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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

PRESIDENTS OF GENERIC LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY
Corrupt Elitist - 1959-1964
Military Rule - 1964-1965
Corrupt Elitist - 1965-1970
Commie Agrarian Who Nationalizes Oil Supply - 1970-1973
Anti-Commie Murican Dictator - 1973-1993
Former Activist Turned Corruptoid - 1993-1998
Random Center-Leftist - 1998-2003
Random Center-Rightist - 2003-2008
Random Center-Leftist - 2008-2013
Random Center-Rightist - 2013-2018
EXCITING Populist 2018-?
 
theflyingmgoose said:
PRESIDENTS OF GENERIC LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY
Corrupt Elitist - 1959-1964
Military Rule - 1964-1965
Corrupt Elitist - 1965-1970
Commie Agrarian Who Nationalizes Oil Supply - 1970-1973
Anti-Commie Murican Dictator - 1973-1993
Former Activist Turned Corruptoid - 1993-1998
Random Center-Leftist - 1998-2003
Random Center-Rightist - 2003-2008
Random Center-Leftist - 2008-2013
Random Center-Rightist - 2013-2018
EXCITING Populist 2018-?
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You forgot;

1950 - 1954: Former Military man turned Left Wing Populist
1954 - 1959: American Backed Anti-Communist
 
PRIME MINISTERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

1937 - 1940: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)

1940: Winston Churchill (national coalition) *

1940 - 1942: Anthony Eden (government-in-exile)


PRIME MINISTERS OF THE SOCIAL KINGDOM OF BRITAIN

1940 - 1941: Hastings Russell (National Socialist)

1941 - 1942: J.F.C. Fuller (National Socialist) **

1942: Erwin Rommel (National Socialist, "royal appointment") **

PRESIDENTS OF THE NEUTRAL REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN BRITAIN

1940 - 1942: Walter Elliot (government of national unity, later United Party)

1942: Walter Elliot (Alliance for Liberty, later Restoration)

PRIME MINISTERS OF ULSTER

1940 - 1941: John Miller Andrews (government of national unity) *

1941 - 1942: William Joyce (National Socialist) **

1942: Harry Midgley (Alliance for Liberty) (de facto)


PRIME MINISTERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

1942 - 1943: Anthony Eden (Restoration)

1943 - 1948: Harry Midgley (Liberty) ***

* Executed by the occupiers

** Executed by resistance or SOE

*** General election
 
King of Italy:
1900 - 1947: King Victor Emmanuel III (House of Savoy)†
1947 - : King Umberto II (House of Savoy)

Prime Minister of Italy:
1924 - 1937: Benito Mussolini (National Fascist)†
1937 - 1940: Cesare Maria De Vecchi (National Fascist)
1940 - : Italo Balbo (National Fascist)

Committee for the Liberation of Italy (London):
1944 - 1949: Emilio Lussu / Luigi Sturzo / Pietro Nenni
1949 - 1951: Emilio Lussu / Ugo La Malfa / Giuseppe Spataro / Pietro Nenni
1951 - : Altiero Spinelli / Ugo La Malfa / Giuseppe Spataro / Pietro Nenni

1953,

To the gullible outside observer, the Kingdom of Italy represents the pinnacle of achievement for the Balbo vision of Fascism. As Nazism was dashed and scattered to the four winds and Showa Statism was obliterated in a firestorm brought about the new nuclear gods, Italian Fascism seems to be thriving…

This is a fallacy of course, Italy’s somewhat precarious economic system is only being supported by the extraction of the oil, with Wall Street and the City making bank of the back the enterprise. It doesn’t particularly matter that it was an Empire forged off the back of mustard gas ridden Ethiopians, starved and emancipated Libyans and the machine gunned bodies of striking Italian workers.

But it’s not just the Economic Community cosying up to one of the last vestiges of Fascism. Spain, it’s long time Fascist co-partner is working with there brethren in retaining there Empires, and now France, having spent much of the Forties in economic and political turmoil, see’s Italy as a potential partner in helping them keep order in Africa.

Balbo is thankful for the support, his once unmatched power is becoming tested, as disparate factions within the Fascist movement build their power bases. Meanwhile the economic situation is precarious, as the economic growth of the late 40s sputters out as recession appears, strikes are happening more frequently, more people are joining the resistance, protests are more frequent.

Even elements of the Fascist government are pondering the possibility of offering some liberalisation to the masses, supported somewhat softly by the King.

Balbo hopes to avoid that, that the Italian Fascist system can continue without having to kowtow to the decadent democrats who lead to its establishment in the first place. If he can crush the resistance, destroy any remaining elements of Communism and importantly build an Italian Atomic Bomb, then the system will be able to outlive him.

But not everyone wants Italy to continue as it does. The Committee for the Liberation of Italy has plans to rid Italy of Balbo and Fascism once and for all. Supported and funded by the likeminded supporters in the offices of Union Time Ltd. under the leadership of Labour MP George Strauss, a plan to finally kick down the last vestige of Fascism and liberate the Italian people from it’s grip has been put into motion.
 
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Merry Christmas Mr. Sánchez

List of Prime Ministers of Spain:

