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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

After Götterdämmerung (Who Loves you @The Red?)

Presidents of Germany
1925-1934: Paul von Hindenburg (Independent Conservative)

1925 First Round: Karl Jarres (DVP-DVNP), Otto Braun (SPD), Wilhelm Marx (Zentrum), Ernst Thälmann (KPD)
1925 Second Round: Paul von Hindenburg (Independent Conservative supported by DVP-DVNP-BVP, Monarchists), Wilhelm Marx (Zentrum-SPD), Ernst Thälmann (KPD)
1932 First Round: Paul von Hindenburg (Independent Conservative supported by SPD-Zentrum-DStP-DVP, Monarchists), Adolf Hitler (NSDAP), Ernst Thälmann (KPD), Theodor Duesterberg (DVNP, Stahlhelm)
1933: Adolf Hitler (NSDAP) as leader of the Second Beer Hall Putsch
1934-1938: Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (Reichswehr Independent-Querfront, later KGRNS)
1934 First Round: Otto Braun (SPD-DStP-DVP)
1938-1961: Albert Kesselring (KGRNS)
1961-1968: Ferdinand Schoerner (KGRNS)

1961 Referendum: Ja
1968-1971: Wilhelm (IV) von Hohenzollern (Independent Monarchist, KGRNS)
1971-1978: Adolf Reichswein (Neu Beginnen: SPD-SAPD-KPD-DVP--LDPD-Zentrum-CSVd)

1971 First Round: Adolf Reichswein (Neu Beginnen: SPD-SAPD-KPD-DVP), Friedrich Ebert, Jr. (IKPD(DI)), Erwin Rommel (Independent Conservative-Stahlhelm), Gustav Heinemann (LDPD), Theodor Oberländer (Volksallianz-NSU), Alfred Delp (Zentrum-ÖVP), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (CSVd)
1971 Second Round: Adolf Reichswein (Neu Beginnen: SPD-SAPD-KPD-DVP-LDPD--Zentrum-CSVd), Frederich Ebert, Jr. (IKDP(DI)), Theodor Oberländer (Volksallianz-NSU-Stahlhelm), Kurt von Schuschnigg (Independent-ÖVP)
1978: Joachim Peiper (“Independent” Government of European Defense)
3.1978 First Round: Hermann Johann Bottcher (Neu Beginnen: SPD-SAPD-KPD), Karl Maron (IKPD(DI), Axel von dem Bussche (Zentrum-CSVd-ÖVP), Willi Herold (Volksallianz-NSU-Stahlhelm), Gerhard Schröder (LDPD)
3.1978 Second Round: Cancelled
1978-1985: Annemarie Renger (Verfassungsfront: NB-IKPD(DI)-Zentrum-CSVd-LDPD-ÖVP)
9.1978 First Round: Annemarie Renger (Verfassungsfront), Otto von Hapsburg (Independent-Volksallianz), Albert Forster (NSU)

Chancellors of Germany
1932-1932: Franz von Papen (Independent with Presidential support, supply and confidence from DVNP)

6.1932: Adolf Hitler (NSDAP), Otto Wels (SPD), Ernst Thälmann (KPD), Ludwig Kaas (Zentrum), Alfred Hugenberg (DNVP)
11.1932: Otto Wels (SPD) Adolf Hitler (NSDAP), Ernst Thälmann (KPD), Ludwig Kaas (Zentrum), Alfred Hugenberg (DNVP)
1932-1933: Kurt von Schleicher (Independent with Presidential Support, supply and confidence from DVNP, DVP, KGRNS; extra-political aid from Stahlhelm, Reichswehr, Schwarz Front)
1933: Adolf Hitler (NSDAP) as leader of the Second Beer Hall Putsch
1933-1934: Franz von Papen (Independent with Presidential Support, supply and confidence from DVNP, DVP, KGRNS; extra-political aid from Reichswehr, Stahlhelm)

