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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

Big Fat Eggs of Solid Fuck
1. Leaders of the Labour party 2016-onward


2015-2019: Jeremy Corbyn (Nutter)
Let me tell you the tragic tale of Jezza the Wise. The most elected leader in Labour history twice-over. Champion of the socialist left. Unfortunately very wishy-washy about Brexit. Sure, being skeptical of the free market is all well and good, but the tides have changed, Jeremy. You can try to revitalize the NHS all you want but people will absolutely get on you about how you opted for second referendum instead of outright cancelling the thing. Even when the food banks were raided and the armed forces were being rolled down Deansgate, Corbyn stood firm and said it was a more democratic process to let the people decide yet again, because that went so well last time. In spite of all the fuss, yeah, we would've been much better off with the Corbyster in charge. Ol' Comrade Corbyn. Wait, where was I going with this?
2021-2023: Kier Stramer (Gaitskellist)
The obvious replacement in the eyes of the Labour Elite, Stramer was a classic Labour leader, in the way that he was absolutely unremarkable in every way. He would listen to the centre instead of call them out, he would stay in line, and he definitely wouldn't ruffle feathers. This, unfortunately, relegated Labour back to being ineffectual, which some surprised them when the votes stopped coming in. It couldn't be for that Green Party, or the new leftist offshoot flavour of the month, now could it? No, people knew Labour. People liked Labour! They're not the ones out of touch, it's the kids who are wrong! No matter how many times he talked about how his parents gave him a 'socialist name', the voters just didn't Kier for him much. Haha, see what I di--ah forget it. They didn't win any elections, if that's what you're wondering.
2023-2027: Rosena Allin-Khan (Bevanite)
For the second attempt, the Brits tried learning a lesson from one of their former colonies. The New Zealand Labour party had been similarly relegated to uselessness, until they found their new leader in the form of the overtly charismatic Jacinda Ardern. She won them five general elections, even after bungling a whole lot of stuff. The UK Labour party found their Ardern in the form of Allin-Khan. Successor to Sadiq Khan (no relation) when he left his Tooting seat to become Mayor of London, Rosena seemed to ooze a likability the party had been lacking for a while now. Of course, just like Stramer, it eventually became apparent that she too lacked substance. Luckily, the further left corner of the labour party had just the gal.
2027-2033: Nadia Whittome (Nutter)
Former baby of the House of Commons, poster child for the Labour Left, and rambunctious as Tony Blair was when he was still nicking ciggies at the corner-shop, Whittome was electorally ferocious. There are countless youtube compilations of her tearing into Kassam and the Brexit Party, Mulready and the Cornerstone Party, even ol' Nukey and her Lib Dems when they tried to stray to far to the wavy-gravy centre. Keep in mind there was also an equal amount, if not more, of videos lambasting her as a hysterical leftist. But that lot have always been there, and they will continue to be. She could have agreed with Cleverly on every single policy and still be labeled a marxist. Ignore 'em. Reid almost singlehandedly brought back the Corbynite majority. Despite her popularity, she still wouldn't scrape up enough votes to become PM, and pressure from the inner circles eventually led her to jump ship to the Unite! camp. People are mean.
2033-20??: Eli Aldridge (Blairite)
And now we reach Young Eli, the Comeback Kid, who first became a household name when he won a micron-sized amount over Tim Farron's safe seat. He was running for office when he was taking his A-levels, so of course the higher ups like pinning him as the second coming. He still wouldn't get the honour of becoming PM, tho. But he is in with the coalition, tho. All he has to do is wait until the electoral balance tips again, away from this ungodly Greens/Unite! fusion, and finally Labour will be in the drivers seat again...
 
Big Fat Eggs of Solid Fuck
2. Leaders of the Conservative party 2016-onward


2005-2016: David Cameron (Thatcherite)
If you asked kids born in the last 10 years what they think of David Cameron, they might be inclined to tip their heads to the side, like a confused dog, and ask "Whats a David Cameron?" More than likely they'd be too busy looking at the hottest memes to care about some old dude who used to be Prime Minister. You're much better off asking the coots in retirement homes, or even your parents as they're sitting across from you at the coffee table. They'll usually have a copy of his autobiography. Apparently he fucked a pig once, like in Black Mirror? I dunno. Next.
2016-2019: Theresa May (Thatcher-lite)
Ah, but this one, they all remember this one. She definitely didn't start Brexit, sure, but she was well and truely the architect for what it would eventually become. Was it a red, white or blue Brexit we got in the end? No idea. I don't think she knew much herself. Most are suprised mostly by how long she lasted as PM, even after refusing to debate Corbyn during her own snap election.
2019-2022: Boris Johnson (Euclid)
History classes fuckin' adore Bojo. I mean, so do misogynistic ultranationalists, but don't go there, focus on the hosts of HIGNFY making fun of his haircut. Remember that time he called someone a supine invertebrate jelly? Haha, funny man. Unsurprisingly he didn't last long as PM. We're pretty sure he was more a puppet for the inner party circle than someone who knew what he was doing. After Brexit failed to go through by October's end, and after a GE was sussed, Boris sort of shrunk away, which was interesting. We thought he'd stick aroundLast we heard he'd propped himself up as a hedge fund manager and was walking around with a cane, occasionally peppering his conversations with the apparent benefits of polygamy. Some say the cane is made from the thighbone of the last wild Indian Elephant. If we see him we'll make sure to ask.
2022-2027: Priti Patel (Urquhartite)
After deposing of the orangutan in a suit, the Tories still needed someone who could launch hardliner policies but still whip the media into a frenzy at a moments notice. Thankfully, at Bojo's insistence, Patel had been brought into the cabinet as Home Secretary, which very quickly became a stepping stone. Where Theresa couldn't deliver, and Boris stumbled. Patel followed through and then some. Which is probably why she was the last Prime Minister insofar to emerge from the original "big two". She was ruthless, she was graceful, and she never took any prisoners (discounting, of course, the whole thing out in Blackpool). For a while people joked about how she stumbled her way upward, but they quickly shut up when she cut through the political process like a knife. You know why she stepped down? Too tired of winning. No, not the conflicts of interest, or the inquiries about Spratly or Genoa, or even whatever got her to disappear into thin air when it seemed like she owed quite a bit of blood money to Columbus Nova.
2027-20??: James Cleverly (Thatcherite)
Freshly anointed in the sacred oils and still hoping for 'a valid Brexit', Cleverly from Braintree (very smart fellow) was intended to be a moderate antidote to the increasingly aggressive Patel era. Where the Nu-Left would be populist, the Tories would be pragmatic. But already they were too far gone. When your predecessor aligned your party with the DUP and Kassam's lot, it's kind of hard to wedge yourself away from the crypto-nationalistic approach, especially when you're the only reason one of them was Prime Minister in the first place. But what does that matter? He's Prime Minister now. What are you gonna do, with your swarm of splintered leftist parties!? Upturn the entire system? I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY!
 
