Albion and Empire - A (very) British Victoria II (NWO) Interactive AAR

[Eid3r]

House of Commons, 1969

“Mister Speaker, I rise in this House today to castigate the Labour government on their reckless budgetary cuts to our nation’s military. In swift scratch by a soaking red quill, they have broken Britain’s sword, at a time when more than ever, the world appears a very unstable and dangerous place.

Thirty percent cuts! That is the act of sabotage performed by Labour against our military forces! The late Duke of London famously said that we sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us. Well this government has put this entire nation at risk and it did not take long for this naive government to reap the disastrous results of this ill-advise policy decision.

It is quite spectacular, Mr. Speaker, that we had 30 thousand troops in Cyprus and somehow, the Prime Minister and his amateur government managed to let the Turks invade parts of the Island and was hopelessly outplayed by Greek locals who robbed him of the strategic ground.

Indeed, our forces, left reeling by his inane budget cuts, were outmaneuvered in Cyprus and had to be simply evacuated, along British citizens, giving the Turks the first sight of British backs since the Dardanelles. Shameful, Mr. Speaker, Shameful!

Will the Minister of Defence, or the Prime Minister, recognize that without a well-equipped and well maintained military, this nation will be unable to project power and that Britain’s prestige, what is left of it after this debacle, will wither away to the status of a small regional power? Will he recognize that he needs to reinvest in our armed forces?”

 

[Scrapknight]

Mr. Speaker,

I would like to make something perfectly clear. As we speak, industrial production in Britain has soared. Fewer Britons are languishing in poverty than ever before. The Industrial Democracy Act has, for all of its tribulations, radically transformed the balance of power in the British economy. Laborers are today enjoying not just protections but genuine economic agency. For those of you in this House who have never been poor, who have never known what it's like to work in a factory, to experience uncertainty over where your next meal might come from or fear the whims of corporate mismanagement, spare a moment to think of how the lives of working people have been transformed by this act. Think of how many people have been able to secure their livelihoods, able to own their futures. That is an accomplishment I stand by, and no matter what anyone else says, I will take pride in having genuinely changed the lives of so many of the working poor in this country.

I understand, however, that this change has not affected everyone equally. Many Britons in the middle class have been caught wrong-footed by these changes, and to them I promise that the Government does not wish to alienate them or harm their livelihoods. The government shall work to reduce capital flight, help small businesses having difficulty complying with IDA requirements, as well as improve access to our financial system for both the poor and middle-class segments of the populace. Blue-collar industry has flourished, far more than under any previous administration, but we shall work to bring both fairness and prosperity to the white-collar workplace as well. We shall pursue a path of fair and equitable relations between labour and business, such that we can bring both prosperity and equality to the middle class as well as the poor. I hope that sensible members of the Opposition will be willing to bridge our divides and help us create an economy that is not only just, but that works for all Britons.

- The Prime Minister

 

[DensleyBlair]

The Home Department, Whitehall. January 1969.

We were talking about the love we all could share.

‘What's this, Parr? Burmese solidarity?’

‘Something like that.’ Parris Marr was hosting: Tony, Anthony, Harold and Michael. A motley crew. Michael and Anthony were sat opposite the Home Secretary in modish leather chairs, Harold stood behind passively smoking his pipe and Tony was busying himself with something he'd picked off a bookshelf.

‘Feel free to take that, Tony. Essays by one of David's friends, which you might find vaguely interesting.’

George Harrison's sitar in the background gave the meeting the air, in one way at least, of a halls of residence at on of the new Robbins redbricks. The five men present were, of course, all dissidents in their own ways. For some, it was the final manifestation of the old Nonconformist tradition; for some, reform not quite for its own sake. None was an iconoclast, at least. Not really.

‘But yes, as we were saying,’ Michael returned to a dropped thread of conversation seemingly without noticing Marr and Crosland, ‘things have evidently got to change somehow. If the experiment hasn't failed yet, it's looking decidedly moribund.’

Parris had a deep affection for Michael. Here was a man gifted enough to write searing articles in Tribune, speak eloquently without apology and stand unflinchingly for his beliefs – all whilst avoiding being thought of as pompous by the right-wing press. Michael was an intellectual whose hobby was politics. Marr was too much of a mongrel.

‘Economically,’ said Harold, the fiscal brains in the room, ‘Michael is, of course, quite right. The conception was laudable, but I'm not quite sure anyone realised just how traumatic the birth would be.’

