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Moth's Graphics & Test Thread

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"So, how did you end up here?"

"Well, I used to be Parliamentary researcher for Andrew Chaucer, the former Liberal MP for Eccels."

"Ah, the Researcher-MP pipe line."

"Not quite. He fired me after the third week. But I used my experience as leverage to get elected."

"Oh, okay, so what exactly drove you to seek election?"

"The chicken."

"Right so like agricultural concern."

"No, the jerk chicken they server in the canteen here. I couldn't get the sauce right at home, so running and winning a marginal seat seemed reasonable."
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The 2012 Democratic vice presidential primaries were a series of contests held to elect delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention to election the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United State in the 2012 election. Incumbent Vice President James Pleasent was selected through a series of primary elections, however due to an unexpectedly strong challenge from Senator Francis Neece of West Virginia and Businessman Alexi Carter of Montana, the contest remained competitive for longer than anticipated, with Pleasent only winning the necessary delegates to secure renomination following a narrow victory at the New Jersey Primary on June 5th. Pleasent went on to be reelected to the Vice Presidency as running mate to President Andrea Campbell, who faced no significant opposition in her denomination campaign.

The vice presidential primaries consisted of a series of primary elections in state's selected by the national committee to represent a cross-section of America, the selection of which was seen as archaic and controversial among Democrats when compared to the otherwise national scope of the presidential primaries. The purpose of the process was to elect the 2,515 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Minnesota. In order to secure guaranteed nomination, a candidate was required to secure a simple majority of 1,258 delegates, who were awarded by the Jefferson method in each state. The state's not holding primaries were required to assembly delegates to caucus at the Democratic National Convention, and as such their vote tally's are considered separate to the primary process itself.

Three candidates contested the primary. Incumbent Vice President James Pleasent announced his reelection campaign alongside President Campbell in the fall of 2011, a suprise to many who believed Campbell would endorse her more liberal Secretary of State David Hunt following public disagreements between the President and Vice President over matters such as Health Care and environmentalism, with Pleasent advocating more tepid reforms over Campbell's progressive agenda. However Campbell endorsed Pleasent, declaring there to be "no finer man or woman in the United States" at a speech in the Rose Garden. Left-wing populist and self declared ultra-liberal, Senator Francis Neece, announced his intention to run against Pleasent to seek the Democratic nomination, believing Pleasent to be a threat to 'the program', and that Campbell needed a better running mate to emphasis her campaign's progressive agenda. Launching within days of Campbell's endorsement, the President, much to the anxiety of the Pleasent campaign, refused to condemn Neece and back Pleasent further, Campbell instead declaring that she believed "the best man will win". They were joined in December by Alexi Carter, a pro-business and conservative Democrat from Texas (although registered in his birth state of Montana) in what is considered a forerunner to his 2016 presidential campaign.

Pleasent won the New Hampshire primary by a close margin, failing to secure a majority of the vote and splitting the state delegation evenly with Neece; Carter failed to cross the threshold. The following election was more competitive than anticipated, Neece winning Georgia and Texas on narrow victories however losing Massachusetts and Illinois on large margins. Pspesrhologists note that Neece's inability to win decisively would likely deny him the nomination outright, with his victories in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin only further highlighting this as he beat Pleasent by only a few percentage points, while Pleasent was kept buoyant by a narrow lead in delegates that he sustained throughout the campaign after winning Massachusetts. By the time Campbell secured her renomination at the Maryland Primary, it was unclear who would win, however a blow-out victory for Pleasent in his home state of California gain an insurmountable lead, and in the final primaries of the election, New Jersey and Washington DC, secured enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee.

On August 1 2012, the Democratic National Convention officially nominated Pleasent for Vice President. On November 6 2012, Republican nominee Senator Bret Harlow of Alabama defeated Campbell, therefore meaning Republican Governor Fletcher Davis of Michigan defeated Pleasent to succeed him as Vice President of the United State.
 
1895-1902: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Sailsbury (Conservative)
def. 1895 (Liberal Unionist Coalition): Archibald Primrose, Lord Rosebery (Liberal), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist), John Dillon (Irish National Federation), John Redmond (Irish National League)
def. 1900 (Liberal Unionist Coalition): Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal), John Redmond ('Unified' Irish Parliamentary), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist), Keir Hardie (Labour)

1902-1905: Arthur Balfour (Conservative)

1905-1905: Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal)

1905-1907: H.H. Asquith (Liberal)

1907-1913: Arthur Balfour (Conservative)
def. 1907 (Liberal Unionist Coalition): H.H. Asquith (Liberal), John Redmond (Irish Parliamentary), Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal Unionist), Keir Hardie (Labour)

1913-1919: Austen Chamberlain (Unionist)
def. 1914 (Majority): Richard Haldane (Liberal), John Redmond (Irish Parliamentary), Arthur Henderson (Labour)

1919-1919: David Lloyd George (Liberal) †
def. 1919 (Labour Coalition): Austen Chamberlain (Unionist), George Roberts (Labour), Éamon de Valera (Sinn Féin)

1919-1926: Richard Haldane (Liberal)
def. 1923 (Labour Coalition): Stanley Baldwin (Unionist), George Barnes (Labour), Winston Churchill (National Movement), Earnest Hunter (Anti-Coalition Labour)

1926-1926: George Barnes (Liberal & Labour)

1926-1934: Neville Chamberlain (Unionist)
def. 1926 (National Movement Coalition): George Barnes (Liberal & Labour), Winston Churchill (National Movement), Tom Fox (Socialist)
def. 1930 (Majority): Isaac Foot (Liberal & Labour), James Maxton (Socialist), Winston Churchill (National Movement), John Hargrave (Social Credit)
 