2011 - 2017: Mariano Rajoy (PP)
2011 (Majority) def: Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (PSOE), Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (CiU), Cayo Lara (IU), Iñaki Antiguëdad (Amaiur), Rosé Diez (UPyD)
2011-15: Same as OTL.
2015: Victory by Greek Minister of Finance Varoufakis against the Troika, leads to resignation of German Minister of Finance Schäuble and President of the ECB Draghi. Greek effort leads to increased attention for other Mediterranean left-wing parties, and leads to uptick in Podemos’ poll numbers.
2015: Heated exchange between Podemos PM candidate Iglesias, and Deputy PM Saénz de Santamariá of the PP becomes standout moment of second election debate, as Iglesias was chosen by 54.1% of El País readers as winner of the debate, and PM Rajoy received both internal and external criticism for not attending the debate himself.
2015: PSOE candidate Sánchez invited to final election debate, despite polling in third place. Iglesias again chosen as winner of the debate, making it 3/3.
2015: Mariano Rajoy attacked by 17-year old. Incident widely believed to be a false flag attack after revelation that assailant was a family member of Rajoy’s wife.
2015: Camera recording of meeting between Rajoy and German Chancellor Merkel at the European Council reveals that Rajoy stated to Merkel that there is a decent chance that Podemos may form a left-wing government, with Merkel answering by expressing that they “cannot have another Greece on their hand”.
2015 (No Government Formed): Pablo Iglesias (Podemos), Pedro Sánchez (PSOE), Albert Rivera (C’s), Gabriel Rufian (ERC-CatSí), Francesc Homs (DiL)
2015: Rajoy’s PP finishes first, but loses majority in parliament, and books lowest vote percentage in its history. Newly found Podemos finishes in second, though still slightly underperforms polls, and has theoretically the easiest road to successful investiture with backing from third-placed PSOE, and left-wing regionalist parties. C’s finish with less votes and MPs than expected, though do have opportunity to play kingmaker, if Iglesias wishes to go with Podemos-SPOE-C’s agreement over making deals with regionalist parties, though Albert Rivera quickly comes out, and states that his party will not make any deal with Podemos, and instead favors a PP minority government.
2015: Pablo Iglesias unveils proposed cabinet with PSOE, which includes Sánchez as Deputy PM responsible for the economy, as well as outlining his party’s ‘red-lines’, which included allowing to Catalonia to hold a self-determination referendum. Many members of the PSOE reacted with outrage, though party leader Sánchez only criticizes Iglesias for not consulting with him before making his proposal public, and does not comment on any of Iglesias’ proposals.
2015: PP leader Rajoy proposes a Grand Coalition with the PSOE, though this is immediately rejected by Pedro Sánchez, which leads to further criticism from regional PSOE leaders, led by Andalusian President Susana Díaz, who were increasingly worried that Sánchez would agree to a deal with Podemos.
2015: Several regional PSOE leaders propose that the party should allow the PP to form government, though Sánchez refuses.
2015: Díaz announces to her allies that she will challenge Sánchez for the party’s leadership.
2016: In a win for Díaz’ faction, PSOE members vote to hold no talks with Podemos, as long as it does not remove it’s red line on the Catalan question.
2016: Pressure from the PP, Podemos, and C’s towards Sánchez increases, as the former two routinely criticize him, while the latter proposes a three-way Grand Coalition between PP-PSOE-C’s.
2016: New corruption scandals shock the PP, as Industry Minister José Manuel Soria, Deputy PM Soraya Saénz de Santamaría, and Valencia Mayor Rita Barberá are all forced to resign. Scandal temporarily strengthens Sánchez’ position, who seeks a new deal with C’s leader Rivera.
2016: Albert Rivera mediates meeting between PP and PSOE, and convinces them to vote for former Lehendakari Patxi López of the PSOE as new President of the Congress. Deal between the PP, PSOE, and C’s seems immident.
2016: Rajoy withdraws his nomination by the King for an investiture vote, after stating that he has enough reason to believe that Podemos and Sánchez forged a secret deal, despite both parties rejecting this. Move seen cynically, as an attempt by the PP to widen the conflict within the PSOE.
2016: King Felipe VI controversially opts to nominate Pedro Sánchez over Pablo Iglesias as Prime Ministerial candidate after C’s leader Albert Rivera convinced him that a PSOE-C’s deal was imminent, and they’d be able to convince the PP to support it.
2016: Sánchez starts by proposing talks with Podemos, though Iglesias rejects to hold them, due to him being skipped over by the King. Several Podemos bigwigs publicly criticize Iglesias, hinting at splits within the party. Move seen by Spanish right as largely an attempt to pressure the PP and C’s into an agreement more favorable to the PSOE.
2016: PSOE and C’s formally enter talks, and quickly gain support from various regionalist parties in the Canaries and Basque nation, though Catalan parties refuse to enter talks over PSOE’s opposition to a Catalan independence referendum.
2016: Podemos makes clear they will not deliver support to a PSOE-C’s deal by abstaining on the investiture vote, while the PP remains silent, though PM Rajoy is overheard telling British PM Boris Johnson that he expects that new elections will be held.
2016: Mariano Rajoy announces that the PP will not support the PSOE-C’s agreement in any way, leading to the proposed coalition not going to an investiture vote. Rivera publicly criticizes Rajoy, though quickly walks back, and states that he hopes the three parties can reach an agreement to keep the populist Podemos out.
2016: Sánchez announces that he was not able to form a government, and tells the King that he should nominate Iglesias, so Podemos also has a chance to attempt to form a government.
2016: Susana Díaz’ rebellion is temporarily put on hold, as Podemos, SPOE, and C’s enter into a three-way negotiation for an “Independent and forward-thinking new government”.
2016: Pedro Sánchez tries to keep his party in constant coalition talks, in order to thwart off an inner party coup by the Díaz-led regional leaders, with the SPOE entering Grand Coalition talks after the Podemos-SPOE-C’s talks went nowhere.
2016: These talks similarly deliver no results, and Sánchez goes back to Podemos to discuss a distinctly left-wing party, though quickly pulls back after Iglesias insists on Podemos’ “red lines”.
2016: Relations between Rajoy and Rivera fully break down after the former calls the latter “irrelevant”, and expressing that the C’s have no place in a PP-PSOE agreement.
2016: Pedro Sánchez attempts to broker talks between the PP and Podemos for an “Alternative Grand Coalition”, though Rajoy refuses to entertain the idea. Following this attempt, Sánchez gives a fiery televised speech where he criticizes the other three parties for putting party above country. The speech is well received, and the PSOE’s polling numbers temporarily shoot up enough that Susana Díaz puts any rebellion on hold until after the impending next election.
2016: Albert Rivera attempts to get the King to nominate him, but neither the PP, nor PSOE want to enter talks again, and new elections are announced.