‘Naïve, I suppose,’ offered Anthony.

Harold continued. ‘We can hardly claim to be the party of the working man when we've got rid of most of their jobs.’

‘I'm not sure Jim wanted to do it, frankly, which can't have helped matters. Poor man; hasn't been so sunny lately,’ Michael lamented.

Parris listened and let everyone talk. Recently, Fleet Street had been trying to paint a large divide between Cabinet ministers: Monaghan and Marr against the world. This was, of course, politely, bunk. One rag had even written some dreadful comment piece about how he'd been conspiring against Stephen. Ignoring this, he spoke:

‘I think it's quite clear that if we're to get a grip on things and be able to actually fulfill the rest of our manifesto promises, we need to reign in policy. Jim would call it changing tack. We've lost the weather gauge and we need to find it again. Shift the focus to redistribution, reconcile with the middle classes. That sort of thing.’

This was met by a chorus of pensive nods. After a while, Tony spoke up:

‘I didn't know you were a sailing man, Parr.’

Marr grinned. ‘Only if the waters are rough enough,’ which raised a smile from everyone, Anthony included, and even a small laugh from Michael.

And to see you're really only very small and life goes on within you and without you.​

 

[Eid3r]

House of Commons, 1969

“Mr. Speaker, the economic policies of the Prime Minister are quite simply disastrous. He waged war on capital so successfully that when he turned to his Chancellor of the Exchequer to balance the books with absurd taxation, he found himself in want of capital to tax, sending the budget into the abyss of mismanagement.

The Prime Minister wishes up to think about how people’s live were transformed by his failed policies. I am quite sure that all the workers laid-off, as mushrooming unemployment testify, are short on time to think about that while they are scraping by to put some bread on the table.

This government boasts about its economic bona fide, but the reality is that they dug the biggest hole in the public purse since World War II and their economic scheme is quite simply unsustainable. The Nation will run out of money, and all those public sector jobs will be carried by the wind, leaving behind a nation of paupers.

It is urgent that a change of course be applied to our economy. Right now, this government has brought Britain to its knees while other countries are sending us their compliments for the relocation of our businesses and capital to their shores.”

 

[Somberg]

Mr. Speaker,

I wish to point out the blunder that has been Labour foreign policy under Monaghan. One must look no further than Cyprus and the conflict which has now embroiled it and has been largely ignored by the current Labour government in favor of its radical domestic agenda. How can we continue to assert ourselves on the international stage if we cannot even stand up for our own interests and be an active participate in diplomatic resolutions? This government has brazenly ceded the island of Cyprus without putting up as much as a fight or even having a say in the resolution of the ongoing tension there. Such defeatism is completely unacceptable and unwarranted from the government of this country.

We also see how Labour has not only let Yemen fall to Soviet control but has failed to maintain favorable relations with America. Now how are we supposed to stand up to international communism and the Soviets when we have soured our relationship with the most powerful free and democratic nation in the world? Labour has failed in the fight against communism, which isn't surprising seeing as they are progressively turning us into a communist nation with their terrible and destructive economic policies. Our prestige is slowly slipping away at the hands of this Labour government, which cannot hold Britain's own in international affairs.

It is clear that this government has only gone so far as to plan out radical domestic policies with little regard for foreign affairs. Its neglect and incompetence has damaged our international reputation. I do not see how Labour can turn things around after their disastrous handling of matters so far. How much longer can we tolerate international ineptitude before it is too much? The only way we can salvage our international image now is under Conservative guidance, which I hope may come soon enough before it is too late.

~ Arthur Hornesby, MP for Hertford

 

[jeeshadow]

Mr. Speaker,

I wish to point out the blunder that has been Labour foreign policy under Monaghan. One must look no further than Cyprus and the conflict which has now embroiled it and has been largely ignored by the current Labour government in favor of its radical domestic agenda. How can we continue to assert ourselves on the international stage if we cannot even stand up for our own interests and be an active participate in diplomatic resolutions? This government has brazenly ceded the island of Cyprus without putting up as much as a fight or even having a say in the resolution of the ongoing tension there. Such defeatism is completely unacceptable and unwarranted from the government of this country.

We also see how Labour has not only let Yemen fall to Soviet control but has failed to maintain favorable relations with America. Now how are we supposed to stand up to international communism and the Soviets when we have soured our relationship with the most powerful free and democratic nation in the world? Labour has failed in the fight against communism, which isn't surprising seeing as they are progressively turning us into a communist nation with their terrible and destructive economic policies. Our prestige is slowly slipping away at the hands of this Labour government, which cannot hold Britain's own in international affairs.

