AH Run-downs, summaries and general gubbins

[Sideways]

The Tiers Monde (Third World) was a satirical term in 1951 by Algerian dissidents, referring to the tiers etat and iconography of revolutionary France. The new communist powers of Europe and the Near East were the 'clergy' - this was deliberately chosen to insult them - while the imperial 'overseas government' exiles and their backers & proxies were the 'nobility', leaving the colonies of the 'overseas' powers and subjects of proxies were the peasants who "desire to become something". The use of French iconography was a specific attack on France Overseas/the Oran Republic.

Tiers Mode became a common term used across Africa and Asia by any nationalist movement, whatever their ideology, while appearing in other countries as a provocative term for the more radical minority group activists. In 'first estate' communist nations (as Tier Monde ones called them), it was seen as a counter-revolutionary term. Since the 2000s, disgruntled youths in the Tier Monde nations called themselves the Fourth Monde

that's legitimately a really cool inversion I love it

 

[Charles EP M.]

(From the same world)

The Church of Rome was a derogatory term used in communist Europe for the Catholic Church and 'troublesome' priests. At the time, the Vatican was inside the Kingdom of (South) Italy/the Roman Kingdom which remained one of the few capitalist states on the continent. By calling any annoying papal pronouncement or a local priest "Church of Rome", the government, press, or individual was implying they were doing what a hostile & famously corrupt government told them (or what Washington told them) instead of following any pious morality.

A localised variant on this was used by the 60s protests in Ireland. Playing off an archaic protestant line, the youths chanted "home rule, not Rome rule" to claim the Dail was equivalent to the Roman Kingdom.

 

[Charles EP M.]

 Apartheid is a common term for the weakening of centralised power, by a speaker who considers it too far. This use is a distortion, as it originally the term was referring to an attempted escalation of racial segregation in South Africa - literally "aparthood" in Afrikaans. This is due to the South African 'government of national unity' bringing in the Federalisation Act in 1955, which famously accelerated the split into three nations. An Afrikaaner MP from the left-wing opposition called it: "apartheid where even the whites have to be seperate". Foreign UN personnel, journalists, and diplomats in 1957 often misunderstood this context and the term made it abroad as a mere anti-federalisation term.

In the United Republic of South Africa itself, apartheid still refers to racial segregation - specifically, everything before 1957 starting with the period from the restriction of black franchise in the Cape, which URSA views as their spiritual predecessor.

 

[TheNixonator]

The Existential War​

Whether through education or folklore, most Martians today know of the Existential War. However, the exact details deviate wildly according to the origin of those who tell them. One villain appears throughout: Onus, the Overseer of the Rusted Ones; though his existence has been questioned, he did probably exist. Onus supposedly rose to power sometime during the early sixth century, and his origins have been presumed to predate even the Year of the Black Sun. Upon his ascension to their leader, the behavioral patterns of the Rusted drastically changed, previously isolationist, going utterly unseen outside of Elysium, to extreme aggression by raiding the Isidis Bay. However, the Rusted were not prone to seafaring, and one day just stayed. It was then that the War was considered to have begun. The legion went south through Hesperia, ravaging towns and slaughtering all that came in their path. It was only once the city of Dao burned did they go west. It's around here that the particulars get slightly blurry.

According to Kaskazini annals, their warriors went south to cut off the Rusted and destroyed them. Though they likely fought them, excavation findings prove that Ophir was indeed razed around the period during which the War occurred, confirming other accounts. If Suirenese oral tradition is to be believed, Onus and his dark forces were driven from the mainland single-handedly by a manifestation of the hero Sputnik, whose soul had escaped the Gulag and its divine wardens once again to save humanity. Historians generally agree that the warrior that is spoken of to be Renshu of the Zuo Ya Dynasty, who was transcribed to have bravely fought against the Rusted in several battles and was not only associated with the culture hero but actually among the first landed converts to Vanguardism, as could be seen on his tomb depicting Sputnik's first denial of the Gods.