1934: Gregor Strasser (KGRNS), Otto Wels (SPD), Ludwig Kaas (Zentrum), Alfred Hugenberg (DVNP)
1934-1936: Gregor Strasser (KGRNS with Presidential Support, leading Querfront Cabinet with DVNP, DVP, Independents, Monarchists; extra-political aid from Reichswehr, Stahlhelm)
1935: Gregor Strasser (KGRNS, leading Querfront Slate), No Legal Opposition
1936-1937: Kurt von Schleicher (KGRNS)
1937-1939:
Walter Stennes (KGRNS)
1939-1941: Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (KGRNS)
1941-1943: Wilhelm Canaris (KGRNS)
1943-1960: Albert Kesselring --- Direct Presidential Control (KGRNS)
1960-1961:
Reinhard Heydrich (KGRNS)
1961-1968: Reinhard Gehlen (KGRNS)
1968-1968: Rolf Thomsen (KGRNS)
1968-1971: Hans-Ulrich Rudel (KGRNS, later Independent, NSU)
1971-1974: Gerald Götting (LDPD in coalition with Zentrum, CSVd)

1971: Ernest Mandel (IKPD(DI)), Gerald Götting (LDPD), Herbert Frahm (NB), Gerhard Woitzik (Zentrum), Kurt Waldheim (Volksallianz), Heinrich Albertz (CSVd), Otto Strasser (NSU)
1973: Herbert Frahm (NB), Ernest Mandel (IKPD(DI)), Gerald Götting (LDPD), Gerhard Woitzik (Zentrum), Kurt Waldheim (Volksallianz-NSU), Heinrich Albertz (CSVd)
1974-1976: Gerhard Woitzik (Zentrum in coalition with LDPD, CSVd, supply and confidence from NB)
1976-1978: Hilde Meisel (NB:SPD-SAPD-KPD)

1976: Heinz A. Kissinger (LDPD), Erich Honecker (IKDP(DI)), Hans Scholl (Zentrum-CSVd), Friedrich Peter (Volksallianz-NSU)
1978: Kurt Waldheim (Independent Leading Government of European Defense with Volksallianz, NSU, Monarchists; extra-political aid from Reichswehr, Stahlhelm)
1978-1983: Hilde Meisel (Verfassungsfront: NB:SPD-SAPD-KPD in coalition with IKPD(DI), LDPD, Zentrum, CSVd, ÖVP)

1979: Hilde Meisel (Verfassungsfront), Kurt Waldheim (Independent-Volksallianz), Friedhelm Busse (NSU)
1983-1988: Hilde Meisel (NB: SPD-SAPD-KPD)
1983: Helmut Kohl (CSU), Uwe Ronneburger (LDPD), Klaus Gysi (IKDP(DI), Jo Leinen (Grüne)
It took a very long time to get this all typed up and laid out so if everyone doesn't mind I'll do whats going to be a very long summary later.​
 
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I'm getting spoiled here. This is great stuff mate and I must say I'm rather surprised by the direction its taken, I was expecting that ITTL Von Schleicher might get a chance to win but I guess it's not surprising that he's managed to screw himself over yet again and enable another flavour of fascism to take over in Germany despite Hitler's best efforts to give him his Wehrstaat. My only criticism would be that Joachim Peiper is surely a bit too young to be head of state in 1978, although I guess there might be an adequate explanation in the write-up.
 
People like @morbidteaparty, @Lord Roem, @Thande and @Meadow have heard me talk about the frothing insanity that is Clive Palmer's political career which links the bizarre near dictatorship of Joh Bjelke-Petersen to mad memes about drunk dogs.

tbh most of what im saying is what eds told me and he wrote an essay about the man and got a first on it

The interesting thing about Palmer is that he did what loads of parties had spent decades of effort trying and failing to do - smashing through the two party system and getting parliamentary representation. And thats because he spent masses of money stood people in every seat in Australia - one of the first times any party has bothered to do that and asked pretty much anyone who'd nod to stand on his Palmer United ticket. Through sheer mass and spending power they won a handful of seats in 2013 but its quickly broke apart as it turned out the randos who had managed to break through didn't agree on very much and went their own separate ways. Palmer United was folded up last year but this year he's decided to try and relaunch his political career on the back of shockingly bad memes.

so i got to thinking

Could you replicate this phenomenon in America, and who would be the kind of person to launch such a campaign and have such a bizarre career arc?