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The Unfortunate End of the United States

1933-1937: John Nance Garner (Democratic)
1937-1937: Huey Long (Union)
1936 (with John R. Brinkley): John Nance Garner (Democratic), Frank Knox (Republican)
1937-1945: John R. Brinkley (Union)
1940 (with William Langer): Wendell Willkie (National Union), Upton Sinclair (Socialist)
1945-1949: Charles Lindbergh (Union)
1944 (with Gerald Nye): Earl Warren [replacing Richard E. Byrd] (National Union), Glen Taylor (Socialist)
1949-1953: John L. Lewis (National Union)
1948 (with Henry A. Wallace): Charles Lindbergh (Union)
1953-1954: Gerald L. K. Smith (Union)
1952 (with William E. Riker): John L. Lewis (National Union), Frank Lausche (Independent)
1954-1960: William E. Riker (Union)
1956 (with William Dudley Pelley): Orson Welles (National Union), John L. Lewis (UMW), John Steinbeck (Socialist), Rexford Tugwell (New), Irving Fiske (Independent), Dwight D. Eisenhower (Independent), Joe P. Kennedy Jr. ('Moderate' Union)
1960-1966: William E. Riker (American)
1960 (with William Dudley Pelley): Robert Heinlein ('Opposition' Union), Harry F. Byrd Sr. (Independent)
1964 (with L. Ron Hubbard): unopposed

1966-1981: L. Ron Hubbard (American)
1981-2007: Charles Maddox (American)
Dissolution of the United States

The modern doctrine of states' rights can be attributed to John R. Brinkley. As Kansas' Governor, Brinkley led a whole coterie of gubernatorial mavericks in denouncing what they feared would be potential infringement of states' rights by the incoming Roosevelt administration. They would not fear for long, however, as Roosevelt was taken out by an assassin's bullet weeks before he would have been sworn in as President. His running mate, the conservative John Nance Garner, promised to not "shake up the current balance between state and country" and doled out a much more limited version of Roosevelt's planned reform package. By 1936, President Garner was deeply unpopular. The country was still in the throes of the Great Depression and Garner's evacuation of the regions impacted by the Dust Bowl was seen as one of the most poorly executed political maneuvers in modern American history. Garner looked weak, and seizing on that weakness was Louisiana Senator Huey Long.

Union [of States] was the party-line that Long announced he was running on in January, 1936. As Long increasingly emphasized "states' rights and autonomy" in his speeches it became no surprised that he selected Kansas Governor Brinkley as his running mate. Long would triumph in November over two parties that were now being seen by most Americans as inept or corrupt. Long, like Roosevelt before him, would not be long for the Presidency. On March 8, 1937 physician Carl Weiss assassinated President Long over a personal dispute as Long left the Capitol following a long day battling congress on his Share Our Wealth reform package. Long's death displayed the fractures within his movement. The Union Party had been joined by populists of all stripes and while Long sought to maintain balance between the Party Left, Right, and Center his successor did not share his sentiments.

President Brinkley compromised heavily on the Share Our Wealth program, leading Frances Townsend to denounce his administration and causing many left-wing Unionists to walk. Although Brinkley would deal with much of the Dust Bowl by the end of decade (and promote resettlement of the impacted regions throughout the 1940s) the domestic decision that would most dominate headlines would be the establishment of a safe-zone for Jewish refugees in Southern Alaska. Many were surprised that Brinkley, a virulent anti-semite, would favor the move. Historical record lends credence to the theory that Long-era Secretary Harold Ickes convinced the President that the move would "bring him glory" and "not by any means lead to integration." Initial outrage to the move dissipated quickly but the precedent established by Brinkley would not be forgotten. Men like Virgil Effinger moved to control swathes of territory rather than merely work within it while the Nation of Islam and the Ku Klux Klan proposed doctrines of "community self-reliance" and many of America's economically destitute saw the idea of packing up and starting somewhere new as increasingly appealing.

Formed in response to an atrocious 1938 midterm, the combined establishment front that was the National Union Party sought to oust President Brinkley and the Unionists. Armed with a handsome industrialist with bipartisan appeal, rebuilt political machinery, and good polling the National Unionists seemed unstoppable. Until they were stopped. Although he won the popular vote, Wendell Willkie would finish second in the electoral college as Brinkley benefitted from an electorally over-represented west and a strong splinter campaign by Governor Upton Sinclair, whose utopian message struck a chord with the desperate nation.

Isolation and migration would define John Brinkley's second term as President. World War II raged across the Old World as Hitler's Germany and Chiang Kai-Shek's China rolled through their neighbors. Brinkley and his cabinet were uninterested in getting involved and soon the issue became partisan as men like Wendell Willkie and James Roosevelt called for intervention to protect Britain, and later the Soviet Union. The passage of Secretary of National Defense Charles Lindbergh's Fortress America plan would be one of the biggest successes of Brinkley's presidency. The other big success of Brinkley's second term would come in the form of the President's Migration Dole, which was a subsidy given to state governments to facilitate the movement of their citizens. The Dole was variously utilized by state governments and their citizens. Some American Jews fled to Southern Alaska to avoid rising persecution, many hoped to strike it big re-settling the American West, southern states used the Dole to terrorize their black residents, and many people from communists to fascists to con-men were able to secure state funds to start their own communities.

Going into the 1944 election, the Second World War rapidly became the most important issue. There was a bipartisan consensus on re-settlement and migration but serious partisan divisions regarding foreign policy. These divisions were only further highlighted when Secretary Lindbergh was nominated by the Unionist Party on a purely 'Stay-Out-of-the-War' platform and Admiral Byrd was nominated by the National Unionists on a platform of defending the British Empire and breaking the Russo-German stalemate. The polls were tight but generally favored Admiral Byrd, even as the American economy sluggishly exited the Great Depression. Byrd would be assassinated by a member of the German-American Bund while at a campaign stop in September. Although California Governor Earl Warren put up a valiant effort and rallied sympathy to the wounded ticket, a plurality of voters and a majority of electors would choose Lindbergh in November.