It is clear that this government has only gone so far as to plan out radical domestic policies with little regard for foreign affairs. Its neglect and incompetence has damaged our international reputation. I do not see how Labour can turn things around after their disastrous handling of matters so far. How much longer can we tolerate international ineptitude before it is too much? The only way we can salvage our international image now is under Conservative guidance, which I hope may come soon enough before it is too late.

~ Arthur Hornesby, MP for Hertford

Mr. Speaker,

I would briefly like to point out the contradictions in the Honorable Gentleman from Hertford's statements. Regarding Cyprus, we have done what the Honorable Gentleman wants us to do, and worked with our American Allies. We would not stab a fellow NATO member in the back. Furthermore, this Government has avoided major involvement in the conflict in Burma. A conflict which has proved so popular in America as to an end to decades of the Democrats holding the Presidency. Furthermore, we are the only major NATO nation to offer support to the reform efforts in Czechoslovakia before they were so ruthlessly crushed. We remain committed to confronting Communism. Lastly, we look forward to working with President-Elect Goldwater in patching up Anglo-American Relations, and working towards our nations' common goals.

-Roland Carpenter, Foreign Minister

 

[99KingHigh]

(I should also note that the government must address the House of Lords issue as Bennett's reforms explicitly call for Lords' elections within a ten year range. Because the Labour Party did not include Lords' reform in their manifesto, the House of Lords is not bound by the Salisbury Convention, and may freely vote down Labour's proposals if they wish to.)

 

[DensleyBlair]

(I should also note that the government must address the House of Lords issue as Bennett's reforms explicitly call for Lords' elections within a ten year range. Because the Labour Party did not include Lords' reform in their manifesto, the House of Lords is not bound by the Salisbury Convention, and may freely vote down Labour's proposals if they wish to.)

((They coincide with the next Commons election after ten years, no?))

 

[99KingHigh]

((They coincide with the next Commons election after ten years, no?))

((Yes, that sounds vaguely correct. Of course, we need rules for that election, and/or a repeal/amendment of the original bill.))

 

[EasternBloc]

"Mr. Speaker,

The mere denial by the Prime Minister of the damage that he and his policies have caused to the British people is simply a gross representation of the failure of Labour's policies implementation in reality.

Allow me to bring up the facts from the government policies in use. Unemployment has skyrocketed under the Labour government mostly from our middle class Britons, our markets have crashed almost immediately since the implementation of the IDA and other controversial laws, our industries have either left the country or now are unable to make a simple profit, and the government has effectively forced our remaining industries into subsidization. What Labour has done has ruined the lives of millions of our people, and to turn a blind eye to that is just disgraceful. Our middle class has been hammered by these destructive and careless policies, so why should they be the ones to conform to Labour's policy? It seems that this government will not rest until the middle class is effectively absorbed into the working class and the wealthy have all in all fled the country. The government may state that they protect the poor from economic injustice, but instead they have made our nation as a whole poorer.

As a democratic government should, in a ideal sense, represent all of it's citizens. I don't believe I need to preach to the choir by stating that Labour has clearly failed in this duty. There has always been a tendency of inconsiderate, class-warfare style policy from Labour, and now it embodies itself from the unemployment lines to the empty office buildings. We cannot build a functioning economic policy on an radical idea that only a portion people would be inclined to support. This is an economy that may help a few Britons in the short term, but ultimately will hurt all Britons in the long run.

If this House is to be entertained by the statements from the Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, then I'm certain that the government would be entertained by the idea of them functioning optimally with under 60 MPs.

~Scarlet Ethel Browne, MP of North Cornwall

 

[Dadarian]

PRIVATE EYE



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DECEMBER 1968 — TENPENCE
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SPECIAL EDITION - FRONT PAGE
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Comrade Ida at the Eye!

As we all know, the recent years have been hard on us since the passage of the Industrial Democracy Act (hereafter known by it's Germanic name, Comrade Ida). We here at the Eye know well what it's like to now be completely dependent on the state. We are comprised of sixty loud and obnoxious individuals and therefore fell within the vice-like purview of Comrade Ida. While we tried to fire Barkley Baker the busboy, we just couldn't due to the strict measures imposed by the Comrade. As such, the owners were forced to release shares in the Eye until we the cigar-smoking proletariat owned eighty percent of the company. Then the fun started.