The Chronicle of Vannevar, a series of documents likely to have been written either after or late in the reign of its namesake, King Vannevar "The Great" of Nasania, transcribes the most accurate, or at least most detailed, interpretation of the finalities of the War. In it, it reads how upon the news of Ophir's destruction, Vannevar immediately sent his troops across the strait, hoping to prevent the Rusted from reaching Mariner. However, he recognized that there was only hope for a fight against the seemingly invincible Rusted if significantly weakened, so he sent his armies north into the mountains instead. As expected, Onus switched his sights and gave chase as Vannevar foresaw. The unfamiliar terrain, unpredictable flooding, and constant ambushes by European tribals considerably thinned the unbeatable army, and they retreated east, eventually reaching the sea. The Nasanians surrounded them and slowly, through shield wall after shield wall, eradicated every last of them. Viking Bay fishermen still pull up Rusted Ones from time to time.

No one can deny the religious impact of the Existential War. Vannevar claimed that following the defeat of Onus, a severely wounded Nasanian astronaut in his service, original name unknown, was possessed by the deity Sagan (a name the priest later took as his own). Through this vessel, he spoke of a new entity known as the Void and that the War was simply an excursion of Voidlings onto humanity's plane. The Void gained its power only because there were not enough believers on Mars, and Nasania had selfishly hoarded Twelve Astronauts' holiness. The priest then miraculously healed, he and the King claimed. Overall, it proposed a dualistic dichotomy, that of good versus evil. These ideas challenged established Nasanian scripture. How quickly this new interpretation spread shows the sort of respect that Vannevar garnered from his citizens.

On the other side, the whole region of Hesperia, particularly Suiren, was devastated by the Rusted's path of devastation. At this time, the Vanguardist missionaries in the Libyan monasteries began mass conversions. There are many things to take into play why their gospel struck such a chord with the peasantry. Perhaps it was the belief that their gods had abandoned them in their time of need, or they could relate to the oppression spoken of in Vanguardist teachings. One theory even suggests that Tianwen, a leading god in their pantheon, was believed to be a Rusted One. Regardless, too many Hesperians, the gods they had worshiped for generations, were now, or perhaps always had been, evil, and humanity must replace them.

- From Prof. Pasadena Parke at University of Ophir, 1886 AB/7023 AD

 

[Lilitou]

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Extract from A Very British Revolution: The History of Modern Britain, 1917–1991, published 2009 by the Historical Educational Authority (HEA) for distribution on behalf of the Education Committee of the General Congress of British Workers' Deputies (EDUCOM)

Eden Reclaimed: A Revolutionary Society, 1921–1936
4 - Social issues and demographic changes

The establishment of Black-Hundredist Russia under Admiral Kolchak and his clique had wide-ranging consequences for the rest of the world in many ways, but the main way it affected Britain in the immediate revolutionary period was in terms of immigration. Antisemitism had been an issue in Europe for some time, but the Great War and its impact had led to a surge of antisemitic activity the likes of which hadn't been observed since the 1903-1906 pogroms. This activity was centred in Russia and sanctioned by the Russian state, but outbursts of antisemitic feeling were felt across the continent, such as in victorious Germany and the former Ottoman Empire.

The trend of Jews leaving Russia in search of greener pastures predates the revolutionary period, having been spurred on by prior pogroms. Historically, most headed to the United States, but there had also been a small Jewish exodus to Britain and other nations. The Kolchak pogroms however quickened this ongoing trend; the Jewish population in the United States more than tripled between 1900 and 1935. In Europe, however, Britain was the main centre of emigration. There were a number of reasons for this; the British Revolution had been relatively peaceful and so Britain was still seen as a stable and prosperous nation worth the extra miles of travel, the exclusionary pre-war Alien Act was void along with most bourgeois legislation which meant that there were few controls on immigration, and the sizable pre-existing Ashkenazi Jewish community lobbied on behalf of the migrants to ensure their safe passage. As a result of this, the British Jewish population sky-rocketed throughout the early revolutionary period. Estimates place 250,000 Jews in Britain at the turn of the century; this number almost doubled to 450,000 by 1925, and rose again to just over 750,000 by 1935.

