as the one who ended the Time War by destroying the Time Lords utterly, and declares that as long as he lives, she will see the Time Lords' vengeance on the one who killed her own people. After this, there's an [admittedly generic] fight scene, and in the end while the Master succeeds at mortally wounding the Doctor, he relents at the last moment and leaves her to regenerate.
Gillard's Doctor is noted to be one of the most morally complex Doctors yet - being someone determined to uphold morals and 'do better', even condemn the universe for its rampaging injustices, yet she has so many deaths on her hand. Gillard received an Oscar for her work in 2010 after The Very Last of the Time Lords aired, her last episode.
The Tenth Doctor, acted by George Papandreou (2010-2012)
Greek actor George Papandreou's time as the Doctor is not remembered that fondly. His defenders say that George Osborne's Tories' austerity policies hitting the BBC meant that he had to act on a shoestring, but his critics say that's no defence for poor acting. His Doctor's focus on being the 'reconciler' was widely liked at first, but quickly ran its course, with the 'expert' persona being something unpopular in a Britain slowly resenting the austerity programme. Let go after 2012, he would eventually partially redeem himself through his dogged efforts in audiobooks and it is this 'later' Tenth Doctor that would appear in Reunion of the Doctors - an episode many say is Papandreou's 'best' episode, half in jest, but half seriously.
The Eleventh Doctor, acted by Moon Jae-in (2013-2017)
The 'K-Doc' as his critics pan him as, it's undeniable that Moon Jae-in's entrance also brought with him new talent from South Korea seeking more 'global' stories and more challenging plots, something that divided the Doctor Who community, but the Doctor himself was a key facilitator in soothing tensions over. It is in the Eleventh Doctor's time that Doctor Who starts to confront racism and discrimination overtly, even as Moon was reluctant to go along with the new plots, instead seeking to 'water' down the controversy for widespread consumption. In 2017, he stepped down, citing a desire to move to new roles, but some think it's because of disagreement with the writers.
The Twelfth Doctor, acted by Stefani Germanotta (2018-2021)
With American actor Stefani Germanotta, the Doctor became this sort of 'lovable eccentric' [even more than before], but at times more eccentric than lovable. Dipping back into some old plots the Seventh left off, the Twelfth mixed eccentricity with a deeper darkness within her than any of her predecessors. The 'growing darkness' would be noted as a tendency of Doctors since the start of the rebooted series, and under Germanotta it would deepen, with her eager willingness to get along with her 'fam' being undermined by her past creeping up on her.
Taylor Swift as 'Missy' [the new Master] would be a key rival to Germanotta's Doctor, and in a cinematic scene reveal that the Doctor failed at destroying Gallifrey. Germanotta would choose to step down in 2021, citing a wish to move on.
The Thirteenth Doctor, acted by Vladimir Putin (2021-2023) [incumbent, outgoing]
It is with Putin's Doctor that we see the 'true character' of the Doctor. Beneath all the joyfulness, all the fragile eccentricity, is a scarred veteran of a war that continues to fight itself in his head. The emphasis of the Thirteenth Doctor is that he is a man at the end of his line, there's no more hiding places. The Time Lords are after him, there's nowhere to hide. Putin, being a noted Russian dramatic actor and veteran of the Afghan War, brought with him actual war experience that he channelled into his characterisation of the Doctor.
Unlike previous Doctors, the Thirteenth is unrepentant [in a way that doesn't come across as flattering] at his actions in the Time War, even if over time he concedes that perhaps he could have done it a different way. At times, he comes across as a destroying force, not as someone like a human, putting truth to the words the Cyberdaleks had for him - "the Oncoming Swarm". He is a force manifest, not someone to gently know as a friend.
The 2023 series, titled The Trial of a Time Lord is his final series, and the directors are hiding the identity of the next Doctor very firmly, even at times questioning if the Doctor will even get a fourteenth incarnation, but the firm consensus of the fan community is that he will, and the show will roll on.
After all, the ratings are the best they've ever been!