Backed by endless government stipends and a general disregard for actual management of the company (not that we know, dirty, uneducated, tweed-wearing peons we are) we engaged in an ambitious expansion program. Labeled the MARR (Mirth Assignment and Registration Resolution), we marched forward with a revolutionary furor. Hiring every Tom, Dick and Harvey* that we personally knew, we abused utilised Comrade Ida's power in which to expand further shares to them. Knowing that they would get paid by the state (what else is the state for am I right?), we worked hard to ensure that every person we knew had a comfortable job in the Eye.

Oh, what about the former owners you ask? Well by a MONAGHAN (Monthly Official Notarised Assembly and/or Gathering Held At Nathan's) the Eye's brandy sniffing workers (poor us) decided on a vote of Everyone to Counter-Revolutionary Filth that the former owners would officially be tasked to do all the work we didn't want to do. Now, working eighteen hour shifts in poor conditions for little compensation (as Comrade Ida wouldn't allow us to make him work without pay), we revel in the true socialist utopia Mary and Morgan created for us.

We are in a New Britain, so best make the best of it, eh?

*not Henry though, he's a member of the bourgeois at the Sun and is forced to work eighteen hour shifts as retribution for all the economic slavery he has forced onto his former employees.

 

[Eid3r]

Armagh, Northern Ireland

The politician and the cardinal had been in discussion for close to an hour, exposing their differences on the subject of the injustices felt by the catholic minority in Northern Ireland.

Fitzpatrick: There needs to be moderation on this issue. We cannot allow ourselves to be overtaken by events. We need to steer policy forward, incrementally, and work on consensual issues.

Cardinal Conway: Voting rights is the core issue here. We keep getting back to this point. There is a strong perception the Ulster Unionist wishes to keep their iron grip on political representation.

Fitzpatrick: You have to understand that Ulstermen are naturally frightened, as they are a minority on this island. While we need to overcome those fears, we need to move carefully.

Cardinal Conway: As long as Catholics are denied a voice in the affairs of their government, these troubles will grow.

Fitzpatrick: What if we work around the problem? The main problem for voting rights under the current system is property. Catholics tend to live many in one dwelling contrary to Protestants who are faring better and therefore have more property. We could pass an access to property bill, aimed at Catholics, which would raise the home-ownership to better levels, giving more representation.

Cardinal Conway: That could be a start, but there is a deep mistrust toward the Ulster Unionists.

Fitzpatrick: Your eminence, it would be accurate to remind your flock that it is the UUP which passed through parliament a law banning economic discrimination. It is a show of good faith.

Cardinal Conway: Indeed, it is.

 

[loup99]

Mr. Speaker,
Where does the Rt Honourable Prime Minister want to lead Britain?

The economic policies carried forward are those of a state capitalism and so-called "collectivisation" (another name for compromise with the capitalist establishment), without any moves towards the socialist nationalisations Britain needs and the Labour Movement defends. Meanwhile, on the foreign political stage, the present administration has continuously defended Britain's association to the European Economic Community, disregarding criticism within the administration's own party. At the same time, the allies within NATO of the Rt. Honourable Prime Minister are aggressively carrying on their imperialist policies with murderous interventions and slaughters abroad. What is the Prime Minister's answer to this, and the huge popular protests, not only across Britain but in the whole world? Silence. A silence that is best described as class collaboration and a deep despisal for the values of the Labour Movement and the threat it represents to the ideas of those in charge.

- Jarlath Connor, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, MP for Dagenham

 

[Bioiron]

This was J.C. Kirks first proposal to Parliament, which would make even the most confident Junior MP nervous enough. But the fact the proposal that he brought forth was intended to be married to and vastly improve IDA made it all the more tricky. While he did run the crux of the idea past the PMO multiple times, many liberties had to be taken to improve it. The financial markets crashed with IDA and this was the attempt at reconstruction.

Worker Share Management Societies Act

PREAMBLE

Understanding the dynamism inherent in healthy economies and difficulties represented by balancing equality with deficiency, the following act is intended to combine democratic wealth accumulation with market flexibility.


1) Establishes 100 Arms Length Organizations known as Worker Share Management Societies (WSMSs)


WSMS Functions


2) WSMS are available for shareholders of any income to entrust their shares to And they operate from that value.

3) WSMS have no operating fees for working class income level, with a small progressive fee for middle income and up.

