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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

A Collaborative Prime Ministers of Canada List: “A call goes out to Canada...”

1921-1926:William Thomas White (Unionist)
1921 (Majority) def: Henri Sévérin Béland (Liberal), Thomas Crerar (Progressive)
1925 (Minority) def: Thomas Wakem Caldwell (Progressive), Charles Stewart (Liberal), Ernest Charles Drury (United Farmers)

1926-1930:William Richard Motherwell (Liberal-Progressive)
1926 (Majority) def: William Thomas White (Unionist), Ernest Charles Drury (United Farmers), James Shaver Woodsworth (Ginger Group), Thomas Wakem Caldwell (Progressive)
1930-1935:Ernest Charles Drury (United Farmer)
1930 (Coalition with Ginger Group and Progressive) def: William Richard Motherwell (Liberal-Progressive), Robert James Manion (Unionist), James Shaver Woodsworth (Ginger Group), William Charles Good (Progressive), Adrien Arcand (Canadian National Party)
1935-1940:James Shaver Woodsworth (Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation)
1935 (Coalition with United Farmer) def:Robert James Manion (Unionist), Joseph Tweed Shaw (Liberal-Progressive), Ernest Charles Drury (United Farmer), Tim Buck (Canadian Communist Party), Adrien Arcand (Canadian National Unity Party), John Horne Blackmore (Social Credit Party of Canada)
1940-1945:William Duncan Herridge (Unionist leading War Coalition)
1940 ('War Coupon') def: James S Woodsworth (Peace Union), Tim Buck (Canadian Communist Party), Adrien Arcand (Canadian National Unity Party)
1945-1949:John Diefenbaker (Unionist)
1945 (Coalition with Liberal-Progressive) def: M.J.Coldwell (CCF), Louis St. Laurent (Liberal Progressive), Tim Buck (Labour-Progressive), John Bracken (United Farmer), Walter Kuhl (Social Credit), Maxime Raymond (Bloc Populaire)
1949-1957:Tommy Douglas (Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation)
1949 (Majority) def: John Diefenbaker (Unionist), Louis St. Laurent (Liberal-Progressive), Lester B.Pearson (New Democratic), Agnes Macphail (United Farmer), Tim Buck (Labour-Progressive),Walter Kuhl (Social Credit), Maxime Raymond (Bloc Populaire)
1953 (Majority) def: Louis St. Laurent (Liberal Unionist), Lester B.Pearson (New Democratic), Agnes Macphail (United Farmer), Tim Buck (Labour-Progressive),Walter Kuhl (Social Credit), Pierre Trudeau (Bloc Populaire)
 
American Pillarisation

1913-1923: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1912 (with Thomas R. Marshall) def. Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive), William Howard Taft (Republican)
1916 (with Thomas R. Marshall) def. Elihu Root (Republican), Hiram Johnson (Progressive)
1920 (National Union; with Leonard Wood) def. Hiram Johnson (Progressive / Independent Republican)

1923-1925: Leonard Wood (Republican)
1924 (National Union; with A. Mitchell Palmer) def. William Jennings Bryan (Progressive), Frank Orren Lowden (Independent Republican)
1925-1929: A. Mitchell Palmer (Democratic)
1929-1937: Herbert Hoover (National Democratic Union)
1928 (with Robert E. Wood) def. Al Smith (Progressive-Republican)
1932 (with Robert E. Wood) def. Al Smith (Progressive-Republican), Norman Thomas (Socialist)

1937-1940: Smedley Butler (Socialist)
1936 (Popular Front; with Floyd B. Olson) def. Herbert Hoover (National Democratic Union)
1940-1941: Carleton Beals (Socialist)
1941-1945: Herbert Hoover (National Democratic Union)
1940 (with Douglas MacArthur) def. Carleton Beals (Socialist), James Farley (Progressive-Republican)
1945-1953: Douglas MacArthur (National Democratic Union)
1944 (United Front; with Fiorello H. LaGuardia) def. scattered anti-war candidacies
1948 (National Front; with Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.) def. Vito Marcantonio (Socialist)