Lindbergh would continue the migration policies of Brinkley, albeit with a bit of a more segregationist bent than his predecessor. The ship of state would largely be steady (or as steady as it could be) until the end of World War II in 1947 with the retreat of Zhdanov's forces past the Urals (where he faced execution from Lavrentiy Beria, who would soon face execution from the Red Army) and the signing of the Paris Agreement between Britain and Germany. In the immediate aftermath of war the global economy headed back into recession and the Long Winter of 1947-48 was countered by austerity in the United States. Lindbergh's austerity was met with industrial action on a scale not seen in decades as America's dying unions sought to demand labor rights when they still could. The strikes were deeply controversial, particularly when home-heating was impacted in the midst of the cold winter, but the crackdown against them was even more so. As soldiers dismantled America's rump labor movement, many fled to the budding communes and syndicates of the country's interior to restart their lives and potentially live their idealistic dreams.

A loss would be unacceptable to UMW head John L. Lewis, however. Lewis rallied his remaining supporters by the time the dust settled in the spring and launched a presidential campaign. Although he was a radical and his recent move to be one of the leaders of the recent strikes made him controversial, Lewis had built a great rapport amongst even conservatives in the National Union Party and was thus tentatively accepted as the party's nominee. And even as he chose his agrarian protégé to be his running mate, no splinter ticket or convention walkout materialized. Lindbergh ran an aggressive campaign against Lewis, taunting him as a communist and traitor. The attacks still held water with many Americans. But they wouldn't be enough. Although Lindbergh would pretty handily win the popular vote, he would not win the electoral college.

John L. Lewis entered the White House without a domestic mandate and seemingly surrounded by foreign adversaries. This largely led to his ideological retreat into what was being defined as Modern American Utopianism. Lewis ratcheted up the Dole and even entrusted the nation's social organizations and remnant unions with the increased resources. The American Left's retreat into isolation and syndicalism was strategic on President Lewis' part. He hoped to move fast enough to put his ideological cohort in a position where it could recover and rally in time for the next presidential election, so he could win a proper mandate. This plan of his seemed to be coming together well, at first.

Then, in January 1952, Adolf Hitler died. The resulting market crash sent the global financial system into a tailspin as Hitler's successor, Herman Goring, proved to be incompetent at economic management. Lewis' careful economic recovery vaporized and the country was pushed to the brink. Wanna-be warlords carved out fiefdoms between Chicago and Las Vegas, William Dudley Pelley's Silvershirts overthrew the Governor of North Carolina, and American cities emptied as economic prospects dwindled away. At the 1952 Union Party Convention in Detroit Senator Gerald L. K. Smith accepted his party's nomination to the backdrop of Virgil Effinger's Black Legion, promising to make true on the ideals of Longism and America First. Weeks later, the National Union Convention saw a walkout by the party's conservative and southern wings, backing Ohio Governor Frank Lausche. Although Lewis fought like his political life depended on it, he would be no match for a united Union Party.

President Smith didn't seriously expect to mend the country's wounds by the time he took office. His main goal was maintaining power, however possible. He spent much of his presidency paying off his fellow rightists like Effinger and "Governor" Pelley to harass what he called the "bolshevik and anarchist communities." The President's men did so with glee, enacting terror raids across the country. As he rallied support for downballot candidates during a midterm election whose vote he was suppressing, President Smith would be assassinated by a disgruntled Trotskyite named Lyndon LaRouche.

Unlike his predecessor, former California Governor William E. Riker was product of the new America. Having founded one of the first generation 'Dole Communities' in 1941, through the reincorporation of the former Holy City, California, Riker knew the new system better than any president before him. His encouragement of new settlements and streamlining of the Smith-era 'terror raids' made him the first 'modern' president according to American scholars. His opposition saw the 1956 Election as their last chance to stop him. They received sabotage and bad luck when they needed good fortune. General Eisenhower died of a heart attack, Senator Kennedy got bombed by an anti-Catholic fanatic, Tugwell's technocrats broke-off, then Steinbeck's Socialists, then Fiske's beatniks, and then Lewis' syndicalists. Senator Orson Welles reluctantly took up the mantle of 'main' opposition candidate and after the votes were counted took exile in London. Every candidate would earn a share of the electoral college under the new proportional system, but President Riker would earn the lion's share.

From then on, the rest of the work was housekeeping. 1957's Palisades Treaty between President Riker and Fuhrer Goring established that America would not mess with the Old World, and Germany would not mess with the New World. The 1958 midterms saw the lowest turnout in modern history as the presence of Federal troops and high-profile militias (often called 'staties' by locals due to their association with state governments) at polling locations isolated political opposition and scared off potential voters. Although Riker achieved massive success during his presidency (helped in part by the self-isolation of many of his opponents) he still faced opponents within his governing party. 1960's announcement of the American Party and declaration of hardline-decentralization as 'the new normal' exposed the divisions in the Union Party. California Governor Robert Heinlein led a faction of Unionists making a last-ditch effort at stemming the tide of decentralization across the country and Virginia Senator Harry Byrd led a group of oligarchs fearing for their fortunes in the new America. Byrd severely miscalculated his support across the country and would be forced into exile in 1961 following a targeted corruption investigation and Heinlein's militias were no match for Riker's machine. Heinlein would be jailed following an attempt at secession in 1961.

With the death of Vice President Pelley in early summer, 1964 President Riker became extremely occupied with picking an able successor. His final choice, California Governor L. Ron Hubbard (the man who stuck the knife in the back of Heinlein, his political mentor) would ascend to the presidency following Riker's fatal stroke in late 1966. 1968's elections would be cancelled by President Heinlein as violence across the country crescendoed as a famine began. The United States would continue to unravel under Heinlein and his successor. The ascension of former California Governor Charles Maddox to the presidency after Heinlein's death in January, 1981 would spell the final end of America. Maddox immediately began his rule by executing any potential political opponents en masse. America's rump governance was shattered and by the end of the year Maddox became little more than Bandit King of the country. The death of Herman Goring in 1982 and the subsequent messy multi-factioned nuclear war across Eurasia would spell the end of global commerce. Maddox's Reign would see American communities, whether isolated and united, face down frequent raids from 'staties' and 'feds.' Maddox's death in 2007 would bring about the official end of the United States as his successors squabbled over what was left.

Now the American Warlord Period was to truly begin, and with a unifier waiting in the wings.
 
