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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

1981 - 1981: Fmr. Governor Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1980 (with George H.W. Bush) def. Pres. Jimmy Carter (Democratic), Rep. John Anderson (Independent)
1981 - 1981: Vice President George H.W. Bush (Republican)
• 1981 Assassinations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
1981 - 1981:
Secretary Al Haig (Acting Republican)
1981 - 1981: Speaker Tip O'Neil (Democratic)
• 1981 Succession Crisis Resolved, Ann Armstrong (R) appointed to the Vice Presidency by Pres. O'Neal (D)
• 1981 Resignation of Tip O'Neil


1981 - 1985: Vice President Ann Armstrong (Republican)

1985 - 1990: Senator Gary Hart (Democratic)
1984 (with Geraldine Ferraro) def. Pres. Ann Armstrong (Republican), Fmr. Rep. John Anderson (National Union)
1988 (with Dick Cheney) def. Fmr. Secretary Al Haig (Republican), Fmr. Senator Eugene McCarthy (National Union)
• 1989 Impeachment and Resignation of Gary Hart

1990 - 1991:
Vice President Dick Cheney (Republican)
• Al Haig (R) appointed to the Vice Presidency by Pres. Cheney (R)
• Resignation of Dick Cheney (1991 Coup D'etat)

1991 - 1994:
Vice President Al Haig (Non-Partisan)
• Declaration of a national emergency and postponement of the 1992 elections, due to the 1991 SARS epidemic
• Attempted cancelation of the 1992 elections; declared unconstitutional; elections held in 1993


1994 -
Present: Fmr. Senator George McGovern (Non-Partisan)
1993 (with Ann Richards) def. Pres. Al Haig (Non-Partisan-Republican), Senator Jim Jeffords (Independent Republican), Governor Edwin Edwards (Anti-Corruption), Mayor Marion Berry (Democratic)
 
1991 - 1994: Vice President Al Haig (Non-Partisan)
• Declaration of a national emergency and postponement of the 1992 elections, due to the 1991 SARS epidemic
• Attempted cancelation of the 1992 elections; declared unconstitutional; elections held in 1993
“I am in control here” he says before failing to take control. If anything he makes things worse.
 
From a thing I'm working that's AH as background
1929-1933:Hiram Johnson/Frank Orren Lowden(Republican)
1928:Al Smith/Joe T.Robinson(Democratic)
1933-1941:Franklin D. Roosevelt/John Nance Garner(Democratic)
1932:Hiram Johnson/Frank Orren Lowden(Republican)
1936:Charles L.McNary/Warren Green(Republican)

1941-1946:Franklin D.Roosevelt/Henry Wallace(Democratic) ±
1940:Robert A.Taft/Arthur Vandenberg(Republican)
1944:Harold Stassen/Earl Warren(Republican)

1946-1953:Henry Wallace/Huey Long(Democratic)

1948:Robert A.Taft/Joseph W. Martin Jr.(Republican),Strom Thurmond/Fielding L .Wright(Dixiecrat)
1953-1961:Douglas MacArthur/Earl Warren(Republican)
1952:Adlai Stevenson/Alben W.Barkley(Democratic)
1956:Estes Kefauver/Robert S.Kerr(Democratic)

1961-1963:John F.Kennedy/Lyndon B.Johnson(Democratic) ±
1960:Nelson Rockfeller/Cecil H. Underwood(Republican),Harry F.Byrd/Strom Thurmond(Southern Democrat)
1963-1965:Lyndon B.Johnson/Wayne Morse(Democratic)
1964:Barry Goldwater/Willam E.Miller(Republican)
1965-1971:Lyndon B.Johnson/Eugene McCarthy(Democratic) ±

1968:George Romney/Hiram Fong(Republican),George Wallace/Harland Sanders(American Independent)
1971-1973:Eugene McCarthy/John Connolly(Democratic)
1973-1977:Paul Laxalt/Ronald Reagan(Republican)
1972:Eugene McCarthy/John Connolly(Democratic)
1977-1981:George Wallace/Birch Bayh(Democratic)

1976:Paul Laxalt/Ronald Reagan(Republican)
1981-1989:Ronald Reagan/Howard Baker(Republican)
1980:George Wallace/Birch Bayh(Democratic)
1984:Gary Hart/Joe Biden(Democratic)

1989-1997:Gerry Ferraro/Dick Gephardt(Democratic)
1988:Bob Dole/Pete du Pont(Republican)
1992:Phil Gramm/Bob Dornan(Republican),Ross Perot/Lowell Weicker(Independent)