1953-1957: Henry A. Wallace (Socialist)
1952 (Popular Front; with James Farley) def. Harry F. Byrd (National Democratic Union)
1957-1965: Harry S Truman (National Democratic Union)
1956 (with Prescott Bush) def. Henry A. Wallace (Socialist / Progressive-Republican), Thomas W. Harvey (Independent)
1960 (with Prescott Bush) def. Eugene Faubus (Socialist), Medgar Evers (Lincolnite-Republican), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (Progressive-Republican)

1965-1969: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (National Democratic Union)
1964 (with Hubert Humphrey) def. Jimmy Hoffa (Socialist), Medgar Evers (Lincolnite-Republican), scattered Progressive-Republican 'Hyphenated American' candidacies

National Democratic Union: The WASP party - the National Union that brought the US through the Great War and out the other side successfully brought the Solid South and the Boston Brahmins together, at the expense of everybody else.

Socialist: The party of the white working class, whatever their ethnicity - not as explicitly racist as the NDU often is, but their attempts at forming a Popular Front with middle class 'ethnic' whites against the NDU has often left black people out in the cold.

Lincolnite-Republican: The party of African-Americans - for the longest time, black people were a core constituency of the Progressive-Republicans. Until their votes started to be taken for granted, that is.

Progressive-Republican: Until recently, America's second party. They may not have won an election outright in their existence, but they were a presence in government more often than the Socialists were. However, amidst the loss of the black vote and the consolidation of the white working class vote into the labor unions, its difficult to get the Irish, the Italians and the Scandinavians all voting the same way these days.
 
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The White Heat: The Wilson-Reuther years and the Rise of the Anglo Model 1964-1992

Prime Ministers of the U.K:
1964-1973: Harold Wilson (Labour)

1964 (Majority) def: Alec Douglas Home (Conservative), Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1966 (Majority) def: Reginald Maulding (Conservative), Jo Grimond (Liberal)
1970 (Majority) def: Reginald Maulding (Conservative), Jeremy Thorpe (Liberal)

1973-1978: Ted Heath (Conservative)
1973 (Majority) def: Harold Wilson (Labour), Jeremy Thorpe (Liberal)
1978-1984: Denis Healy (Labour)†
1978 (Majority) def: Ted Heath (Conservative), John Pardoe (Liberal), William Wolfe (SNP)
1982 (Majority) def: Keith Joseph (Conservative), John Pardoe (Liberal), David Owen (SDP), William Wolfe (SNP)

1984-1985: Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour Caretaker)
1985-1988: Bryan Gould (Labour)
1985 (Coalition with Social Liberals) def: Norman Tebbit (Conservative), David Penhaligon (Social Liberals), David Owen (SDP), Jim Sillars (SNP)
1988-1992: Ken Clarke (Conservative)
1988 (Majority) def: Bryan Gould (Labour), Lindsay Granshaw (Social Liberals), Sue Slipman (SDP), Jim Sillars (SNP)
1992-: Paul Boateng (Labour)
1992 (Majority) def: Ken Clarke (Conservative), Lindsay Granshaw (Social Liberals), Sue Slipman (SDP), Margo MacDonald (SNP)

Presidents of the U.S.A:
1960-1963: John F. Kennedy (Democratic)

1960 With (Walter Reuther) def: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1963-1972: Walter Reuther (Democratic)
1964 With (Edmund Muskie) def: Barry Goldwater (Republican), George Wallace (Dixiecrat)
1968 With (Robert Nix) def: Harold Stassen (Republican), George Wallace (States Rights)

1972-1977: Nelson Rockerfeller (Republican)
1972 With (John B.Anderson) def: Edmund Muskie (Democratic), John Schmitz (American Independent)
1976 With (John B.Anderson) def: Eugene McGovern (Democratic), John Schmitz (American Independent), Mike Gavel (Peace and Freedom)

1977-1980: John B.Anderson (Republican)
1980-1984: Mo Udall (Democratic)

