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A Stitch in Time: A Cross-Atlantic Timeline

This continues to be great. I'm not knowledgable enough to give much feedback tbh.

Moderate Moose continues to be the best party name.
 
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The 1990 election was a series of tragedies. While yes, the most obvious tragedy was that of the rise of the far-right Unionists, exploiting a surge in social conservative thought and general discontent with the more moderate Pym, there were other tragedies.

One of them was the tragedy of Peter Shore. Long talked of as the perfect SDP leader, the one who would crush the ILP and unite the left under his firmly patriotic and Eurosceptic socialism, Shore was the voice of the "patriotic left", the ones that wouldn't dream of joining the party that kept calling for working with the USSR, and long expected to step into the role of leader. Yet, when it came to it, time and time again, the members kept rejecting Shore. Too much middle-class Europhiles, too little trade unionist presence. With Benn shifting the SDP to the left, Shore rose in influence, and when Benn announced his retirement after the 1986 election, it was finally time for Peter Shore. In his sixties, his age did not betray him as he seized the opportunity he waited for all his life.

What a pity the Cold War was ending. What a pity politics was shaken up. What a pity the ILP had John Maxton, the moderniser who was determined to shift the ILP away from those very same areas that drove the "patriotic left" away from it all those decades ago. Even with those challenges, the SDP leader leapt into it strongly, and it can't be denied that to a lot of working-class voters, Shore was their man, not Maxton, especially when it came to Europe. But for every Eurosceptic working-class voter he held, he lost a middle-class leftie to the ILP. And come Election Night, it was clear who won the battle for leadership of the Left. Shore would step down as leader in the autumn, to be replaced by Margaret Beckett.

Another was the tragedy that David Icke was going to become for the Globalist Party. In 1990, he was not seen as particularly suited to his post with some mutterings that maybe he should step down in favour of that nice Charles Windsor. By the election, he was Co-Leader for three years and it was clear that Shiona Baird was doing most of the actual lifting. Icke spoke well on TV, but he seemed to be all flash and no substance. But his shock win of the Isle of Wight constituency led many higher-up Globalists to give him another chance come 1991, something they were to regret very much barely five years down the line.

The Liberals would too face a tragedy. Rhodes Boyson being PM was something they categorically ruled out supporting, but the Nationals and Agriculturalists were insistent on supporting the man who won the "confidence of the people" [on barely 17%...] and President Gilmour, although unhappy with the outcome, would begrudgingly be open to it. In the end, Heseltine elected to do two things. First, refuse to lead the Liberals into coalition with the Unionists, instead let the Boyson ministry sit uncomfortable as a minority. Second, plan his campaign for the Presidency. Clearly Britain needed a Liberal president once more in this turbulent age of extremes. To appease those in his party unsure about the leader running for President, he privately assured them he would retire as leader no matter if he won or lost. This would at once harm and aid the Liberals as people increasingly saw them as just "the Party of Heseltine".

But of course the ultimate tragedy in all of this is that of Francis Pym. Calling the election sure of a third term, he saw rural turnout plummet and the tide turn against the Agriculturalists, he went from hero to zero in the blink of an eye. His reservations with Boyson being Prime Minister led to the Agriculturalist establishment pressuring him to step down and allow a more pro-coalition leader. Resigning his seat in the spring of 1991, the Boyson ministry would notably snub him and he had to wait for Maxton to offer him a peerage and some influence, although not as much as he used to enjoy before it all evaporated instantly.
 
List of candidates running for the 2020 presidential election as of 12 February 2019

DEMOCRATS - officially running
Senator Hector Balderas of New Mexico
Governor Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin - Progressive
Actress Ellen DeGeneres of California
Businessman Paul Krugman of New York
Professor Kanye West of Illinois - Independent

DEMOCRATS - exploratory committees
Former Governor Michael E. Arth of Florida - National Union
Speaker Andrew Cuomo of New York
Senator Matt Damon of Massachusetts
Governor Kim Coco Iwamoto of Hawai'i
Senator Ned Lamont of Connecticut
Senator Jim Lendall of Arkansas - National Union
Senator Bryan Townsend of Delaware