2016: President of the Eurogroup and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem attempts to up pressure the Spanish parliament to enter talks, so a possible future Podemos government will not ‘pull a Varoufakis’.
2016: An attempt by the four parties to reach a gentleman’s agreement to cut spending during the campaign fails.
2016: Alberto Rivera announces that the C’s won’t enter talks with the PP, as long as Rajoy is its leader, as well as stating that talks with the PSOE must start from the beginning again.
2016: Podemos enters an electoral alliance with the IU, and other leftist parties, under the names Unidos Podemos (UP).
2016: Susana Díaz refuses to attend the PSOE’s nomination profess of Pedro Sánchez, proving that relations between the two were still far from healed.
2016: UP holds biggest election rally in Spanish history on fifth anniversary of 15-M Movement.
2016: C’s are forced to remove controversial election posters that portray Pablo Iglesias as Joseph Stalin.
2016: Rajoy and Iglesias’ final debate criticized by much of the Spanish public due to its harshness.
2016: Conservative UK Government votes to hold a referendum on British withdrawal from the EU. PM Rajoy states that Unidos Podemos wants to do the same, though Iglesias rejects this.
2016 (Minority Coalition wih C’s + PSOE abstentions) def. Pablo Iglesias (Unidos Podemos), Pedro Sánchez [later replaced by Susana Díaz] (PSOE), Alberto Rivera (C’s), Gabriel Rufián (ERC-CatSí), Andoni Ortuzar (EAJ-PNV)
2016: UP seen as main winners of election, as they are the only major party to make gains in parliament, while also nearly defeating PP for first place in the popular vote. PSOE seen as main losers of the election, with increasing talks of ‘PASOKification’. C’s also seen as losers, due to some of its voters backing Rajoy’s PP to stop UP from becoming the biggest. PP only faced minor losses, though still in a difficult place to form a government. Hypothetical Unidos Podemos-PSOE agreement no longer in need of regionalist parties.
2016: Sánchez asks King Felipe VI to nominate Iglesias first due to the left-wing majority in parliament, though is rejected, with Rajoy once again nominated first. Sánchez’ move seen as an attempt to forge a deal with UP, so the rebels can’t iverthrow him.
2016: Rajoy asks for support from the C’s, and abstention by the PSOE, so be can form a minority government. Proposal sees positive reactions from Díaz led rebels, who are now supported by former PM Felipe González.
2016: Sánchez continues calls against abstention, while regionalist parties also mostly turn against Rajoy.
2016: En Comú Podem elected President of the Congress of Deputies, after backing of UP, PSOE, and several regionalist parties, though several PSOE parliamentarians abstained.
2016: PP and C’s enter government talks after Rajoy accepts C’s proposal of term limits for the prime minister.
2016: First investiture vote for Rajoy fails, as Sánchez manages to keep all PSOE members in the ‘No’ camp.
2016: Agreement between PP and C’s nearly falls apart, as Rivera suggests PP should nominate “a more acceptable candidate”.
2016: Regionalist- and Unidos Podemos affiliated parties are main winners of Galician and Basque regional elections, further weakening the PP, PSOE (especially Sánchez’), and C’s positions.
2016: Pedro Sánchez is overthrown by party rebels, and replaced by Andalusian President Susana Díaz, who is more open to talks with Rajoy and the PP.
2016: Move welcomed by PP and C’s, while Unidas Podemos accuses Díaz and allies of ignoring the people’s will. Radio silence from Sánches…
2016: Susana Díaz formerly enters talks with PP, and invites the C’s as well.
2016: Three-party agreement formed after tense negotiations where PSOE will vote to abstain in investiture vote for PP-C’s coalition government.
2016: PCS (Catalan sister party of PSOE) states it will vote against Rajoy, despite the agreement.
2016: Several rebels, including former leader Pedro Sánchez attempt to coalesce enough votes to stop Rajoy from passing investiture vote.
2016: Party leadership threatens rebels with expulsion from party, though this only bolsters their numbers.
2016: Pedro Sánchez resigns one day before the investiture vote from parliament.
2016: Rajoy survives vote, and PP-C’s Minority government is sworn in.
2016: PSOE rebels are thrown out the party. Faction led by Margarita Robles joins Unidos Podemos, making it the biggest party in parliament, with PCS also officially affiliating with Unidos Podemos now.
2016: In an exclusive interview, Pedro Sánchez accuses a shadowy group led by Susana Díaz, “financial interests”, and El País of threatening him to not form a left-wing government with (Unidos) Podemos.
2017: Sánchez announces candidacy in upcoming PSOE leadership election, and calls for supporters to (re)join the party.
2017: Podemos-led motion of no confidence against PM Rajoy fails, despite some PSOE members voting in favor, after Sánchez called in favor of it.
2017: Pedro Sánchez defeats Susana Díaz by a 52-47 vote, and becomes party leader again.
2017: Illegal independence referendum in Catalonia won by “Yes” campaign, after opponents boycotted it.
2017: Despite opposition from Madrid, Catalan parliament votes for independence.
2017: Several Catalan government officials detained, while President Puigdemont flees to Belgium.
2017: Start of wide-scale protests across Catalonia.
2017: New developments in Gürtel scandals lead to Sánchez strongly hinting at supporting motion of no confidence against Rajoy, who expresses that such a move would not be ‘legal’ under the state of crisis in Catalonia.
2017: 11 protesters and 1 policeman die after stampede due to attempts by Spanish police to block protesters from entering the Catalan parliament building. European public increasingly turns against Spanish nation, while Basque government announces ‘solidarity’ vote with Catalan people.
2017: Motion of no confidence against Mariano Rajoy passes. Although officially based on corruption charges, motion is fast tracked due to Rajoy’s harsh crackdowns worsening Spain’s standing in Europe, with both the Flemish and Russian parliament exploring options to support Puidgemont’s illegitimate government. Catalan parties vote to abstain due to Iglesias’ refusal to state whether he supports Catalonia’s right to self-determination, and Sánchez’ opposition to the referendum.
2017 - 0000: Pablo Iglesias (Unidos Podemos)
2017: UP-PSOE government formed with Pedro Sánchez functioning as both Deputy PM and Minister of Finance.
2017: Catalan regional elections won by pro-Independence parties. PM Iglesias promises that he will enter negotiations with Catalan independence movement leaders to resolve issue.
2018: Puigdemont returns to Spain after Minister of Justice Mónica Oltra guaranteed that he would not be arrested.
2018: All Catalan elites involved in the failed independence attempt are pardoned.
2018: Catalan leaders walk back their statements of an independent Catalan Republic, after reaching a secret deal with PM Iglesias, who promised that if he were to be re-elected he would use his office to guarantee that a future Catalan Independence referendum will be recognized by the Spanish courts. The PSOE takes a more conciliatory tone
2019: Pablo Iglesias announces new elections after polling shows UP consistently in first place, while C’s seemed to have overtaken PP as the main force of the centre-right.


