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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

1981 - 1985: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1980 (with George Bush) def. Jimmy Carter (Democratic), John B. Anderson (Independent)
1985 - 1993: Jesse Jackson (Democratic) [1]
1984 (with Fritz Hollings) def. Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988 (with Fritz Hollings) def. Howard Baker (Republican)

1993 - 1997: Ross Perot (Independent) [2]
1992 (with Jerry Brown) def. Mario Cuomo (Democratic), Pat Buchanan (Republican)
1993 Million Man March - Louis Farrakhan named Secretary of New Afrikan Affairs [3]

1997 - 2001: Newt Gingrich (Republican) [4]
1996 (with J.C. Watts) def. Ross Perot (Reform), Joe Biden (Democratic) [5], Tony Mazzocchi (Labor)
2001 - 2009: Cybill Shepherd (Reform) [6]
2000 (with Bill Bradley) def. Newt Gingrich (Republican), Ralph Nader (Labor)
2004 (with Bill Bradley) def. James P. Hoffa (Labor), Rudy Giuliani (Independent Republican), Mike Foster (Constitution)

2009 - 2017: Barack Obama (Democratic) [7]
2008 (with Chuck Hagel) def. Matt Gonzalez (Labor), Ron Paul (Constitution)
2012 (with Chuck Hagel) def. Rocky Anderson (Labor)

2017 - 2025: Bernie Sanders (Labor) [8]
2016 (with Robert Reich) def. Mark Warner (Democratic-Reform Coalition)
2020 (with Robert Reich) def. Kamala Harris (Democratic-Reform Coalition) [9], Kanye West (Independent) [10]

2025 - 0000: Eric Adams (Democratic Refoundation) [11]
2024 (with Hunter Biden) def. Sarah Iannarone (Labor)

[1] "I think he's going to make a serious attempt. I think he started off just getting black people to register and vote, but after hearing him speak I think he sees the importance of having a black person running. Some feel he shouldn't run, but he's as qualified as any of the other candidates. He's receiving a lot of support nationwide. There is a voter registration drive going on and Jackson is the vanguard of that movement." - Eric Adams [1983]
[2] "I believe in the Ross Perot mindset. I want to be judged on how many Black and brown people I make millionaires." - Eric Adams [2021]
[3] The Washington Afro-American wrote of the race, saying the Nation of Islam “led by Minister Louis Farrakhan, has endorsed Mr. Owens' opponent, Eric Adams, in the primary because they believe he will stand up to the Jews.” [1994]

"Minister Farrakhan can only fill a void that Major has left open" - Eric Adams [1994]
[4] Apparently, it was a group of black Republicans called the North Star Republicans of Fort Greene that convinced Adams to trade in his Democratic voter card which he only recently acquired for a shot at rubbing shoulders with philosophical soulmates of House Speaker Newt Gingrich…"Believe it or not, it's a continuation of 'no justice, no peace'," Adams told The Boro Politic. "I believe that there are a large number of closet black Republicans in the city, and if you take a close look at some of the concepts of the Republican Party, you'll see that many of them are our values." [1995]

Further, Mr. Adams sometimes put his money where his mouth was once contributing to reactionary Oklahoma Republican Congressman J.C. Watts. [1995]
[5] Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, facing scrutiny after climbing to the top of polls in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary, defended his past association with the Republican Party as a “personal protest” that he staged in the 1990s. Adams said he joined the GOP because he was upset by the Democrats’ pursuit of the controversial 1994 crime bill signed by President Bill Clinton. [2021]
[6] "Taxi. 'Are you talking to me?' That was the name of the movie, that's the favorite line; Taxi. 'Are you talking to me?'" - Eric Adams [2021]

Other possible Reform Party candidates are Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, New York mega-developer Donald Trump, actor-director Warren Beatty, actress-model Cybill Shepherd, and former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker. [1999]
[7] Other prominent New York Democrats running to be delegates for Mr. Obama include Councilmen James Saunders of Queens and Albert Vann of Brooklyn; State Senators Eric Adams, Karim Camara and Kevin S. Parker of Brooklyn; Assemblyman Michael Benjamin of the Bronx; City Councilwoman Helen D. Foster of the Bronx; and former Councilman Wendell Foster of the Bronx. [2008]
[8] But Adams said he did vote for Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential primary. [2018]
[9] "I supported Vice President Harris in the 2020 primary." - Eric Adams [2021]
[10] Ye enjoyed a lovely fall afternoon in New York City with former Trump lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen. And because, of course, this could get weirder, NYC’s likely next mayor, Eric Adams, was reportedly supposed to join the pair but was held up at another meeting. [2021]
[11] “I am the face of the new Democratic Party...Look at me and you’re seeing the future of the Democratic Party." - Eric Adams [2021]
 
1976-1980: James Callaghan (Labour)
1978 (Majority) def: William Whitelaw (Conservative), David Steel (Liberal)
1980-1981: Peter Shore (Labour Minority)
1981-1990: Michael Heseltine (Conservative)

1981 (Majority) def: Peter Shore (Labour), David Steel (Liberal), Douglas Henderson (SNP)
1985 (Majority) def: Roy Hattersley replacing John Silken (Labour), David Penhaligon (Liberal), Douglas Henderson (SNP), Mike Thomas (Reform)

1990-1996: Robin Cook (Labour)
1990 (Majority) def: Michael Heseltine (Conservative), David Penhaligon (Liberal), Jim Sillars (SNP), George Gardiner (Ind. Unionists)
1994 (Majority) def: John Major replacing Mark Thatcher (Conservative), Liz Lynne (Liberal)

1996-1999: Glyn Ford (Labour)
1999-: Emma Nicholson (Conservative)

1999 (Majority) def: Glyn Ford (Labour), Roseana Cunningham (SNP), Liz Lynne (Liberal), Robert Kilroy-Silk (Millennium!)