The majority of these new arrivals settled in the East End of London, where there was already a well-established Jewish community. Poplar specifically became the centre of a thriving Jewish community, but other major centres of Jewish migration included Leeds, Bury, Salford and other major urban areas. In Wales, Cardiff and the capital Merthyr Tydfil both saw an influx of Jewish immigrants, leading to the revival of the Merthyr Hebrew Congregation. These new arrivals brought with them their culture, religion and language, contributing to the wider emerging revolutionary culture, for example popularising the bagel in British cuisine. This culture was generally Ashkenazi; the majority of Sephardic Jews seeking asylum instead did so in Salonica. As many arrived impoverished having had their possessions appropriated by the Russian government, they were generally sympathetic to the revolutionary government and the cause of socialism.

In spite of this revolutionary zeal, their arrival was nevertheless controversial and the new arrivals were viewed with suspicion by some. Antisemitic feeling was no less present in Britain as on the continent, and many reactions to the new Jewish population were negative. In some of the newly-empowered workers' councils, local labour laws were passed which prevented the employment of Jewish immigrants in favour of native British workers. In opposition to this, Jewish migrant communities organised to participate in council democracy, eventually becoming a major force on the London councils. The anti-Jewish employment laws were eventually challenged and overturned by the Judicial Committee of the General Congress, but they set the stage for many councils to actively discriminate against migrants.

They also allowed immigration to become a national political debate, one which stretched across factional lines. The majority of nationalist delegates were resolutely opposed to any immigration and became the loudest voices in favour of migration controls reform, but no other group had a coherent stance. Centralists and Libertarians alike found themselves in favour and in opposition to the controls, on the basis of protecting British jobs or protecting the international proletariat. Eventually, the General Congress passed the Migration and Asylum Act in 1924, which codified controls on migration. They were not as restrictive as the pre-revolutionary Aliens Acts, but did introduce certain restrictions, and introduced the requirement for new arrivals to register with their council. The Act allowed for migrants to claim asylum in Britain as long as the individual could prove that return to their country of origin would likely mean death. This was almost certainly true for Jewish migrants fleeing the All-Russian State; but as the onus was on them to prove it, whether they were accepted or turned away was entirely at the discretion of the council that they found themselves in. This essentially meant that Jewish arrivals continued, but that they concentrated even further in areas like Poplar.

Immigration - particularly Jewish immigration - remained a political issue in Britain throughout the period. MacDonald came out strongly in favour of further controls in 1934, as the population of British Jews approached 750,000, which led to further restrictions as the Centralists embraced a more anti-immigration position more broadly. It was not until the German War, when the true horror of the Black Hundreds' regime was let loose across eastern Europe, that public opinion solidified in favour of accepting Jewish asylum seekers.

 

[Charles EP M.]

Tankies is a political slur originating from the United Kingdom in 1956, originally describing supporters of military force in the colonies and deriving from a nickname for tank crews. The incoming 'New Labour' government began a policy of gradual decolonisation and "a third way" in the Cold War, starting with negotiations in Kenya. There was opposition from both Labour backbenchers and the Conservative opposition, and one notable political cartoon ("The Tankies") depicted Herbert Morrison, LOTO Anthony Eden, and other prominent critics as a barmy tank crew.

Politicians, comedians, and students would use the term "tankies" afterwards and the term gradually changed to mean anyone from a larger country advocating military action against a smaller one (or perceived as a smaller one) regardless of motive. Alternate versions of the original cartoon have shown up, starting with a Daily Mail version criticising defence cuts in the early 1960s by redrawing the Labour 'Big Beasts' as the crew of a clapped-out junk tank.

 

[Catalunya]

Tankies is a political slur originating from the United Kingdom in 1956, originally describing supporters of military force in the colonies and deriving from a nickname for tank crews. The incoming 'New Labour' government began a policy of gradual decolonisation and "a third way" in the Cold War, starting with negotiations in Kenya. There was opposition from both Labour backbenchers and the Conservative opposition, and one notable political cartoon ("The Tankies") depicted Herbert Morrison, LOTO Anthony Eden, and other prominent critics as a barmy tank crew.

Politicians, comedians, and students would use the term "tankies" afterwards and the term gradually changed to mean anyone from a larger country advocating military action against a smaller one (or perceived as a smaller one) regardless of motive. Alternate versions of the original cartoon have shown up, starting with a Daily Mail version criticising defence cuts in the early 1960s by redrawing the Labour 'Big Beasts' as the crew of a clapped-out junk tank.

