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Alternate Wikibox Thread
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Stuyvesant
Just wait until I actually get my shit together
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- The Place Beyond The Pines
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- he/him
Because that's the premise. There's a reason the box says 'selection' not election
Blackentheborg
Mickey Leland would've won
- Location
- the Blitz House
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- He/Him
"...as the North Sea Crisis becomes bloodier, all eyes are on the Middle East to shoulder world demand for oil production-"CW: Mentions of gore
"...well, Jim, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest. After years of climate crises, political extremism and subconscious trauma, young people will undoubtedly be looking for answers, especially from an stern authority figure. Look at Trump and his cult of personality, for example-"
"...little being known about him before suddenly bursting onto the philosopher scene, Osennykh Ilyich is ranked alongside other celebrity cultural theorists like Peterson, Žižek and-"
"...information garnered from the Ministry of Social Protection uncovered a bizarre mix of Egoism and esoteric religious practices similar to that of Aleister Crowley and his Abbey of Thelema-"
"...inside you there are two wolves. One says that the leader of the pack must be followed without question, the other wants nothing more than the leaders throat to be ripped out with his teeth-"
"...massive successes with people on the fringe right-wing isn't something I worry about. It's a new fad. I don't care that they claim to be magic or whatever-the-fuck, it's just another label on the same tin-"
"...they claim their are shortages of wheat, of barley. Their imports rot in docks while greedy men horde imaginary money. Friends, they, in their blind arrogance, have missed a near-infinite food source yet untapped-"
"...reports of sporadic gunfire deeper into the mountain range worries locals-"
"...no, listen to me! You don't--listen, damn it! They aren't coming back from patrol! None of them! Those wizard fucks are killing my men and--"
"...with smaller domestic incidents being linked to the movement as it grows in international popularity, including the murder of a purported domestic abuser in the French city of Nice, noted for the corpse missing it's-"
"...how long until Malofeev gases them too, huh? You can clipchimp me all you want, I said what I said, deal with it. God, you delusional Vaush fans in chat are all so triggered by literally anything I-"
...Баю-баюшки баю
Не ложися на краю
Придёт серенький волчок
И укусит за бочок...
"...the conditions in west Asia are absolutely prime for more socialist uprisings, the same kind we've seen so far in the Red Corridor and the Phillipines. A crimson tide is flooding the continent to the point China, who still famously touts itself as a communist country despite the failure of "Global Market NuEconomics with Militant Characteristics" that Haifeng tried to-"
"...US President Price mulls fleet withdrawal from the Mediterranean Sea as the Syrian Civil War approaches it's Crystal Anniversary-"
"...while the murder and partial consumption of several Saudi businessman has been linked to the Cult of Vyriy, many have speculated that the violent anti-capitalist revolution could spread further into the Eurasia-"
"...Yavaş, Çelik, İmamoğlu, Şahin, all wannabes, pale imitations of Erdoğan. If it weren't for their dealings with China, the Ba'ath Party would be wiped off the-"
"...usually go on some sort of ethnic cleansing crusade when things get bad. Look at what China did to the Uyghurs, and what the Saudis did to the Shia, and what Russia's been doing to-"
"...consider it ironic that it was women, some with headscarves, some without, that drove Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq from the Taurus mountains. We just never considered that those very same women wouldn't stop there and go after the Tahrir al-Sham-"
"...be they Houthi or PFLP, they are comrades all, and we welcome them to learn the teachings of Apo as we did-"
"...good for them. No, really, I think what they're doing is good. I'm all in on autonomy for the Kurdish people, and that's not just because I fought with the YPG, it's because I consider myself a decent human being. And Syria was pretty cringe, we all know it. Does anyone here actually have a question about my campaign?-"
Dagîr kerî dil pir le qîn
Dirrindey bê wîjdan û dîn
Natiwanî wakey Kurd nebîn
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Meppo
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- Location
- Default City, Russia
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- he/him
Price?
Not a fan of the Philippines going socialist but I'm enjoying these a lot!