DEMOCRATS - open to running
Senator Stephen Colbert of South Carolina - National Union
Senator Hollis French of Alaska
Former Governor Patrick J. Kennedy of Massachusetts
Senator Barack Obama of Hawai'i
Former Representative Kasim Reed of Georgia - National Union
Representative Marianne Williamson of California

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POPULISTS - officially running
Senator Richard Ojeda of West Virginia
President Marco Rubio of Florida

POPULISTS - exploratory committees
Governor Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming
Governor Dave Reichert of Washington
Senator Jesse Ventura of Minnesota - Reform

POPULISTS - open to running
Former Vice-President Al Gore of Tennessee
Governor Greg Orman of Kansas
Former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania
Businessman Howard Schultz of Washington
Political Commentator Matt Yglesias of Massachusetts

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REPUBLICANS - officially running
Senator Mark Boughton of Connecticut
Governor Knute Buehler of Oregon
Businessman Zoltan Istvan of California
Senator Bobby Jindal of Louisiana

REPUBLICANS - exploratory committees
Senator Justin Amash of Michigan
Former Senator Jeff Bezos of Washington - Independent
Former Governor Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
Former Governor William Weld of Massachusetts

REPUBLICANS - open to running
Former Senator Michael Bloomberg of New York
Former Governor Susan Collins of Maine
Governor Allan Fung of Rhode Island
Former Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
Governor Raul Labrador of Idaho
Former Governor Martha McSally of Arizona
Governor Ben Sasse of Kansas
Senator Lang Sias of Colorado
 
The defeat of the "United Left" coalition in the 2000 election as Kenneth Clarke managed to form a government led to several leadership elections. As the ILP swerved left by electing a firm left-winger by the name of Jeremy Corbyn, it was clear that the age of Maxton was at an end and the SDP had to decide what was their new strategy.

Former Foreign Secretary Vince Cable has came up with an idea, shift the party so that it represents a more "Social Liberal" path, arguing that the Liberals and Globalists would be harmed by their coalition with the Nationals, peeling off their more lefty voters. The SDP has been dominated by left-wing forces for too long, first under Benn, then Shore, then finally Beckett. It needs to "rediscover its roots" and not be trying to copy the ILP. Or at least that's what Cable is saying. He also argues for stronger ties to the Globalists, and once floated the idea of a "Progressive Coupon" of the SDP, Globalists and Liberals, which has caused some to raise eyebrows.

Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury Alistair Darling has cast scepticism over Cable's idea, instead arguing for a Third Way. Blending social progressive stances and firm-nosed fiscal conservatism, he argues that it would cement the SDP as the primary centrist party and thus, according to Darling, ensure their dominance in the new millennium. The SDP left is overall heavily sceptical of Darling's Third Way, arguing that it would just hollow the party out and make it a party without principles.

Former Secretary of the Regions Peter Hain is standing very much as the "continuity Beckettite" candidate, arguing that as the ILP has embraced unelectability, the SDP must lock in their hold of centre-left "swing ILP-SDP" voters. His past as both a Liberal and an ILPper before becoming a Social Democrat has been used both in his favour and against [but Cable supporters are very quiet on this, for obvious reasons], while the candidate himself has insisted that the path the SDP is on, is the winning path. Any shift to the left [as advocated by no one] or the right would compromise the broad-tent coalition the SDP could make. Others have decried his stance as "one more heave" and point out that it's entirely reliant on ILP voters seeing Corbyn as a change from Maxton.

President David Owen is the only one holding a position in government. But since his election as President in 1997, he has increasingly clashed with Beckett and with the United Left government. Now that the government has fallen, he has announced his campaign for the leadership. Many see this as him wishing total control over the party and he is not a popular man overall. But he still does have plenty of clout, especially with quite a few "centrist" MPs more open to his way of thinking than to the Third Way or Cable's "Social Liberalism". Not a lot of people are betting on him winning the leadership.

Former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Gordon Brown is the unexpected candidate in the race. Not as high profile as Cable, Darling, etc., his main selling point is that he could renew the SDP link to the unions while shifting the party to the centre. Not quite as Third Way as Darling, not particularly Social-Liberal like Cable and not well, Owen, he seems to lack much of a niche. But his supporters, and he does have them, try to argue that this lack of a niche works out well for party unity.