This is how the term tankie should be used IMO. Liberal hawks calling people “tankie” is one of the most ironic things imaginable.

 

[Comrade Izaac]

This is how the term tankie should be used IMO. Liberal hawks calling people “tankie” is one of the most ironic things imaginable.

no seriously i don't have any love for Kruschevites or Stalin dickriders but it's so annoying to me to hear modern liberals who like openly fantasize about destroying half of Cuba for "Human rights violations" our own government routinely commits give anybody shit for supporting the use of military force to guarantee the power of a politically friendly government.

hurdur fucking tankie hahahah. what's that ? no please don't look at the recent history of the vast majority of the third world and nation states on our own continent haha

 

[Charles EP M.]

The Bible Belt was a pro-wrestling championship in America's Georgia Championship Wrestling. Traditional religious values had been promoted since Dewey as a unifying principle in the face of Tiers Monde, communism, and other divisions, but by the 1970s this was being pushed against. To mock church pressure groups who criticised wrestling's growing popularity, GCW had the Bible Belt fought only by "good Christian boys" who all wrestled with over-the-top niceness and framed any cheating as "for the greater good of God". Famously, the sleazy oil mogul Gold Sheik (Hossein Khosrow) competed for it and won as the sleazy 'humble' Pastor Khosrow while refusing to let "that Satanist" Blue Demon fight him for it.

 

[Skaven]

The Bible Belt was a pro-wrestling championship in America's Georgia Championship Wrestling. Traditional religious values had been promoted since Dewey as a unifying principle in the face of Tiers Monde, communism, and other divisions, but by the 1970s this was being pushed against. To mock church pressure groups who criticised wrestling's growing popularity, GCW had the Bible Belt fought only by "good Christian boys" who all wrestled with over-the-top niceness and framed any cheating as "for the greater good of God". Famously, the sleazy oil mogul Gold Sheik (Hossein Khosrow) competed for it and won as the sleazy 'humble' Pastor Khosrow while refusing to let "that Satanist" Blue Demon fight him for it.

Barnett getting a little peppery down south, interesting given his otl ties to Carter and that set.

 

[Charles EP M.]

The G7 (Group of 7) is a prominent political alliance of similar nations. Ngola, South Congo, the Equatorial Federation, Mozambique and Faso Volta formed the initial Group of 5, followed later by the United People's of Cameroon after the 1965 unification and Gabon after the Summer of Noise.

The primary intention of the G7 was to ensure the shakily independent Tiers Monde nations would not collapse to coup, communism, or reconquest (which included too much influence from the US, URSA, and Commonwealth). Other than most being near each other and all being Francophonic or Lusophonic, the only similarity is democratic status: the G7 professes to be ensuring internal affairs remain internal.

 

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Year of Our Lord 2023

His Majesty The King, and his Heir
King David: The man's choice of name should be your first hint. Thrust into the role of Prince of Wales after his father's untimely death in Cardiff, the boy once known as David to all his family (and the press) was expected to take after his grandfather and become Edward X. But the old man's wishes be damned—when the new King took the throne at the age of 41, he decided to keep his name, thank you very much. David was known in his twenties as a lovable rogue, spending long days with artists, models, and actors on his school holidays. Instead of joining the Forces after graduating from university, as his father and uncles had done, he went right back to Oxford and started his MPhil. The new King was a sea change in the monarchy's public persona after the dignified but rather stiff and detached 45-year reign of his grandfather. He's done good on the expectations of a more down-to-earth Crown, so as far as public opinion is concerned, long may he reign.
Alexandra, Duchess of Cornwall: The heir apparent—and the very first female one, thanks to legislation passed in the 1990s. A student in her final year at Rugby, she's become a rising darling in the media as she's started taking on minor royal engagements and giving speeches on her father's behalf. Expected to attend Sandhurst once she graduates, sources speculate that the Princess of Wales-in-waiting (she's set to get the title at 21) hopes to make a career out of the Army before settling down to assume the full duties of the heir apparent. A soldier queen in the waiting.