Heath by 1974 was tired, after a frank chat with Peter Walker and a brief health scare in the Autumn of 74, Heath would step down as Tory leader. The leadership battle would be between William Whitelaw and Keith Joseph which would rapidly become a victory for Whitelaw when Joseph was found saying seemingly eugenics based talking points in an interview.

When 1978 comes around, Callaghan sees a much higher polling boost than OTL and is persuaded by the Unions and his cabinet to push ahead. Callaghan gets a Majority over Whitelaw, but it’s a Majority of ten, mainly caused by the SNP collapsing against Labour. Whitelaw resigns and another leadership election occurs. Heseltine threads the needle between the Left choice Walker and the Right choice of Parkinson and wins the challenge.

When 1980 hits, Callaghan resigns and leaves Peter Shore holding the bag when the Majority becomes a minority as Shore finds himself dealing with a recession and his attempts to keep Keneysian economics going fall flat. Heseltine wins in 1981 by a significant majority as Shore’s Government flails and his attempt to instigate Left Wing Populism fall flat due to Labour’s time in office and his Anglo nationalism leading to a raise of the SNP again under a revived Douglas Henderson.

Heseltine’s time in office sees an attempt to turn Britain into a European style Social Market economy, and after the initial bite of austerity policies to deal with inflation, Heseltine institutes his ‘British Rejuvenation Scheme’ a series of reforms which whilst helping implement Neoliberalism in then U.K. come along with a series of building schemes, job creations and the beginning of a Council House buy back scheme.

Meanwhile Labour stumbles around whilst dealing with the new Britain at play, Kinnock’s car crash and fears of Mr Benn taking over leads to a hasty coronation of John Silken who is seen as being Left Wing enough for the party but not overly friendly to Benn. Silken is rather inadequate and his message of Democratic Socialism doesn’t gel with the raising force of the ‘Essex Man’. The 1985 election grounds this further, as a Pro-Heseltine Labour splinter tries to damage Labour’s choices (it doesn’t and is more of a nuisance if anything) and a revived Liberal Party lead a bruising contest for Labour, as Silken succumbs to a heart attack on the campaign trail and Hattersley awkwardly bumbles into the leadership office and proceeds to skid out of control.

Heseltine continues further, but his party begins to slowly rebel over the Europe issue. Attempts to implement a referendum on joining the ERM in 1989 goes nowhere after a series of Eurosceptic back bench rebellions. Heseltine decides to use the 1990 election as a possible way to help deal with the backbenchers and his party, making it a referendum on being closer to Europe. Britain does decide to be closer to Europe, but not through a Tory.

Robin Cook became leader in the aftermath of the 1985 election, having made a deal with Eurosceptic Soft Left Moderniser Bryan Gould to help muscle out a foot in mouth prone Dr Jack Cunningham and a worryingly popular Ken Coates who manages to do better than Benn did in his 81’ challenge. Cook modernises the Labour despite protests but keeps it firmly in a Soft Left direction to say the least.

This comes ahead as the Conservative’s collapse in the 1990 election and Cook’s Scottishness finally manages to nudge the SNP out of the picture as Cook gets a substantial majority to play with. National Investment Banks, the Industrial Democracy Act of 93’, investment into Greener Energy and increased rights for minorities are part of the Cook tenure. This alongside Gould’s ‘low taxes for the many’ policy makes Labour rather popular (even if the City complains about increased control and oversight).

In the aftermath of the successful 1994 election, in which the Conservative Right’s attempt to make Mark Thatcher a thing blows up in there face and the Liberals new blandly component leader keeps them in the green, Cook tries to finally deal with the bugbear that is Europe. The story of the Maastricht Treaty fights and the ‘Closer to Europe’ campaign is a long and storied one, but mainly through the effort of Cook, French President Jacque Delors and a group of dedicated Labour whips, the Maastricht Treaty is signed and supported in 1995. But the effort takes a toll on Cook, who has a minor heart attack in the Winter of 1995, and by the beginning of the New Year, resigns.

Glyn Ford was the true continuity Cook candidate but soon found himself surrounded by enemies. Kim Howells and Derek Fatchett supported joining the EMono Scheme which was supported by the Labour Action group of Ken Coates but with a more Democratic Socialist flavour to proceedings and all the while, David Owen and Bryan Gould had joined forces to wreak Eurosceptic havoc across the country.

Ford’s time was continuing Cook’s ideas, alongside reducing Britain's and NATO’s nuclear arsenal and establishing the ‘Anti-Fascist Watch’ to help deal with the bubbling increase in Right Extremism in the U.K. But movements across the country on the Left and Right were rearing there heads and biting into the traditional supports for the big parties. On the Syncretic-Right, the Millennium Party, a gaggle of Eurosceptics would form behind the charismatic if controversial former Labour Minister and TV Reporter Robert Kilroy-Silk. On the Left, the Green Left Party of Dave Cook would see increased support as he entered an unlikely alliance with the ‘Militant Labour’ Candidate Dave Nellist.