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1959-1963: Hugh Clarke (Liberal)
def. 1959 (Minority): Alexander Laws (Labour), Alun Campbell (Conservative)

1963-1967: William Scott (Conservative)
def. 1963 (Labour Coalition): Hugh Clarke (Liberal), Alexander Laws (Labour)

1967-1972: Hugh Clarke (Liberal)
def. 1967 (Labour Coalition): Alexander Laws (Labour), William Scott (Conservative)
def. 1971 (Labour Coalition): Alexander Laws (Labour), Albert Chaucer (Conservative)

1972-1982: Albert Chaucer (Conservative)
def. 1972 (Majority): Hugh Clarke (Liberal), Alexander Laws (Labour)
def. 1977 (Majority): Hugh Clarke (Liberal), David Welsh (Labour)
def. 1981 (Majority): David Welsh (Labour), Martin Wallace (Liberal)

1982-1989: David Welsh (Labour)
def. 1982 (Majority): Patricia Peters (Liberal People's), Andrew Chaucer (Conservative)
def. 1986 (People's Coalition): James Coleridge (Conservative), Patricia Peters (People's)

1989-1994: Sir John McIrvine (Independent)
def. 1989 (Independent led Committee Coalition of All Talent): David Welsh (Labour), Patricia Peters (People's), James Coleridge (Conservative)

1994-1998: James Coleridge (Democratic Unionist)
def. 1994 (People's Coalition): Sir John McIrvine (National), Patricia Peters (People's)

1998-2003: Patricia Peters (People's)
def. 1998 (Majority): Mark Fletcher (National), James Coleridge (Democratic Unionist)
def. 2002 (Democratic Unionist Coalition): James Coleridge (Democratic Unionist), Mark Fletcher (National)

2003-2006: Samuel Miriam (National)
def. 2003 (People's Coalition): James Coleridge (Democratic Unionist), Patricia Peters (People's)

2006-2008: Patricia Peters (People's)
def. 2006 (Democratic Unionist Coalition): Jon Williamson (Democratic Unionist), Samuel Miriam (National)

2008-2010: Roy Haywood (People's)

2010-2012: Jon Williamson (Democratic Unionist)
def. 2010 (National Coalition): Samuel Miriam (National), Roy Haywood (People's)

2012-20??: Isiah Mitchell (National)
def. 2012 (People's Coalition): Jon Williamson (Democratic Unionist), Jane Somerset (People's)
def. 2017 (Majority): Jane Somerset (People's), Jon Williamson (Democratic Unionist)
 
They had sent Hermione ahead of them so that the house would be ready. and they were now running late. Rain fell in ropes on the windshield that was fogged with the breath of the living. Adrian Coleridge scowled as he ran his now wet palm over the glass to look at the black ice of the sky. He hated driving manual- what was the point of a self-driving car if it couldn’t handle weather like this? A scowl formed as he hunched over the wheel. Regret like long needles prickled his back. Damn if the house would have been ready for their arrival. Had Hermione been here, then she’d have driven them fine.

“How far do you think we are?” Adrian growled, knuckles white on the wheel.

“Not far at all, it’s the turnoff ahead.” Patrick Knebel shrugged back.

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The road ran like a scoliotic spine down Baxter Hill, the warm nerve endings of the street lamps washing the asphalt amber. From the door of the house, Hermione stood in silence, her arms by her sides, her warm green eyes unblinking. It was not that she wanted to stand outside, if she had choice she’d have remained indoors. Instead she had no say. They had sent Hermione ahead of them so that the house would be ready. It was, and now they were running late. Ropes of rain crashed against her cagoule, her bangs wet, clinging to her left eye in slick thick strands. She had no intention of brushing it aside. The hair was ruined, and she had spare inside. But it was growing late, and she had no intention of ruining her hair beyond repaire.
 
moth said:
Some Supermassive lore that I realised wasn't properly conveyed; the story starts on the Monday immediately succeding Aston Lang's Birthday, Sunday the 14th of September.
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I mean it's all there but I felt like I should note it because I realised what an incredibly depressing layer it adds to it.
 
Yeah so anyway, I'm posting this here because I feel it's the most appropriate place to do so. Back in December I said I was going to wait until I had finished A Piece of Work to decide if I wanted to continue writing on this site. My reasons were that I found the site simply wasn't a constructive place to put writing on, and that I was tired of the how it had increasingly become dominated by The Pub, more a political discussion community with a creative writing forum stapled to it. I can say now, after a great deal of thought, that I don't intend to continue writing on the site. I don't feel like I'm getting much of anything out of it, and I don't really see my mind changing on that.

In more terse terms, I'm also leaving the site, so consider this a goodbye message. I've been sitting on this since just after Christmas when I received a PM from the Admin, one that while was in part a normal disciplinary message, felt that it went overboard and compelled to reassess not just if I will continue writing here, but also my membership. Well, frankly, in the last three months, I've found no reason to keep using the site, just more to leave. So that's that, I guess. And if the site is going to just be The Pub with additional bits for writing, then I have no desire to remain despite all that.

So goodbye.
 
moth said:
And if the site is going to just be The Pub with additional bits for writing, then I have no desire to remain despite all that.

So goodbye.
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Sorry to hear this, moth. I don't feel it's the right thing for you to do for at least one reason - if you quit, then it's one less person that's writing content that isn't just posts in the pub.
On the other hand, if you feel the site is no longer feeding you or supporting you creatively, then it's understandable.
I hope you come back from time to time. Take care.
 
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