1997-2001:Ross Perot/Dick Lamm(Union of Independents)
1996:Dick Gephardt/Al Gore(Democratic),Oliver North/Steve Forbes(Republican)
2001-2009:Trent Lott/Donald Rumsfeld(Republican)
2000(First Round):Bill Bradley/Douglas Wilder(Democratic),Ross Perot/Dick Lamm(Union of Independents),Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo(Green)
2000(Second Round):Bill Bradley/Douglas Wilder(Democratic)
2004(First Round):Wesley Clark/John Edwards(Democratic),Hunter S.Thompson/Ralph Nader(Green),Donald Trump/Ron Paul(Union of Independents)

2004(Second Round):Wesley Clark/John Edwards(Democratic)
2009-2017:Jesse Jackson Jr./Sam Nunn(Democratic)
2008(First Round):Mitt Romney/Eric Cantor(Republican),Jello Biafra/Howie Hawkins(Green),Cynthia McKinny/Bob Barr(Union of Independent)

2008(Second Round):Mitt Romney/Eric Cantor(Republican)
2012(First Round):Newt Gingrich/Herman Cain(Republican),John McCain/Gary Johnson(Union of Independents)Jill Stein/Ajamu Barka(Green)

2012(Second Round):Newt Gingrich/Herman Cain(Republican)
2017-2019:John McAfee/Michael Flynn(Union of Independents)
2016(First Round):Sam Nunn/Tim Kaine(Democratic),Howie Hawkins/Dennis Lambert(Green),Mike Bloomberg/Jim Webb(Republican)
2016(Second Round):Sam Nunn/Tim Kaine(Democratic)

2019-2020:John McAfee/Ted Cruz(Republican) ±
2020-2021:Ted Cruz/Vacant(Republican)

Yes I know most of it is very unrealistic
 
Can't Get You Out Of My Head:

Paramount Leader of China:
1978-1987: Deng Xiaopeng (CCP-Deng Thought)
1987-1995: Zhang Ziyang (CCP-Tuanpai)

1995-2007: Hu Jintao (CCP-Tuanpai)
2007-2010: Liu Yandong (CCP-Tuanpai)
2010-: Bo Xilai (CCP-New Left)

President of Russia:
1991-1993: Boris Yeltsin (Independent)

1991 (With Alexander Rutskoy) def: Nikolai Ryzhkov (CPSU), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPSU), Aman Tuleyev (CPSU)
1993-1996: Alexander Rutskoy (Independent)
1996-2008: Alexander Lebed (Rodina)

1996 (With Dmitry Rogozin) def: Albert Makashov (CPRF), Ruslan Khasbulatov (Social Democrats), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
2000 (With Dmitry Rogozin) def: Viktor Anpilov (CPRF), Ruslan Khasbulatov (Social Democrats), Eduard Liminov (National Bolsheviks), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
2004 (With Sergey Baburin) def: Viktor Anpilov (CPRF), Mikhail Gorbachev (Social Democrats), Eduard Liminov (National Bolsheviks), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko), Yegor Letov (Oborona)

2008-2016: Sergey Baburin (Rodina)
2008 (With Andrey Savelyev) def: Eduard Liminov (National Salvation Front), Alexander Rutskoy (Left Front), Yegor Letov (Oborona)
2012 (With Andrey Savelyev) def: Zakhar Prilepin (National Salvation Front), Maxim Suraykin (Left Front), Natalia Chumakova (Oborona)

2016-2020: Zakhar Prilepin (For Russia-Left Front)
2016 (With Darya Mitina) def: Andrey Savelyev (Rodina), Nadya Tolokno (Oborona)
2020-: Alexei Navalny (Rodina)
2020 (With Anna Kushchenko) def: Zakhar Prilepin (For Russia), Darya Mitina (Left Front), Nadya Tolokno (Oborona)

*Footage of Chaos in Russia during the Mid 90s, shootings, murders and businessmen in gaudy Suits are surrounded by bodyguards*

Curtis: Attempts to bring the Western concept of freedom and individualism had come to a grinding halt in Russia. Crime was rampant and with the death of Boris Yeltsin in the wake of the Constitutional Crisis it was without guidance as it continued into anarchy.

Into this chaos, came Alexander Lebed a man who sought to return Russia to order, using a vision of the future which took influence from the Pan-Slavic Nationalism of the past. But by bringing these visions back from the past, dark and sinister forces would come back with them.


*Footage of China in the Mid 00s, gangsters in gaudy Suits drive by, Farmers are crushed by police officer and protests occur*

Curtis: China in the Mid 2000s had become like Russia in the Early 1990s, Individualism and Money weren’t able to fill the void of the Chinese people. Crime was rampant, Corruption was endemic and a general sense of fear and malaise took over. But into this void would come a charismatic and enigmatic individual, one of the so called Princelings, children of the Cultural Revolution.

His name was Bo Xiali and his vision for China would have be one that would unite the Chinese people under the old ideas espoused during the Cultural Revolution. But by bringing back the forces of the past, Bo would bring back the demons that had been kept dormant since the Revolution.
 