1980 With (Walter Mondale) def: John B.Anderson (Republican), Milton Friedman (Liberal Republican)
1984-1988: Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic)
1984 With (Bob Matsui) def: George Bush (Republican), Alan Greenspan (Liberal Republican)
1988-1992: John Chafee (Republican)
1988 With (Lynn Morley Martin) def: Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic), Bernie Sanders (Peace and Freedom)
1992-: Ron Dellums (Democratic)
1992 With (Paul Wellstone) def: John Chafee (Republican), Lynn Morley Martin (Liberal Republican)

"The Anglo Model is a style of Social Democracy that emerged in the 1960s under the advisement of Harold Wilson in the U.K. and Walter Reuther in the U.S.A which stressed Industrial Democracy, Expansion of Trade Unions, CoOperatives, Equal Rights and Socially Liberal Values. This style of Social Democracy would be continued in a manner by the Centre Right Governments of Heath and Rockerfeller (though there would attempts to deregulate certain sections of the economy and reform trade unions) which would anger a number of Monterists in the Republicans and Conservatives which would lead to numerous attempts to takeover (which would often fail). During the 1980s the Anglo Model would be changed under the rule of Bryan Gould and Geraldine Ferraro which would shift the model into a more Libertarian model with changing the interaction between banks, credit, reducing the size of the state and establishing small scale housing democracies inspired by the New Zealand Lange-Beethem Government during the 80s. The successions of Paul Boateng and Ron Dellums in 1992 would be credited as the true success of the Socially Liberal aspect of the Anglo Model as well as indicating a shift Leftwards towards Democratic Socialist models of Government..."- A Quick Breakdown of the Anglo Model, 1964-1992.

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Credit to @Japhy from way back who mentioned the Walter Reuther as President idea.
 
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2015-2026: Ed Miliband (Labour)
2015: Ed Miliband (Labour) [324] David Cameron (Conservative) [239] Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [56] Peter Robinson (DUP) [8] Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) [7] Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein) [4] Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru) [3] Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP) [3] Mike Nesbitt (UUP) [2] Nigel Farage (UKIP) [1] Natalie Bennett (Green Party England & Wales) [1] Sylvia Herman (Independent) [1] John Bercow (Speaker) [1]
2021: Ed Miliband (Labour) [335] Theresa May (Conservative) [246] Joanna Cherry (SNP) [38] Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Fein) [9] Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) [7] Arlene Foster (DUP) [7] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [5] Naomi Long (Alliance) [2] Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas (Green Party England & Wales) [1]

Miliband's first five years were chaotic, his party fought to pass legislation with a tiny minority and the first few years were marred with attempts to reform the House of Lords; passing the Snooper's Charter; and passing the Psychoactive Substances Bill. The economy held up, and UKIP steadily declined, but in general the assumption was that Miliband would be a one term leader, until COVID-19 struck and people rallied around the flag. By 2021, many saw the election as Miliband's to lose.

The second term of Labour would see the first elections for the new Senate, along with attempts to bring Britain back on track economically following the lockdown. This included new vocational training one year degrees and a £50 billion Green New Deal. The Gender Recognition act would be finally reformed in 2025 following consultations in 2020, 2022, and 2024. The new act allowed GICs to grant gender recognition certificates to their diagnosed patients - which was seen as a laughable compromise with GIC waiting times now up to four years.

In the second term divisions within the country slowly ate at Miliband's support. The Conservative Party, energised by the anti-lockdown movement, swung massively against HS2 and in favour of English Devolution, the gender recognition issue carried on and on, and Extinction Rebellion picked up pace with regular protests and permanent demonstrations in London.