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In the end, the first round would see two candidates not advance to the second round. Gordon Brown failed to find much support in a race dominated by big names, only garnering 9% of support. This was expected from the beginning. However, what was not, was President Owen withdrawing from contention after the first round, announcing that since the Social Democratic Party was not "open to him as leader" and that his "authority was fatally undermined", he decided to split off with his loyal MPs as the Social Democratic Party (Owenite). This was later renamed to Democrats for Owen after the party registration committee struck his name down.

With three candidates left as the counting began, it was clear that Vince Cable was the man to beat. Uniting the "soft middle" of the party around him, with Darling on his right and Hain on his left, he was the candidate of the unclear SDP voter. In the second round, he almost won the leadership outright with 47% of the vote. Once Hain was eliminated, the majority of his support went to Cable, ensuring his victory and the SDP shifting away from the path set out by Tony Benn on to a more moderate course.
 
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By 2005, Kenneth Clarke's ministry was falling apart. The SDP had their chance to seize leadership and open up a strong lead in the polls. However, their leader was seen as dithering and failing to actually lead. With the Left weaker than ever due to being associated with the United Left coalition and to taking a junior position to the ILP, and Cable's Social-Liberals, including his Shadow Chancellor Charles Kennedy, being weakened by his leadership, the Third Way made their move.

Coming soon after the Globalists announced their walkout from the Clarke ministry, there was the intense feeling that Cable just couldn't lead the SDP to a strong win. With Clarke announcing that the Unionists would provide supply and confidence, those who remembered the early 1990s bust under Prime Minister Boyson started to be nervous. Was Clarke in hock to the ultra-right?

With the election delayed another year, it was clear that Clarke was a dead man walking. But the polling was also suggesting that Corbyn's ILP could be in a position to take the lead. This was too much for the Third Way, and their MPs came together to work out a candidate to put up against Cable in a leadership challenge. In the end, Peter Mandelson was chosen.

Former Minister of State for Europe Peter Mandelson was not the best candidate to go up against Cable. There were others, like Alistair Darling, Jack Straw, or even Gordon Brown who gained some name recognition from a widely-broadcast debate with ILP Finance Spokesman Anthony Blair. But Mandelson was the one they all could begrudgingly support due to the intensely ambitious lot that the Third Way MPs tended to be. It was not a secret that Darling, Straw, Brown and co. wished to be leader. Mandelson managed to come across as the "compromise" candidate among many egos.

Leader of the Opposition Vince Cable fought back against this "coup" as he described it. Pointing to the Clarke government slowly falling apart, he insisted that what people needed more than ever, wished more than ever, was a stable option. Replacing him with Mandelson would create an image of instability and enable the ILP to grow at the SDP's expense. Uniting the "Social-Liberals" around him and trying to keep the Left on side, he was not going down without a fight. But Mandelson and the Third Way would give him one.

As the government shambled on, with the Liberals and Unionists studiously ignoring each other's role in propping up Kenneth Clarke, and the youth started to warm up to Jeremy Corbyn and the Independent Labour Party, the SDP went into a leadership election to decide its future. Would it fully embrace the Third Way, or would it stay mushy centre-left Social-Liberal?

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The membership made their decision. By a nine point margin, Peter Mandelson was elected the leader. Cable, humiliated and defeated, would retreat to the backbench and lick his wounds. Who knows, if Mandelson fails to win the election, he could return to the leadership.

But that was not to be. The following year, Peter Mandelson became Prime Minister in a realigning election for the ages.
 
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A rather interesting set of affairs. What are the Liberals doing in response?
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Alan Beith would let you know the Liberals haven't collapsed in popularity since they entered government, proving Cable wrong. And that they are not a party of the right and will work with both sides *coughs*Clarke should really make up with the Globalists*coughs*.
 
Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband (2018-present)

Leader of the Opposition: Ed Miliband (Social Democratic)
Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow First Secretary of State: Caroline Flint (Social Democratic)

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer: Chuka Umunna (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Hilary Benn (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department: Andy Burnham (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence: Clive Lewis (Social Democratic)
Shadow Lord Chancellor (Shadow Secretary of State for Justice): Sadiq Khan (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for European Affairs: Stephen Kinnock (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Health: Jon Ashworth (Co-operative)
Shadow Secretary of State for Schools and Skills: Tristram Hunt (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Power and Industries: Angela Eagle (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Social Services: Liz Kendall (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Infrastructure: Mary Creagh (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government: Emma Reynolds (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Kerry McCarthy (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Fisheries and Climate Change: Alex Sobel (Co-operative)
Shadow Secretary of State for the Regions: Jim Murphy (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Global Development: Douglas Alexander (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities: Stella Creasy (Social Democratic)
Shadow Secretary of State for Youth, Digital, Culture, Media and Sports: Maria Eagle (Social Democratic)

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: Chris Bryant (Social Democratic)
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Richard Burden, Lord Burden of Northfield (Social Democratic)
 
After thinking a bit on how to deal with Klobuchar in my timeline where she's VP and Democratic nominee in 2016 (Three's A Crowd), I considered several options

1) Have her be veep, but lose 2016 to a challenger. A possibility I've considered, but I don't think the mood is there for the Democrats to break with President Beatty's clear successor

2) Have her not be veep in the first place. The problem is, I struggle to find anyone else who fits the list Beatty is looking for - namely moderate, folksy, more "down to earth", and is a woman, and would definitely be a Democrat

3) Have her be the veep and the nominee, but have the allegations come out. This is a possibility I have considered too. But the speed in which the allegations came out... Hm

And so I've decided What I've decided isn't particularly nice, and it makes President Beatty regret ever picking Klobuchar, but as fitting her vindicative nature as shown in those reports, Klobuchar as veep suppresses any reports, especially with her being the clear frontrunner and liberal newspapers hesistant to run anything against the "crowned nominee".

But conservative journalists end up finding it and releasing it. Rubio tears Klobuchar apart for it in a debate and it merely extinguishes the last hope Democrats had for winning 2016. The economy was fine. Social issues were "calming down" from the Cultural Revolution. Sure, people had problems with Beatty's foreign policy, but it wasn't just enough to doom Klobuchar. Not even Rubio's absurdly-ASB ATL charisma could quite break it. This does. This is the October Surprise that ends Democratic hopes of winning 2016
 
Leaders of the Unionist Party
Enoch Powell 1967-1975 (MP for Wolverhampton South West, Staffordshire, England)
Julian Amery 1975-1984 (MP for Brighton Pavilion, Sussex, England)
Rhodes Boyson 1984-1994 (MP for Brent North, Greater London, England, then List)
Alan Clark 1994-1997 (MP for List)
Ann Widdecombe 1997-2006 (MP for Maidstone, then Maidstone and The Weald, both of Kent, England)
Neil Hamilton 2006-2013 (MP for Tatton, Cheshire, England)
Nigel Farage 2013 (Acting. MP for List)
Suzanne Evans 2013-2015 (MP for Wimbledon, Greater London, England)
Jacob Rees-Mogg 2015-2017 (MP for The Wrekin, Shropshire, England)
Suzanne Evans 2017-present (MP for Wimbledon, Greater London, England)

As you can see, the party isn't a stable one. Rees-Mogg and the "Traditionalists" seethe as Evans continues her project to "modernise" the party and make it truly the party Enoch Powell would have approved of. This includes making the party quieter on well, LGBT stuff (apart from non-binary people, which they're certainly still loud about denying the existence of since it's still electorally valid to do so), but certainly louder on stuff like immigration which sells better in 2019 Britain. The Unionists' mixed result in 2018 was blamed on the Traditionalists couping Evans and throwing the party into infighting, ruining "The Project". JRM and the Trads would beg to differ, but they're not in charge are they, hmmm?

Oh, and Neil Hamilton is still muttering about how he should be in charge not Evans or Rees-Mogg, even as party members try to push him into possibly accepting a peerage from the PM to kick him upstairs. Like I said, not a particularly healthy party, unity wise.
 