1991-1993: Boris Yeltsin (Independent)
1991 (With Alexander Rutskoy) def: Nikolai Ryzhkov (CPSU), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPSU), Aman Tuleyev (CPSU)
1993-1996: Alexander Rutskoy (Independent)
1996-2008: Alexander Lebed (Rodina)

1996 (With Dmitry Rogozin) def: Albert Makashov (CPRF), Ruslan Khasbulatov (Social Democrats), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
2000 (With Dmitry Rogozin) def: Viktor Anpilov (CPRF), Ruslan Khasbulatov (Social Democrats), Eduard Liminov (National Bolsheviks), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)
2004 (With Sergey Baburin) def: Viktor Anpilov (CPRF), Mikhail Gorbachev (Social Democrats), Eduard Liminov (National Bolsheviks), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko), Yegor Letov (Oborona)

2008-2016: Sergey Baburin (Rodina)
2008 (With Andrey Savelyev) def: Eduard Liminov (National Salvation Front), Alexander Rutskoy (Left Front), Yegor Letov (Oborona)
2012 (With Andrey Savelyev) def: Zakhar Prilepin (National Salvation Front), Maxim Suraykin (Left Front), Natalia Chumakova (Oborona)

2016-2020: Zakhar Prilepin (For Russia-Left Front)
2016 (With Darya Mitina) def: Andrey Savelyev (Rodina), Nadya Tolokno (Oborona)
2020-: Alexei Navalny (Rodina)
2020 (With Anna Kushchenko) def: Zakhar Prilepin (For Russia), Darya Mitina (Left Front), Nadya Tolokno (Oborona)
Really like this list - Prilepin is a quite interesting choice with his Soft NazBol ideology.
 
Really like this list - Prilepin is a quite interesting choice with his Soft NazBol ideology.
Yeah, he also seemed like a type who would be happy to briefly ally with old school Marxist-Leninist/Stalinists for political gain before everything bursts into flame. He seems like one of the few competent Nat-Bol types (I say despite the fact he now leads a party that contains Steven Segal).

Also includes Technocratic Moderate Nationalist Alexei Navalny because it turns out that he’s allied himself with Nationalists and his own Nationalist tendencies.
 
Tsars of All The Russias (what if russia but japan with a hint of nepal)

1825-1861: Nikolay II Pavlovich
1861-1863: Aleksandr II Nikolayevich [1]
1863-1868: Konstantin I Alexandrovich [2]
1868-1895: Kseniya Konstantinovna [3]
1895-1914: Kseniya Konstantinovna (with Kirill Afanasiyevich Donskoy as Konsul [4])
1914-1925: Kseniya Konstantinovna (with Georgy Kirillovich Donskoy as Konsul)
1925-1944: Aleksandr III Gustavovich (with Georgy Kirillovich Donskoy as Konsul) [5]
1944-1948: Aleksandr III Gustavovich (with Pyotr Georgievich Donskoy as Konsul)
1948-1949: Aleksandr III Gustavovich (with Mikhail Georgievich Donskoy as Konsul)
1949-1961: Aleksandr IV Aleksandrovich (with Mikhail Georgievich Donskoy as Konsul)
1961-1967: Pyotr IV Aleksandrovich (with Mikhail Georgievich Donskoy as Konsul)
1967-1977: Pyotr IV Aleksandrovich (with Kirill Mikhailovich Donskoy as Konsul)
1977-1979: Konstantin II Petrovich (with Kirill Mikhailovich Donskoy as Konsul) [6]
1979-1982: Ivan VII Aleksandrovich (with Kirill Mikhailovich Donskoy as Konsul) [7]
1982-1984: Nikolay II Ivanovich (with Kirill Mikhailovich Donskoy as Konsul) [8]
1984-2015: Konstantin II Petrovich [9]
2015-: Aleksandr V Konstantinovich [10]