I know it can get a bit confusing, but that was kind of the point.
 
1960 - 1961: Hayato Ikeda (Liberal Democratic)
1960 (Majority) def. Inejirō Asanuma (Socialist), Suehiro Nishio (Democratic Socialist)
1961 - 1965: Ichirō Kōno (Liberal Democratic)†
1963 (Majority) def. Inejirō Asanuma (Socialist), Suehiro Nishio (Democratic Socialist), Kōji Harashima (Kōmeitō)
1965 - 1966: Mikio Mizuta (Liberal Democratic Majority)
1966 - 1967: Shigeru Hori (Liberal Democratic Majority)
1967 (Majority) def. Hiroo Wada (Socialist), Takehisa Tsuji (Kōmeitō), Eiichi Nishimura (Democratic Socialist)
1968 - 1971: Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic)
1971 (Majority) def. Tomomi Narita (Socialist), Yoshikatsu Takeiri (Kōmeitō), Kasuga Ikkō (Democratic Socialist)
1970 - 1972: Kenji Fukunaga (Liberal Democratic Majority)
1972 - 1973: Masayoshi Ōhira (Liberal Democratic Minority)
1973 - : Tomomi Narita (Socialist)
1973 (Majority) def. Masayoshi Ōhira (Liberal Democratic), Yoshikatsu Takeiri (Kōmeitō), Kasuga Ikkō (Democratic Socialist), Scattered Independents

The Human Locomotive: Inejirō Asanuma and the Japanese Socialist Party Look Forward

Across Fuchū City there is a fluttering of banners, not wishing a Merry Christmas as expected but warm wishes of happy birthday, cover the nearby area towards a local banquet hall. But this isn’t a celebration of the traditional birthday celebrations that occur this time of year, that of Jesus Christ, as the banners also contain well wishes towards the Japanese Socialist Party as well and the appearance of armed undercover bodyguards accompanying the man who’s birthday it is as he’s walks his dog before his birthday celebrations. For the man in question is Inejirō Asanuma, former leader of the Japanese Socialist Party, which now currently controls Japan.

It’s the 75th birthday of Asanuma and an expansive celebration has been organised. Comrades new and old come to wish the man warmly dubbed ‘the human locomotive’ a happy birthday, including the Prime Minister Tomomi Narita. The snap of cameras, the whirring of film and the occasional pop of microphones fills the hall. This isn’t Asanuma’s actual birthday party of course, that occurred much earlier in the week, consisting of family and friends drinking and celebrating till the early hours of the morning.

This instead is more of a victory lap, a celebration of the man who got the Socialist Party moving along again and now has lead to unexpected victory just earlier in the year. Indeed Asanuma’s gravelly voice fills the hall as he wishes a toast upon his hosts thanking them for their hospitality. Indeed whilst his hair has gone white and his moustache all but disappeared there’s no doubting that he’s the same man who, nearly thirteen years ago found himself the centre of incredible tensions that existed in that halcyon year of 1960.

~~~

As is a tradition in academic circles, what if scenarios are often treated with disdain and suspicion. It still hasn’t stopped many an academic pondering what would have happened if Kishi had been defeated by Asanuma in the 1960 election. It’s hard to say, though many do agree that there’s a strong possibility that Asanuma would have found himself a similar position to Árbenz in Guatemala.

Alas Kishi would be forced out by his party, and in his place the dull seat warmer Hayato Ikeda would takeover. Despite attempts to formulate a political strategy that was separate from Kishi’s, Ikeda’s technocratic aspirations made him seem aloof and arrogant. His reactions to the assassination attempt of Asanuma during the election campaign that year made him seem cold and nervous. Meanwhile Asanuma radiated a populist image, one of a man of the people.

It was easy to see the way the wind was blowing, when the Socialist Party, despite dealing with a Social Democratic split and coming off the back of protests made gains, Ikeda wouldn’t be long for this political world, as he found out when Ichirō Kōno took his place as Prime Minister. In bitter opposition and before his death from cancer, Ikeda would pen a memoir which discussed his vision of the future, his final words being “for Japan to escape the clutches of Socialism, the people must be embraced”.

Many wonder what would have happened if Ikeda had stood by his words from the outset.

~~~

Asanuma is fundamentally an apolitical beast within the intricacies of the factional politics of the Socialist Party. Indeed, it’s why his tenure as leader managed to last as long as it did, and how it was able to chug along to become the main opposition force of Japan despite hiccups along the way.

But as the once great leader becomes older and as is the case with age, becoming aloof from the ins and outs of party politics, the once dormant political fighting has once again reared it’s head.

The factions can be sorted rather neatly in terms of ideological standpoints unlike their Liberal Democratic rivals; there’s the Reformist Current which is comprised of mainly the formerly Structural Reformist factions, which the current leader Tomomi Narita was a part of for a time.

There’s the Doctrine Current; the nebulous alliance of different Marxist oriented movements, but there once overwhelming strength has diminished over time as the more militant members bleed out towards the Voice of Japan party, a Pro-Soviet Leftist movement comprised of bitter former Communists of all stripes.

Now that the party is in power, the traditional moderating influence of parliamentary politics has struck party. Whilst its rapid reforms on Trade Union laws, electoral reform and increasing civil liberties towards Women and Minorities has been lauded, its sluggish implementation of welfare programs has been criticised.

Indeed even Asanuma has made critical comments towards the slow implementation of Healthcare Reform towards something akin to the National Health Service in Britain has lead to the resignation of Health Minister Noboru Agune which has lead to even more delays.

Not helping matters is that Narita has recently been taken to hospital for exhaustion, and his health has become a concern as of late. Whilst many agree, Narita will have the stamina to last a single parliamentary term, given the tenure of Japanese Prime Ministers, there’s a strong possibility that Narita will be out within a year or two. With no explicit successor, discussions abate no end.

Names like Labour Minister Shigeo Oshiba, Justice Minister Yanosuke Narasaki or the ever popular former Mayor of Yokohama Ichio Asukata have been bandied about with much frequency.

But for now, Narita is the man who commands the impressive heights of the Japanese nation.

~~~

The night is formal and considerably dull after the numerous speeches and music provided. Many camera crews leave as the evening slowly drifts towards a quiet conclusion. Narita leaves in due time, leaving Asanuma to talk with one of familiar comrades; Saburō Eda.

There is some amusement to be made from this friendly discussion, once during the turmoil of the Fifties the two were on opposing sides but as with most figures within the Japanese Socialist Party during the Fifties the two eventually reached a consensus around what some dubbed the ‘Eda Vision’.

Whilst Eda’s Vision has probably meant that he could never become Chairman so long as Kōzō Sasaki, it’s effects upon the party can be seen amongst the Japanese people and there voting power in 73’, indeed former Liberal Democratic Powerbroker, now Sneering Independent Kakuei Tanaka has said ‘better the angelic devil of Eda, then the devilish angel of Fukuda’ during that turbulent election.

Indeed Eda has in Socialist circles been compared to Ralph Miliband, the influential writer and theorist whose vision of ‘Parliamentary Socialism’ can be seen under the current Narita Government’s ‘Four Year Program’.