well theres really only one option

Political Career of Donald J. Trump

1987-1999: President of the Trump Organization, Republican
1999-2001: President of the Trump Organization, Independent
2000: Candidate in Reform presidential primary
2000 defeated by; Pat Buchanan, John Hagelin
2001-2009: President of the Trump Organization, Democrat
2008: Candidate in Democratic presidental primary
2008 defeated by; Hillary Clinton
2009-2011: President of the Trump Organization, Independent
2010-2011: Representative of New York's 13th congressional district, Independent
2010 (Cross-endorsed by Conservatives, Independence and 'Anti-Clinton' Working Families) def. Michael McMahon (Democrat cross-endorsed by 'Pro-Clinton' Working Families), Michael Grimm (Republican), Tom Venditelli (Libertarian)
2011-2015: President of the Trump Organization, Trump For The People
2011-2013: Representative of New York's 13th congressional district, Trump For The People
2012 defeated by; Mark Murphy (Democrat cross-endorsed by Independence and Working Families), Michael Grimm (Republican cross-endorsed by Conservatives)
2012: Candidate in Trump For The People presidential primary
2012 def. unopposed
2012: Trump For The People nominee for President of the United States
2012 defeated by; Hillary Clinton (Democratic), Newt Gingrich (Republican)
2011-2015: Leader of Trump For The People
2011 def. unopposed
2013 def. Charles Rangel

2015-2016: President of the Trump Organization, Independent
2016-present: President of the Trump Organization, Populist
2016: Candidate in Populist presidential primary
2016 def. Charles Rangel
2016: Populist nominee for President of the United States
2016 contested with; Andrew Cuomo (Democratic), Ted Cruz (Republican), Joe Walsh (Joe Walsh Network), Alex Jones (Political Warrior), Charles Rangel (Rangel Team)
 
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People like @morbidteaparty, @Lord Roem, @Thande and @Meadow have heard me talk about the frothing insanity that is Clive Palmer's political career which links the bizarre near dictatorship of Joh Bjelke-Petersen to mad memes about drunk dogs.

tbh most of what im saying is what eds told me and he wrote an essay about the man and got a first on it

The interesting thing about Palmer is that he did what loads of parties had spent decades of effort trying and failing to do - smashing through the two party system and getting parliamentary representation. And thats because he spent masses of money stood people in every seat in Australia - one of the first times any party has bothered to do that and asked pretty much anyone who'd nod to stand on his Palmer United ticket. Through sheer mass and spending power they won a handful of seats in 2013 but its quickly broke apart as it turned out the randos who had managed to break through didn't agree on very much and went their own separate ways. Palmer United was folded up last year but this year he's decided to try and relaunch his political career on the back of shockingly bad memes.

so i got to thinking

Could you replicate this phenomenon in America, and who would be the kind of person to launch such a campaign and have such a bizarre career arc?

well theres really only one option

Political Career of Donald J. Trump

1987-1999: President of the Trump Organization, Republican
1999-2001: President of the Trump Organization, Independent
2000: Candidate in Reform presidential primary
2000 defeated by; Pat Buchanan, John Hagelin
2001-2009: President of the Trump Organization, Democrat
2008: Candidate in Democratic presidental primary
2008 defeated by; Hillary Clinton
2009-2011: President of the Trump Organization, Independent
2010-2011: Representative of New York's 13th congressional district, Independent
2010 (Cross-endorsed by Conservatives, Independence and 'Anti-Clinton' Working Families) def. Michael McMahon (Democrat cross-endorsed by 'Pro-Clinton' Working Families), Michael Grimm (Republican), Tom Venditelli (Libertarian)
2011-2015: President of the Trump Organization, Trump For The People
2011-2013: Representative of New York's 13th congressional district, Trump For The People
2012 defeated by; Mark Murphy (Democrat cross-endorsed by Independence and Working Families), Michael Grimm (Republican cross-endorsed by Conservatives)
2012: Candidate in Trump For The People presidential primary
2012 def. unopposed
2012: Trump For The People nominee for President of the United States
2012 defeated by; Hillary Clinton (Democratic), Newt Gingrich (Republican)
2011-2015: Leader of Trump For The People
2011 def. unopposed
2013 def. Charles Rangel

2015-2016: President of the Trump Organization, Independent
2016-present: President of the Trump Organization, Populist
2016: Candidate in Populist presidential primary
2016 def. Charles Rangel
2016: Populist nominee for President of the United States
2016 contested with; Andrew Cuomo (Democratic), Ted Cruz (Republican), Joe Walsh (Joe Walsh Network), Alex Jones (Political Warrior), Charles Rangel (Rangel Team)
Very nice Bob. I like how there is a contested leadership election of a party called 'Trump for the People' against the person whose name is in the name of the party - were you going for how that nearly happened with 'Connecticut for Lieberman' in OTL?
 
Very nice Bob. I like how there is a contested leadership election of a party called 'Trump for the People' against the person whose name is in the name of the party - were you going for how that nearly happened with 'Connecticut for Lieberman' in OTL?