The First Doctor, acted by John F. Kennedy (1963)
The choice of a youthful American actor to be the main character of a new British show would be a surprise, but 'JFK' or 'Jack' as his fellow cast would know him as would be very keen on the TV show, highlighting it as a way to "inspire men to explore space". This attitude would imbibe the show with a certain sci-fi utopianism, something that got some old directors resentful. JFK's sudden death forced the show to come up with a quick explanation for a new face the following season. JFK is seen within Doctor Who circles as the 'best Doctor we basically never had'.
The Second Doctor, acted by Pierre Trudeau (1964-1969)
Unlike Kennedy's vaguely youthful but 'respectable' figure, his successor - a fellow North American actor - would turn the role into a bit of a 'renegade', and it is here that we first learn that he is on the run from his fellow 'Time Lords', and it is here that we see the trend start - although it is noted that it was planned for Kennedy as well - of the Doctor having attractive female companions who he acts vaguely attracted to. Trudeau would leave after a contract dispute, but agree to a final payout in exchange for doing the regeneration scene.
The Third Doctor, acted by Éamon de Valera (1970-1973)
In a move away from the 'youthful' faces of Kennedy and Trudeau, the directors picked an older Irish actor. Éamon de Valera often spoke of how he wanted to make the Doctor into a 'respectable fatherly figure', even as he was restrained by the directors from speaking on his Catholic beliefs overtly. Befitting 'Dev''s scepticism of sci-fi shows, the Third Doctor would be primarily stuck in modern times working for EIT [European Intelligence Taskforce] or exploring historical settings. Citing ill-health, De Valera would step down in 1973.
The Fourth Doctor, acted by François Mitterrand (1974-1982)
The Doctor to a generation of fans, Mitterrand's Fourth Doctor would be regarded as a 'kaleidoscope', being radical and somewhat avant-garde earlier on in a correction to concerns that the Third was too staid, he would transform himself into a respectable figure, although with a tendency to give condemnatory speeches against injustice he saw in the universe. This is why in most spoofs of Doctor Who, the Doctor has a French accent. He would eventually decide it's 'time' for a fresh face to be the Doctor, and step down in 1982, doing a final regeneration scene.
The Fifth Doctor, acted by Deng Xiaoping (1983-1985)
The 'Chinese Doctor' as he's often unfairly remembered as, Deng was a notable actor who made it on the scene in Hong Kong, and in a peculiar attempt to appeal to the growing Chinese consumer audience of the Republic of China [slowly opening up under its first non-KMT government], Deng was headhunted to succeed Mitterrand. He accepted only if he could have full control over how his Doctor is characterised. The Fifth Doctor is notably absent his predecessor's morals, being a pragmatist in how he tackles the universe. "The universe doesn't care if a cat is white or black. Only that it catches mice." is an often-quoted statement. After two years, he got in a contract dispute and chose to leave the show. It is noted that under Deng, there were more episodes set in Asia than before, and it wouldn't get like this again until Moon Jae-in.
The Sixth Doctor, acted by Elvis Presley (1985-1987)
American singer-actor Elvis Presley long had an adoration of Doctor Who, especially with its first and third Doctors. After Deng stepped down to middling ratings, Presley auditioned for the role and got it by directors hoping that another American would stir up interest in the all-important US audience [a white whale, really]. Presley's Doctor would be notably that of an older man seeking to capture lost glories, with the Doctor's age often underlined, even as he tried to be the charmer with the ladies.
It is often mocked that the Sixth Doctor's greatest success at charming ladies was with the respectable gentleladies and that for all Presley's old rock-and-roll past, his Doctor was at home having a cup of tea. Rapidly getting tired of the role, Presley announced he would step down in early 1987.
The Seventh Doctor, acted by David Bowie (1987-1989, 1991, 1996)
The last Doctor before the show was cancelled in 1989 was perhaps its most eccentric and dark yet. The British singer David Bowie was a name often floated for the role, and after one letter was sent at a very opportune time, Bowie finally agreed.
The Seventh Doctor is noted to be one embracing bright, eye-searing colours, the darkest stories yet [including the notorious 'Time Conclave'] and for stuff that caused the moralists to scream their throats hoarse about. In the end, after much pressure, the BBC finally cancelled the show. This is widely considered [at least by Who fans] as part of why Michael Heseltine's Tories lost the 1990 election to Bryan Gould's Labour. Bowie would return as part of a TV movie in 1991 and a sequel in 1996 where he would regenerate.