Walpurgisnacht
Incredibly Busy Trying To Kill Everyone
- Location
- Banned from the forum
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- He/Him
I am certainly enjoying these, but I think giving them their own thread where they can be easily organised would be cool and totally not just because I also have a FH worldbuilding thread on life support
Comrade Izaac
Secretary General of the Alt-Historians Union
- Pronouns
- They/Them
oh fuck it's brace
Comrade TruthTeller
Peter Mandelson shares a nickname with Ralsei
- Location
- Pinner, London
Mr. Bush, I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale! I done handcuffed lightning and throw thunder in jail! You know I’m good; just last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick! I’m so mean, I make medicine sick!
TheNixonator
Unironic Georgist
Workingmen's-People's "Nativist Alliance": As Chinese immigration became more and more the main topic discussed in preparation for the election, nativism had become the new fad. As such, the main anti-immigration parties, the Workingmen's Party and People's Party, decided to nominate the same candidate in a fusion ballet in the hopes of finally winning the Presidency. This man was Oregon Governor Sylvestor Pennoyer, who after nomination, chose Colorado Senator William J. Hunsaker as his running mate. Their official platform was what could basically be simplified to nativism, populism, and really anything you can associate with anti-establishment sentiment.
Chivalry Party: As the years of winning the Presidency, again and again, the Chivalry Party and its members grew comfortable in their mansions and aloof to the discontent growing among the Pacifican populace against their seemingly endless reign. Because of this, they did not worry when Pennoyer began his campaign. They had seen popular demagogues run against them and lose, especially with voter intimidation on their side. But then the riots began, and they finally realized that maybe hiring cheap Chinese workers wasn't so popular with the common white man.
Citizens Party: The Citizens Party's Convention knew they were going to lose the election. But they still got to work and campaigned hard and thoroughly to represent Pcificans who supported just copying whatever the remnants of the US Republicans were doing. Of course, this platform was only really popular in Nevada and Oregon (though they still lost the latter), where some pro-Union sentiment still resided. Regardless, they still went on to lose the election, but at least with some more votes than years prior.
This is the 1889 Presidential Election from this list I've been doing in my test thread. I'll probably post more tidbits from this timeline here and there.
Chivalry Party: As the years of winning the Presidency, again and again, the Chivalry Party and its members grew comfortable in their mansions and aloof to the discontent growing among the Pacifican populace against their seemingly endless reign. Because of this, they did not worry when Pennoyer began his campaign. They had seen popular demagogues run against them and lose, especially with voter intimidation on their side. But then the riots began, and they finally realized that maybe hiring cheap Chinese workers wasn't so popular with the common white man.
Citizens Party: The Citizens Party's Convention knew they were going to lose the election. But they still got to work and campaigned hard and thoroughly to represent Pcificans who supported just copying whatever the remnants of the US Republicans were doing. Of course, this platform was only really popular in Nevada and Oregon (though they still lost the latter), where some pro-Union sentiment still resided. Regardless, they still went on to lose the election, but at least with some more votes than years prior.
This is the 1889 Presidential Election from this list I've been doing in my test thread. I'll probably post more tidbits from this timeline here and there.
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Blackentheborg
Mickey Leland would've won
- Location
- the Blitz House
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- He/Him
POD: Nixon gets assassinated in '72, Agnew takes over. Hilarity ensues.
Comrade TruthTeller
Peter Mandelson shares a nickname with Ralsei
- Location
- Pinner, London
Well then Fido got up off the floor an' he rolled over... an' he looked me straight in the eye... an you know what he said? "Once upon a time, somebody say to me..." This is a dog talking now. "What is your Conceptual Continuity? Well, I told him right then", Fido said... "It should be easy to see..."
"The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe."
Yes the third party is literally called the Third Party. @bd_roberts suggested the name and it's 100% something that Zappa would do.
"The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe."
Yes the third party is literally called the Third Party. @bd_roberts suggested the name and it's 100% something that Zappa would do.