The First Black Ministry (2017-2018)

Prime Minister: Ann Black
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Lisa Nandy
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Owen Smith
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs: Jeremy Corbyn
Secretary of State for Home Affairs: Katy Clark
Secretary of State for Defence: Dan Jarvis
Leader of the House of Commons: Nick Brown
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry: Ed Miliband
Secretary of State for Education: Nia Griffiths
Secretary of State for Health: Dr Paul Williams
Secretary of State for Energy: Lillian Greenwood
Secretary of State for Employment: Roberta Blackman-Woods
Secretary of State for Transport: Richard Leonard
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Tom Watson
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government: Andrew Gwynne
Chief Secretary to the Treasury & the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: John McDonnell

"The First Black Ministry was one of compromises, Ann Black the fiery Left Wing MP for Oxford East since 1987 had swept into leadership in a reaction to David Miliband's weak leadership in the 2015 election which managed to allow David Cameron to win a slight majority. But following the chaos of the Brexit Referendum (in which Remain won by a slight margin) and the infamous Conservative-UKIP defections in it's wake and the raise of Theresa May to the leadership office the Labour Party managed to go from the sad remains of Blairism to a fiery Left Wing Populist party which managed to scrap together a minority government with support of a confidence and supply deal with Norman Lamb’s Lib Dem’s. Black's Cabinet was created out of a mixture of Shadow Cabinet appointments, New MPs and Left Wing friends of Ann Black, with some appointments like Chancellor of the Exchequer going to Owen Smith as a way to win over support of the Soft Left. Whilst Black was able to bring about a number of Anti-Austerity policies and some Nationalising of Water and Rail it rapidly became clear that the Minority Government was untenable. Black would bring about an election calling for a majority government to bring about 'an actual Left Wing Government', the ensuing 2018 election would be infamous for both it's campaigns and the ensuing chaos that unfolded in the Glasgow attacks and the return of the SNLA as Militant Scottish Nationalism came back onto the table in the wake of Salmond arrests..."
 
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2019-2022: Boris Johnson (Conservative Majority)
defeated Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), Jo Swinson (LibDem), Nicola Sturgeon (SNP), Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin), Jonathan Bartley and Siân Berry (Green), Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru), others

2022-2027: Priti Patel (Conservative Majority, then minority with Reform-UUP support, then Majority)
defeated Keir Starmer (Labour), Layla Moran (LibDem), Humza Yousaf (SNP), Raheem Kassam (Reform), Steve Aiken (UUP), Jonathan Bartley and Amelia Womack (Green), Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein), Adam Price (Plaid Cymru), others
defeated Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour), Layla Moran (Libdem), Rupert Read (Green), Ajay Jagota (Reform), Colum Eastwood (Réabhlóid), Bethan Sayed (Plaid Cymru), others


2027-2033: James Cleverly (Conservative Majority)
defeated Nadia Whittome (Labour), Layla Moran (LibDem), Raheem Kassam (Reform), Rupert Read (Green), Adam Price (Plaid Cymru), Carl Benjamin (Independents for Britain), Luke Ming Flanagan (Tiocfaidh ár am), others
defeated Nadia Whittome (Labour), Sam Gyimah (LibDem), Noga Levy-Rapoport (Green), Richard Boyd Barrett (Dlúthphartíocht), Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru), Carl Benjamin (Classical Liberal), Luke Akehurst (Reform), others


2033-203?: Ash Sarkar (Independent minority, then Parliamentary Left Alliance)
defeated James Cleverly (Conservative), Nadia Whittome (Labour-LibDem endorsed), Carl Benjamin (Protect Our Values), Noga Levy-Rapoport (Green), Caoimhín McCann (Neamhspleáchas), others
 
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1997-2016 Tony Blair (Labour Majority)
1997:Tony Blair-Labour[590],Paddy Ashdown-Liberal Democratic[41]
1997 Scottish Devolution Referendum:75% Yes
1997 Welsh Devolution Referendum:51,81% Yes
2001:Tony Blair-Labour[583],Charles Kennedy-Liberal Democratic[48]
2003 Euro Currency Referendum:51,90 For
2004 North East England Devolution Referendum:52% Yes
2005:Tony Blair-Labour[531],Charles Kennedy-Liberal Democratic[99],Linda Smith-RESPECT[1]
2005 Yorkshire Devolution Referendum:53% Yes
2005 North West Devolution Referendum:52,29% Yes
2009:Tony Blair-Labour[501],Vince Cable-Liberal Democratic[119],George Galloway-RESPECT[1],Nigel Farage-UKIP[1]
2013:Tony Blair-Labour[450],
Vince Cable-Liberal Democratic[138],Alec Salmond-SNP[22],Nigel Farage-UKIP[8],George Galloway/Ken Livingstone-BPWP[8], Caroline Lucas-Green[2]
2014 Scottish Independence Referendum:52,81% No

2016-present day Ed Balls (Labour Majority)
2018:Ed Balls-Labour[404],David Laws-Liberal Democratic[151],Nicola Sturgeon-SNP[40],Nigel Farage-UKIP[20],George Galloway/Ken Livingstone-BPWP[8], Steve Hilton/Natalie Bennett-Green[5]

Will do a write up tomorrow.
 
1997-2016 Tony Blair (Labour Majority)
1997:Tony Blair-Labour[590],Paddy Ashdown-Liberal Democratic[41]
1997 Scottish Devolution Referendum:75% Yes
1997 Welsh Devolution Referendum:51,81% Yes
2001:Tony Blair-Labour[583],Charles Kennedy-Liberal Democratic[48]
2003 Euro Currency Referendum:51,90 For
2004 North East England Devolution Referendum:52% Yes
2005:Tony Blair-Labour[531],Charles Kennedy-Liberal Democratic[99],Linda Smith-RESPECT[1]
2005 Yorkshire Devolution Referendum:53% Yes
2005 North West Devolution Referendum:52,29% Yes
2009:Tony Blair-Labour[501],Vince Cable-Liberal Democratic[119],George Galloway-RESPECT[1],Nigel Farage-UKIP[1]
2013:Tony Blair-Labour[450],
Vince Cable-Liberal Democratic[138],Alec Salmond-SNP[22],Nigel Farage-UKIP[8],George Galloway/Ken Livingstone-BPWP[8], Caroline Lucas-Green[2]
2014 Scottish Independence Referendum:52,81% No

2016-present day Ed Balls (Labour Majority)
2018:Ed Balls-Labour[404],David Laws-Liberal Democratic[151],Nicola Sturgeon-SNP[40],Nigel Farage-UKIP[20],George Galloway/Ken Livingstone-BPWP[8], Steve Hilton/Natalie Bennett-Green[5]

Will do a write up tomorrow.

The death of the Conservative Party is something historians and political scientists nowadays still have trouble understanding how it happened. Sure,Tony Blair and the Labour Party winning in 1997 was accepted by everyone back then as more or less inevitable. Sure,it was a possibility it might gain the biggest majority in post war history. But no one,not even the most optimistic among Labour’s campaign,could have expected that.