[1] The notion that Aleksandr's bodyguards deliberately failed to prevent his assassination by leftist revolutionary Nikolay Ishustin in order to shuffle the vaguely pacifistic and liberal young tsar off the stage has been a popular conspiracy theory ever since it happened, but there has been no evidence produced for it.
[2] The sheltered young tsar was content to leave most of his government in the hands of his advisors, but may have been planning to move forward with emancipating the serfs before his sudden death of meningitis. The 1990 exhumation of his body revealed no sign of poison, but could not conclusively rule it out.
[3] Despite the expectation that the throne would go to Konstantin's 23-year-old brother Vladimir, a combination of concerns about Volodya's tendencies towards lecherousness and binge-drinking and the desire by entrenched military interests to have a more easily-controlled monarch led to the crowning of Tsesarevna Kseniya. Kseniya's tightly-controlled childhood molded her into what appeared to be the perfect face on a "perfect dictatorship..."
[4] ...until Admiral Kirill Donskoy, the hero of the Nipponese War, shared his awesome scheme with the Tsarina - that the Russia she sincerely loved and believed in would be better served by having its trust placed in two people - a Tsarina as its spiritual leader and a Konsul, like the Nipponese institution of the shyogun, as its temporal ruler. And he knew just the right man for the job.
[5] Kseniya's son, unlike her, was, like most Russians, deeply aware both of his total control by the Konsul and his inability to do much about that. He spent the first few years of his reign a virtual prisoner in the Gatchina Palace before Georgy, the grimmer and more reactionary son of Kirill, decided he wasn't a threat.
[6] The Konsul's plans (or, rather, that of the Pryetor - even the shogun was increasingly being sidelined in favor of his staff by the '60s) were slightly derailed when the tsar took the opportunity of the Kupala Night parade to abruptly drive onto the grounds of the Dutch Embassy and request asylum. After a tense few weeks of standoff, the tsar and his family were allowed to abdicate and seek exile in Hungary.
[7] Konstantin II's uncle, who took over as one of the few loyal Romanovs left, became massively unpopular very quickly - though the precise nature of what happened would be covered up, rumors spread quickly that the tsar had been murdered or deposed, and someone most Russians had regarded with a healthy dose of cynicism became sainted practically overnight. Rumors spread that Ivan drank the blood of infants and sacrificed virgins for Satanic power rituals, and a rather unstable young Air Force cadet decided to take matters into his own hands, stealing a bomber during a training exercise and crashing it into the Gatchina Palace, leaving a long radioactive gash in the earth (the atomic bomb he took along for the ride failed to detonate in a nuclear way, but successfully managed to spray the courtyard with phoebium). One of Kirill Mikhailovich's guards decided this was probably the signal for a revolution, shot the Konsul, and was promptly beaten to death by his surprisingly sturdy victim.
[8] Nobody's actually sure where Nikolay II was during his reign, and the evidence he ever existed is scant. But while his reign was ongoing, Konstantin Petrovich secretly drove to Varna, got on a ship, and steamed into Odessa, announcing that his abdication had been made under duress, was illegitimate, and that he, the legitimate Tsar of All the Russias, would take back his old title, sweep aside the Konsulate, and institute a kinder, gentler era of Russian history, including towards nationalists. Then he assembled a massive army, secured commitments from foreign powers, and began to steamroll, first through Ukraine, then up into Moscow and St. Petersburg, and then all the way to the Pacific. Kirill Mikhailovich died of a heart attack (not helped by the fact that he had been shot not two years ago, and his successor Gregor Kirillovich was found in a crashed plane in the Kamchatka Mountains, hoping to regroup in Alaska and secure an independent empire in the Trans-Bering.
[9] Remember when Konstantine promised to "take back his old title, sweep aside the Konsulate, and institute a kinder, gentler era of Russian history, including towards nationalists"? Look, two out of three ain't bad.
[10] Hopes that the new tsar would be more liberal than his father have not especially come to fruition, but he has at least opened up the new elite, in the grand spirit of more 👏🏻 Tatar 👏🏻 woman 👏🏻 Okhrana 👏🏻 agents. Between that and his genuine charisma, recently charming audiences from Alki to Havana on a tour of North America, Russian soft power is growing like it hasn't since the time of Peter the Great.
 
The Long Parliament Part 4: This got a little out of hand

2019-2021: Naomi Long (Alliance Party leading Labour-Unite To Remain-Alliance second referendum coalition
)


The plan for the Long Government (Waggishly called the Long Parliament) was originally to last a year, with a september 2020 election to follow the Brexit and electoral reform referendums. This was later conditionally extended and agreed that the coalition would remain in place in the event that Britain voted to leave the EU under the “Labour Deal” (sometimes dubbed the “Starmer Deal”. Then the government would vote through a permanent trade relationship with the EU built on the same principles. It was argued in the press this was to prevent a Conservative/Brexit victory in a September election leading to a much harder permanent deal.

So Kier Starmer set about renegotiating the deal with the EU who were a little fatigued by the British response to Brexit but also hopeful of a softer Brexit that would help both British and EU economies. The deal would go to a referendum on April 2nd 2020 with the deal or the revoking of article 50 being voted through by 1st May 2020. The electoral reform referendum was delayed to September 2020 to spread out campaigning.