Comrade TruthTeller
Peter Mandelson shares a nickname with Ralsei
- Location
- Pinner, London
For a number of months I have been thinking about doing a series about if Doctor Who went to America, say if the BBC turned it down and Newman moved his interests elsewhere, say. Here is my look at it, with the pending title of Doctor Tubular, which I know is a horrendous name but... eh.
Erinthecute
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- Location
- Australia
- Pronouns
- she/her
The victory of Norbert Hofer in the Austrian presidential election sent shockwaves across the world. For the first time in the modern era, a European nation had elected a far-right president. Though often considered a symbolic office, little known to most observers ahead of the election, the President is invested with a great degree of power: the ability to appoint and dismiss the Chancellor and cabinet at will, sign and veto laws, and rule by emergency decree under some circumstances. Austria's status as a parliamentary, rather than semi-presidential, nation is largely a result of convention and tradition. During the campaign, Hofer called for early parliamentary elections to be held. One need look no further than opinion polls, which throughout 2015-16 placed the Freedom Party clearly in first place, to find his motives. The President also has the power to dissolve the National Council at the request of the cabinet, and as soon as he took office, Hofer began negotiations with the government to do just that.
The SPÖ, led by new Chancellor Christian Kern on just this third month on the job, were starting to see a recovery in their popularity, while their junior partner the ÖVP were staring down the barrel of a historically bad result. Neither were particularly keen. But with Hofer taking such strong initiative, all were wary of what could happen if they refused. FPÖ leaders began to suggest that Hofer could dismiss the government and simply appoint another which would request the dissolution. The SPÖ and ÖVP proposed that an election be held ahead of schedule the next year, but Hofer refused to accept a compromise. He threatened to veto the government's legislation if they did not relent. Faced with a brewing constitutional crisis and the prospect of gridlock for the remainder of the term, and hoping that Hofer's antics had soured the public against the FPÖ, Kern and the SPÖ took the gamble. The ÖVP were scathing, accusing the Social Democrats of throwing in with Strache, but they were powerless to prevent it.
While the Freedom Party saw a small dip ahead of the election, circumstances failed to avert catastrophe. Hans-Christian Strache led them to a sweeping victory with just under a third of the vote. Most of their new support flowed from disgruntled ÖVP voters and former supporters of Team Stronach and the BZÖ, as well as non-voters. They won a plurality in seven of the nine federal states, with only Vienna and Burgenland remaining stalwart for the SPÖ. The Social Democrats managed to avoid total disaster, recording a slight improvement from 2013, but nonetheless finishing a relatively distant second. On the other hand, the ÖVP's worst fears were realised as they crashed to below 20%. The Greens remained steady on 12%, and NEOS improved to 6.5%.
Government formation was anything but straight-forward. The FPÖ were quickly forced to admit that, like Haider before him, nobody would accept Hans-Christian Strache as Chancellor. Some demanded that Hofer appoint him anyway but, despite his success in wrecking the previous government, the President found himself constrained in building one responsible to a parliamentary majority. The SPÖ had made tentative moves toward reconciliation with the Freedom Party ahead of the election, and stated that they were open to discussions. A series of constellations excluding the FPÖ were ruled out by various parties, most significantly the ÖVP, who resolved to retreat to opposition and leave the Social Democrats to clean up the mess. Reinhold Mitterlehner was immediately jettisoned and, to the surprise of few, succeeded by foreign minister Sebastian Kurz. With alternatives exhausted, long and difficult negotiations began between the FPÖ and SPÖ. They forged a compromise reminiscent of the modern FPÖ's first stint in government under Wolfgang Schüssel, with Christian Kern remaining Chancellor while the FPÖ took a majority of cabinet posts; Strache also remained outside of cabinet.