The Eighth Doctor, acted by Bill Clinton (1996, 2007)
The 'Jazz Doctor' as he's affectionately called, this Doctor was more overtly American in tone than previous American-acted Doctors due to the fact he was first introduced in a movie made in a collaboration with NBC and NBC insisted on the character being more 'Americanised'. A 'slick' man with none of his predecessor's 'eccentric' nature, his playing the saxophone was at the actor's insistence [the actor was a former saxophonist]. The claim to being 'half-human' would emerge here much to fans' discontent.
The movie would not get a TV show due to Clinton's sexual indiscretions in his personal life, but by 2007 he was asked back to do the first half of the rebooted TV show, regenerating halfway [in what is often called the "most pointless regeneration ever"]. In between he often engaged with the Doctor Who community, and even now, many fans still defend his personal behaviour because of that personal interaction.
The Ninth Doctor, acted by Julia Gillard (2007-2010)
Anxious about the Doctor's 'reputation' after Bill Clinton, the show elected to take a new tack and choose a woman to be the main face of the rebooted series. Welsh-Australian actor Julia Gillard was ultimately chosen. Gillard's Doctor was noted to be 'fiery', 'passionate', a deliberate callback to the 'classic' Doctor of Mitterrand with a return to his condemnatory speeches against raging injustice. However, Gillard's Doctor also carried with her this darkness that the Eighth Doctor acquired in the war [an obvious analogue to the Iran War started by President McCain].
The 'Time Lords' were dead, and all that was left was her and her rival the Master [now acted by fellow Australian Kevin Rudd], and the culminating scene in where Rudd's Master exposes Gillard's Doctor as the one who ended the Time War by destroying the Time Lords utterly, and declares that as long as he lives, she will see the Time Lords' vengeance on the one who killed her own people. After this, there's an [admittedly generic] fight scene, and in the end while the Master succeeds at mortally wounding the Doctor, he relents at the last moment and leaves her to regenerate.
Gillard's Doctor is noted to be one of the most morally complex Doctors yet - being someone determined to uphold morals and 'do better', even condemn the universe for its rampaging injustices, yet she has so many deaths on her hand. Gillard received an Oscar for her work in 2010 after The Very Last of the Time Lords aired, her last episode.
The Tenth Doctor, acted by George Papandreou (2010-2012)
Greek actor George Papandreou's time as the Doctor is not remembered that fondly. His defenders say that George Osborne's Tories' austerity policies hitting the BBC meant that he had to act on a shoestring, but his critics say that's no defence for poor acting. His Doctor's focus on being the 'reconciler' was widely liked at first, but quickly ran its course, with the 'expert' persona being something unpopular in a Britain slowly resenting the austerity programme. Let go after 2012, he would eventually partially redeem himself through his dogged efforts in audiobooks and it is this 'later' Tenth Doctor that would appear in Reunion of the Doctors - an episode many say is Papandreou's 'best' episode, half in jest, but half seriously.
The Eleventh Doctor, acted by Moon Jae-in (2013-2017)
The 'K-Doc' as his critics pan him as, it's undeniable that Moon Jae-in's entrance also brought with him new talent from South Korea seeking more 'global' stories and more challenging plots, something that divided the Doctor Who community, but the Doctor himself was a key facilitator in soothing tensions over. It is in the Eleventh Doctor's time that Doctor Who starts to confront racism and discrimination overtly, even as Moon was reluctant to go along with the new plots, instead seeking to 'water' down the controversy for widespread consumption. In 2017, he stepped down, citing a desire to move to new roles, but some think it's because of disagreement with the writers.
The Twelfth Doctor, acted by Stefani Germanotta (2018-2021)
With American actor Stefani Germanotta, the Doctor became this sort of 'lovable eccentric' [even more than before], but at times more eccentric than lovable. Dipping back into some old plots the Seventh left off, the Twelfth mixed eccentricity with a deeper darkness within her than any of her predecessors. The 'growing darkness' would be noted as a tendency of Doctors since the start of the rebooted series, and under Germanotta it would deepen, with her eager willingness to get along with her 'fam' being undermined by her past creeping up on her.