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Politics: Basically just a standard "where are you on the political spectrum" thing.
Devolution: Are you a party that stands for centralisation (to whatever you want) or do you want decentralisation?
The Question: If/when President Mike Woodin stops being President before 2022, who should succeed him?
Social: Regarding the social issues of the day, where does a party tend? Liberal or conservative?
Europe: The European Federation, always a hot topic, even if a referendum never will happen. Right?
Nusantara: The Nusantara War might be winding down, but there's still British troops there...
 
A wodhowgh hwi konvedhes?

Cornwall is a devolved nation, formally recognised as separate from England and with its devolved assembly since 1999. Before that, it was part of the devolved entity of Wessex, covering all of the South-West of England, since the Quiet Revolution of 1937 and the 1938 election. Unlike Scotland and unlike Wales since the 1950s or so, Cornwall was considered a key part of England. Talk of a Cornish devolved assembly did not come up at all in the Quiet Revolution's primary level of discourse.

Cornish nationalism, unlike Scottish or Welsh nationalism, was always divided in two - the centre-left Mebyon Kernow and the right-wing Cornish Nationalist Party. The former was more moderate on Cornwall, preferring more power and ideally a devolved Assembly, and the latter more radical, refusing to take their elected seats in the Wessex Witenagemot when they got them. Both of those emerged in the 1950s, but did not gain much traction until the 60s, when Celtic nationalism as a whole got going and immigration to Cornwall from the rest of England increased. This of course, primarily benefited the more radical CNP, but still, they both managed to win representation on the Witenagemot every now and then and together with other Cornish WMs in Wessex, secured in 1983 a "Cornish Policies for Cornish People" provision that would ensure a Cornish association of WMs would have primary say on Cornish matters.

The CNP and MK's main focus, apart from securing power for Cornwall, was the resurrection of the Cornish language and preservation of Cornish culture so that it could thrive. Other Cornish WMs were generally unconvinced by this and instead focused on local issues of other matters. The most sympathetic was the Cornish Liberal Party which generally tended to back the language movement more often than not.

Ny gonvedhav...

Dick Cole was a member of Mebyon Kernow. Dick Cole was elected to the Witenagemot at the 1995 election at the age of 27. Seen as a young and passionate figure for the party and for Cornish nationalism as a whole, he was known as a particularly strong and eloquent champion of Cornwall and of the Cornish people. In late 1997, he learned that the government of Wessex planned to abolish "Cornish Policies for Cornish People". Publicly shaming the government for this "betrayal of Cornwall", he nevertheless failed to stop it being abolished and Cornwall just being treated as a part of Wessex.

Dick Cole was acutely aware of the long-term impact the abolishment would have. The Cornish language was steadily growing, even if slower than some would have liked, and part of this was due to MK-CNP-Liberal supported programs to expand Cornish language education. All of that would be axed by the government of Wessex seeking to cut spending. So Dick Cole decided to go on a hunger strike, inspired by what Cubans did against their dictatorial government a few years before. The government decided to commit itself to abolishing Cornish Policies for Cornish People and hoped that Dick Cole was just a glory hound who would just step down.

This was around the time Prime Minister Maxton first became aware of the growing tension between a section of Cornwall against Wessex. He waved it off with the assumption it'll settle down. And for a while, Maxton's prediction was right. There were grumblings, the CNP and MK kept protesting and Dick Cole kept up his hunger strike. But everything was generally dying down.

And then everything changed.

Gonn, kowsav boghes...

One afternoon, Dick Cole struggled to stand up to speak out against a government policy in the Witenagemot. He started with his typical passion, arguing for the restoration of Cornish Policies for Cornish People, and just as he was getting to the crescendo of his argument, he collapsed onto the floor, with it all caught on live television broadcast to many Wessexians. Rushed to the hospital, Dick Cole was declared dead on arrival. A quiet chill engulfed Wessex politics once his death was public knowledge. Meanwhile, many Cornish people, including those who weren't particularly nationalist, were outraged.

The Wessex government, over seven weeks, saw a man slowly die and did nothing. Not even the most symbolic gesture towards Cornwall to stop the hunger strike. Many blamed the Wessex government for Dick Cole's death. And a nation was born once more, with the fire of 1497 once more put into the Cornish people. Protests emerged while some chose to do a march towards the capital of Wessex with banners and pickets. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Maxton phoned the Wessex government and called on them to come to a compromise with the angered Cornish people. But ultimately, the Wessex government's pledge to set up a commission on looking possibly at a restoration of Cornish Policies for Cornish People just wasn't enough.