~~~

Whilst Asanuma represents the old Socialist Party, and Narita and Eda’s its current incarnation, what future lies for the party is to be seen.

Dr Albert Winsemius, the economist and advisor to the Singapore and the Malaysia Federation has posited that the Socialist Government represents a ‘balancing out of Asia’s economic miracle’. Indeed, much has been made about how Japan’s Economic Recovery after the War came at great cost to the people that lived there. The possibility of ‘fairer and inclusive economic model’ seems to be the aim of this government.

And its Electoral Reform Commission seems to aiming for a change away from the old corrupt and incredibly gerrymandered system. The future of Japan becoming a Two and Half Party state seems likely.

With the party being seen as one accommodating towards Women particularly, some have discussed the possibility that the Japanese Left fate lies on its connection to the female vote. Minister for Women, Takako Doi has polled highly despite having only been in politics for a relatively short amount of time.

Whilst the Radical elements continue to slowly drift away, and the edges of the once sharp Socialist Party begin to soften, it seems the future for Japan will have some red in it…
 
News At 11

1993-2001: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
1992 (with Al Gore) def. George H.W. Bush / Dan Quayle (Republican)
1996 (with Al Gore) def. Bob Dole / Jack Kemp (Republican)

2001-2005: George W. Bush (Republican)
2000 (with Dick Cheney) def. Al Gore / Joe Lieberman (Democratic)

2005-2013: John Edwards (Democratic)
2004 (with John Kerry) def. George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (Republican)
2008 (with John Kerry) def. John McCain / Tim Pawlenty (Republican)

2013-2021: Mitt Romney (Republican)
2012 (with John Cornyn) def. John Kerry / Tom Daschle (Democratic)
2016 (with John Cornyn) def. Hillary Clinton / Deval Patrick (Democratic)

2021-XXXX: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2020 (with Elizabeth Warren) def. Marco Rubio / Ted Cruz (Republican)

  • POD: The timing of the air strikes during Operation Infinite Reach isn't pushed back 2 hours -- leading to the Clinton Administration killing Bin Laden in 1998, effectively kiling the 9/11 plot in its crib.
  • Bush still cheats wins the 2000 Presidential Election through its usual campaign ratfuckery with Brooks Brothers Riot.
  • Without 9/11, The Bush Administration is largely aimless -- it's dogged down by scandals with Enron, and an Disarmament Crisis in Iraq. Dubya goes down in history as the Republican Party's Jimmy Carter. The Bushes are basically blacklisted from the Republican Party at this point. A terrorist attack happens in Moscow that's a mix between 9/11 and the 2015 Paris Attacks.
  • John Edwards wins in 2004 -- talks big on Southern Populism, which is seen as a natural evolution from Clinton's Third Way policies. Katrina is less of a nightmare since Edwards actually gives a fuck. Kathleen Sullivan becomes the first female Chief of Justice.
  • A civil war breaks out in Iraq in 2006 -- the cause of it being Muqtada Al-Sadr leading a pro-democracy resistance against Saddam Hussein.
  • Gerard Way, due to 9/11 being butterflied, never starts My Chemical Romance and stays at Cartoon Network -- eventually creating animated series like The Umbrella Academy for Adult Swim and The Breakfast Monkey for Nickelodeon.
  • Barack Obama is elected in 2020 -- There's a different energy behind him ITTL, something on the level of OTL 2008 campaign, less safe and less mushy moderate, more radical and progressive, promising a true shift in the Overton Window and to secure the hard-fought victories that now seem to be on the cusp of being pulled away.
 
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UPON A STAR OF DAVID OF TRUMPISM

45. Donald John Trump (R), January 20, 2017 - February 6, 2022
'16 def. Hillary Clinton (D), 261-269 EV/ 45.5%-49.1% PV (Clinton won 275 electors originally, but defectors led to Trump winning in the House)
'20 def. Bernie Sanders (D), 273-265 EV/ 46.1%-48.8% PV
Resigned Under Threat of Impeachment
46. Michael Richard Pence (R), February 6, 2022 - January 20, 2025
Lost Re-Election
47. Dianna Elise Agron (D), January 20, 2025 - January 20, 2033
'24 def. Mike Pence (R), 386-152 EV/ 54.5%-42.9% PV
'28 def. Josh Hawley (R), 421-124 EV/ 54.9%-41.5% PV
Term-Limited
48. Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (D), January 20, 2033 - January 20, 2041
'32 def. Mike Lawler (R), 337-210 EV/ 52.7%-45.0% PV
'36 def. Mike Gallagher (R), 292-253 EV/ 50.7%-47.3% PV
Term-Limited
49. Ivanka Marie Trump (R), January 20, 2041 - June 18, 2042
'40 def. London Breed (D), 283-272 EV/ 48.0%-49.8% PV
Assassinated by "Lone Gunman"
50. Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (R), June 18, 2042 - October 7, 2042
Disqualified from Office under the Anti-Hate Crimes Act of 2028 (This happened in early August, although the legal process continued until the 9-0 Liberal SCOTUS confirmed it)
51. Katherine Boyd Britt (R), October 7, 2042 - January 13, 2043
Removed from position of President Pro Tempore following new Senate. Left following SCOTUS decision clarifying that her tenure was through the position
52. Ritchie John Torres (D), January 13, 2043 - Incumbent
Assumed Office in capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Retired

2044 ELECTION: DEMOCRACY AT STAKE:
Robert Lee Ahn (Democratic) - 49%
California Senator Robert Lee Ahn is relatively moderate on most issues, although he has openly supported former President Fuentes's questionable method of removal from office. If elected things will likely get much harder for the Republicans, but it's not as bad for them as it could have been considering Richard Ojeda, who came within striking distance of the nomination and pledged to ban the Republican Party as a "racist, terrorist organization"
Mike Gallagher (Republican) - 46%
Mike Gallagher is a member of the more moderate wing, who believes that although Fuentes was not a good President, the method of removing him was unconstitutional, and condemns the court decision in Britt v. Department of Justice, which led to Ritchie Torres' accession to the White House. Gallagher pledges to protect the National Healthcare Program, but has called for "an increased focus on efficiency" and "restoring a balance to our high court". Nobody knows if this will carry him over the top.