His Majesty's Government
Liberal Party: Britain's undisputed electoral juggernaut. What, you thought Johnson's loss in 2012 was the beginning of the end of Liberal Britain? Nonsense, that was nothing more than a blip. Look at how fast the May government fell. No, no, the Liberal machine keeps chugging on. Look what happened just last year: when Sunak's tax scandal broke, did the party split? Did their poll numbers plunge off the deep end? No, the grey suits simply moved in, told Sunak what he needed do, and that was that. His old rival from the 2022 leadership race was elected to replace him. The polls are back to where they were in Cameron's heydays. The cogs continue to turn. The machine is as well-oiled as it ever was. The factions tussle from time to time, but everyone knows better than to bring their issues into the public eye. All is well on this sceptred isle.

Reform Society: Drawing its origins from the old Reform Club, the Reform Society is the largest internal group within the Liberal organization, claiming nearly two-thirds of all Liberal politicians as members. Though rather nebulous as a faction, as many have observed, the Society has nonetheless become a forum for any (well, almost any) up-and-coming Liberal hotshot to rub elbows with people who could make or break their career. Even those representing other factions are smart enough to keep the Society on side and find allies within, lest their time in the party be cut short. Lord Blakenham is the Society's president, but almost everyone knows that the real power is in the hands of the Secretary-General—Alastair Campbell—and we all know the Earl Blair always has his ear.​

Liberal-Labour: Ah, the Lib-Labs. What would you do without them? One fateful deal between Herbert Gladstone and Ramsay Macdonald and two surprisingly successful coalitions led to the most durable governing situation Europe has seen. It's the perfect quid pro quo, really—they keep the unions happy and quiet, and in return they have several seats at the table—including the head seat, which they've just won for the third time. Of course, to call Lib-Lab a faction would be a gross misrepresentation, what with all the Societies under its wing:​

Common Wealth Society: Perhaps the furthest left section of the Liberal Party that can come anywhere near power—and they've done it, by God, they've taken Downing Street!​

Co-Operative Society: Founded to serve as the co-op movement's voice in the Party, today it's just become another label—my granddad was in the co-op, so was my dad, and so am I—that sort.​

Fabian Society: The Fabians today pride themselves as being the "voice of social and liberal democracy". Whatever that means. Or whatever David Miliband says it means.​

Liberal Unionist Society: Basically a springboard for trade unionists looking to make the jump to electoral politics. Candidate selection statistics? Well, they could be a little better, I admit...​

Liberal Agrarian Federation: You'd think this'd simply be a farmers' alliance sort of group, and you'd be partially right. Yet it's no secret that the Agrarian Federation is really the modern iteration of the old Whig faction of the Liberals. Yes, you can't live without them, and even though they don't gun for the top job as they once did, if you look below the surface, you'll find the Old Families still wield more influence than you'd think. Even Truss, ever the left-wing firebrand, couldn't avoid retaining the Earl Spencer as Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary. So if you're wondering whatever happened to the old Whigs, now you have your answer. Public wants to abolish the House of Lords? Go right ahead. I'm not unreasonable, I'm no bleeding Tory. You just know what you have to do at the candidate selection for my local constituency, don't you?​

Scottish Home Rule Association: With the Scottish Home Rule Act being a central plank of Truss's 2023 manifesto, the SHRA is rapidly fading away into irrelevance. Plans are reportedly already underway for the group's dissolution, with the only remaining question being whether Douglas or Wendy Alexander will become Chief Minister.​

Chamberlain Forum: Once a ginger group focused on metropolitan radicalism in the vein of Liberal grandee and dynastic patriarch Joseph Chamberlain, the Forum has since waned after decades of Liberal-led municipal reform has rendered its purpose moot. Today, it mostly exists to host triannual summits where local mayors and councillors discuss urban planning, service improvement, and electoral strategy.​

Britannia Unchained: Ah, the libertarians! Because how better to reignite the liberal flame than to return to its most classical roots? Formerly a mostly-disorganized minor faction, they've have finally found their voice under Daniel Hannan's fearless leadership. Though their past standard-bearers—Forth, Campbell-Bannerman, Sked, Goldsmith, and O'Flynn—have had little in common, Britannia Unchained is united by a commitment to libertarianism and deregulation at home and disengagement abroad. Military intervention, foreign aid, development programs, chuck 'em all away. Of course, nothing riles them up more than the Pan-European Treaty Organization—their commitment to leaving PETO will make even the most ardent Tory go "whoa, slow down, tiger.".​