The 1999 election would see the Conservative’s gain a small majority of about 10 lead by the continuity Heseltine candidate, Emma Nicholson who had to deal with an increasingly divided nation. Glyn Ford would resign, and see in his wake a battle between Right-Centre and Left embodied by Ann Clwyd and Mark Meredith, both overlapping more than they would like. The Liberals would be dealt a near killer blow due to the success of the SNP and Liz Lynne losing her Rochdale seat due to allegations over the previous MP’s conduct, as efforts to find a new Liberal leader mainly bring up the reliable face of Ming Campbell against the eccentric Norman Baker.

Meanwhile Robert Kilroy-Silk relishes in the success of having gone from nowhere to 7 MPs in about three years. But if he’s not careful the interests that support him will replace him, with a more palatable leader...
 
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Heath by 1974 was tired, after a frank chat with Peter Walker and a brief health scare in the Autumn of 74, Heath would step down as Tory leader. The leadership battle would be between William Whitelaw and Keith Joseph which would rapidly become a victory for Whitelaw when Joseph was found saying seemingly eugenics based talking points in an interview.
This maybe one of the most Boring PODs I’ve ever come with up, but this was based upon watching that slightly naff Thatcher documentary which did mention how a lot of Heath supporters wanted him to step down during the Autumn of 1974 to make way for William Whitelaw.

Whitelaw versus Callaghan 1978 election could see either side win really, both would likely be offering the same type of ideas if anything.
 
[25] 1897-1905: Gov. William McKinley of Ohio (Republican)
'96 (with State Sen. Garret Hobart of New Jersey) def. Frm. Rep. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | [MEC Pres. Arthur Sewall of Maine (Democratic, Silver) / Frm. Rep. Thomas Watson of Georgia (Populist)]
'00 (with Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New York) def. Frm. Rep. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | Frm. Vice Pres. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois (Democratic)
[26] 1905-1913: Vice Pres. Theodore Roosevelt of New York (Republican)
'04 (with Frm. Gov. William O'Connell Bradley of Kentucky) def. Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York | Frm. Sen. Henry G. Davis of West Virginia (Democratic)
'08 (with Vice Pres. William O'Connell Bradley of Kentucky) def. Frm. Rep. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | Frm. State Sen. John W. Kern of Indiana (Democratic)
[27] 1913-1915: Frm. Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota (Democratic)
'12 (with Sen. George E. Chamberlain of Oregon) def. Sec. of War William Howard Taft of Ohio | Sen. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana (Republican)
[28] 1915-1925: Vice Pres. George E. Chamberlain of Oregon (Democratic)
'16 (with Sen. Lewis S. Chanler of New York) def. Sen. Theodore Burton of Ohio | Sen. John W. Weeks of Massachusetts (Republican), Former Pres. Theodore Roosevelt of New York | Former Rep. Eugene Foss of Massachusetts (Bull Moose)
'20 (with Vice Pres. Lewis S. Chanler of New York) def. Sen. Charles Deneen of Illinois | Gov. Charles S. Whitman of New York (Republican), Frm. State Sen. Eugene V. Debs of Indiana | Activist C. E. Ruthenburg of Ohio (Socialist)
[29] 1925-1933: Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas (Republican)
'24 (with Sen. Miles Poindexter of Washington) def. Sen. Charles Wayland Bryan of Nebraska | Gov. Michael Liebel Jr. of Pennsylvania (Democratic)
'28 (with Vice Pres. Miles Poindexter of Washington) def. Frm. Sec. of Commerce Jesse H. Jones of Texas | Sen. Thomas J. Walsh of Montana (Democratic), Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson of Illinois | Rep. Ole Hanson of California (Independent Republican), Rep. Max Eastman of New York | PFL Pres. James Maurer of Pennsylvania (Socialist)
[30] 1933-1934: Gov. William G. McAdoo of California (Democratic)
'32 (with Sen. Royal S. Copeland of New York) def. Vice Pres. Miles Poindexter of Washington | Gov. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. of New York (Republican), Activist Sid Hatfield of West Virginia | Rep. Daniel Hoan of Wisconsin (Socialist), Aviator Richard Byrd of Massachusetts | Frm. Rep. Ole Hanson of California (National), Gov. George White of Ohio | various ("Anti-Hearst" Democratic)
[31] 1934-1937: Vice Pres. Royal S. Copeland of New York (Democratic)
[32] 1937-0000: Gov. Hanford MacNider of Iowa (Republican)

'36 (with Publisher Frank Knox of Illinois) def. Gov. Paul McNutt of Indiana | Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney of Colorado (Democratic), Frm. Gov. John Brinkley of Kansas | various (Independent), Frm. Rep. Daniel Hoan of Wisconsin | Publisher Solon de Leon of New York (Socialist)

Great War (1914-1918): German Empire | Austria-Hungary | Bulgaria | Ottoman Empire (Central Powers) vs. Great Britain | France | Russian Empire | Japan | Serbia (Entente)
Central Powers victory, Treaty of Geneva, abdication of Mikhail II and Wilhelm II amidst the Saison Rouge
Spanish flu (February 1918 - March 1921): influenza, estimated 30-50 million dead
Turkey pandemic (October 1931 - October 1934): psittacosis in conjunction with coronavirus, estimated 15-30 million dead