The SPÖ, led by new Chancellor Christian Kern on just this third month on the job, were starting to see a recovery in their popularity, while their junior partner the ÖVP were staring down the barrel of a historically bad result. Neither were particularly keen. But with Hofer taking such strong initiative, all were wary of what could happen if they refused. FPÖ leaders began to suggest that Hofer could dismiss the government and simply appoint another which would request the dissolution. The SPÖ and ÖVP proposed that an election be held ahead of schedule the next year, but Hofer refused to accept a compromise. He threatened to veto the government's legislation if they did not relent. Faced with a brewing constitutional crisis and the prospect of gridlock for the remainder of the term, and hoping that Hofer's antics had soured the public against the FPÖ, Kern and the SPÖ took the gamble. The ÖVP were scathing, accusing the Social Democrats of throwing in with Strache, but they were powerless to prevent it.
While the Freedom Party saw a small dip ahead of the election, circumstances failed to avert catastrophe. Hans-Christian Strache led them to a sweeping victory with just under a third of the vote. Most of their new support flowed from disgruntled ÖVP voters and former supporters of Team Stronach and the BZÖ, as well as non-voters. They won a plurality in seven of the nine federal states, with only Vienna and Burgenland remaining stalwart for the SPÖ. The Social Democrats managed to avoid total disaster, recording a slight improvement from 2013, but nonetheless finishing a relatively distant second. On the other hand, the ÖVP's worst fears were realised as they crashed to below 20%. The Greens remained steady on 12%, and NEOS improved to 6.5%.
Government formation was anything but straight-forward. The FPÖ were quickly forced to admit that, like Haider before him, nobody would accept Hans-Christian Strache as Chancellor. Some demanded that Hofer appoint him anyway but, despite his success in wrecking the previous government, the President found himself constrained in building one responsible to a parliamentary majority. The SPÖ had made tentative moves toward reconciliation with the Freedom Party ahead of the election, and stated that they were open to discussions. A series of constellations excluding the FPÖ were ruled out by various parties, most significantly the ÖVP, who resolved to retreat to opposition and leave the Social Democrats to clean up the mess. Reinhold Mitterlehner was immediately jettisoned and, to the surprise of few, succeeded by foreign minister Sebastian Kurz. With alternatives exhausted, long and difficult negotiations began between the FPÖ and SPÖ. They forged a compromise reminiscent of the modern FPÖ's first stint in government under Wolfgang Schüssel, with Christian Kern remaining Chancellor while the FPÖ took a majority of cabinet posts; Strache also remained outside of cabinet.
Luke_Starkiller
Well-known member
*cries and vomits*
Comrade TruthTeller
Peter Mandelson shares a nickname with Ralsei
- Location
- Pinner, London
This is a new series I have just started, called SuperMac's Super Majority. Again not one of my best names...
Blackentheborg
Mickey Leland would've won
- Location
- the Blitz House
- Pronouns
- He/Him
cikka
No. 1 Count Binface Defender
- Location
- Pratfalling into a puddle
- Pronouns
- she/her
"...I mean, Banksy, have you seen what Kinnock has been saying? We need Tony..."
"...Who in the lord's name would allow him to do that? Does he think he can pull this off? It's not like he'd win the leadership anyway..."
"...upon criticism of undemocratic procedure, Banks has said that the people of Newham North West had voted for Benn's ideals..."
"...and party headquarters won't fucking lift a finger, you can bet on that! What made you think this was a good idea?"
"...I am a social democrat. Benn is a Trotskyist. Your choice."
"...and there's no chance, no hope, no nothing! The bloody Alliance have all the damn doors knocked! We're on the road to a second Bermondsey!"
"And once again, the Left goes down in glorious defeat."
Time Enough
"Enthusiastic Cis Male Partner"
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Neil Kinnock; “I told you so!”
That being said, a continuation of the SDP doing well could possibly be turned around if Kinnock is able to deal with a rudderless Left quicker.
cikka
No. 1 Count Binface Defender
- Location
- Pratfalling into a puddle
- Pronouns
- she/her
they're still the alliance at this point, to be fair. I stole the template from the bermondsey wikibox
Time Enough
"Enthusiastic Cis Male Partner"
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- He/Him
I should have said, the SDP inside the Alliance. Feels like the kind of scenario where an SDP/Alliance surge that kneecaps Tory and Labour seats in 87’ allows Labour to surge too and so we get a hung parliament and David Owen being David Owen.