Liberal Ecologist Forum: Pretty much what it says on the tin, a ginger group for greens, environmentalists, ecologists—whatever you want to call them—hoping to push the Liberal Party in a more environmentally-conscious direction. So far, they seem to believe they've been successful—just don't remind them of how their most radical members have defected to the Progressive Alliance.​

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His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
Conservative Party: Theresa May did the impossible in 2012. The Johnson government had become so sloppy, so unpopular, so inconsistent, that their support base tanked, a third of the Cabinet resigned, and Johnson recorded the worst approval ratings since the polls started. The Liberal seat count plunged. Like, actually plunged. When the count was in, nobody at CCO could believe it. It was no majority government of course, but they'd toppled the Liberal machine! Of course, everyone was itching for a piece of the pie. Action, the Progressive Alliance, and even Independent Labour were falling over themselves to form agreements, promising to cooperate on issues where they aligned with the Tories. The Liberals stonewalled where they could, but the deals pushed on, at least for a while. The bubble had to burst sooner or later, but it seemed the Tories were still caught off guard. The Liberals elected the increasingly popular Sir David Cameron as their new leader, driving their poll numbers out of the slump Johnson left them in. The Progressive Alliance withdrew their votes on the budget at the last minute after clashes on funding for green spaces. Independent Labour shadow ministers grew more lukewarm about the deal arrangements—and weren't shy about it on Question Time. Then the dam broke. May and her Chancellor, Gideon Osborne, announced their plan to raise the retirement age come 2015. The opposition benches raised hell. Independent Labour filed a motion of no confidence. The Alliance quickly joined in. Even the Liberals, who, let's face it, had been planning to do exactly that as recently as 2011, stood unashamedly against the move as numerous unions (both Lib-Lab and Ind Lab-affiliated) and student groups flooded the streets. You know what happened next. The government fell. Cameron won a landslide. May hung on until 2019, trying and failing to take back her party's lost glory. It was not to be. More than ten years on from May's victory, Osborne—now Sir Gideon—holds the party reins. So, will he have a shot at retaking power for the Tories? You already know the answer.

Other Political Parties
Independent Labour Party: The Great Split of 1910 left two parties in its wake. One would join the Liberals, a fateful deal that would propel three of its members into Downing Street. The other stuck it out on their own—fighting the good fight, as they like to say—and were rewarded with perpetual third place. Now backed only by radical activists, socialist groups, and the few unions left who didn't join Lib-Lab, it seems the numbers game shows you all you need to know about why Independent Labour has never managed to form the Official Opposition, much less Government. But wait! Alex Phillips's leadership has given the party a massive boost, from their ground game to their media strategy! And—good god, they're gaining ground rapidly from Progressive Alliance voters! And Osborne's shadow cabinet's looking more aloof by the day! Could this finally be their time?
Action Party: Not much to see here, just good old Kilroy-Silk's classic blend of economic populism blended with a healthy dose of social conservatism. Essentially, they say out loud what the Tories normally convey via a series of dog-whistles and carefully-timed winks. Their seat count has risen in recent years though. I suppose we should be concerned?
Progressive Alliance: Founded in the early nineties by a group of disaffected leftists in the Liberal Party led by Brian Sedgemore, the Progressive Alliance today is a hodgepodge of champagne socialists, left-libertarians, ecologists, and ex-Liberals frustrated with their inability to rise up in the ranks. Sedgemore and his successor Charlie Kennedy polled well, projecting that 'maverick' image so sorely missing from all three of the 'old' parties. Yet, for all the excitement, they never could break out of fourth place and overtake Independent Labour, which has ever so gracefully come to Alliance leaders with a proposal for a merger. Their numbers dwindled as the years rolled on, and although Caroline Lucas tried valiantly at the last three elections, it seems as though Independent Labour may consume the Alliance whether they want it or not.
Scottish Republican Party: Holding strong at four seats, the Scottish Republicans are...rather a quixotic bunch. Yearning for self-government, Kate Forbes and her team decry the Liberals' "heavy-handed, top-down rule from Westminster" and their refusal to let Scotland have their say, alone. Doesn't sound that odd, you say? Well, I guess you'd be right, if only "self-government" didn't mean the right to ignore abortion rights laws, downgrade same-sex marriages to 'civil unions', and, er, shall we say, formulate their own policy on gender identification issues. See what I mean?