With the Cornish's cousins also giving Maxton trouble in the form of Ron Davies, Maxton decided to intervene in the growing crisis to nip it once and for all. In late 1998, the House of Commons voted through a Cornish Act that set up a referendum for a possible devolved assembly for Cornwall, and with President Owen's stamp on it, the referendum went ahead. Unsurprisingly, so soon after Dick Cole's death, it passed by a landslide. The Cornish people had no faith in Wessex any longer.

Konvedhav!

Now it is twenty years since those fateful days. Cornish devolution marks its twentieth year. And an election is held in the wintry days of February 2019 to choose a new Stannary Parliament [the name was chosen by the House of Lords, in account with their bizarre devotion to historical names]. The National-Agriculturalist government under Sarah Newton was always going to have a hard time getting re-elected, what with the twentieth anniversary and all. Sure, Cornwall moved rightwards since, but it still saw Dick Cole as a martyr for the country's cause and the twentieth anniversary of his death was widely marked across Cornwall.

Andrew George, Lord Warden of the Stannaries between 2008 and 2015, was now once more the Liberals' leader, and the Liberals were generally confident of their chances at winning. The Blue-Green coalition oversaw a faltering economy while the Liberals oversaw a good one, and they can definitely bring the good times back. So they claim. But Andrew George is a bit of a has-been, isn't he? The feeling that the Liberals had to retort to old leaders because they didn't have any new young talent was widespread, even if not entirely accurate. But still, the Liberals had reason to hope!

The unionist left-wing in Cornwall beyond the Liberals were now united as one pact, the Cornish Democratic Left Alliance. Or Democratic Left for short. The SDP, ILP and Globalists all agreed that in Cornwall, they needed to present an united front. Social Democrat Jayne Kirkham was duly elected as the new leader and hopes of possibly recovering from the slump of the 2010s were had.

The Agriculturalists, under long-time leader Chris Cardell, was not looking forward to the election. They knew support for them from farmers slumped as a result of the coalition being forced to cut rural infrastructure policies. And the Unionists knew it too. Always somewhat low in support, under new leader David Mathews, they hoped to break into the Stannary Parliament.

Mebyon Kernow, after losing government in 2015, elected a new leader, Derek Collins. He was once a Liberal before the events of 1998 pushed him to more firm nationalist stances and to his joining Mebyon Kernow. Collins was a reliable local MSP who regularly topped the ballot for his constituency. A safe, if perhaps unexciting choice. But Mebyon Kernow wanted to be safe in their choice.

A month later, the Cornish Nationalist Party elected their new leader, George Eustice. Seen as a somewhat right-wing MSP, he was a mild Eurosceptic [albeit not to the extent of some older CNP people] and even floated the idea of an independence referendum, even if it was coached in possibilities and long-term aim clarifications. The CNP hoped he could take advantage of the Agriculturalists' collapse and pick up lots of rural support for the CNP, possibly make them a force to be reckoned with.

Keslowena!

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The result was unexpected. The CNP surged, absorbing voters from the Agriculturalists, Nationals and Liberals as it assumed the position of a firm first place dominance of Cornwall, surprisingly only two seats short of a majority. Analysts have came up with several theories about how and why. Was it the timing, being at a time of nationalist sentiment? Was it because of The Question being a hot potato in British society? Was it a wish to "send a message" to Minette Batters and her government? Or was it just local issues?

Theories continue to abound, but what we do know is that thanks to Derek Collins and MK giving support, Eustice will be Lord Warden of the Stannaries, and indeed was appointed the Monday after the election once MK support was confirmed. Collins and Eustice paid a visit to Dick Cole's grave to mark the formation of the government. Twenty years after his death, Cornwall is transformed.

Onen hag Oll, Kernow bys vickan!
 
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Martyrdom is a heck of a drug. And because I’m too lazy to use google translate, what do these Cornish subtitles mean?
 
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