Then COVID Happened. From earliest rumblings in Wuhan China the virus spread through the globalised world. Britain had its first cases on 29th January 2020, two days before WHO declares an emergency. A month later Britain confirms its first cases to be passed within the country. From there cases start to surge. The Cheltenham Horse Racing Festival is allowed to go ahead but with crowds turned away. This backfires as many crowds still arrive in Cheltenham and cases rocket amongst both race goers and the town itself which continues to be a hotspot for cases for some time and there are several days of clashes between police and race goers with shops and pub windows smashed across the town. Various other events such as the London Marathon are closed. On 9th March the Prime Minister makes her first regular press conference on the virus behind a podium labelled “Stay Home, Save Lives”. The image of the Prime Minister, usually flanked by Dr Chris Whitty or by one of her cabinet becomes an iconic image of 2020, quite a minor quirk of political history turns into Long being regarded as one of Britain’s most iconic (and in some circles greatest) peacetime Prime Ministers.

She announced the establishment of a national lockdown from the 16th of March where pubs, bars, restaurants, sporting evenues, non-essential shops and countless other venues would be shut and people are ordered to stay home except for exercise and to go to work and people are to work from home if possible. The following day she outlined the government’s response to the lockdown alongside the Chancellor Annelise Dodds. The government would reimburse businesses for wages of people who would have to be furloughed, a range of increases in benefits such as income support to those working part time. Support for businesses was rapidly rolled out and supported. A large amount of money is also put into setting up a test and trace system. Taking cues from other countries as soon as possible testing of people arriving was proposed although not rolled out until July, something the government was greatly criticised for. Even Parliament became an online experience, with MPs streaming in and assembled by the BBC to form a virtual commons with screens on each of the benches. Some MPs would attend, usually the Prime Minister and the leader of the Opposition, Esther McVey.

The opposition criticised this for spending money Britain did not have and damaging the economy needlessly. Several Brexit party MPs go so far as to call Covid a hoax and support various conspiracy theories. Several Brexit Party MPs were arrested for taking part in anti-lockdown protests. Meanwhile in June Deputy Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn was hospitalised after testing positive for Covid.

Despite all that was going on an EU deal was put together by March. Despite Starmer’s aim of a “Norway Plus” deal this was quickly vetoed by Norway as a threat to Norwegian interests. From here a separate agreement with the Norway EFTA agreement as a framework. Britain would remain aligned with the EEA, in the economics area in all but name with further framework for the possibility of formally joining the EFTA in the future. The Northern Ireland backstop would remain in place as would freedom of movement. This was greatly criticised from both sides. The Conservatives and the Brexit party called it a betrayal of brexit and the Lib Dems pointed out it’d be easier to just stay in the EU

However by the start of April It was agreed that it would be unsafe for people to go to the polls in April, Britain asked the EU for an extension to hold the . Given the circumstances the EU agreed and the referendum would be carried out alongside the electoral reform campaign on what the papers quickly dubbed “Democracy day”

The first lockdown eventually ended on the first of July with shops opening under strict safety measures. Masks are required in shops and on public transport and pubs can only open to groups of six who must be sat outdoors.

The economy saw a slow uptake but recovery was very slow as many businesses weren’t working at full capacity and people were hesitant to go out. Many people, including the government were wary of a second wave.

The referendums of September were incredibly chaotic with strict limits on campaigning being carried out. Most campaigning was done online or by post with widespread proliferation of “fake news” on both electoral reform and the EU referendum. Various TV programs and online streams were held on platforms like Facebook Live and Twitch. Both referenda saw widespread postal voting. Something that some voices, notably Nigel Farage criticised for being open to tampering.

The Conservatives were lacklustre in their campaigning with most Conservatives supporting the deal on the principle it’d allow revision in the future and for Britain to move away from the EU in the future. The Brexit party actually called for a boycott of the referendum calling it a “stitch up” of the brexit process and instead pushed ahead for leaving the EU in a future parliament. As such the remain vote, supported by the Prime Minister won with 60% of the vote and Britain revoked article 50, remaining in the EU. This was immediately criticised by the Brexit party for being a false result and a conspiracy by the EU to keep Britain “In shackles”

The electoral reform referendum was similarly chaotic with a lot of misinformation about the risks of moving away from the First Past the Post system. There was a lot of confusion amongst the public over the competing proposals, their advantages and disadvantages. The first question result was 54% in favour of replacing First Past the Post with the second question result being 34% of people picking the Additional Member System to replace it.

The government's implementation of the AMS system would involve the creation of 390 (60% of seats) single member constituencies and 260 regional list constituencies elected by the D’Hondt method made up of between 12 and 40 seats (it was decided the lists would use the same regions as the European elections, something Nigel Farage took offence at, instead suggesting lists for each of the constituent nations)

In October cases of Covid-19 started to rise and some pointed the finger at the referenda increasing infection. Some put it to people getting more relaxed about Covid. The government introduced a lockdown from 19th October and Britain would go into “The Winter without a Christmas” as Britain remained in lockdown save for some limited mingling on Christmas day itself (this also lead to widespread traffic jams and several people needing to be airlifted from freezing cars). The Conservatives and the Brexit Party exploited this and both started to finally catch up on the Coalition parties who were doing quite well in the polls over their handling of Covid with the Lib Dems topping the polls for much of autumn on a 1-2 of Covid and the second Europe referendum.