2026-2028: Boris Johnson (Conservative)
May 2026: Boris Johnson (Conservative) [311] Ed Miliband (Labour) [289] Joanna Cherry (SNP) [22] Emma Rogan (Sinn Fein) [8] Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat) [6] Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) [6] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [3] Nuala McAllister (Alliance) [4] Magid Magid and Alexandra Phillips (Green Party England & Wales) [1]
November 2026: Boris Johnson (Conservative) [331] Liz Kendall (Labour) [270] Joanna Cherry (SNP) [18] Emma Rogan (Sinn Fein) [7] Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat) [6] Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) [6] Nuala McAllister (Alliance) [5] Adam Price (Plaid Cymru) [4] Amelia Womack and Alexandra Phillips (Green Party England & Wales) [3]
Boris was elected to cancel HS2, get Huawei out of its involvement in 5G, establish an English Parliament, and renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU ahead of a referendum. None of this was possible with his first majority, although between the Lib Dems and DUP he was able to work out a workable plan for a n English Devolved Assembly with STV. However, the deal fell through quickly. In November he went back to the people and won a proper mandate.

The EU referendum was held in 2027 and saw 50.3% vote for leave, Boris made it clear he would stay on and negotiate Brexit but it became obvious that nobody trusted a person who had campaigned to remain with the job.
2028-2029: Michael Gove (Conservative)

Gove had one job, and that was to negotiate a Brexit deal - an issue that rapidly became stuck on the matter of the Irish backstop. At the same time, in the annus horibilis that was 2028, the Queen died, the icecaps melted for the first time causing a global panic about the future, Labour MP Jess Phillips was murdered for supporting remain, Parliament had a major fire that put it out of action for fifteen years. Gove struggled on into he lost the first Meaningful Vote on his deal.

2029-2031: Dehenna Davison (Conservative)

Dehenna charted a delicate course attempting to conclude the Brexit deal as more and more her party was divided between hard Brexiteers and soft Remainers, which little space for her own deal. Over the two years little got done, aside from Brexit. But, to her credit, she managed to bring just about enough people on side to pass her deal. Although one of the biggest reasons for this was that she softened Brexit substantially to win the support of the Labour Party. After this, there was no way that she could lead the Party.

2031-2041: Darren Grimes (Conservative)

2031: Darren Grimes (Conservative) [343] Yvette Cooper (Labour) [243] Kate Forbes (SNP) [21] Daisy Benson (Liberal Democrat) [12] Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) [9] Eóin Tennyson (Alliance) [7] Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) [5] Benali Hamdache (Green Party England & Wales) [4] William Humphrey (DUP) [2]
2036: Darren Grimes (Conservative) [337] Lauren Townsend (Labour) [256] Kate Forbes (SNP) [15] Daisy Benson (Liberal Democrat) [13] Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) [9] Eóin Tennyson (Alliance) [7] Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) [5] Zak Polanski (Green Party England & Wales) [2] William Humphrey (DUP) [2]
Grimes was a hard leave no deal Brexit prime minister in an era after Brexit, but he was also a consummate culture warrior and he played on Yvette Cooper's "betrayal" of Brexit while also subtly playing up the fact that she was the one to make Brexit happen. He also further attacked HS2, and smeared Labour MPs with leaked reports on their conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic. He ended with a majority that was sufficient to end freedom of movement in 2033 and ensure a harder Brexit was achieved in stages. He also created a new English Parliament made up of a hundred MEPs elected by First Past the Post, with a further 25 elected from a national pool.

Following his re-election in 2036 Grimes focused more and more attention on culture wars issues. He restricted trans healthcare from children and used civil rights as a wedge issue to attack the Labour Party. He also weaponised World War II - purposefully keeping the language of Remain Traitors going and using it as a centrepiece of his speech at the opening of the Festival of Freedom, which was set to run in London for the entire length of World War II's centenary years.
2041-2042: Beth Desmond (Labour) coalition with Kavya Kaushek (Liberal Democrat), Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru), Kate Forbes (SNP) & Hannah Irwin (Alliance)
2041: Darren Grimes (Conservative) [313] Beth Desmond (Labour) [288] Kavya Kaushek (Liberal Democrat) [13] Megan Colbourne (Sinn Fein) [9] Hannah Irwin (Alliance) [9] Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) [7] Kate Forbes (SNP) [6] Rashid Nix (Green Party England & Wales) [1]
The first trans prime minister was elected in a country where the trans issue was increasingly seen as an anachronistic remnant of a previous era - most other democratic countries had gender self-ID, and were focused on issues like climate change, while Britain was literally spending millions reliving an event in the 20th century. The progressive coalition was exceptionally, unreasonably big and broad, and it survived with the Tories fought out a leadership election and for five months after that while the Lib Dems worked out a better deal for themselves.
2042-2046: Elena Bunbury (Conservative) coalition with Kavya Kaushek (Liberal Democrat)