Not really, it just seemed reasonably plausible given Real Life.
 
It's definitely plauseable. I liked that a lot, it really fits the chaotic nature of the current president.
 
Your take was the one I was holding my breath for given that involves fucking about New York.
I mean a Working Families split is a bit of a thing but I do get what you were going for and technically it might be doable if someone was as big a deal as Trump.
 
The Ministry of Plenty
Theresa May (Conservative majority, then minority propped up by Democratic Unionists) 2016-2019
2017: def. Jeremy Corbyn (Labour), Nicola Sturgeon (SNP), Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
"After me, the deluge"
Theresa May's firm commitment to the Chequers deal would in the end see Britain leave the European Union with no deal. Despite food being stockpiled, the pound plummeted and the country was in a deep recession. With her reputation in tatters, Boris Johnson finally worked up enough MPs and personal foolhardiness to challenge the Prime Minister. However, May that same day called a vote of Parliament to call a new election, sure that her new platform - finally one unrepentantly "Mayite" and free from any restraints put on it by Brexit - would win. Well...

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition, then Labour majority) 2019-2025*
2019: def. Theresa May (Conservative), Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat), Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)
2024: def. Boris Johnson (Conservative), Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat)
"Dig for Victory"
In the end, with the Tories falling apart, Corbyn should have won, right? Well, the Lib Dems under Vince Cable surged as a result of "Bregret" voters and in the end denied either of the big two a majority with their comfortable 23 seats while the SNP fell apart and came fourth with 19 seats. In the end, the Corbyn-Cable coalition was negotiated and the new government would have a lot on their hands

With the economy in ruins, Corbyn saw it as an opportunity to reforge Britain as a Socialist country. However, Chancellor Vince Cable resisted any hard-left pushes. Social issues, such as the reform of the Gender Recognition Act, was an afterthought typically passed through one wet afternoon before the "major" things such as the economy, how to get Britain out of the "Brexit Recession" and what to do with well, food

The Prime Minister was uniquely located to deal with the food crisis, being mocked for having an allotment in which he grew his own food. But as Prime Minister, he turned that onto its head, arguing that everyone should have an allotment so to ensure "good, healthy food" can be brought in. Invoking the "Blitz spirit", he set aside a fund for houses to have the opportunity to grow their own food and for flats to have a slice of a communal allotment. The media rolled their eyes at this, but for a country struggling to feed every citizen, it struck lightning

As the Corbyn-Cable government continued, the Tories now under new leader Boris Johnson constantly stumbled. Boris was unrepentantly "Brexiteer" and talked about how "Corbyn is squandering our glorious Brexit" which fell on deaf ears of the people who increasingly associated Brexit with hard times, and in 2024, the voters decided. Corbyn was to be rewarded, the Lib Dems [under new leader Jo Swinson] would stay around and the Tories punished for not listening to the voters' concerns. Corbyn was on a high

With his majority at long last, he pushed ahead for socialisation of the economy, including workers representatives on corporate boards, which led to some more businesses saying "fuck it" and moving out of Britain but it nevertheless rallied people behind "British Socialism" as it was increasingly called. A patriotic, local-oriented, form of socialism based around "common-sense" policies

One day in the snowy winter of 2025 [one that had a White Christmas!] Corbyn fell severely ill and passed away in just two weeks, a speed that shocked many, including the new Prime Minister, John McDonnell

John McDonnell (Labour majority) 2025-2029
"The Old Man and the Sea"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer for just a year, the new Prime Minister was the creator of many of the ideas behind "British Socialism" and saw it as his brainchild. The co-operative associations were to be further worked with, the socialisation of the economy was to be continued, full blast. The opening of the first "British Restaurant" in Liverpool heralded that McDonnell and co. was taking drastic actions with the food crisis. Corbyn's voluntary allotments were not enough, McDonnell consistently warned him during the Coalition years, and now that he was PM his plans were now going ahead. The "British Restaurant" was basically a snazzed up state-ran foodbank, but despite accusations of hypocrisy by new Conservative leader Tom Tugendhat, McDonnell held firm that it was "nothing like foodbanks". The "British Restaurant" served basic food to urban areas and by the 2029 election, there were at least one in every major municipality in Britain due to demand