 

[Warthog]

The Bible Belt was a pro-wrestling championship in America's Georgia Championship Wrestling. Traditional religious values...

 Wokerati was a pejorative name for various dojo groupings that tried, generally in vain, to get karate, jujitsu, or other eastern martial arts, a place in American schools following Dewey's enthusiastic embrace of schools' wrestling. The name comes from a short poem by Sansei Pugh of Boston, which began Woe, karate! Woe for the dojo, Woe for the children of men

 

[Warthog]

Omnishambles was a mid twenty-teens dance craze. Originating in towns of western Nottinghamshire, it involved the mass exodus of patrons of a club, following a conga-like procession along the street to another nearby club. The name derived from the shambling method of walking or dancing, some say inspired by the Zombie television series of the period.

 

[Warthog]

Metropolitan Elite was the relaunch pale magenta colour scheme for the London Underground railway line, unveiled on the first Met train to arrive at Watford Junction via Croxley. The paler colour scheme (based on ff80ff) met with mixed reactions to Londoners used to the darker scheme, but proved unfortunately popular with taggers, as a quick shot with a red spray showed up from far away. The colour scheme was retired after only 5 years, TfL citing "cleaning costs", and replaced by the dark, rich purple Metropolitan Bishop

 

[Warthog]

The Northern Ireland Backstop was the nickname of Belfast-born Mets catcher, CJ Conlon.

 

[Warthog]

 Edstone was a political buzzword that originated during the 2025 Labour Leadership Contest, that had been triggered by the collapse of Sir Keim Starmer's administration in the wake of his Chancellor Paul Mason's Trotskyite budget. The frontrunner (and ultimate winner), Ed Milliband, was accused of "a hectoring and dismissive tone", initially due to an Observer piece in which he excoriated not only Sir Keir's "underpass cut rate hallucinogenic Militantism", but also some of his opponents' "high school car park levels of thinking." However it was the televised debate that got the term "Ed's tone" widely used. During the debate, Milliband turned to Wes Streeting and asked "what have you ever done of practical value that you could have learned from a mistake in?"

Although occasional grumbles of "Ed's tone!" would be heard during PMQs, Milliband's return to the calmer way of debating the public (and party) had been used to, supports analysts like Poly Toynbee's suggestion that he was under tremendous pressure to get the contest over before more damage was done.

 

[Warthog]

Step outside, posh boy was the name of a semi-satyrical campaign in the UK, following the 2010 Black Sea Earthquake. Crown Prince Gordon Brown of Romania had previously campaigned widely and successfully in British schools for volunteers to assist with clean up in tsunami-ravaged Constanta. Prince Gordon's aide, Damian McBride, launched Step outside, posh boy, in a controversial attempt to shame public schools in Southern England to volunteer in the same way as their state sector counterparts

 

[Warthog]

New labour, New danger was a 1990s British Medical Association campaign against the rise of unsupervised home births

 

[Qaz_plm]

Inspired by a very bad timeline on the other place which had Dilbert airing at 2 AM on weekdays and a Woody Woodpecker compilation show in prime time. Universal and Sony launching a animation oriented channel during the early 2000s is the concept

ToonMax Friday night lineup

Star Trek: The Animated Series rerun 7:00-7:30

Clerks: The Animated Series * 7:30-8:00

Dilbert 8:00-8:30

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series 8:30-9:00

Hulk 9:00-9:30

Sailor Moon 9:30-10:00

Dragon Ball Z 10:00-10:30

Yu Yu Hakusho 10:30-11:00

Cowboy Bebop 11:00-11:30

NGE 11:30-12:00

Serial Experiments Lain 12:00-12:30

Spitting Image** 12:30-1:00

* Clerks: The Animated Series was originally developed for UPN but switched to ABC due to Miramax bullshit
** not cancelled but definitely of like 2DTV quality