Taylor Swift as 'Missy' [the new Master] would be a key rival to Germanotta's Doctor, and in a cinematic scene reveal that the Doctor failed at destroying Gallifrey. Germanotta would choose to step down in 2021, citing a wish to move on.
The Thirteenth Doctor, acted by Vladimir Putin (2021-2023) [incumbent, outgoing]
It is with Putin's Doctor that we see the 'true character' of the Doctor. Beneath all the joyfulness, all the fragile eccentricity, is a scarred veteran of a war that continues to fight itself in his head. The emphasis of the Thirteenth Doctor is that he is a man at the end of his line, there's no more hiding places. The Time Lords are after him, there's nowhere to hide. Putin, being a noted Russian dramatic actor and veteran of the Afghan War, brought with him actual war experience that he channelled into his characterisation of the Doctor.
Unlike previous Doctors, the Thirteenth is unrepentant [in a way that doesn't come across as flattering] at his actions in the Time War, even if over time he concedes that perhaps he could have done it a different way. At times, he comes across as a destroying force, not as someone like a human, putting truth to the words the Cyberdaleks had for him - "the Oncoming Swarm". He is a force manifest, not someone to gently know as a friend.
The 2023 series, titled The Trial of a Time Lord is his final series, and the directors are hiding the identity of the next Doctor very firmly, even at times questioning if the Doctor will even get a fourteenth incarnation, but the firm consensus of the fan community is that he will, and the show will roll on.
After all, the ratings are the best they've ever been!
Walpurgisnacht
It was in the Year of Maximum Danger
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brain hurts
Bowie as the Doctor is one of those pop-culture AH ideas that would very clearly go massively wrong, but in such an interesting way that you almost don't want it to have gone right.
Bowie as the Doctor is one of those pop-culture AH ideas that would very clearly go massively wrong, but in such an interesting way that you almost don't want it to have gone right.
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- Das Böse ist immer und überall
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Inspired by a recent conversation with @Aolbain.
Presidents of the Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland (1907-1961)
1910-1919: Adolf von Bonsdorff (Unity)
1919-1924: C. G. E. Mannerheim (Unity)
1924-1934: P. E. Svinhufvud (True Swedish)
1934-1939: P. E. Svinhufvud (National Unity)
1939-1948: C. G. E. Mannerheim (National Unity)
1948-1954: Herman Gummerus (True Swedish)
1954-1958: K. M. Wallenius (True Swedish)
1958-1961: Reidar Hedman (True Swedish)
Presidents of the Republic of Finland (1961-present)
1961-1966: Reidar Hedman (True Swedish)
1966-1978: Örnulf Tigerstedt (True Swedish)
1978-1989: Georg C. Ehrnrooth (True Swedish)
1989-1994: Pär Stenbäck (True Swedish)
1994-1999: Mauno Koivisto (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
1999-2009: Matti Vanhanen (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
2009-2014: Timo Soini (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
2014-present: Antti Rinne (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
Presidents of the Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland (1907-1961)
1910-1919: Adolf von Bonsdorff (Unity)
1919-1924: C. G. E. Mannerheim (Unity)
1924-1934: P. E. Svinhufvud (True Swedish)
1934-1939: P. E. Svinhufvud (National Unity)
1939-1948: C. G. E. Mannerheim (National Unity)
1948-1954: Herman Gummerus (True Swedish)
1954-1958: K. M. Wallenius (True Swedish)
1958-1961: Reidar Hedman (True Swedish)
Presidents of the Republic of Finland (1961-present)
1961-1966: Reidar Hedman (True Swedish)
1966-1978: Örnulf Tigerstedt (True Swedish)
1978-1989: Georg C. Ehrnrooth (True Swedish)
1989-1994: Pär Stenbäck (True Swedish)
1994-1999: Mauno Koivisto (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
1999-2009: Matti Vanhanen (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
2009-2014: Timo Soini (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
2014-present: Antti Rinne (Yleissuomalainen Kansanseura)
Aolbain
All he has managed to do is make himself sad
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- Dit man kommer när man kommer hem
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Aolbain
All he has managed to do is make himself sad
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- Dit man kommer när man kommer hem
This is the nicest thing anyone have ever said about Koivisto. Like, I dont think his wife or mother or the most fanatical SDP partisan ever came close.