Of course, that's not what people remember McDonnell for. People remember the Floods of 2028. Climate change has been more variable due to fossil fuels emitting pollutants in the air, and by the late 2020s, it was self-evident. The east of England faced a torrent of floods that destroyed many small coastal towns. A Minister for Flood Protection and Reconstruction was established and McDonnell promised to "find and help every citizen who was harmed by the floods". However government inefficiency led people to believe he wasn't doing enough

Tom Tugendhat (Conservative majority, then Conservative-Labour-Green-Liberal Democrat "National Consensus") 2029-2045
2029: def. John McDonnell (Labour), Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat), Adrian Ramsay (Green)
2034: def. Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour), Magid Magid (Green), Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)
2042: def. Lily Madigan (Labour), Magid Magid (Green), Callum Littlemore (Liberal Democrat)
"A Firm Hand on the Wheel"
The greatest Prime Minister of the 21st century, many will say. The one who saved Britain, the one who formed the National Consensus to lead Britain out of dark times, the one who transformed "British Socialism" to "National Consensus", the Father of Post-Consumerism, there's a lot to speak of about Thomas Georg John Tugendhat, Britain's longest-serving Prime Minister

First elected Prime Minister due to the backlash against Labour due to perceived fumbling on the Flood Crisis, Tugendhat would be the first Conservative leader to enjoy a plurality of London seats since John Major, and it was because of a rise in the Green vote splitting Labour votes as people radicalised on the issue of climate change and rallied to the Green Party which surged from two seats to 11. Posing a problem for them was that some of them was in London amd some of them in more rural East England seats that returned more... "moderate" Greens

Tugendhat's priority was of course to speed up the support given to victims of the Floods, but under Corbyn and McDonnell British society was radically transformed to deal with the problems of a post-Brexit society. It was now up to Tugendhat what the Conservative response would be to "British Socialism". Tugendhat was always deeply pragmatic and chose to keep the "British Restaurants" around, even if it led to grumbling from some of the more libertarian wing and to Jacob Rees-Mogg resigning from the Cabinet and leaving political relevancy forever. But as the Prime Minister received the statistics, he saw that it was clear. Even with the British Restaurants and the allotment fund, the food crisis was still around even if mitigated. Promising to "fix food poverty", Tugendhat implemented a very Conservative solution - tax cuts to supermarkets who chose to give free food to people who couldn't afford it and had a "Nutrition Card" on hand that would give them fresh healthy food twice a day

Despite some people on the InterNews saying that it was "a step back to rationing", Tugendhat denied this was anything like it, and instead was just "ensuring every Briton can be fed someway". Also part of the Prime Minister's first term was negotiating in 2033 with newly-elected American President Taylor Swift a favourable trade deal that would ensure more finance would return to Britain and hopefully boost back the economy from the stagnated not-quite-recession it was in since 2023. Entering 2034 with the economy starting to break out of stagnation [in a good way] and the food crisis being dealt with comprehensively, Tugendhat called a new election and won a second majority

Notable here was the surge of the Greens under charismatic and energetic leader Magid Magid who managed to successfully rally people who wanted a radical solution to the growing climate change and to the homelessness problem. Now freshly rewarded with a second majority, the Prime Minister prepared to continue his "One Nation" Conservative solutions, including taking a look at the homeless problem

But then in 2035, things changed forever. Many food-producing areas in Africa, Asia and Latin America was suffering from a long drought that was expected to pick up in 2035 but didn't. Very little crops grew. The world was thrown in crisis as the global food distribution suffered. As President Taylor Swift saw her polling decrease and decrease in favour of the Democrats' leading light Senator Rashida Tliab, Prime Minister Tugendhat declared that it was a "national crisis" and promised to deal with it firmly and forcefully. Cannily taking many of the old "British Socialism" proposals, he released his radical "National Consensus" platform that took Labour, the Greens and Liberal Democrats by surprise. Tugendhat was a global man, and he knew the depth of the crisis, and knew that there was no time to waste. Sending invitations to Lily Madigan, Magid Magid and Callum Littlemore, he invited them to form a "National Consensus" with him, one that would "steer the country to the bright days of tomorrow". With supermarkets increasingly short of food and more people on "Nutrition Cards", the three accepted his invitation and a new era of British politics started

As part of the "National Consensus", a Ministry of Plenty was set up that would deal with feeding as much Britons as possible. This would be in charge of a much more generalised "Nutrition Card" [that was increasingly being called a "rationing card" despite Tugendhat being clear not to call it such]. The "Chocolate Controversy" would be a memorable episode where the Cabinet disagreed on how to classify chocolate in the proposed "availability scale" with Labour siding with "classify it as a 'reasonable luxury'" which would mean it would be available to people and be covered in the Nutrition Card and Tugendhat siding with "classify it as a 'impossible luxury'" citing the collapse in growth rates of the cocoa bean. In the end, Tugendhat won the argument and chocolate left the British diet seemingly for ever