Many moments from that election night have now become firmly ingrained in popular culture: John Redwood’s look and the minutes of silence followed by “...congratulations” that constituted his concession speech,Michael Howard’s loud “HWAT” that he uttered following his defeat by the hands of future LibDem leader David Laws,the hoards of ambulances going towards Conservative Party Headquarters,Iain Duncan Smith’s angry “Betrayal of a Nation” speech-you name them.And of course,John Major’s last speech:”Some here tonight might feel angry by the results and refuse to accept them. Don’t be. That’s just the way life is. It’s not the blame of the electorate. We are to blame and we must learn from this and accept change or go into dustbins of history”.

Those words became unfortunately prophetic for the Conservatives. After 1997,they changed leader after leader,but not the way they operated,becoming stale old men and women,chasing after the glories of the past and living in the Eighties. Even when Thatcher herself became leader of the party (well,what remained of it especially after the numerous splits) in the early 2000’s,people just...stopped caring. About them,about their whole existence. After all,why bother? Labour was now both the main left and right political party. The Conservative Party thus were in some way punished with the worst thing that could happen to a political party: be forgotten. Oh sure,some people still remembered them or showed their angry at them,but they were a small minority that only showed up from time to time. When Thatcher died,only a couple of people even showed up or expressed happiness or sadness that she died. She just didn’t matter anymore.

Some,like Jacob Rees Mogg and his sister,tried to keep the flame on. Others,like John Bercow or Michael Gove,gave up and joined Labour. Others joined the Libdems,UKIP or the Greens. Most of the old guard though gave up. It was Labour’s world now and they just didn’t fit in. People like Portillo,Hague or Clarke preferred doing documentaries for the BBC. After all,why bother? Labour had won and will always win from now on. You can’t change that. Best just to get used to it and move on with life.

And thus the Labour Party had defeated the Tories forever and won more power than any party before it.

And they didn’t know what to do with it.
 
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Mind that swingometer, you'll have someone's eye out


Members of Parliament for Ōhāriu

(previously Onslow (1954 - 1975), Ohariu (1978 - 1993), Ohariu-Belmont (1996 - 2005), and Ōhariu (2008))

1954 - 1960: Henry May (Labour)
1954 def. Wilfred Fortune (National), Barney Daniel (Social Credit)
1957 def. Kevin O'Brien (National), Frederick Buckley (Social Credit)

1960 - 1966: Maida Clark (National)
1960 def. Henry May (Labour), Eric Elliott (Social Credit), Syd Smith (Communist)
1963 def. Keith Spry (Labour), Barney Daniel (Social Credit)

1966 - 1969: Olive Smuts-Kennedy (Labour)
1966 def. Maida Clark (National), Stuart Dickson (Social Credit)
1969 - 1971: Saul Goldsmith (National)
1969 def. Olive Smuts-Kennedy (Labour), Eric Elliott (Social Credit)
1971: Saul Goldsmith (Independent National)
1971 - 1972: Saul Goldsmith (Social Credit)
1972: Saul Goldsmith (New Democratic)
1972 - 1975: Margaret Shields (Labour)
1972 def. Ross Doughty (National), Eric Elliott (Social Credit), Saul Goldsmith (New Democratic)
1975 - 1984: Hugh Templeton (National)
1975 def. Margaret Shields (Labour), Eric Elliott (Social Credit)
1978 def. Helene Ritchie (Labour), Eric Elliott (Social Credit)
1981 def. Neville Pickering (Labour), Eric Elliott (Social Credit)

1984 - 1987: Bob Jones (NZ Party)
1984 def. Hugh Templeton (National), Frank Dunne (Labour)
1987 - 1992: Peter Dunne (Labour)
1987 def. David Lloyd (National), Robert Jones (NZ Party), Bill Campbell (Democrats)
1990 def. George Mathew (National), Keith Locke (Green), Chris Ritchie (NewLabour)

1992: Peter Dunne (Independent)
1992: Peter Dunne (Liberal)
1992 - 1995: Peter Dunne (Alliance)
1993 def. Christine Fletcher (National), Richard Northey (Labour)
1995: Peter Dunne (Centre)
1995 - 2005: Peter Dunne (New Zealand Democratic Coalition)
1996 def. Verna Smith (Labour), Phillda Bunkle (Alliance), Rosemarie Thomas (National), Ken Shirley (ACT), Ernie Davis (NZ First), Jonat Wharton (McGillicuddy Serious)
1999 def. Derek Best (Labour), Kathryn Asare (ACT), Dale Stephens (National), Caron Zillwood (Green)
2002 def. Gill Body-Greer (Labour), Dale Stephens (National), Heather Roy (ACT), Gareth Bodle (Green)

2005 - 2008: Heather Roy (ACT)
2005 def. Peter Dunne (NZDC), Charles Chauvel (Labour), Roland Sapsford (Green)
2008 - 2011: Charles Chauvel (Labour)
2008 def. Heather Roy (ACT), Katrina Shanks (National), Gareth Hughes (Green)
2011 - 2014: Katrina Shanks (National)
2011 def. Charles Chauvel (Labour), Gareth Hughes (Green), Stephen Woodnutt (Conservative)
2014 - 2017: Brett Hudson (National)
2014 def. Charles Chauvel (Labour), Tane Woodley (Green)
2017 - 0000: Virginia Anderson (Labour)
2017 def. Brett Hudson (National), Jessica Doube (Opportunities), Tane Woodley (Green)
2020 candidates: Virginia Andersen (Labour), Brett Hudson (National), Tracey Martin (NZ First), James Shaw (Green), Geoff Simmons (Opportunities), Leighton Baker (New Conservative), Sean Fitzpatrick (ACT)


Possibly the most volatile seat in New Zealand, Ōhāriu has been represented by 12 Members of Parliament from between 10 and 12 parties (depending how you slice independents and MPs who've had the whip removed) over the past seventy years.

After a period as a marginal but otherwise unremarkable seat in northern Wellington which changed hands between Labour and National slightly more frequently than the average, the then-Onslow electorate began its slide into electoral borderline personality disorder with the defection of Saul Goldsmith to Social Credit and then, following arguments with the leadership of a party for whom he was at the time the sole MP, the split-off New Democrats.

For a time, normality seemed to reassert itself as Labour retook the seat in the red wave of '72, before it swung back to National in 1975. Then Rob Muldoon got drunk, a property tycoon dumped a gobsmacking amount of money into the seat, and a three-cornered race brought the NZ Party into Parliament.

While Labour hoped they could count on keeping Wellington's northern flank red, a combination of Rogernomics, the NewLabour Party, and the looming MMP referendum would eventually see their man tear off his rosette and blunder about for three years, wandering into any caucus room that offered something befitting his very specific but somehow extremely vague flavour of bland centrism.