Major leaders of the Postbellum Struggle c. April 1937, before the beginning of the Pacific War
Weltsystem
  • German Empire: Emperor Wilhelm III (Hohenzollern) | Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher (Independent)
  • Empire of Austria: Emperor Karl I (Habsburg-Lorraine) | Chancellor Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (Christian Social)
  • Kingdom of Hungary: King Károly IV (Habsburg-Lorraine) | Prime Minister Béla Imrédy (Christian National Union)
  • Kingdom of Jugoslavia: King Karlo IV (Habsburg-Lorraine) | Prime Minister Vladko Maček (HSS)
  • Ottoman Empire: Caliph Abdulmejid II (Osman) | Vizier Hamdullah Suphi Pasha (Independent)
  • Tsardom of Bulgaria: Tsar Boris III (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry) | Prime Minister Aleksandr Tsankov (National Alliance)
  • Kingdom of the Netherlands: King William IV (Orange-Nassau) | Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn (Anti-Revolutionary)
  • Republic of China: Premier Wang Jingwei (Social Nationalist)
Great Concord
  • United States of America: President Hanford MacNider | Vice President Frank Knox (Republican)
  • United Kingdom: King George VI (Windsor) | Prime Minister Leo Amery (Conservative leading National Coalition)
  • Russian Republic: President Anatoly Pepelyayev (Independent) | Prime Minister Viktor Pepelyayev ("Pepelyaevite" Constitutional Democratic leading National Coalition)
  • Empire of Japan: Emperor Yasuhito (Yamato) | Prime Minister Okada Keisuke (Rikken Seiyukai)
  • Second Republic of Spain: Prime Minister Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres-Sotomayor (FLC leading National Coalition)
  • Second Hellenic Republic: Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou (National Democratic Front)
  • Kingdom of Siam: King Rama VII (Chakri) | Prime Minister Deva Bandhumasena (Independent)
Unaligned actors:
  • Sixth French (Conseil) Republic: Président Adrien Marquet (PSMF)
 
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Kingdom of the Netherlands: King William IV (Orange-Nassau) | Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn (Anti-Revolutionary)
Kaiser Aligned, Anti-Communist Netherlands is rather surreal to say the least.
Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou (National Democratic Front)
Now this, this is based.
[32] 1937-0000: Gov. Hanford MacNider of Iowa (Republican)
'36 (with Publisher Frank Knox of Illinois) def. Gov. Paul McNutt of Indiana | Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney of Colorado (Democratic), Frm. Gov. John Brinkley of Kansas | various (Independent), Frm. Rep. Daniel Hoan of Wisconsin | Publisher Solon de Leon of New York (Socialist)
Well...fuck.
Russian Republic: President Anatoly Pepelyayev (Independent) | Prime Minister Viktor Pepelyayev ("Pepelyaevite" Constitutional Democratic leading National Coalition)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

All in all excellent work, love some mushy ‘“Progressive’” Conservative/New Nationalist/Corporatist takeover of American politics as the world slowly sinks into slurry.
 
Kaiser Aligned, Anti-Communist Netherlands is rather surreal to say the least.

A German-sympathetic king and a German-dominated continent do wonders for one's political alignment!

But is it any more surreal than a Kaiser-aligned China under Wang Jingwei?

Now this, this is based.

*successfully avenges Venizelos's execution*

Well...fuck.

Opportunistic as fuck, perhaps, but appreciates the Concord at the very least.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

By the way, I have to point out that Vitya's predecessor as Prime Minister, for a brief period at least, was Nikolai Lvov.

Now, for all the authoritarian qualities of the Russian Republic, it definitely could have been worse; the Pepelyayev brothers recognize the limitrophe states of the Weltsystem, for one.

After a decade in the wilderness, the Constitutional Democrats are the largest political party in Russia once more, though at the cost of internal stability.
 
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But is it any more surreal than a Kaiser-aligned China under Wang Jingwei?
No, this Wang Jingwei we’re talking about here, he would be the type to big up ‘Teutonic Socialist’ values or similar bullshit to justify his rule.
*successfully avenges Venizelos's execution*
Well at least Greece in this world is no longer shit and all that.
Opportunistic as fuck, perhaps, but appreciates the Concord at the very least.
*The Business Plot But instead of a Based Socialist, it’s a boring Republican Technocrat*

That being said, he’s definitely much better than the brief Hearst dominated White House.
By the way, I have to point out that Vitya's predecessor as Prime Minister, for a brief period at least, was Nikolai Lvov.
Interesting, this seems a very Centre-Right dominated Russia to say the least.
Now, for all the authoritarian qualities of the Russian Republic, it's arguably better off than it had and/or could've been under certain other leaders of the 1920s; the Pepelyayev brothers recognize the limitrophe states of the Weltsystem, for one.
They probably also realise that just leaving the Peasants and Workers to starve is a stupid idea, so I could imagine some awkward Welfare State is set up or some piece of Social Liberal Reformism is set up.

This has all the components of being a really good TL to say the least.
 
Well at least Greece in this world is no longer shit and all that.

To be fair, it's not the only one - Spain's American-backed democracy, questionable leader aside, is functional and economically healthy - but yeah.

Interesting, this seems a very Centre-Right dominated Russia to say the least.

Russo-American relationship goes up ✊

This has all the components of being a really good TL to say the least.

Thanks!!

There are still some elements I'm conflicted about, but this rendition is final for the time being.
 
Experimenting with new format. Does this count? It's pretty abstract.