Winter did bring news of the development of several Covid Vaccines which by January started to be administered across the continent and in February Naomi Long unveiled the governments plans to relax lockdown in stages. Hopefully ending lockdown entirely by August. For the Conservatives though this isn’t fast enough.

Finally on the eight of March the Prime Minister announced Britain would go to the polls in May under its new electoral system. She also announced her intention to step down as leader of the Alliance Party at the end of her term as Prime Minister. The Coalition parties (“Unite to Remain” now at a successful end) are hoping they can “win the peace” but may yet come to regret holding the election while lockdown is still in place. Tensions are high amongst some of the electorate and Esther McVey is promising a quicker return to normality. Meanwhile some in the Brexit party are calling for a third referendum.

As the polls stand the bookies favour another woman Prime Minister. McVey or Swinson. Britain’s Third (and first non conservative) woman prime minister is etched into history. As is the eighteen months of the Long Ministry
 


1961-1963: John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (Democratic)
(With Stuart Symington)
1960 Def.
Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican)

1963-1963: Stuart Symington (Democratic)
(With VACANT)

1963-1965:
Stuart Symington (Democratic)
(With Sidney "Sid" McMath)

1965-19xx: Barry Goldwater (Republican)
(With Jacob Javits)
1964 Def.
Stuart Symington/Sid McMath (Democratic) and George Romney/Various (Write-In)
 
Trouble in the Caucuses

1989-1993: Mike Dukakis (Democratic)

def. 1988 George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1993-2001: Bill Clinton (Moderate)
def. 1992 Al Haig (Republican), Ross Perot (Independent), Mike Dukakis (Democratic)
def. 1996 Lowell Weicker (An American), Richard Lamm (Reform), Bob Dole (Republican), Lyndon LaRouche (Democratic)
1997 XXVIII Ammendment Changes Presidential Elections to a Two-Round System

2001-2005: Al Gore (Moderate)
def. 2000 George W. Bush (Serve America), Steve Forbes (An American), Ralph Nader (Reform), Jesse Ventura (Independence), Joe Lieberman (Modern Whig)
2005-2009: Jeb Bush (Serve America)
def. 2004 Al Gore (Moderate), Howard Dean (Reform), Newt Gingrich (An American), Tom Golisano (Independence), John Edwards (Modern Whig)
2009-2017: John McCain (An American)
def. 2008 Ralph Nader (Reform), Jeb Bush (Serve America), Chris Dodd (Moderate), Mike Huckabee (Independence), Tom Vilsack (Modern Whig)
def. 2012 Mitt Romney (Serve America), John Kerry (Moderate), Ron Paul (Independence), Rocky Anderson (Reform), Wesley Clark (Modern Whig)

2017-2021: Donald Trump (Independence)
def. 2016 Hillary Clinton (Moderate), Bernie Sanders (Reform), John Kasich (An American), Marco Rubio (Serve America), Charlie Crist (Modern Whig), Martin O'Malley (Modern Whig)
2021-: Joe Biden (Moderate)
def. 2020 Donald Trump (Independence), Elizabeth Warren (Reform), Bill Weld (An American), Pete Buttgieg (Modern Whig), Michael Bloomberg (Serve America)

Decided to do a list to explain the origin of the party system in my latest wikibox
 
Ready for Government

2010-2015: David Cameron (Conservative)



The 2010 election wasn’t really about David Cameron although he did secure a slim majority. A strong performance in the single party leaders debate a week before the election lead to the Lib Dem’s polling numbers rocket and come election day they’d come second in the popular vote, mostly at Labour’s expense. Despite this they came third on seats with just over a hundred.

David Cameron’s program of austerity was fairly unpopular and the Liberal Democrats were the main beneficiaries and with the rise of UKIP leading up to the 2014 European elections

Labour continued to flounder, unable to reclaim their position in the top two and with a terrible showing in the 2014 European elections Ed Miliband would stand down to be replaced by Andy Burnham

May 2015-October 2015: David Cameron (Conservative minority)

Come the next election the Liberal Democrats would win the popular vote, gaining an extra 40 or so seats, this time at the cost of the Conservatives. Talks between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP fell through when the former two refused to back a referendum on Independence and talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats fell through when the Conservatives wouldn’t accept the Liberal Democrats demands on constitutional reform.

It was obvious that Cameron’s second government would only last the summer recess and all parties immediately prepared for an autumn election

October 2015-October 2020: Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat-Labour )

For the second election in a row the Liberal Democrats won the popular vote and the conservatives got the most seats, just. This time the numbers were on the side of a Liberal-Labour coalition and Nick Clegg went to the palace and formed a cabinet almost equal parts Liberal and Labour with Andy Burnham as Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State.