The "National Consensus" also decided to radically transform British society in another way, namely that of "homesharing". While building more houses was of course a plan the four parties all agreed to, the recession led to many homes being left empty on the market and not being bought. The government increasingly became the buyer and selling of homes, beginning the first step to socialisation of houses themselves. And "homesharing" was something came up with where two or three families would be allocated a biggish house and arrange where they would sleep. This led to a radical adjustment of British house structures where the bath would be a bed for some people. Houses were scarce, people couldn't be picky, so declared the National Consensus. But by 2039, houses were regularly being built even if the more "NIMBY" Greens were screaming murder at them being built in the greenbelt. That same year, the National Consensus voted to extend the Parliament's term to 2042

Some was worrying that the National Consensus was transforming Britain into the worst of all dictatorships, a polite one propped up by nobody speaking out, but as Europe suffered from food shortages and rising starvation numbers and China announced the "One-Child Policy" would be brought back [with Zero-Child Policy for non-Han people], people in the end concluded that polite dictatorship was better than the other possible choices, even if they had to swipe their rationing cards at the British Supermarket [supermarkets ended up being nationalised in 2038] in order to get strictly controlled food that they still had to pay for unless they were considered "impoverished", that they had to sleep in baths in homes with other families due to a scarcity of usable houses and a strong feeling that the government actually was just "lending" them the house. In the end, "Keep Calm and Carry On" was the word of the day, and upon returning to the ballot in 2042, the people returned the National Consensus a majority

And elsewhere, other countries looked to Britain for inspiration as The Solution to The Problem. "National Consensus" governments emerged in South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, Canada and due to the victory of the Unity Party in the 2040 election, the United States. This was a time not for partisan squabbling, but of national struggle, Tugendhat declared in his 'victory' speech after the 2042 election

In his last three years as Prime Minister, Tugendhat increasingly promoted young radicals from all four parties that had unique ideas on how to continue the National Consensus, including Labour "Post-Capitalists" and Tory "One Nation Democracy" people. Capitalism was seemingly dying not by a revolution, but by common agreement that it was insufficient for the new, scarce, world that was emerging

Ben Bradley (Conservative-Labour-Green-Liberal Democrat "National Consensus", then Conservative minority) 2045-2046
"The Little Blue Book"
Ben Bradley was an advocate of bringing China's "One-Child Policy" to Britain as his touted "Two-Child Standard" policy that would deny welfare support to those that had more than two children, and once he became leader and Prime Minister, he was clear in his desire to implement it which went too far for Labour and the Greens and so a months-long cabinet dispute led to the National Consensus falling apart and a new election being started via a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister. There was to be a choice presented to the British People

Lily Madigan (Labour-Green coalition then Labour-Conservative-Liberal Democrat-Green "National Consensus") 2046-2055
2046: def. Ben Bradley (Conservative), Callum Littlemore (Liberal Democrat), Raymund Olayinka (Green)
2051: def. Kae Scott (Conservative), Callum Littlemore (Liberal Democrat), Bertie Todd (Green)
"Strangled in Red Tape"
Britain's first LGBT prime minister, Lily Madigan made history that day. But most notable for Britons was the first non-Consensus government for eleven years. There was to be an Opposition. There was to be Disagreement, Criticism and ultimately Disunity. For many Britons who grew used to the decisive actions taken by the National Consensus, Madigan's ministry was to prove a disappointment. While there was indeed to be an expansion of the policies of past governments, there notably was to be less homes being built and more emphasis on "homesharing" due to the influence of Raymund Olayinka, MP for Braintree and Green Party leader. This led to criticism from the Conservatives which argued that more homes needed to be built to end homesharing and "ensure every decent Briton gets a decent house"

The Conservatives took a lead in polling, and many of Madigan's soaring policies including a national childcare service were bogged down in debates and some even lost the vote due to better Conservative and Lib Dem whipping. She would have been over in 2051 if it wasn't for the collapse of the People's Republic of China into a civil war. China at that time was the global superpower and its fall led to a crash in the global economy which still impacted National Consensus governments and those still working on Consensusian economics such as Britain. More and more people lost jobs and starved, people were screaming for radicalism once more, and the government was stuck due to the Tories and Lib Dems voting against policies just for sheer partisanship. In the end, she gave up. An invitation was sent. And Britain locked itself fully into National Consensus