The Ten Most Shocking American Political Murders (and attempts) of the 20th Century, ranked
originally published by True Detective Magazine, c. 2003

10. The Attempted Assassination of Fred Hampton (1969)
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
Target: Deputy Chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton
Perpetrators: Cook County State's Attorney's Office
, in conjunction with Chicago Police Department and the FBI
Motive:
To stop the advancement of the BPP lead by Hampton
Method: Police raid
Casualties: 4 killed, 7 injured
What happened next: Hampton briefly entered into hiding, further radicalisation of radical leftist groups, public outrage following outing of COINTELPRO operations, eventual election of Hampton to congress, eventual assassination of Richard Nixon.

9. The Murder of Danny Casolaro (1991)
Location:
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Target: Freelance journalist Danny Casolaro
Motive:
To prevent research on the Inslaw PROMIS case being disseminated to the public
Perpetrators: unknown
Method: Assault (presumed)
Casualties: 1
What happened next: Public outrage and increased public distrust in Government and Intelligence services, subsequent congressional hearings resulted in 'insufficient evidence', approval rating of President Jerry Brown drops significantly.

8. The Attempted Assassination of JFK (1963)
Location:
Dallas, Texas
Target: President John F. Kennedy
Perpetrators:
fmr. US Marine Lee Harvey Oswald
Motive:
Homicidal psychosis
Method: Shooting
Casualties: 0 killed, 3 injured
What happened next: Arrest and incarceration of Oswald, degradation of health and eventual suicide of Kennedy, election of Lyndon Johnson in 1964, finding of the Warren Commission confirm Oswald "acted alone".

7. The Assassination of Charles Turner (1985)
Location:
Portland, Oregon
Target: District Attorney Charles Turner
Perpetrators:
Rajneeshpuram cult members Ma Shanti Bhadra, Ma Anand Sheela, Ma Anand Su and others
Motive: To prevent further investigation into the Rajneesh movement by the State Department of Oregon
Method: Shooting
Casualties: 1
What happened next: Further Rajneeshi bioterrorism attacks in Oregon and California, eventual Siege of Antelope, Countercult Crimes Devision restructured into the Federal Department of Homeland Security and Safety by President Jerry Brown.

6. The Death of Gary Caradori (1990)
Location:
Ashton, Illinois
Target: Independent investigator for the Nebraska State Senate Gary Caradori
Perpetrators:
unknown
Motive: To prevent evidence of sex trafficking operations being delivered to the Nebraska State Senate Committee on the Franklin Credit Union
Method: Sabotage of plane (presumed)
Casualties: 3
What happened next: Public outrage and increased public distrust in Government and Intelligence services, further radicalisation of radical right-wing groups, subsequent congressional investigation verdict remains 'inconclusive' due to jury tampering, eventual election of Ernie Chambers, John DeCamp and Ted Gunderson to congress.

5. The Assassination of Harvey Milk (1995)
Location:
Gulfport, Mississippi
Target: Representative for California and 1996 Democratic primary candidate Harvey Milk
Perpetrators:
fmr. soldier and conspiracy theorist Timothy McVeigh
Motive:
Nationalist extremism
Method: Bombing
Casualties: 41 killed, 109 injured
What happened next: Arrest and incarceration of McVeigh, federal crackdown on extremism by President Trett Lott.

4. The Son of Sam murders (1975-1977)
Location:
New York City, New York
Target: various
Perpetrators: Postal service worker and alleged cultist David Berkowitz
Motive:
Homicidal psychosis
Method: Shooting
Number of casualties: 6 killed, 9 wounded
What happened next: Arrest and incarceration of Berkowitz, nomination of Mayor Abraham Beame for Democratic Party candidate in 1976, federal investigation opened to investigate links between David Berkowitz and the Process Church of the Final Judgement, greater exacerbation of the Satanic Panic.

3. The Assassination of George Bush (2001)
Location:
Houston, Texas
Target: former President of the United States George H.W. Bush
Perpetrators:
Conspiracy theorist and former US Navy Officer Milton William Cooper
Motive:
Mental illness
Method: Shooting
Casualties: 1
What happened next: Cooper killed in standoff with Arizona State Troopers, posthumous boost to approval ratings of the Bush administration, further federal crackdown on extremist groups assists passage of PATRIOT Acts 1 and 2.

2. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (1972)
Location:
Ottawa, Canada
Target: President of the United States Richard Nixon
Perpetrators:
fmr. janitor Arthur Bremer
Motive:
Mental illness
Method: Shooting
Casualties: 3 killed, one wounded
What happened next: Elevation of Vice President Spiro Agnew to the Presidency, further escalation of the Vietnam War (1955-1981).

1. The Bundy Murders (1974-1988)
Location:
various (Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and Florida)
Target: various
Perpetrators: Governor of Washington and 1988 Republican Presidential nominee Theodore "Ted" Bundy
Motive:
Homicidal psychosis
Method: Stabbing
Number of casualties: 58 (declared), 102 (suspected)
What happened next: Arrest and incarceration of Governor Bundy, GOP loses '88 election, further electoral reform institutionalised.
 