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I had to choose someone, and he did do very well in every election he stood in.
Aolbain
All he has managed to do is make himself sad
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- Dit man kommer när man kommer hem
Ammu ruotsalainen, ammu talonpitäjä.
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- Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
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- she/they
Do I want to know what's going on here?
Aolbain
All he has managed to do is make himself sad
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- Dit man kommer när man kommer hem
Look at the years. Look at the forms of government.
Major Crimson
Here occasionally and quietly
Blackentheborg
Dennis Skinner's molotov
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The career of Walter
1975-1986: Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps.
- participated in Operation Urgent Fury (1983), believed to have participated in a series of exercises in Honduras (alleged)
- received honourable discharge following internal review by the Reagan Administration, reportedly singled out for his "soviet heritage"
1986-1988: Private citizen, clerk for the SDNY Manhattan Office
1989-1991: Legislative Counsel for NYC Mayoral candidate Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani (R) defeated David Dinkins (D)
1991-1994: Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of International Affairs
appointed by Mayor Rudy Giuliani
1994: Republican nominee for Governor of New York
defeated George Pataki, Evan G. Galbraith,, Herbert London, Richard M. Rosenbaum, Bill Green
1994-2001: Governor of New York (Republican-Conservative-Tax Cut Now)
(with Ralph J. Marino) '94 - defeated Mario Cuomo (D)
(with Tom Ognibene) '98 - defeated Peter Vallone (D), Tom Golisano (I)
2000: Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States
with Governor George W. Bush of Texas
- handling of the 1999 WTC bombing boosts national popularity, used to justify invasion of Iraq
2001-2001: Vice President of the United States
George W. Bush/Walter V. Putin (R) defeated Al Gore/Joe Lieberman (D), Ralph Nader/Winona DeLuke (G)
2001-2009: President of the United States
(vacant, then with Dick Cheney) replacing George W. Bush
- President Bush died from exposure to Ames strain Anthrax bacterium,
- defeated John Edwards/Bob Graham (D)
- announced he would not run for a second term
2009-2012: United States Secretary of State
appointed by President Harry Whittington
2012: Republican nominee for President of the United States
defeated Harry Whittington (inc.), Ron Paul
- announced his reentry into politics following amendmum to the 22nd amendment
2012-2016: President of the United States
(with Roy Moore) defeated Hillary Clinton/Joe Biden (D), Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (I), Gary Johnson/Jim Gray (L)
- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper rejects trade deal with the EU in favour of a lopsided free trade agreement with America, causing widespread national protests. American military forces move over Canadian border and begin occupation of Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.
2016: Independent nominee for President of the United States (Republican-endorsed)
2017-20??: President of the United States
(with Donald Trump) '16 - defeated Hillary Clinton/Tom Daschle (D), Gary Johnson/Will Weld (L)
'20 - defeated Joe Biden/Tom Perez (D), John McAfee/Arvin Vohra (L)
- United States begins 2022 military invasion of Canada "to secure the areas of Toronto and Ontario against the tyrannical Rogan government"
- Pronouns
- He/Him
2010 - 2016: David Cameron (Conservative)
2010 (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def. Gordon Brown (Labour), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
2014 Scottish Independence Referendum: Yes 45%, No 55%
2015 (Majority) def. Ed Miliband (Labour), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
2016 Brexit Referendum: Leave 52%, Remain 48%
2016 - 2018: Theresa May (Conservative Majority)
2018 - 2023: Andy Burnham (Labour)
2018 (Majority) def. Theresa May (Conservative), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Tim Farron (Liberal Democrats)
2023 - : Boris Johnson (Conservative)
2023 (Majority) def. Andy Burnham (Labour), Angus Robertson (Scottish National), Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
The Left’s Warrior King; Does Clive Lewis Have What It Takes to Become Leader?
June 14th 2023
It was with a teary gleam in his eye that Andy Burnham stated he would resign as Labour leader. With that Deputy Leader, Angela Eagle stepped into the breach to become Acting Leader whilst Labour engages looks within and prepares for a bloody brawl as it common with the party in opposition.