UNITED STATES SENATE:
115th (2017-2019) - 50R-50D
116th (2019-2021) - 50R-50D
117th (2021-2023) - 45R-55D
118th (2023-2025) - 31R-67D-2I
119th (2025-2027) - 29R-69D-2I
120th (2027-2029) - 28R-74D-2I
121st (2029-2031) - 33R-69D-2I
122nd (2031-2033) - 38R-63D-3I
123rd (2033-2035) - 40R-63D-3I
124th (2035-2037) - 44R-58D-4I
125th (2037-2039) - 43R-60D-3I
126th (2039-2041) - 50R-53D-3I
127th (2041-2043) - 51R-53D-2I
128th (2043-2045) - 45R-59D-2I

UNITED STATES HOUSE:
115th (2017-2019) - 238R-197D
116th (2019-2021) - 174R-261D
117th (2021-2023) - 202R-233D
118th (2023-2025) - 121R-310D-4I
119th (2025-2027) - 139R-290D-6I
120th (2027-2029) - 179R-241D-11I
121st (2029-2031) - 175R-247D-9I
122nd (2031-2033) - 199R-232D-10I
123rd (2033-2035) - 183R-252D-6I
124th (2035-2037) - 212R-220D-9I
125th (2037-2039) - 205R-228D-8I
126th (2039-2041) - 221R-208D-12I
127th (2041-2043) - 217R-211D-13I*
128th (2043-2045) - 191R-240D-10I

NOTABLE LEGISLATION:
Border Security Act of 2017 - (Border wall, H1B increases)
Tax Reform Act of 2018 - (39.0% TTR, bigger decreases for poorer families, big EITC/CTC increases)
CHIPS & Science Act of 2019 - (OTL Bill)
COVID Relief Act of 2020 - (Basically OTL but more streamlined and targeted towards people)
Emergency Healthcare Act of 2020 - (Allows the government to negotiate drug prices for non-orphan medicines)
Stimulus Act of 2021 - ($250 Billion in rescue and relief funding to restore the economy)
Ukraine Assistance Act of 2021 - (Authorizes $25 Billion in funding for Ukraine, Hunter Biden is quietly indicted later in the year)
Freedom Protection Act of 2022 - (Authorizes an additional $25 Billion in funding for Ukraine)
Bipartisan Infrastructure Act of 2023 - (OTL Bill)
Fair Wage Act of 2023 - (Increases the minimum wage to $12 per hour)
Green Energy Act of 2023 - (OTL Inflation Reduction Act)
Free School Meals Act of 2024 - (Provides free & nutritious school meals for all students)
Conversion Therapy Ban Act of 2025 - (Bans conversion therapy and authorizes compensation for those affected)
Universal Healthcare Act of 2025 - (Establishes a single-payer universal healthcare system by 2028. Also implements public health reforms like a sugar tax)
Paid Parental Leave Act of 2025 - (Establishes 24 weeks of paid parental leave and 4 weeks of paid vacation. Also authorizes $50 Billion for Ukraine's recovery)
Responsible Gun Ownership Act of 2025 - (Universal background checks, raises the purchase age to 21, closes the gun show loophole, national red flag law, etc)
Student Debt Relief Act of 2025 - (Eliminates interest on student loans, allows the Attorney General to file lawsuits against those attempting to collect on said loans)
Education For All Act of 2025 - (Makes community college and trade school tuition free, along with banning charter schools and imposing a 1% national education tax)
Responsible Spending Act of 2025 - (Raises the top tax rate from 39.0% to 45.0% in addition to closing loopholes and adding a wealth tax)
Equal Rights Amendment Act of 2025 - (Extends the ERA deadline)
Minimum Wage Act of 2025 - (Increases the minimum wage to $17 per hour by 2027 and indexes it to inflation after)
Supreme Court Reform Act of 2025 - (Establishes Wisconsin-style retention elections for justices)
Nuclear Weapons Control Treaty of 2025 - (Caps the US and Russian arsenals at 2,000 warheads each)
2025 - EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT BECOMES THE 28TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
Marijuana Legalization Act of 2025 - (Legalizes, regulates, and taxes marijuana)
LGBT Rights Protection Act of 2026 - (Enshrines LGBT protections into law)
Infrastructure Act of 2026 - (Authorizes $1 Trillion in infrastructure spending along with the establishment of an infrastructure bank)
Carbon Taxation Act of 2026 - (Implements a $50/MT carbon tax, steadily increasing to $250/MT by 2040)
Holocaust Education Act of 2026 - (Establishes national standards for Holocaust education)
Voting Rights Act of 2026 - (Makes election day a national holiday, mandates two weeks of early voting, and sets a maximum number of people per precinct)
Luxury Goods Taxation Act of 2026 - (Implements a 5% VAT on luxury goods, including jewelry, yachts, private jets, etc)
Puerto Rico & Washington D.C. Statehood Act of 2026 - (What the fuck do you think)
2026 - GERRYMANDERING ABOLITION BECOMES THE 29TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
2026 - ROE V WADE BECOMES THE 30TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
Affordable College Act of 2027 - (Caps college tuition and makes it virtually free for in-state residents)
Taiwan Freedom Preservation Act of 2027 - (Authorizes $50 Billion in assistance for Taiwan)
National Interest Act of 2027 - (Nationalizes the college textbook industry)
Drug Pricing Act of 2027 - (Heavily restricts exclusive patents and authorizes the creation of a federally-owned drug company to compete with the private sector)
Immigration Reform Act of 2027 - (Massively raises the H1B cap, codifies DACA, establishes an expanded pathway to citizenship and abolishes ICE)
Protect The Right To Organize Act of 2027 - (Repeals Taft-Hartley)
Tax Reform Act of 2028 - (Introduces a new 50% "millionaire's bracket" and gives corporations deductions for providing perks to employees)
Affordable Childcare Act of 2028 - (Establishes free, universal Pre-K and caps childcare costs at 5% of annual income)
Anti-Hate Crimes Act of 2028 - (Authorizes the firing and disqualification of officials for hate speech)
Health Care Reform Act of 2029 - (Expands the National Healthcare Program to include vision, dental, and prescription coverage)
Tuition Free College Act of 2029 - (Makes public college tuition free and further expands grants for community college/trade school students. Also abolishes all student debt)
Wealth Sequestration Act of 2029 - (Heavily restricts the movement of private wealth abroad. Also caps inheritances at $1 Billion dollars)
Environmental Protection Act of 2029 - (Increases the amount of land under federal purview, ends all mining, and creates the Department of Environmental Protection)
Health Infrastructure Act of 2029 - (Invests over $500 Billion in new rural hospitals, medical training, medical research, and other programs)
Fair Taxation Act of 2029 - (Increases the tax rate on income over $1 Million from 50% to 55% and income over $10 Million from 50% to 60%)
Welfare Combination Act of 2030 - (Combines the EITC and CTC into a $5,000 per person refundable credit called the Basic Stipend)
National High Speed Rail Act of 2030 - (Authorizes funding for a national high speed rail system and authorizes cooperation with the Japanese for the best technology)
Railway Nationalization Act of 2030 - (Puts Amtrak and all private rail lines under the Department of Transportation)
Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2030 - (Abolishes the death penalty nationwide, ends mandatory minimums, bans forced prison labor and makes phone calls free for inmates)
Automatic Budget Renewal Act of 2030 - (Automatically renews the federal budget adjusted for inflation if no agreement is reached)
International Assistance Act of 2031 - (Authorizes $50 Billion in new programs to help poor countries)
Western Islands Statehood Act of 2031 - (Makes Guam, American Samoa, etc into a state)
Rural Development Act of 2031 - (Authorizes the purchase of excess produce for distribution to the poor and reduces crop insurance rates)
Fair Trade Act of 2031 - (Renegotiates NAFTA to include stricter environmental protections)
Paid Leave Expansion Act of 2032 - (Extends paid parental leave from 24 to 44 weeks and implements a paid sick leave program)
Selective Service Act of 2032 - (Abolishes Selective Service registration)
Freedom Of Internet Act of 2033 - (Makes internet a human right, completes broadband rollout)
Anti-Zoning Act of 2033 - (Weakens national zoning laws, encourages mixed-use urban areas)
Public Transit Act of 2033 - (Invests over $300 Billion in public transit)
Market Regulatory Act of 2033 - (Imposes a new financial transaction tax, shortens the SEC approval timeline from T+1 Day to T+6 hours by 2035)
Welfare Act of 2033 - (Increases the Basic Stipend from $5,000 per person to $7,500 per person)
AI Regulation Act of 2034 - (Implements new restrictions on AI development in critical fields)
Firearms Taxation Act of 2034 - (Imposes a 50% tax on firearms sales)
Urban Green Spaces Act of 2034 - (What the fuck do you think)
Freedom of Religion Act of 2034 - (Removes "In God We Trust" from government stuff, bans teaching creationism in schools, etc)
2034 - GAY MARRIAGE BECOMES THE 31ST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
Welfare Reform Act of 2036 - (Merges food stamps and TANF into the Basic Stipend, which is increased to $12,000 per adult and $8,000 per child)
Revenue Reform Act of 2037 - (Merges Social Security into the Basic Stipend- renamed the Patriot Freedom Dividend- which is increased to 125% FPL per person)
Nuclear Control Treaty of 2037 - (Caps Russian, US, and Chinese nuclear arsenals at 1,000 warheads)
2037 - THE NATIONAL HEALTHCARE PROGRAM BECOMES THE 32ND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
Armed Forces Reform Act of 2038 - (Adopts a tech-focused military strategy)
Nuclear Energy Act of 2038 - (Authorizes $500 Billion for the rollout of Nuclear Fusion power by 2045)
EU-USA Trade Agreement of 2039 - (Introduces an enhanced trade agreement between the EU and US)
Tax Reduction Act of 2041 - (Across the board tax cut, with the top rate lowered from 60% to 50%. Corporate taxes also slightly cut)
Gun Regulation Act of 2041 - (Repeals the 50% tax on firearms and loosens gunowning restrictions)
Criminal Justice Act of 2042 - (Reauthorizes life without parole as a sentence, increases funding for police)
Equitable Governance Act of 2043 - (Repeals the Criminal Justice Act of 2042)
Sensible Gun Ownership Act of 2043 - (Repeals the Gun Regulation Act of 2041)
Health For All Act of 2044 - (Increases funding for the National Healthcare Program by 5% and makes it automatically adjust for inflation)
 