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List of Superintendents of Canterbury Province
1868-1893: William Rolleston (Liberal Party)
1893-1909: William Pember Reeves (Progressive Party)
1909-1928: Frank Rolleston (Liberal Party)
1928-1933: G. R. Blanco White (Progressive Party)
1933-1944: Humphry Davy Rolleston (Liberal Party)
1944-1967: C. H. Waddington (Progressive Party)
1967-1974: Thomas Blanco White (Progressive Party)
1974-1986: Gen. Charles Upham (Liberal Party)
1986-1990: Humphry Rolleston (Liberal Party)
1990-2001: Martin Rees (Progressive Party)
2001-2016: Frank Gardner (Liberal Party)
2016-: David McDuff (Progressive Party)

The Province of Canterbury, in the Commonwealth of New Zealand, has a long-established party system based on the dominant clans of this rather traditionalist region. William Rolleston was assisted into the hot-seat by his father-in-law, Joseph Brittan, who was then the owner of The Press - a newspaper which represents the more conservative interests of the denizens of Christchurch. As against the Brittan-Rolleston clique, the Lyttelton Times was owned by the Reeves family, who overcame the challenges of franchise restrictions in the early 1890s to concretise a very early example of Fabian socialism - votes for women, laws governing working conditions, and a ban on Chinese immigration. All of this was backed up by the latest advances in the social (and actual) sciences.

The Liberals slowed the pace of reform when they came back into power in 1909, and remained there for much of the next few decades. The Progressives regained power just in time to deal with the Great Depression, in which they fared poorly, despite retaining the services of H. G. Wells (admittedly well outside his comfort zone) as an economic advisor. When cast back into opposition, they couldn't find much to fault the new government on, apart from carping on about how their eugenics programme would be based on much sounder scientific principles. After the other New Zealand Provinces ejected the Axis-aligned Cantabrian government, the Progressives returned at the head of a government of radicalised guerilla partisans, who combined the maintenance of traditional party structures with the additional spice of being members of the Cominform. After Hungary, the regime liberalised (safe in the knowledge that not even the Cubans would intervene in such a minor outpost of Communism), just in time for oil shocks and stagflation.

General Upham, a scion of the Brittan clan, was a symbol of Cantabrian patriotism on account of his heroic actions in the New Zealand Civil War (his Rorke's Drift-style defence of the Hanmer Springs 'Health' Camp is the subject of a forthcoming film which is being protested by the Woke Left), and came out of semi-retirement to head a military government and impose the measures recommended by the IMF and the Australians. After this economic liberalisation, there was a period of political liberalisation in which the Progressives were kindly allowed to take part (they established the Canterbury Space Programme). But with the start of the War on Terror, Canterbury has followed the global trend towards authoritarianism.

There appears to be no possibility of ever getting a Super who isn't related to either the Rollestons or the Reeveses.
 
eventual election of Ernie Chambers,

Oh yes!

John DeCamp and Ted Gunderson

Oh no!

1. The Bundy Murders (1974-1988)
Location:
various (Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, and Florida)
Target: various
Perpetrators: Governor of Washington and 1988 Republican Presidential nominee Theodore "Ted" Bundy

Kudos for finding a way to make "Made A Good Lawyer" interesting again.

That was a fun list, and the style definitely plays to your strengths. I'd personally put it in the Rundowns and General Gubbins thread, but nobody really seems to care so you may as well keep it here.

After the other New Zealand Provinces ejected the Axis-aligned Cantabrian government, the Progressives returned at the head of a government of radicalised guerilla partisans, who combined the maintenance of traditional party structures with the additional spice of being members of the Cominform.

Thanks Mazda, for reminding us to always read the writeup.
 
I get that with Gunderson, but why DeCamp? He had a solid head on him and was the brains behind Operation Babylift.
Kudos for finding a way to make "Made A Good Lawyer" interesting again.
Thanks! I've been meaning to get a hold of shiftygiant and ask if I could take the concept and do something with it.
That was a fun list, and the style definitely plays to your strengths. I'd personally put it in the Rundowns and General Gubbins thread, but nobody really seems to care so you may as well keep it here.
You reckon I should repost it there?
 
I get that with Gunderson, but why DeCamp? He had a solid head on him and was the brains behind Operation Babylift.

I see "alleged a Satanist conspiracy ring" and alarm bells go off. It's not steered me wrong so far.

You reckon I should repost it there?

Nah, reposting tends to clutter the threads up. Keep it where it is.
 
I see "alleged a Satanist conspiracy ring" and alarm bells go off. It's not steered me wrong so far.
Technically true, sure, but the main point of prosecution was about the human trafficking, kidnapping, murder, etc. Ernie got in on it to, claiming he'd received reports of kids from foster homes were being flown out of state on private planes.
If anything the "satanist" bit was the random ritual aspects that cropped up in victim interviews.
...I've, uh, been doing a lot of research. Sorry to derail the thread.
 
Inspired by @Meppo recent and excellent list, taken from a brief mention of Leo Amery leading a National Coalition;

1918-1921: Bonar Law (Conservative)
1918 (Majority) def: David Lloyd George (Liberal), William Adamson (Labour), Arthur Griffiths (Sinn Féin)
1921-1924: George Curzon, Marquess of Kedleston (Conservative)
1921 (Majority) def: Reginald McKenna (Liberal), Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Micheal Collins (Sinn Fein)
1924-1926: Arthur Steel-Maitland (Conservative)
1926-1932: Walter Runicman (Liberal)

1926 (Labour Confidence & Supply) def: Arthur Steel-Maitland (Conservative), Arthur Henderson (Labour), Max Aitken (Anti-Waste), J. R. Campbell (BSP)
1930 (Majority) def: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative), Arthur Henderson (Labour), J.R. Campbell (BSP), Max Aitken (Constitutional)

1932-1935: Walter Runciman (National Liberal leading National Coalition)
1935-: Leo Amery (Conservative leading National Coalition)

