The Wars of the Rosettes
Harry Winchester (Conservative-led National Government) 1931-1937
"The Iron Face"
A firm traditionalist who nevertheless deeply clashed with the new monarch Edward VIII and insisted on no marrying a divorcee, he resigned in protest
Edward Long (Conservative-led National Government) 1937-1940
"Loud, Divisive, Distressingly Popular"
His successor was Edward "Ted" Long, a deeply loud reformer who always stepped like he believed he was right, and his intervention into the Second Irish Civil War proved controversial, especially among some who argued that Ireland was distracting us from the real enemy - Germany
Edward Castle (Conservative-led National Government, then Wartime Government) 1940-1946
"Courtly Problems"
Castle is widely considered probably the first gay Prime Minister, mostly because it was heavily rumoured that he was in a homosexual relationship with his Chancellor of the Exchequer Pierce Graves. This led to friction with more High Tories, including past PM Harry Winchester. In the end, Castle is remembered for leading Britain to its second defeat against Germany. As the Kaiser enjoyed his second victory, the knives were out for Castle
Edward Windsor (Absolute rule supported by "King's Men") 1946-1951
"With Thunderous Applause"
With the National Government haggling over who would lead the country, the King decided to make a move and seize absolute power. Supported by the recently-victorious Germany and by "King's Men" who defected to support him, his absolute rule would be ineffective and end with his fleeing as Britain started to fall to a revolution that would turn it into a Republic
Richard Borden (National Unity Government, then Government of National Dictation) 1951-1959
"The Uncrowned King"
Borden's regime still leaves a mark on Britain. With the socialist revolutionaries being crushed for the time being by a continuation of Windsor's absolute monarchy, increasingly inching towards a form of fascism, Borden was its face. At first the figurehead for the real powers behind the stage, by 1954 he decidedly became the real power thanks to a series of purges against those who threatened his growing power the most. As the inaugurated Lord Protector of the British Commonwealth, he formed a Government of National Dictation. However, this was a cultured government that encouraged the arts, even as it cracked many young radicals' heads below jackboots. In the end, he couldn't hold it back for ever
Henry Bowles (Labour-led Revolutionary Government) 1959-1961
"Growing Pains"
Bowles' ministry can be remembered as primarily one of a brutal low-level civil war between the remnant of the Government of National Dictation and the now governing Revolutionary Government. Many died in guerrilla conflicts and terrorist attacks, including Bowles in 1961
Harry Monmouth (Labour-led Revolutionary Government) 1961-1966
"The People's Harry"
Remembered fondly by the people who remember his government. Dashing, young, hopeful, he represented the hopes of many in the Revolutionary Government for a fresh start after the distressing failure that was Bowles. And he was Bowles' protege during his government too, so he was the ideal man to take over. With Germany declaring war on the "socialist government" in 1963, the Third World War began. Monmouth held firm and held the people's determination high as the war happened. The war seemed to be turning well for Britain, then... whistles, then bang
Henry Lancaster (Labour-led Revolutionary Government) 1966-1970
"The Boy Prime Minister"
Assuming power due to byzantine agreements in the Party Committee, 25-year-old Henry Lancaster was charged with winning the war. He arguably failed, as Germany ended up winning the war and Britain fell into civil war. But in the process, he got a firm loyalty from his party, as he successfully argued that no one else could have done any better. This would doom Britain
Edward York (Government of National Restoration) 1970-1974
"Shattered Britain"
The so-called Government of National Restoration, or the "Whites" as they commonly were known as [by association with the Russian Civil War], determined that there would be no more possibility of a Socialist Revolution. Cracking down harshly on socialist rebels, they tried bringing back the Borden restrictions and regime and that led to a bunch of people marching to Westminster and everything going to shit
Henry Lancaster (Labour-led Revolutionary Government) 1974
"Brief. Too Brief."
Perhaps it was overconfidence that led Henry Lancaster to decide to return to Britain from exile in Scandinavia to assume his position as Prime Minister of the restored Revolutionary Government. But what was sweet summer turned into a winter of discontent and in December, he fled again
Edward York (Government of National Restoration) 1974-1979
"I'm Back"
Things were at the breaking point when Edward York returned to power. Britain was divided starkly between Whites and Reds, between authoritarian fascists and revolutionary socialists. There started to grow a "Liberal Democratic" movement, but for the moment that was small. York's restored government was firm and strict, but learning from mistakes, refrained from Borden-level severeness. He resigned in 1979
Edward Woodville (Government of National Restoration) 1979-1980
"The Boy in the Ivory Castle"
Seen as elitist, distanced, a puppet of those behind him, the 27-year-old Woodville ended up dying in a mysterious car-crash
Richard Treen (Government of National Restoration) 1980-1987
"Gave Battle in Vain"
Treen was, by some, seen as the murderer of Woodville and as a Machiavellian figure who plotted his way into seizing power in 1980. The strange disappearance of Edward York did not help matters. When in 1982 the exiled Reds finally came to a compromise with the rising Liberal Democrats, to form the Social Democratic Front, it did not help Treen at all. Competent at being Prime Minister of a dictatorial government, he ended up seeing everything crumble, and the more he tightened his grasp, the more it all fell apart. The two sides met at Bosworth and Treen saw his side lose. He fled
Harry Tudor (Social Democratic Front, leading Reconciliation Government) 1987-
"Red and White Together Makes... Purple?"
Prime Minister Tudor, the Welsh moderate who was known for his hard-nosed financial positions yet a strong willingness to compromise and bring a divided nation together, was the ideal person to end the "Wars of the Rosettes" as the bloody British Civil Wars were known as. People just hoped that there would be no more bloodshed, no more political division. Time would only tell if he could deliver