The first priority was that of constitutional reform. Far from just changing the way the commons was elected the Lib-Lab government set about setting up a full constitutional convention in which specifically elected officials would debate and vote on a wide range of matters across the British constitution.

A Labour backed Conservative amendment (many Labour MPs weren’t happy about playing second fiddle to the Lib Dems) changed this from 100 elected representatives to 100 elected representatives, 50 appointed representatives and 100 delegates picked randomly from the public.

The Conservatives were just that, running on a platform of limited reforms such as the using the Alternative vote for the commons, regional quotas for the lords and cutting the size of the House of Lords. The Liberal Democrats and the Greens had radical platforms which included Single Transferrable Vote or List Proportional Representation, an elected Lords and referenda on English regional devolution with Labour setting themselves up as a moderate compromise.

After six months debate the 250 delegates would publish their proposals

The House of Commons (staying at 585 as established under the Cameron Government) was to be split up into constituencies of 3-12 seats, elected by proportional representation with constituencies mostly based around counties or Boroughs. The proposal for Proportional Representation was originally by the Green Party but in a showing of Conservative and Labour cooperation the constituencies were shrunk from 40-80 Mps down to a mere 3-12 with the hopes this would concentrate power in the larger parties. This turned out to be popular with the public members of the delegation and it was passed through

One surprising outcome of the convention was the federalisation of Britain. In addition to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Irish Assembly (the former two empowered) England would be split into eight further regional assemblies. (in addition to the London Assembly) elected by the Additional Member System with their first elections in May 2019 . One further surprise is this would be done all at once, without individual referenda to keep consistency and prevent some English MPs having powers others didn’t or some kind of Rump English Parliament.

The Lords was tied to the regions. Each region would decide on how its Lords were appointed, whether popularly voted on, appointed by the First Minister of each region or appointed by the Assembly as a whole. The Lords would also be limited to 250 seats and serve five year terms. The constitution would also codify a return to the European Convention on Human rights in law. The Prime Minister was on record as not being completely satisfied with all the outcomes of the Constitutional Conventions but was on the whole pleased.

Beyond this, the Lib Dem promise to get rid of tuition fees didn’t come to fruition but grants for lower income students were introduced and fees were reduced back to their 2010 levels. Conservative cuts and tax cuts were reversed and funding for the NHS was increased. The period also saw British airstrike intervention in Libya.


2019 English Regional elections
Southern: Conservative minority
Wessex: Lib Dem-Green
Yorkshire: Labour-Lib Dem
Northumbria: Lib Dem-Labour
West Mercia: Labour Minority
East Mercia: Conservative-Minority
East Anglia: Conservative-UKIP
North West: Labour-Lib Dem

The first matter for all these governments was how each region would choose their house of Lords delegate

Southern: Nominated by the government, approved by the Assembly
Wessex: Direct election by Proportional Representation
Yorkshire: Direct election by Proportional Representation
Northumbria: Direct election by Proportional Representation
West Mercia: Nominated in proportion to the assembly’s composition. Approved by eassembly
East Mercia: Nominated by the government, approved by the Assembly
East Anglia: Nominated by the government, approved by the Assembly
North West: Direct election by Proportional Representation
Scotland: Direct Election by Proportional Represenation
Wales: Direct election by Proportional Representation
Northern Ireland: In proportion to electoral results, appointed by the Assembly

Those directly electing their lords would hold their first elections at the next assembly election in 2024 with a temporary delegation being appointed by each of the new first ministers.

The next election was due for May 2020 and the parties all prepared for this new creature of a Commons with some of their powers now devolved to the region and coalitions the new norm no one was ruling out any coalitions. UKIP were still quite high in the polls, empowered by the new voting system and applying pressure on the Conservatives to agree to a second referendum. The Lib Dems were falling in the polls, having lost the momentum that electoral reform and being the student vote had given them, losing them back to Labour and to the similarly empowered Greens who looked like they would lose their seat in Brighton (Now one of the East Sussex seats) but gain several elsewhere.

Then COVID happened. The election was delayed and eventually postponed until October, give years to the month since the government started. Postal voting was massively rolled out and encouraged wherever possible. In the mean time the coalition was quick to act. After an Emerency meeting of the English First Ministers with the Prime Minister England went into lockdown. Britain headed into Lockdown on March 16th and wouldnt leave for months. Chancellor Danny Alexander unveiled a huge raft of measures to keep the economy afloat even as businesses closed. The government would lend and give money to businesses, pay rents, increase benefits to those otherwise on part time hours. Rapid testing and tracing was unveiled quickly. However some powers had been given to the Assemblies. The first lockdown ended in the Southern Region before, for example, Wessex or West Mercia. Certain regions ended their lockdowns in stages and some had different rules. It got confusing and police noted increased traffic between regions to take advantage of certain regions’ laws. It was also noted there was stronger cooperation between Westminster and those governments run by the Lib Dems or Labour such as those in Exeter, Birmingham and York than those in Guildford or Cambridge.