With Olayinka rejecting this, he was challenged by one of Tugendhat's Green "Bright Young Things", Bertie Todd, who successfully won the election and kept the Greens in the Cabinet. The 2051 election was merely a formality just like the 2042 one and like many after it. And the British people decided that since the government won't change, that they might as well treat it like a presidential election and choose who to back for PM. The media of course had a big part in this as otherwise it was very very boring. And they ended up thinking Madigan was more reliable than Scott

With the National Consensus restored, power increasingly left Parliament and into government offices, contributing to the "presidentialisation" of British politics as MPs increasingly became irrelevant. Kae Scott, the Tory leader, turned out more radical than Tugendhat ever was, and subscribed to the "One Nation Democracy" thought that emerged in the Conservative Party over time. With food and housing effectively under the aegis of the State, the thought was that it would help establish a new Social Contract in which the State ensures everyone is treated equally and without any discrimination. Workers representation on corporate boards, a thing since the Corbyn years, was increasingly replaced with mutualised companies as workers representatives managed to seize power for the workers with the support of a "post-capitalist" government

Consensusianism was rising higher and higher. With the economy recovering due to the new burst of confidence the restoration of the National Consensus gave it, a slew of reforms happened including, yes, Madigan's planned national childcare service. The State would look after every citizen from birth to death, feed them and house them, such was Consensusianist thinking. It was the new Social Contract after all

Madigan chose to retire as Labour leader in 2055 citing a wish to give the party a new face

Bobbi Huxley (Labour-Conservative-Liberal Democrat-Green "National Consensus") 2055-2058
"The Battering Ram"
Huxley [yes, jokes were made about Brave New World] was a proud Post-Capitalist and an unrepentant radical thinker who made Lily Madigan look like a moderate. And together with her Conservative equivalent Kae Scott, she set out to change the very fundamentals of British governance to make it fit for a... brave new world [sorry not sorry]. First on the agenda was the House of Lords. Increasingly made utterly irrelevant by the consensusianisation of British politics, it was easily swept aside and replaced with a State Council of several "super-departments". As a sop to the more traditionalist Conservatives and Labourites unsure of Huxley and Scott's plans, the State Council would have an Advisory Council of Peers outside Parliament to heavily advise them, that would be made out of former Lords and Ladies. However, as time went by, the Advisory Council would be increasingly ignored, just like the House of Lords before them

British clothing was generally drab and mainly bought whole from clothing stores [something not yet rationed], and this was the next step in the socialisation of British life. The announcement of "British Fabrics" offered people brighter colours to use to patch their clothes for cheaper rations than buying whole clothes would be under the new rationing system put on clothing, and the British people accepted this decision. At least their clothing looked brighter and cheerier than before. Another thing the National Consensus chose to deal with in their never-ending zeal to change British society was the establishment of new towns in rural areas so to establish new communities. Such was the brainchild of Kae Scott's protege Rhiannon Auteberry who desired to "build new communities to establish a new social understanding"

By 2058, the British people were ready for a change, and chose to give the lead to the Tories

Kae Scott (Conservative-Labour-Green-Liberal Democrat "National Consensus") 2058-2071
2058: def. Bobbi Huxley (Labour), Bertie Todd (Green), Barry Davies (Liberal Democrat)
2063: def. Bobbi Huxley (Labour), Sally Durant (Green), Barry Davies (Liberal Democrat)
2067: def. Ashton Jacks (Labour), Sally Durant (Green), Dany Langdon (Liberal Democrat)
"The Strange Death of Capitalist Britain"
Finally, Kae Scott was Prime Minister. A radical "One Nation Democrat", she along with Lily Madigan and Bobbi Huxley destroyed many long-lasting facets of British society, and now that she was Prime Minister, she wanted to destroy one of the last and biggest. Capitalism itself

"One Nation Democracy" blended conservatism with communism, arguing that capitalism was fundamentally against the Conservative way of thinking, that it encouraged dangerous individualistic selfishness and hurt communities including the Nation, and argued that since Britain was basically irreligious, that a new focus of fundamental trust and reverence needed to be built, and the people was already willing to revere the State in the form of the National Health Service and subsequent services, so as Scott summed up quite neatly "God is the State"

