God, you made the Whigs sound so nice and the Tories so boring. Preference, perhaps?
I can't be blamed if you feel that way! After all, all I've done is transplant our own history into the game's circumstances. The Tories around this period were, honestly, dull. Aside from Dizzy and, to a certain extent, Derby himself, there few experienced ministers within the party and even fewer talented ones.
Preference may come into it, but God knows the Tories don't make it easy for me to make them sound exciting.
I still hope you're not favoring the whiggies with IG party loyalty support too much, because I anticipate their eventual burning come the 20th century.
I never really have been. Though, as I believe I noted a few pages ago, the British electorate during the time was naturally liberal, and this is reflected in game. The Tories will come back in a pretty big way in the not-too-distant future, though. I will say that.
Ah, another wonderful round of electioneering!
I can't expect anything but a Whig majority, so I'm mainly curious who will join them in government. Looking forward to how it turns out!
Thanks Scrap! The manifestos can be rather tedious to write sometimes, so I thought I'd change them up slightly and allow myself the chance to go into a bit more historical detail rather than simply churning out party slogans. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying things so far.
As for the Whigs, whilst I obviously can't possibly comment on the outcome of the election, the hints for who will join whom are all to be found in the update.
Thank you both for your comments so far. As ever, they are much appreciated. I have no idea when I'll be able to get the campaigns done, but hopefully you won't have too long a wait before the next government is formed. Having played the game up to just before the late Victorian period, I'm pretty eager to get everything covered in a timely fashion, other unforeseen commitments notwithstanding. Hopefully I'll avoid stretching four years over four months this year.