The usual parade of potential candidates have announced leadership bids; Former Chancellor Yvette Cooper (and Burnham’s 2015 leadership rival), the former Secretary for Transport Michael Dugher (Burnham’s 2015 Campaign manager) and former Environment and Energy Secretary Lisa Nandy (part of the so called ‘Open Labour’ group) are officially thrown there hat in the rings, meanwhile Chuka Umunna (member of the Labour For EU) and Dan Jarvis (Jarvis as always will appear) have been making soundings.
But amongst the noise, one man has also stated a leadership run and does seem to be getting surprising amounts of support. Compared to the other potential candidates he’s a more recent MP, many of the others being voted into office during the Blair and Brown years whilst he was voted into office during Miliband’s tenure. He’s the only other prominent candidate beside Lisa Nandy, who is of colour and lastly, he’s a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, the old bastion of Labour twinkling flame of Democratic Socialism. Previous Labour candidates have been either denied a running spot (McDonnell and Corbyn) or were allowed onto the ballot out of awkward pity (Abbott), Clive Lewis seems to be the on the way to actually getting onto the ballot as he already has the support of the thirty MPs required to get onto the initial ballots.
Lewis’s campaign is being aggressively coordinated by the previous figures behind the successful ‘Not The Labour Leadership’ campaign; Owen Jones and Jon Lansman which sought to embarrass the Labour Party (which it did resoundingly) and get Socialists to embrace the party as a vessel for change.
Whilst it can be said that some of the followers of the original campaign have drifted away towards the Greens (as Cleo Lake’s electoral victory in Bristol can attest) there is still a sizeable enough contingency, mainly clustered around the ‘New Left’ group within the party, that remain and are campaigning for Lewis. Indeed Lewis is hoping that grassroots campaigning and reaching out to the ‘working people of Britain’ will make up for his shortfall in Parliamentary support.
Indeed Lewis is campaigning on a manifesto of Leftist Principles; from promising to ‘usher in a new period the party’s democratic values’, to ‘creating a party of activists, not foot soldiers’ and to ‘usher in a new Democratic Socialist movement in Britain’.
Meanwhile Lewis, has been going a smoosh cruise throughout the Trade Unions and other Labour affiliate groups. Steve Turner has been coy about whether he’ll support the Left Wing Underdog Lewis, or the safer option of Nandy, though both campaigns have been rabidly fighting for Unites endorsement in the weeks to come. Additionally he’s gained some soft support from BAME Labour, a crucial group given their support and campaigning for Butler in the 2018 London Mayoral Election being crucial for that surprising result (some have said that Lewis wouldn’t be running for leader if Butler hadn’t shown the support for Leftist Black and Minority politicians in Britain).
Lewis has throughout his campaigning touted himself as Labour’s answer to ‘Johnson’s Vulgar Nationalistic Populist Politics’ as one campaigner coined. But bring out the question about Lewis being the ‘Anti-Johnson’ has brought out the ugly spectre that lurks behind Lewis.
Lewis has often been in the spotlight for his foot in mouth moments and habit of speaking off the cuff, but there’s lingering allegations of sexual harassment which he was cleared off by a Labour Party Board and using misogynistic language at numerous points. Whilst he has apologised, some question whether handing the Labour movement to an at times volatile figure is the right move. So have pointed out that Johnson has gotten away with much worse, whilst others have pointed out that the Labour Party doesn’t get the same treatment from the press as Johnson did.
Only time will tell if Clive Lewis is able to actual fulfil the promise he’s offering, but it’s safe to say that the Left is finally getting it’s voice back…
Inspired by @AH Layard and @Walpurgisnacht previous stuff
2010 (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def. Gordon Brown (Labour), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
2014 Scottish Independence Referendum: Yes 45%, No 55%
2015 (Majority) def. Ed Miliband (Labour), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats)
2016 Brexit Referendum: Leave 52%, Remain 48%
2016 - 2018: Theresa May (Conservative Majority)
2018 - 2023: Andy Burnham (Labour)
2018 (Majority) def. Theresa May (Conservative), Nicola Sturgeon (Scottish National), Tim Farron (Liberal Democrats)
2023 - : Boris Johnson (Conservative)
2023 (Majority) def. Andy Burnham (Labour), Angus Robertson (Scottish National), Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrats)
The Left’s Warrior King; Does Clive Lewis Have What It Takes to Become Leader?