A cosy home in Mike Moore's Democratic Coalition proved just the thing to settle Ohariu-Belmont's appetite for political representation (and came as a relief to local interior decorators, who had quite run out of new colours to offer Mr Dunne for his office), as the advent of MMP had ushered in a bold new era in which an electorate could rake in a great deal of pork by voting for a minor party dependent on a single electorate MP to anchor their party vote on.

The voters of Ōhariu (for lo, there had issued forth from the Electoral Commission yet another renaming) had a good scam going for over a decade, even shifting their negotiable support to the libertarian right when National cut a deal to win a prospective coalition partner a safe seat.

After ACT failed to boost National into Government the voters promptly dumped them to return to Labour, immediately afterwards deserting for National yet again when Helen Clark's successors made it apparent Labour would not bring home the bacon for Ōhāriu in the near future. The National MP, possibly wishing to give the locals a taste of their own medicine, then dumped them after a single term; they dutifully returned her anointed successor as Labour remained unappetisingly distant from actual power, and dutifully ejected him in time to get a Labour MP in a Labour Government.

Which brings us to the 2020 election. In a world full of COVID, Donald Trump, climate change and other uncertainties, one constant remains reassuringly true: the people of Ōhāriu will vote for literally anyone if it means they stay relevant. As Labour looks like it won't actually need the electorate this time, and National appear a losing bet, a raft of minor parties are vying for their own shot at representing the canny and ruthlessly mercenary voters of Ōhāriu.


After all, every other bugger under the sun has had a go.
 
Leaders of the Federal NDP (1989-2008)
1989-1998: Bob White [1]
1998-2000: Svend Robinson [2]
2000-2008: Judy Darcy* [3]


Leaders of the Federal Democratic Party (2008-2020)
2008-2013: Nathan Cullen [4]
2013-: Megan Leslie** [5]


*(Co Leader of the NDP-Radical Alliance 2003-2008)

** (Co Leader of the Democratic Left Bloc 2018- )

1). Bob White is credited with keeping the Federal NDP alive during the 1993 Election as it looked like it would maybe lose it's traditional Western seats to the Populist Reform Party. Instead White decided to turn towards the Western seats as it looked likely that Quebec would be a dud, instead trying to keep the NDP afloat out West. Reform would still sweep house, but the NDP were able to keep about 22 Seats despite a hammering from Reform and the Liberals. Bob White would continue the next 5 years building the NDP back up, espousing pro-Labour union, Healthcare and Anti-NAFTA rhetoric. It would work out well for Bob as in 1997 the NDP managed to gain 8 more seats as Jean Chrétien was forced into a minority government. Bob would retire from the leadership afterwards citing that he would be going back to do Trade Union work instead.

2). In a battle between Alexa McDonough, Bob Rae and Lorne Nystrom, Svend Robinson would manage to reach the top as the one candidate pitching himself as the 'Left' candidate whilst the other three bickered about other things like the 'Third Way' and NAFTA. Svend seemed like a capable and strong leader in the Left Wing Populist mould, but his mixture of interests in pursuits seen to be outside of the mainstream of the NDP and his eventual diagnose of Cyclothymia would ensure that his leadership would be very scattershot at best. The NDP would manage to lose 2 seats in the abrupt 2000 election and Sven Robinson would retire immediately, becoming an advocate for mental health causes and LGBT issues (something he would share with the eventual leader Megan Leslie).

3). Judy Darcy, the Trade Unionist, former Maoist and the 4th National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees was an unlikely choice for leadership of the NDP but as the leadership contest ended up turning into a slugging match between Lorne Nystrom & Bill Blaikie (especially in the aftermath of popular favourite Jack Layton's cancer scare), Judy would be nominated by as a stabilising figure for the NDP, cast in the same mould as Bob White. Darcy's dark horse candidateship would end up allowing her to cast herself as outside the squabbles of inter-party conflict and to be a strong but neutral voice. Darcy would win on the second ballot and push forward with her leadership. Darcy was helped by the implosion of the Martin government in early 2000s the wake of several scandals and the creation of the Radical Party by former Deputy Prime Minister Shelia Copps. The ensuing 2003 caused the two parties to enter into an alliance, the alliance would end up gaining about 12 seats in total as the Liberals were ousted by the Conservative Alliance under Stockwell Day. The next five years would consist of Judy and Shelia working together to allow the parties to increase there 2003 gains in the various regions allowing for several NDP-Radical governments to take hold. Meanwhile the NDP decided to aim for Quebec for the first time in a long time, with Bloc Québécois suffering from a variety of scandals.

In 2008 after five years of the Liberal's Stéphane Dion flailing and Bloc Québécois being attacked for it's scandals, the pair imploded and the NDP-Radical alliance found itself the opposition against the Conservatives. As Judy Darcy tearfully announced her glee at the success of the the NDP-Radical Alliance discussion would begin behind the scene for an merger. Whilst some would leave in response, the New Democratic Party would become the Democratic Party and the resulting leadership election would showcase Canada's new opposition...

4). Nathan Cullen was the right man for the wrong time, a few years later his Pro Green Economic stances would have won favour with the increasingly horrified Canadian public but in 2008 he came across as another Svend Robinson, an awkward Leftist who had managed to win due to the splits between Mulcair and Topp supporters and who's economic ideas rang hollow as the Canadian people dealt with the worst of the recession. There isn't much to write home about with Cullen's leadership, he was a bit crap and what should have been an easy win in 2012 had the Democratic Party lose seats to a resurgent Liberal party under Bob Rae. After a year of awkwardly staying as leader, Cullen would resign.

5). Megan Leslie has managed to turn the Democratic Party around from seeming like they were going to crash down to Svend Robinson levels to becoming Prime Minister of a Left Wing coalition and bringing about the creation of the New Canadian Welfare system, the Greenifcation of the Canadian industry (under a much happier Nathan Cullen as Environment Secretary) and the creation of the new MMP system that was used to vote in the Democratic Left government of 2018. It wasn't always going to seem like this, the revival of the Bloc in 2014 looked like it could cause the Democratic Party to lose there Québec seats and the Liberal Party continued to do well with Bob Rae. But the eve of the 2015 election would show otherwise and the Democratic Party managed to form a minority government. Now with the Democratic Left Coalition running the country maybe things will go well...though a flu from China might put pay to that.
 