And given Britain was an economy dominated by mutualised companies and tokens of value was already handed out by the government in the form of ration credits, it wasn't that much a leap to full blown communism. First in the first term, ration credits was unpegged from the British pound and made its own form of currency, which led to a bit of a scare that was made up for with extra ration credits being allocated to corporations, and then the government started paying people in the public sector exclusively in ration credits, reducing the supply of pounds

In the second term, ration credits was rebranded "social credits" and made the only legal tender in the country [with the pound purely as a trade currency with the rest of the world], and none would be supplied to remaining private companies until they mutualised. Most did, some left the country, many workers lost their jobs only to be snapped up by others. And other countries turned to Britain's government and took notes. Here was a conservative end to capitalism that could be replicated elsewhere

As part of the "God is the State" thinking, the Tories approved of a "veneratisation" of certain aspects of the State to pave the way for further progress. One of those was the National Health Service. The NHS was increasingly referred to in more religious terms, ceremonies were arranged to further praise it, all that. And the British people lapped it all up. They were already incredibly respectful of the NHS, it was only one more push for them to outright worship it, something that would have appalled Nigel Lawson up in Heaven as he saw his label become reality. And the Conservatives wanted to push it further. The NHS as a state religion was not enough. The State as a state religion was the aim

The Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and Green Party was approving of some of those, including the social credits and more respect given to the NHS, but by the third term, things were getting... uncomfortable. But then Kae Scott decided to retire, a relief to many in the other parties

Natille Monday (Conservative-Labour-Green-Liberal Democrat "National Consensus") 2071-2072
"A Brief Twinkling Point of Light"
Natille Monday was a more moderate Tory, although not one that wanted to bring back capitalism. Consensusianism was the status quo and nobody apart from some fringe and irrelevant Tory MPs wanted to bring it back. And she was the first Prime Minister to grow up under the National Consensus and so have a firm, almost revered, view of it as positive for the Country. What Natille Monday was, was a firm Monarchist who saw the monarch as the vital head of state that needed to be at the heart of the country. Since the National Consensus happened, the monarchy has left the spotlight, but the death of King William V and ascendance of now King George VII led to an opportunity for the National Consensus to absorb the monarchy into the new cult of state it was forming with the monarch as de facto religious head

The coronation was reinvented totally, the oath was rewritten [and any legal problems brushed aside] and the monarch declared "Protector of the State". The National Consensus was getting religious, and well, it was getting a bit too much for some

Ashton Jacks (Labour-Conservative-Liberal Democrat-Green "National Consensus") 2072-present
2072: def. Natille Monday (Conservative), Dany Langdon (Liberal Democrat), Sally Durant (Green)
"Britain is a Friend to All"
Prime Minister Jacks was not one of those people. If he was a Tory, he would have been called an One Nation Democrat. But he was Labour, and he was a firm Post-Capitalist. But he believed in the need for the people to believe in something, and why not the State? It has immense control over their lives already, and well, the Tories already got the ball rolling, why not continue?

Jacks was an unusual Prime Minister in that he had an intense interest in foreign policy. The internalisation of Britain's economy since the start of the National Consensus led to a decreased interest in foreign policy, and the introduction of social credits furthered that as Britain's internal economy became autarchic and socialist. But Jacks believed sincerely in the need to trade with similar consensusianist countries, such as Cote d'Ivorie and Indonesia. And in 2074, he successfully negotiated a beneficial deal which would mean technology produced in Britain would be sent to those countries in exchange for foodstuff such as cocoa beans [now recovered from the productivity crisis].

And that enabled him to make a declaration in 2075 that "chocolate is now returning to the British diet and it will be once again sold in the supermarkets" which got quite a few applause and some cheering from those old enough to remember chocolate. But for most Britons? They just shrugged and said they'll try it, they guess, but they much prefer their vanilla to their chocolate thank you very much, Prime Minister
 
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@Turquoise Blue That was fantastic! :) You know I love me some 21st century history and that was really well written. Really interesting idea of the death of capitalism over the coming century without going full utopian.
Thanks ^^

The bit I liked most was writing about One Nation Democracy and how the Tories abolished capitalism for good
 
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this was all to get vanilla to be everyones favourite thing wasnt it

but i lyk
Technically speaking Vanilla actually is a more ingredient heavy product that would have required far more shipping and trade deals to keep producing while Chocolate is comparatively simple, and...

I'll see myself out again.
 
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