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Dark Brandon (But it's the 80s)

1969-1974: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1968 (with Spiro Agnew) def. Hubert Humphrey / Edmund Muskie (Democratic), George Wallace / Curtis LeMay (American Independent)
1972 (Spiro Agnew) def. George McGovern / Sargent Shriver (Democratic)

1974-1977: Gerald Ford (Republican)

1977-1981: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1976 (with Howard Baker) def. Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (Democratic)

1981-1988: Joe Biden (Democratic)
1980 (with Henry Jackson) def. Ronald Reagan / Howard Baker (Republican)
1984 (with Dale Bumpers) def. Charles Percy / James McClure (Republican)

1988-1993: Dale Bumpers (Democratic)
1988 (with Gary Hart) def. Robert Taft Jr. / Jack Kemp (Republican)

1993-2001: George W. Bush (Republican)
1992 (with Lee Atwater) def. Dale Bumpers / Gary Hart (Democratic)
1996 (with Lee Atwater) def. Al Gore / Dick Gephardt (Democratic)

2001-XXXX: Warren Beatty / Paul Wellstone (Democratic)

  • POD: Neilia Biden doesn't die in 1972, putting Biden in a better mental state to run in 1980.
  • Ford cannot stop the unstoppable Ronnie Raygun tidal wave and loses the 1976 GOP Primaries. Reagan's four year presidency is Carter-esque shitshow. The CIA assassinates Ruhollah Khomeini in 1978 -- and he invades Panama in 1979. No good, but the Iran-Iraq War is avoided.
  • Brandon makes Reagan his bitch in 1980 -- has a pretty alright Presidency. Passes some pretty alright liberal policies, and keeps a relative peace with the Soviet Union, which is led by still-living Yuri Andropov up until 1988, in which he passes off to Heydar Aliyev.

  • Biden dies of a brain aneurysm in 1988 -- Dale Bumpers takes over. Gulf War still happens, albiet without American support -- The UK leads the Coalition against Saddam, managing to kill him in 1991 no less.
  • Dubya gets elected in 1992 -- Republican Bill Clinton -- passes some conservative shit, starts a war with North Korea after bombing a nuclear reactor.
  • Warren Beatty is the Democratic Reagan, nuff said.
 