Kings of Punjab

1801-1839: Ranjit Singh


1839-1839: Kharak Singh

1839-1863: Nau Nihal Singh

1863-1882: Jawahar Singh

1882-1883: Dalip Singh

1883-xxxx: Shasanakrama-i-Punjab (Constitution of Punjab)

Sadr-i-Sarkar (Chief of Government) of Punjab (or, Sardar)

1883-1904: Prem Nath Kaul (Constitutionalist)

1883: ran unopposed
1888: ran unopposed
1893: ran unopposed
1898: ran unopposed
1903 def. various Democrats


1904-1908: Azimullah Khan (Constitutionalist)

1908-1918: Abdullah Khan Bakarwal (Democratic)
1908 def. Azimullah Khan (Constitutionalist)
1913 def. Ram Singh Sisodia (Constitutionalist), various Workers groups
1914: Military coup attempt


1918-xxxx: Ram Singh Sisodia (Constitutionalist)
1918 def. Abdullah Khan Bakarwal (Democratic), Hemendra Nath Pant (Workers)

The Sikh Empire would rapidly expand its borders, conquering the hills, Kashmir, Ladakh, and Sindh, and in 1839 when its great founder Ranjit Singh died it was a vast state. Its independence was confirmed after the Anglo-Punjabi War, which not only was a great victory but forced the state to continuously build up its military. As Russia grew, conquering as far as Balochistan, it allowed the Sikh Empire to play Russia and Britain against one another and thereby maintain its independence, but at the same time the military grew dramatically in scope as the necessity of maintaining Punjabi independence through military force emerged. As such, power grew increasingly centralized in the military, under its chief (Sardar) Prem Nath Kaul.

Therefore, in 1883, after the ascent of Dalip Singh, a man not well liked by the military, Prem Nath Kaul overthrew his government. Despite it initially looking like an old-fashioned palace coup, he was a firm, stalwart republican, but the step he took astonished many. After promulgating a constitution based on that of France, he declared that this document, not any individual, was the true king of Punjab. Why he did this is mysterious; Sikhism's current Guru is its holy book, and perhaps he took this concept from that. But it is also known that he loved the works of Thomas Paine, and in it he repeatedly stated, "In a free country, the law is king". Perhaps he took that statement about the rule of law a little too literally. But whatever the result, to this day the King of the Punjabi Republic is a document. Every year it is coronated, robed, and crowned as a king in a ritual that is effectively a mockery of monarchy.

Prem Nath Kaul became its mere head of government, or Sadr-i-Sarkar. In practice, he came to be known as the Sardar - both a corruption of his title and a reference to his military title. He pawned off the crown jewels to western nations to get money for famine relief, he promulgated vast and dramatic law codes, and he codified Punjabi with the Perso-Arabic script, in use by merchants, as Punjab's national script. In practice, despite his intense derision of monarchy, he was referred, even within his own ranks, as a Maharaja - the people of Punjab had not lost their taste for monarchy. He died in 1904, and despite his authoritarian tendencies, he remains beloved today as the founder of the modern Punjabi republic. His successor, Azimullah Khan, however, faced a deep recession, and the authoritarian tendencies previously on display went to the forefront. The result was that the oppositionist Democrats won a full majority, and Abdullah Khan Bakarwal went to power. However, cohesion within his party remained enormously weak, and the result was a raucous few years as his cabinet saw much infighting, and his attempts to establish cohesion were only partially successful. The result was that in 1913 the Democrats lost their majority, and failed to pass a string of bills.

The military, which generally supported the Constitutionalists, used this opportunity to attempt to overthrow the government. However, Bakarwal's defence minister had spent much time downgrading the military, so when the military took control of the Majlis-i-Vidhan, the reaction of Bakarwal was to flee to the streets, denounce the coup, and organize a militia of citizens to challenge the military. This forced the military to stand down and the military coup was defeated. Such an event traumatized the nation, that all the work of the previous years was almost destroyed, though its success ultimately confirmed Punjabi constitutional government, and further reforms of the military further stripped it of its fangs. This, in combination with reports of bloody suppresion of strikers, led to a dour mood in the nation which contributed to the defeat of the Democrats in 1918, and the Constitutionalists, who made a great show of deference towards constitutional government and opposition to the coup, were able to win back power. Yet many were uncertain of what the future would bring for the nation. Many were uncertain that in Punjab, the law would remain king.
 
Please tell me – please, please tell me – that this is based on something real.

Well, as I mentioned, the eleventh and final Guru of the Sikh religion is the holy book of the religion, the Guru Granth Sahib. This was a decision taken - beyond the religious reasons - because the Mughals repeatedly attempted to make one of their preferred candidates the Guru, and this was a way to stop them from doing that.

But I was inspired after reading Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, where he repeatedly stated that in a free country the law is king. He also advocated a day with this commemoration:

But where, say some, is the King of America? I’ll tell you, friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Great Britain. Yet that we may not appear to be defective even in earthly honours, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the Charter; let it be brought forth placed on the Divine Law, the Word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the Crown at the conclusion of the ceremony be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is.

So, it’s sort of based on a few actual things, but taken to a weird conclusion.
 
He pawned off the crown jewels to western nations to get money for famine relief, he promulgated vast and dramatic law codes, and he codified Punjabi with the Perso-Arabic script, in use by merchants, as Punjab's national script.

The whole thing is amazing, but this point just makes me think of some sort of parallel to the current dispute where 2020 Punjab has a group calling for the return of the Koh-i-Noor and getting a 'but you literally sold it to us' response.
 
The whole thing is amazing, but this point just makes me think of some sort of parallel to the current dispute where 2020 Punjab has a group calling for the return of the Koh-i-Noor and getting a 'but you literally sold it to us' response.

It’s a bit more complicated than that - it was given as part of the treaty of surrender, and one could certainly argue that there was duress involved.

But speaking of that treaty, there’s something else to do with that. The Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Duleep Singh, was made a ward of the British state when he was a young kid as part of that treaty. He was separated from his mother, and he was Anglicized and converted to Christianity. When he grew up, he converted back to Sikhism and he attempted to get the British government to give him further recognition, threatening a Second Indian Mutiny if it did not. But this was refused, and the British government refused to even allow him to return to his home. After his death, he was buried in Britain with Christian rites. Returning his body to India and/or giving him Sikh rites ought to be a much more important issue than the fate of any shiny stone. But sadly not.
 
t’s a bit more complicated than that - it was given as part of the treaty of surrender, and one could certainly argue that there was duress involved.

Oh I'm aware of the actual history of the jewel it just felt that there could be an amusing parallel in this one where ownership is a lot more clear cut legally and, arguably, morally as well.

I think the distinction between Duleep Singh and the Koh-i-Noor is that Duleep Singh isn't literally in the Crown Jewels.