1935 (‘National’ Majority) def: Oliver Baldwin (Labour), Winston Churchill (Constitutional), Minnie Lansbury (BSP), John Beckett (Social Credit), Cecil Malone (Liberal)

Cabinet of the National Government (1935-1937):

Prime Minister: Leo Amery (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Anthony Eden (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Neville Chamberlain (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Home Department: Freddie Guest (National)
Secretary of State for the Colonies: Edgar Granville (National Liberal)
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs: Geoffrey Shakespeare (National Liberal)
Secretary of State for War: Oswald Mosley (Conservative)
Secretary of State for India: The Marquess of Zetland (Conservative)
Secretary of State for Scotland: John Colville (Unionist)
Secretary for Air: Leslie Burgin (National Liberal)
First Lord of the Admiralty: Euan Wallace (Conservative)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Gwylim Lloyd-George (National Liberal)
President of the Board of Trade: Walter Runciman (National Liberal)
Minister of Agriculture: Walter Elliot (Unionist)
Minister of Labour: Austin Hopkinson (National)
Minister of Health: Sir Kingsley Wood (Conservative)
Minister of Transport: Herbert Morrison (National Liberal)
Lord Chancellor: Viscount Halifax (Conservative)
Lord Privy Seal: Viscount Swinton (Conservative)
Lord President of the Council: Viscount Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (National Liberal)
Leader of the House of Lords: Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)

“The 1935 election was a great shift in the politics of Britain, since the start of the initial Turkish epidemic crisis in 1931 and resulting recession, Walter Runciman, the once dynamic Social Liberal, found himself relying on the support of the Conservative’s to implement any policies. But members of his party rebelled with Cecil Malone, a fairly renegade Liberal MP and popular Spokesman for the party and free trade accused Runciman of ‘bringing Toryism via the Backdoor’. His own party disagreeing of his support for Protectionist ideas and increasingly Rightward talking points lead to Runciman calling for a National Government to deal with the crisis, inspired by a close political colleague Freddie Guest’s suggestion of such.

Even with his own party splitting, the combined force of National Liberal and Conservative have the Government an immense majority to work with. Implementing protectionist policies, cutting council budgets and working closely with Tory policies on social welfare and expenditure was the order of the day. This was additionally combined with half hearted attempts at Keynesian ideas like increasing rearmament programs and ‘National Service’ schemes to put unemployed man back to work in the Army or as part of ‘Morrison’s Men’ named after the Minister of Transport establishing roads and railroads across the nation.

As the 1935 election loomed, Runciman decided to step aside and let the Conservative Leader Leo Amery take over, so Runciman could focus more on trade and finance policies. Leo Amery considered dissolving the National Government to secure a true Tory victory but was dissuaded by Neville Chamberlain and Anthony Eden who believed that the National Government was a perfect ‘Anti-Socialist Alliance’ to combat the raising tide of Left Wing agitation across the country.

The Labour Party had been in high hopes in the early 20s only to see them collapse over the course of the decade as fears about Communist subversion, the 2nd French Revolution and raise of the BSP lead to the party being able to raise above the 80 seat mark. After Henderson’s confidence and supply deal failed in the long run leading to a large scale defection of a number of Fabian based ‘Bright Young Things’ the party had initially decided to elect the Centre candidate of Christopher Thomson. But a scandal involving a love affair with a married Romanian princess in 1932 caused Thomson to step down.

The Trade Unionist MPs of Manny Shillwell and Ernest Bevin and the Woodcraft Folk based MP Leslie Paul decided that they wanted a ‘Left’ candidate who would move away from fusty Fabianism and support ideals that there organisations supported; Democratic Socialism, Welfare States and Monetary Reform. Oliver Baldwin was to be that candidate, a man who proposed large trade union backed projects and deficit spending as a way to tackle unemployment. Baldwin would easily defeat a quixotic attempt by John Beckett who’s Nationalistic and Rightward message would lead to him leaving the Labour Party by the end of 1933 and joining the nascent Social Credit Party.

Baldwin would go on a barnstorming campaign speaking at workers rally’s, demonstrations and community gatherings up and down the country, preaching a Left Wing Populist message about the evils of the National Government.

In a similar capacity, Winston Churchill of the Constitutionalists would do the genial Right Wing Populist version of this, decrying the National Government as ‘State Socialism by Any Other Name’ and proposing ‘Progressive Conservativism as the way forward for all’ and extolled virtues of patriotism and imperialism to expectant crowds. The 1935 plan to bring about Indian Dominion-ship would play into Churchill’s hands as the election came.

The Liberal splinter lead by Cecil Malone was unable to strike the right tone, as the party was divided on issues of fiscal dry and wetness and a message that tried to extol themselves as being the only party that could save Britain in a schizophrenic fashion. Additionally the raise of the Social Credit movement as the force of there former Farmer and Celtic supporters would undercut Malone’s messaging to as the Social Credit party managed to become a force of Centrist, Anti-Establishment thought.

Minnie Lansbury took over a British Socialist Party that was dominate in Left Wing Trade Unions and certain cities but was unable to provided a clear message on the way forward. Additionally the parties increased reliance on French support and the largely foreign makeup of its membership lead to it being the target of xenophobic abuse and attack’s. Lansbury would manage to try and steer the party’s messaging away from Revolutionary fervour to more Democratic Socialist ideals but would be attacked by members of his party for ‘betraying the cause’.