Elena had a diffucult ride into Downing Street, because, despite being a committed brexiteer, in the era of Grimesism, she had come to represent the party's "New Centre". Much of her policy while in office was dictated by the Lib Dems - but a lot was her own idea anyway: gender self-ID, kink education in schools, sex work legalisation, legalisation of marijuana. Bunbary's time in office was transformative and based on a form of consensus government that hadn't been seen in Britain since Blair. In this time, Parliament returned to Westminster, the Festival of Freedom concluded, and events such as the coronation of King Harry, Eurovision 2043 and the World Cup in 2042 were much celebrated for bringing the country back together.

However popular it was with the centre, it was seen as a poor alternative to Labour by the left, and a poor alternative to conservative values on the right.

2046-2050: Beth Desmond (Labour)
2046: Beth Desmond (Labour) [334] Elena Bunbury (Conservative) [271] Holly Mathies (Liberal Democrat) [11] Amy Hamilton (Sinn Fein) [10] Lauren Oxley (SNP) [4] Hannah Irwin (Alliance) [8] Megan Colbourne (Plaid Cymru) [8]
Returning to government with a majority this time, Beth immediately began an ambitious programme to make sure Britain could take in 0.5% of the world's refugees and reach carbon neutrality by 2055. Billions have been spent on infrastructure, mostly on branch lines and on internet connection to towns and smaller cities.

Britain currently has a choice between the Desmondist towns eco-development plan, and revived Bunburyism. Many are considering third ways - a referendum on Irish unity is planned, the UK Green Party, now reunited, is aiming for hard-line eco-socialism and soft primitivism, and the Common Sense Alliance is trying to make Grimesism respectable again. It remains to be seen if the "Desburyist" concensus can hold.
 
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Is Beth Desmond going to become the new Lily Madigan? Because I’m for it really.

I was going to use Arthur Webber because all trans women in politics with a profile eventually get destroyed. But Beth is our best bet for completing the soft Left Nandyist project of stanning towns and holding things
 
I was going to use Arthur Webber because all trans women in politics with a profile eventually get destroyed. But Beth is our best bet for completing the soft Left Nandyist project of stanning towns and holding things
I could see Webber working though I don’t know if he’s Soft Left or a McDonnallite. But yeah, Desmond works and she was a fun addition I have to say (also that’s a depressing prediction which I hope doesn’t become true).
 
I could see Webber working though I don’t know if he’s Soft Left or a McDonnallite. But yeah, Desmond works and she was a fun addition I have to say (also that’s a depressing prediction which I hope doesn’t become true).

I hope her profile isn't quite high enough - it's notable that there's no one person attached to the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights, the Chair is a trans guy, and there's not currently anyone with the Munroe Bergdorf/Aimee Challenor/Lily Madigan kind of profile. I do think next time there is, he'll be male. Though we might manage a trans woman if she gets through as MP. Kind of different mechanisms for how systemic misogyny impacts different trans people.
 