TheKennedyMachine said:
News At 11

1993-2001: Bill Clinton (Democratic)
1992 (with Al Gore) def. George H.W. Bush / Dan Quayle (Republican)
1996 (with Al Gore) def. Bob Dole / Jack Kemp (Republican)

2001-2005: George W. Bush (Republican)
2000 (with Dick Cheney) def. Al Gore / Joe Lieberman (Democratic)

2005-2013: John Edwards (Democratic)
2004 (with John Kerry) def. George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (Republican)
2008 (with John Kerry) def. John McCain / Tim Pawlenty (Republican)

2013-2021: Mitt Romney (Republican)
2012 (with John Cornyn) def. John Kerry / Tom Daschle (Democratic)
2016 (with John Cornyn) def. Hillary Clinton / Deval Patrick (Democratic)

2021-XXXX: Barack Obama (Democratic)
2020 (with Elizabeth Warren) def. Marco Rubio / Ted Cruz (Republican)

  • POD: The timing of the air strikes during Operation Infinite Reach isn't pushed back 2 hours -- leading to the Clinton Administration killing Bin Laden in 1998, effectively kiling the 9/11 plot in its crib.
  • Bush still cheats wins the 2000 Presidential Election through its usual campaign ratfuckery with Brooks Brothers Riot.
  • Without 9/11, The Bush Administration is largely aimless -- it's dogged down by scandals with Enron, and an Disarmament Crisis in Iraq. Dubya goes down in history as the Republican Party's Jimmy Carter. The Bushes are basically blacklisted from the Republican Party at this point. A terrorist attack happens in Moscow that's a mix between 9/11 and the 2015 Paris Attacks.
  • John Edwards wins in 2004 -- talks big on Southern Populism, which is seen as a natural evolution from Clinton's Third Way policies. Katrina is less of a nightmare since Edwards actually gives a fuck. Kathleen Sullivan becomes the first female Chief of Justice.
  • A civil war breaks out in Iraq in 2006 -- the cause of it being Muqtada Al-Sadr leading a pro-democracy resistance against Saddam Hussein.
  • Gerard Way, due to 9/11 being butterflied, never starts My Chemical Romance and stays at Cartoon Network -- eventually creating animated series like The Umbrella Academy for Adult Swim and The Breakfast Monkey for Nickelodeon.
  • Barack Obama is elected in 2020 -- There's a different energy behind him ITTL, something on the level of OTL 2008 campaign, less safe and less mushy moderate, more radical and progressive, promising a true shift in the Overton Window and to secure the hard-fought victories that now seem to be on the cusp of being pulled away.
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This is basically this timeline it just goes into the future and has some differences:

Geronimo : What if Osama Bin Laden was killed prior to 9/11?

Geronimo Part I August 20th, 1998. Approximately 3:30 p.m. GMT[1]. Following orders given by President Bill Clinton, the United States undertook a controversial act. In what the President justified as a pre-emptive strike against terrorism. 70 cruise missiles were fired into Afghanistan...
www.alternatehistory.com
 
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This is basically this timeline it just goes into the future and has some differences:

Geronimo : What if Osama Bin Laden was killed prior to 9/11?

Geronimo Part I August 20th, 1998. Approximately 3:30 p.m. GMT[1]. Following orders given by President Bill Clinton, the United States undertook a controversial act. In what the President justified as a pre-emptive strike against terrorism. 70 cruise missiles were fired into Afghanistan...
www.alternatehistory.com
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That was most of my inspiration, yeah.
 
The Spirit of 57’

1945 - 1950: Clement Attlee (Labour)
1945 (Majority) def. Winston Churchill (Conservative), Archibald Sinclair (Liberal), Ernest Brown (Liberal National), C. A. Smith (CommonWealth)
1950 - 1952: Winston Churchill (Conservative)
1950 (Majority) def. Clement Attlee (Labour), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1952 - 1957: Anthony Eden (Conservative)
1953 (Majority) def. Clement Attlee (Labour), Clement Davies (Liberal)
1957 - : Aneurin Bevan (Labour)
1957 (Majority) def. Anthony Eden (Conservative), Donald Wade (Liberal)

The October 1945 election held in the wake of the Victory Against the Japanese would see in itself see a victory for Labour, but the beleaguered rearguard action by the radical Socialist CommonWealth party was enough to frustrate a large series of gains. Still Labour had a healthy majority of over forty and went to work implementing their vision of Britain.

Still by 1950, their austere Socialist vision was beginning to tire the Middle Classes who had decided to vote for Labour in 1945. Churchill campaigned on tax cuts and an end to rationing, whilst promising to retain the welfare state built in the wake of the War by Labour.

Churchill won a majority, not a particularly strong one though, having a majority of just over ten. Churchill’s second period in office as Prime Minister wouldn’t be long, dealing with a slender majority is one thing, trying to implement Conservative policies was another. In the end poor health and the smog crisis would see Churchill forced to leave office much sooner than expected in the last few days of 1952.

By the beginning of the new year, Anthony Eden is now Prime Minister. In the wake of a mild spring, the economy being stable, a promise to end rationing by the beginning of the next year and the death of Stalin leading people to want a strong and stable figure, Anthony Eden wins a majority of around fifty in which he can implement his ideas for a property owning democracy with.

In the wake of yet another loss, Attlee resigns. Herbert Morrison hopes to become leader, but doesn’t factor on Aneurin Bevan having the support of Attlee and some of the Unions and Bevan, the younger and more vigorous of the two, wins the leadership bout. Morrison goes off to sulk and Bevan leadership see’s the party shift somewhat Leftward.

Meanwhile Eden oversees the beginnings of decolonisation, but the image of concentration camps in Kenya during the Mau Mau Uprising, when Egypt falls into civil strife between the forces of Naguib and Boghdadi, Eden’s actions in attempting to secure the Suez Canal proves somewhat controversial, same can be said for Eden’s support for overthrowing the Mosaddegh government in Iran. Additionally Eden’s health is often precarious, leading to members of his cabinet running roughshod at times.

All the while, Bevan campaigns on securing Britain’s Post War future. Indeed, sluggish economic growth under Chancellor Lyttelton and the constant deaths of young men in Egypt, Cyprus and Kenya are the mood music of the Eden years. Despite it, Eden is confident on reelection, calling an election in the Spring of 1957.

But in the end, Bevan runs a populist campaign, unleashing what some say is a demagogic rhetoric against Eden, Lyttelton and the City, whilst the Conservative’s engage in fear mongering about the Tito of Tonypandy. But corruption scandals come to light, boys are coming back in coffins and Eden spends much of the campaign sick and unable to find his voice that he had in 1953. Meanwhile under Donald Wade, who having narrowly won his seat against a Conservative and Labour candidate in 53’ became leader, finds himself overseeing a soft Liberal surge, running a popular campaign on holding the big parties to account.

And so the Spirit of 57’ is unleashed. Bevan wins a majority of forty, and with it, a promise to drastically change Britain, whether the people will like it or not.

But not everyone around the world is happy that Bevan has won, and so a precarious few years await for a small island famously known for it’s coal and fish.
 
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