You are right about the odd-ness of not particularly caring about his repatriation however. Particularly seeing as, given the Napoleon precedent, it would likely have succeeded.

Maybe they were concerned about giving the Princes ideas post-independence?
 
Overdosing On Populism or Finding And Losing Purpose Every Day Or Dumb ASB Majorpunk List

1990-1996 John Major (Conservative Majority,Conservative Minority by 1996)
1992:John Major-Conservative[336],Neil Kinnock-Labour[267],Paddy Ashdown-Liberal Democrats[20],David Owen-SDP[4],Michael Meadowcroft-Liberal[1], Geoffrey Clements-Natural Law[1]

1996-1997 Sir James Goldsmith (Referendum Party Coalition with SDP,Liberal,Ulster Unionist and Plaid Cymru)
1996:Sir James Goldsmith-Referendum[310],John Smith-Labour[253],Paddy Ashdown-Liberal Democrats[40],David Owen-SDP[5],Peg Alexander/Mike Woodin-Green[4],Geoffrey Clements-Natural Law[4],John Major-Conservative[4],Michael Meadowcroft-Liberal[2]
1997 European Union Membership Referendum:51,23% Out


1997-1997 Jim Slater (Referendum Party Coalition with SDP,Liberal,Ulster Unionist and Plaid Cymru)
1997 Brexit Referendum:59,87% Soft Brexit

1997-1998 David Owen (Referendum Party Coalition with SDP,Liberal,Ulster Unionist and Plaid Cymru)
1997 Scottish and Welsh Assembly Referendums:Scottish Assembly-75% For,Welsh Assembly-52% For
1998 Minimum Wage Referendum:77,65% For
1998 Increased Mayoral Authority Referendum:67,89% For

1998-2000 Mike Woodin (Green Party Coalition with SDP,Liberal,Natural Law and Plaid Cymru)
1998:Mike Woodin/Peg Alexander-Green[315],Gordon Brown-Labour[233],Paddy Ashdown-Liberal Democrats[56],David Owen-SDP[9],Geoffrey Clements-Natural Law[6],Michael Meadowcroft-Liberal[4],John Redwood-Conservative[2],Ken Clarke-Follow Back Pro Europe[2]
1998 Nuclear Power and Nuclear Arms Referendum:57,81% Scrap
1998 Elected NHS Managers Referendum:53,49% For
1999 House of Lords Reform Act Referendum:54,10% For
1999 HS2 Referendum:53% No


2000-2005 Noel Edmonds (National Rebirth Party Majority,National Rebirth Coalition with Democratic Unionist Party after 2004)
2000:Noel Edmonds-NRP[333],Robin Cook-Labour[221],Charles Kennedy-Liberal Democrats[61],David Owen-SDP[8],Mike Woodin/Peg Alexander-Green[4],Ken Clarke-Follow Back Pro Europe[2]
2001 Death Penalty Referendum:67,90% Bring Back
2001 Elected Police Commissioners Referendum:52,78% For
2002 Immigration Control Laws Referendum:52,10%Yes

2003 ID Cards Referendum:61,04% Against
2004 Resettlement of Northern Irish Catholics Into Ireland:76% Against


2005-2017 David Davis (Workers Britain Party Coalition with SDP,Workers Britain/SDP Alliance Majority after 2009)
2005:David Davis-WBP[320],Ken Livingstone-Labour[130],Charles Kennedy-Liberal Democrats[99],Rosie Barnes-SDP[54],Alec Salmond-SNP[14],Keith Taylor/Peg Alexander-Green[7],Jeffrey Titford-BPP[3]
2005 Special Referendums Act Referendum:67,93% For
2006 Serbian War Referendum:52,38%
Get In
2008 Bankers Bailout Referendum:85,98% Against
2009 MPs Budget Re-evaluation Referendum:60% For
2009 First Scottish Independence Referendum:59,11% No
2010:David Davis/Rosie Barnes-WBP/SDP Alliance[385],Jack Straw-Labour[115],Chris Huhne-Liberal Democrats[95],Alec Salmond-SNP[18],Caroline Lucas-Green[9],Nigel Farage-BPP[6]
2011 Iraq/Syrian War Referendum: 51,49% Stay Out
2011 Northern Ireland Peace Agreement and Assembly Referendum:59,38% Yes
2012 Direct Control of BBC and Its Affiliate Branches Referendum:56,99% Yes
2013 Harsher Sentences For Pedophiles And Pedophile Sympathizers: 89,97%
Yes
2014 Second Scottish Independence Referendum:53,49% No
2015:David Davis/Mike Gapes-WBP/SDP Alliance[390],John McDonnell-Labour[90],Michael Moore-Liberal Democrats[81],Nicola Sturgeon-SNP[47],Caroline Lucas-Green[11],Nigel Farage-BPP[11]
2015 National Memorials and Official Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee Days Referendum:91% For
2016 Refugee Crisis Referendum: 68,89% Keep Them Out

2016 First Monarchy Referendum:88,98% Monarchy

Mike Gapes 2017-present day (Workers Britain/SDP Alliance Majority)
2017 Gay Marriage Referendum:52,19% For
2017 Landlord Busting Referendum:60,90% Yes
2018 Nye Bevan Memorial Day:75,98% Yes
2018 Third Scottish Independence Referendum:51,19% No
2019:Mike Gapes/Penny Mordaunt-WBP/SDP Alliance[384],Andy Burnham-Labour[89],Nick Clegg-Liberal Democrats[80],Nicola Sturgeon-SNP[57],Steve Hilton-Green[14],Nigel Farage-BPP[6],Piers Corbyn-No2Globalists[1]
2019 Hong Kong Political Refugees Welsh Resettlement Referendum:53,05% For
2020 5G Referendum:51,50% Ban
2020 Quarantine Lockdown Special Online Referendum:54,89% For
2020 Opening of Pubs and Relaxation of Quarantine Lockdown Special Online Referendum:55,29% For
2020 Police Funding Special Online Referendum:77,98% More Funding,75,97% Tougher On Crime
2020 Circuit Breaker Special Online Referendum:60% For
 
If you get at least 3 million signatures on a special electoral petition,then a referendum can be launched on any specific issue the petition is about.

The decision of the referendum is final and can only be reversed if 3 million other people file the proper documents necessary to launch another referendum declaring the result of the other referendum in question void.

Despite opposition of certain people,the Act is quite popular and considered necessary “in order to create a truly representative democracy”.

“The will of the people is what matters above all else in Britain. It don’t matter if it’s right or wrong-if the people want it,then we have a duty to deliver,no matter the cost”-David Davis,2006
 
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