The public was on the whole pleased with Labour and the Lib Dems and the PM, Chancellor and Health Secretary all being Lib Dem (Clegg, Alexander and Lamb) helped their standings, being seen as the face of the government response. Many saw Cooper’s Labour as shifting to the left, arguing that all the best bits of the relief package had come from Labour, not the Lib Dems.

A strong showing in the Leaders debates for Cooper and a key Gaffe by hunt being exploited by UKIP lead to a slim lead for Labour and after several days of postal vote counting and recounting Labour would secure around 200 seats. Making them the largest party just ahead of the Conservatives who were in turn just ahead of the Liberal Democrats.

The Lib-Lab government was about turn and Labour’s Cooper and Thornberry would enter numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street. Clegg announced he’d retire (although he has been suggested as a Lord candidate for Yorkshire)

2020-Present: Yvette Cooper (Labour-Liberal Democrat Coalition )

Six months into her premiership and Yvette Cooper has already been dubbed “The White Witch” for “stealing Christmas” as well as various other insults but as a route out of Lockdown has been announced and vaccinations are being rolled out. Things are going well for Lab-Lib.

Now if the leader of the opposition would only stop talking about Britain Exiting the European Union.

Christ, even with the centrism this is enough to make me swoon. That constitutional setup is *chef's kiss*.
 
1850–1861: Xianfeng Huangdi (Aisin Gioro)

The last Qing monarch to rule in his own right, the Xianfeng Emperor's eleven-year reign was marked by famine, plague, rebellion, and further humiliation at the hands of the looming Western nations. A decadent wastrel who had little ability to face the challenges of his time, he is not remembered fondly in China today, when he is remembered at all.

1861–1866: Tongzhi Huangdi (Aisin Gioro)

Ascending to the throne at the age of five, the Tongzhi Emperor was immediately monopolized by the clique of conservative princes and mandarins known as the Eight Regents; a belated attempt at a coup by Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Ci'an was brutally put down when they only managed to gain the support of the palace eunuchs. For five grueling years China sank further into stagnation and corruption as the men controlling the Qing dynasty paid closer attention to court intrigues and improving their own lot rather than the health of the nation. The only force safeguarding against the complete collapse of the state in this period was Zeng Guofan's Xiang Army, which moved from strength to strength in its war on the Nian bandits and Taiping warlords, assisted by the foreigner-commanded Ever Victorious Army. With ever greater powers afforded to him by a desperate Manchu nobility, Zeng together with his compatriots Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang formed the nucleus of a movement to not only crush revolts against the Qing, but also to stave off the empire's fatal decline.

Upon the surrender of the Heavenly Kingdom's capital of Nanjing and the capture and execution of its boy king, Zeng stood at the height of his career, the general on a white horse leading a veteran army that was loyal to him before a child emperor that most had never even seen. Prince Yi, who had replaced the late Sushun as the head of the governing faction, looked upon the white horse general and instantly saw a potential rival, even as he showered him with offices and commendations. As Zeng turned his wrath on the Nian in Shandong and the Taiping remnants, the mandarinate began looking for an opening to topple him from his perch. When Zeng's campaign against the Nian stalled in the summer of 1866, they saw their chance and took it, recalling the general to Peking to answer for alleged mismanagement of the forces entrusted to him. Zeng obliged, but took his army with him. Li and Zuo soon joined him; complementing the generals' troika was Prince Gong, who had been building his own coalition against the Eight for years.

When Zeng entered the Imperial City, he was informed that the young emperor had died, ostensibly from illness. The investigation following the Bingyin Coup found his regents guilty of his death, who with their families were executed by slow slicing. Modern scholarship remains divided, but some credence is given to the theory that he was poisoned by an agent of Prince Gong's, who wished to secure the throne for his own line. Robbed of both his parents, a pawn kept sheltered from the world for the entirety of his life and discarded when he was no longer useful, the Tongzhi Emperor was doomed from birth.

1866–0000: Hesheng Huangdi (Aisin Gioro)

For his loyalty and service, Prince Gong's eldest Zaicheng was crowned Emperor, and he was appointed Prince-Regent to his son. Of course, the triumvirs of the new empire held the real power: Zuo retained the Viceroyalty of Zhili, command of the freshly minted combined Imperial Army passed to Li, and Zeng was made Chief Grand Councilor, a nebulous position of considerable influence. For the first time in over two centuries, the organs of the Chinese state rested in Han rather than Manchu hands. Now they just had to ensure they kept it.


(might continue this)
 
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