June 14th 2023
It was with a teary gleam in his eye that Andy Burnham stated he would resign as Labour leader. With that Deputy Leader, Angela Eagle stepped into the breach to become Acting Leader whilst Labour engages looks within and prepares for a bloody brawl as it common with the party in opposition.
The usual parade of potential candidates have announced leadership bids; Former Chancellor Yvette Cooper (and Burnham’s 2015 leadership rival), the former Secretary for Transport Michael Dugher (Burnham’s 2015 Campaign manager) and former Environment and Energy Secretary Lisa Nandy (part of the so called ‘Open Labour’ group) are officially thrown there hat in the rings, meanwhile Chuka Umunna (member of the Labour For EU) and Dan Jarvis (Jarvis as always will appear) have been making soundings.
But amongst the noise, one man has also stated a leadership run and does seem to be getting surprising amounts of support. Compared to the other potential candidates he’s a more recent MP, many of the others being voted into office during the Blair and Brown years whilst he was voted into office during Miliband’s tenure. He’s the only other prominent candidate beside Lisa Nandy, who is of colour and lastly, he’s a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, the old bastion of Labour twinkling flame of Democratic Socialism. Previous Labour candidates have been either denied a running spot (McDonnell and Corbyn) or were allowed onto the ballot out of awkward pity (Abbott), Clive Lewis seems to be the on the way to actually getting onto the ballot as he already has the support of the thirty MPs required to get onto the initial ballots.
Lewis’s campaign is being aggressively coordinated by the previous figures behind the successful ‘Not The Labour Leadership’ campaign; Owen Jones and Jon Lansman which sought to embarrass the Labour Party (which it did resoundingly) and get Socialists to embrace the party as a vessel for change.
Whilst it can be said that some of the followers of the original campaign have drifted away towards the Greens (as Cleo Lake’s electoral victory in Bristol can attest) there is still a sizeable enough contingency, mainly clustered around the ‘New Left’ group within the party, that remain and are campaigning for Lewis. Indeed Lewis is hoping that grassroots campaigning and reaching out to the ‘working people of Britain’ will make up for his shortfall in Parliamentary support.
Indeed Lewis is campaigning on a manifesto of Leftist Principles; from promising to ‘usher in a new period the party’s democratic values’, to ‘creating a party of activists, not foot soldiers’ and to ‘usher in a new Democratic Socialist movement in Britain’.
Meanwhile Lewis, has been going a smoosh cruise throughout the Trade Unions and other Labour affiliate groups. Steve Turner has been coy about whether he’ll support the Left Wing Underdog Lewis, or the safer option of Nandy, though both campaigns have been rabidly fighting for Unites endorsement in the weeks to come. Additionally he’s gained some soft support from BAME Labour, a crucial group given their support and campaigning for Butler in the 2018 London Mayoral Election being crucial for that surprising result (some have said that Lewis wouldn’t be running for leader if Butler hadn’t shown the support for Leftist Black and Minority politicians in Britain).
Lewis has throughout his campaigning touted himself as Labour’s answer to ‘Johnson’s Vulgar Nationalistic Populist Politics’ as one campaigner coined. But bring out the question about Lewis being the ‘Anti-Johnson’ has brought out the ugly spectre that lurks behind Lewis.
Lewis has often been in the spotlight for his foot in mouth moments and habit of speaking off the cuff, but there’s lingering allegations of sexual harassment which he was cleared off by a Labour Party Board and using misogynistic language at numerous points. Whilst he has apologised, some question whether handing the Labour movement to an at times volatile figure is the right move. So have pointed out that Johnson has gotten away with much worse, whilst others have pointed out that the Labour Party doesn’t get the same treatment from the press as Johnson did.
Only time will tell if Clive Lewis is able to actual fulfil the promise he’s offering, but it’s safe to say that the Left is finally getting it’s voice back…
Inspired by @AH Layard and @Walpurgisnacht previous stuff