Not to take away from @Sideways thunder but I finally finished this one too:

P R O G R E S S I V E W O R L D:

Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Ireland:

1916-1923: David Lloyd George (Coalition Liberal)
1918 (Majority) def: Arthur Henderson (Labour), H.H.Asquith (Independent Liberal), Henry Page Croft (National), Éamon de Valera (Sinn Féin)
1921 (Majority) def: Arthur Henderson (Labour), H.H.Asquith (Independent Liberal), Albert Inkpin (CPGB), Henry Page Croft (National)

1923-1926: Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)
1923 (Liberal Confidence and Supply) def: J.R.Clynes (Labour), Herbert Samuel (Liberal), Albert Inkpin (CPGB), Henry Page Croft (National)
1926: Winston Churchill (Emergency Government)†

Prime Ministers of Great Britain:

1926-1931: Sydney Webb (Labour)†
1926 (Coalition with ‘Radical’ Liberals) def: William Wedgwood Benn (Radical Liberals), Herbert Samuel (Liberal), Neville Chamberlain (Unionist), Rotha Linton-Orman (National)
1931: Ellen Wilkinson (Labour Caretaker)
1931-: Hugh Dalton (Labour)
1931 (Majority) def: William Wedgwood Benn (Radical Liberal), Stafford Cripps (ILP-Socialist League), Herbert Samuel (Liberal), Neville Chamberlain (Unionist), Oswald Mosley (Social Credit)
1935 (Majority) def: Stafford Cripps-Jennie Lee (CommonWealth), Richard Acland (Radical Liberal), Harold Macmillan (Unionist), Oliver Baldwin (Democratic Credit), Oswald Mosley (New Credit)


Presidents of the U.S.A:

1913-1917: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1912 With (Hiram Johnson) def: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic), Eugene V.Debs (Socialist)
1917-1921: Randolph Hearst (Democratic)
1916 With (William McAdoo) def: Hiram Johnson (Republican), Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1921-1929: Gifford Pinochet (Progressive-Republican)
1920 With (William Borah) def: Randolph Hearst (Democratic), Upton Sinclair (Socialist), Parley P. Christiansen (Farmer-Labor)
1924 With (William Borah) def: William McAdoo (Democratic), Upton Sinclair (Socialist-Farmer-Labor)

1928-1932:Harry Hopkins (Democratic)
1928 With (Culbert Olson) def: William Borah (Republican), Daniel Hoan (Socialist-Farmer-Labor), William H.Murray (‘Southern’ Democrat)
1932-1934: Douglas McArthur (National Salvation Committee)
1932 Election Cancelled
1934-1935: Dwight D. Eisenhower (National Salvation Committee-Democracy Wing)
1935-1936: Culbert Olson-Henry A.Wallace-Floyd B.Olson (Committee for Democracy)
1937-:Henry A. Wallace (Progressive)

1936 With (Eleanor Roosevelt) def: Culbert Olson (Democratic), Floyd B.Olson (Popular Front), Huey P.Long (Union), Clyde Miller (Social Democrat)

Prime Ministers of Canada:
1921-1927: Charles Stewart (Liberal)

1921 (Majority) def: Arthur Meighen (Conservative), Thomas Crerar (Progressive)
1925 (Coalition with Progressives) def: Arthur Meighen (Conservative), John Archibald Maharg (Progressive)

1927-1931: Arthur Meighen (Conservative)
1927 (Majority) def: Charles Stewart (Liberal), John Archibald Maharg (Progressive), James S.Woodsworth (Independent Labour Party)
1930 (Minority) def: Joseph Tweed Shaw (Liberal), W.C.Good (Progressive), James S.Woodsworth (ILP)

1931-1932: The Earl of Bessborough (National Emergency Coalition)
1931 Canadian General Strike, Election cancelled
1932-: W.C.Good (Progressive Party)
1932 (Majority) def: M.J.Coldwell (CommonWealth), Robert James Manion (Conservative), Mackenzie King (Liberal), William Aberhart (Social Credit)
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1930s Anglo Progressive/Fabianism finally and all it took was numerous Right Wing Military Coups, General Strikes and the near collapse of several countries.
 
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Actually, I have a complaint. I found out that the Chair of the LGBT Conservatives is called Bunbury, I puposefully included a reference to Bunburyism and nobody even thought to offer me a cucumber sandwich. This would never happen if alternate history micro-fic writers unionised

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Not a perfect state of affairs. But I would hate for us to be perfect. It would leave no room for developments, and I intend to develop in many directions.
 
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