Social Credit’s increased popularity in the wake of John Beckett’s joining of the party would be a godsend for the party but bad for John Hargreaves who had been increasingly left out in the cold in the aftermath of Leslie Paul taking much of the Kibbo Krift with him into the Labour Party. Beckett decide to oust the eccentric Hargreaves and the harness the force of the Anti-Establishment vote in rural villages and Celtic heartlands that had once gone the Liberals for his own ends. Accusations of increasingly Anti-Semitic language and funding from Michael Collins Sinn Féin would dampen the growth of the party but Beckett would be secure in the knowledge of beating Malone’s Liberals.

The election would see the National Government survive with a majority of about 40 seats, whilst Labour jumped from a low bar of 80 seats to about 200 seats in the House of Commons leading Labour to be the Official Leaders of Opposition for the first time in its history. The Constitutional party would gain seats too in the disaffected Tory heartlands whilst the Liberals collapsed in the wake of split votes in a number of constituencies leading to Social Credit and Labour gains in a number of them. Minnie Lansbury managed to keep the party steady but disagreements in political messaging and the increased domination of French Aligned Committee Members would lead to the party’s split in the late 30s.

Leo Amery would gain a second term for the National Government, but would find himself increasingly reliant on the National Liberals than ever before. As the 30s continued this reliance and the anger with it would lead to tensions and strife as time went on, particularly in the aftermath of Herbert Morrison’s succession as National Liberal Leader and the war brewing the Pacific...”

Edited Excerpt from the Looming Shadow; British Politics From 1918-1955, by Tom Miéville (1998, Veritas Publishing)
 
Inspired by @Meppo recent and excellent list, taken from a brief mention of Leo Amery leading a National Coalition;

Absolutely astonishing, thank you Time Enough

It's legitimately amazing (and flattering) just how much you have been inspired

Micheal Collins (Sinn Fein)

suspect

Accusations of increasingly Anti-Semitic language and funding from Michael Collins Sinn Féin would dampen the growth of the party but Beckett would be secure in the knowledge of beating Malone’s Liberals.

very suspect

The 1935 election was a great shift in the politics of Britain, since the start of the initial Turkish epidemic crisis in 1931

I do have to note that it really is a turkey epidemic (as in an epidemic of a zoonotic infectious disease contracted from avian species), but I can work with the Ottoman Empire being erroneously seen as an epicenter.

In a similar capacity, Winston Churchill of the Constitutionalists would do the genial Right Wing Populist version of this, decrying the National Government as ‘State Socialism by Any Other Name’ and proposing ‘Progressive Conservativism as the way forward for all’ and extolled virtues of patriotism and imperialism to expectant crowds. The 1935 plan to bring about Indian Dominion-ship would play into Churchill’s hands as the election came.

Hopefully Amery and co. were not considering partitioning India. Also hopefully the Dominion doesn't collapse into ethnic strife and takeover by Subhas Chandra Bose some unchallenged strongman from day one.

What exactly bothers Churchill so much about the idea of an Indian dominion?

Leo Amery would gain a second term for the National Government, but would find himself increasingly reliant on the National Liberals than ever before.

fusion time :devilish:

ALL HAIL BARON MORRISON, THE MAN OF THE HOUR

Say, if you don't mind me asking, how do you envision Amery's relations with other big powers around that time?
 
very suspect
Collins here is a Kemalist sort, in a grand coalition with Irish Labour and a Farmers Party who uses Monetary Reform and Secular Reform to help modernise Ireland. To help deal with the power of the Church, Collins often relies on Nationalist rhetoric and allusions to Celtic mythology. And Social Credit, a political organisation with a base in British Folk Culture and the Celtic Fringe is the perfect organisation to help support his aims.
I do have to note that it really is a turkey epidemic (as in an epidemic of a zoonotic infectious disease contracted from avian species), but I can work with the Ottoman Empire being erroneously seen as an epicenter.
I was thinking that, it being blamed on Turkey due to a translation error would work well in a ‘Ottoman Empire continues to wheeze’.
Hopefully Amery and co. were not considering partitioning India. Also hopefully the Dominion doesn't collapse into ethnic strife and takeover by Subhas Chandra Bose some unchallenged strongman from day one.
India would be a complete Dominion though it would be dealing with other problems, like a giant Nationalistic China on it’s border who sees potential in bothering it. Bose would be in the thick of it so who knows, maybe he’s some French inspired Communist or a general authoritarian etc.
What exactly bothers Churchill so much about the idea of an Indian dominion?
Churchill is arch Imperialist who has racist ideas about the ‘place’ of Indians so letting them run things is a big no no. This is part of Amery’s ‘Imperial Federation’ ideas which he doesn’t entirely agree with but anyway.
fusion time :devilish:

ALL HAIL BARON MORRISON, THE MAN OF THE HOUR
I realised that Morrison is the type of person who would defect if given a big enough slice of the pie. His ideals of ‘Fabian Decentralisation’ and Imperialism work well with folks like Eden and Chamberlain so...yeah.

Say, if you don't mind me asking, how do you envision Amery's relations with other big powers around that time?
I think he’s friendly with most of the members of the Great Concord, particularly Japan who he views a fellow Imperial nation who can help enforce the chaotic Republican Chinese. He’s cold on Russia, but is friendly enough.

Nations related to Germany are viewed poorly, though the Netherlands is complicated due to it being a more begruding member and all that. China is viewed as a threat who will likely be a danger in the coming years. Ireland and Britain’s have a frosty relationship but due to trade are friendly enough, Ireland being a neutral partner helps.
 
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