4) Subject the client approval (See 19) WSMS may take on all the functions of any type of bank.

5) WSMSs managers are paid from fees and receive bonuses relative to return

6) Performance of WSMS listed as percentage, which translates as percentage performance for portfolios


WSMS Jurisdiction and Readjustments

7) Each WSMS services a geographical region

8) Each WSMS region must contain an approximately equal population (within census margin of error)

9) Borders adjusted every census year

10) During readjustments, WSMSs are entitled to bring one border adjustment proposal each.

11) During readjustments WSMSs are entitled to bring readjustment compensation proposal each.

12) Minimum compensation is exchange of portfolio at present valu to new WSMS

13) WSMSs Rank Proposals from most (1) to least (100) acceptable.

14) Best 20 Averaging proposals are ranked again

15) Top 5 Averaging Proposals ranked in last round, Top picked.

16) Current Top Performing WSMS decides ties.


WSMS Governance.

17) All categories of activities are subject to democratic consent of clients

18) WSMSs can partake in any legitimate return seeking opportunities unless specifically prohibited by client majority (Exception at 22)

19) WSMSs are tasked with profit maximization, not including limits placed by client majority.

20) All WSMSs are required to list a Minimum of 10% of present value in non-voting Required Monetary Capital Injection Shares, "RLCIS"s on the London Stock Exchange.

21) RLCISs holders must receive dividend worth a total of 5% of profits

22) Any additional stock market listing and process (Example, percentage paid out) must be specifically authorized by client Super-Majority (66%) before hand.

-Rt. Honorable J.C. Kirk, MP for Hampstead

 

[Plank of Wood]

"I'm tellin' you, Seamus," said Pat, "the way England's going, the military'll overthrow the Government, and the Republic is going to roll in to liberate us."

"Don't be insane, Pat", Seamus replied, "first off, Brits don't do that sort of thing. They'll overthrow some other country, but they don't do the overthrowin' to themselves. Second off, if Ireland didn't move in during the riots, they're not going to do it now."

"Yeah, but I'm just saying. I know some people in with the Provos, and they're saying they're getting ready for something big."

"Christ, whatever you know, I don't want to know."

Patrick finished his pint. "Just want you to be ready, in case England goes to shit. Got to be staying on our toes and all that."

 

[mrlifeless]

Labour’s Murder of Business
By John Brown​

Over the past two years that Labour government has destroyed any semblance of private industry in the birth place of the industrial revolution, as we speak unions pre-existing or new have taken over all industry, does that can’t escape that is, and because of this the Industrial sector is dying, sustained only by the life support of Monaghan’s new economic nanny state. The NHS as ballooned into a massive monstrosity of a system, how can it find more doctors then the Red Army can find solders? And yet their pay is lower than ever. We have witnessed the death of the British Industrial state from now on to the of IDA tyrannical reign over the British economy its fate is stagnation. The middle class is dying strangulated by unemployment despite the economic nanny state making it impossible for companies to lose money. But worst has to be in the finance sector, where companies have either fled the country (Such as my own Brown Capital, now located in Jersey) or have gone bankrupt due to the workers mismanagement, mad benefit schemes and the massive drop in the value of all assets.

But the final nail in the coffin of the British free market has to the new government banks: Worker Share Management Societies Act, this insane plot to patch over the hole made by the financial exodus will mean that every sector of the British economy is covered by an inefficient, non-profit and unmotivated government entity that exists apparently less for the benefit of the people, but rather to spit the successful and rich. Unless radical action is taken I fear that Britain is doomed to Soviet like stagnation and big brother rule, to the detriment of all Britons. Hopefully the House of Lords will at least stop us from sinking even deeper into the pit of communism.

 

[Plank of Wood]

((INCREDIBLY Private))

It was a bleak autumn day at Lake Windermere. One man was fishing, the other smoking a cigarette.

The man with a cigarette puffed. They looked expensive, likely imported on the man's request. "As I said, something aught to be done about this Monaghan business. And the Tories have done bugger all to stop him. A majority of 2, and they still can pass communism by the back door. Disgraceful"

"Oh relax," said the other man, throwing bread to nibbling ducks with one hand, and holding a fishing pole in the other. "Come the General Election, the electorate will beg for the Tories back."

"That is what I am worried about. I'm not sure that the public will," said the Cigarette Smoking Man.

"Don't be daft. Jacobs was a wet blanket who didn't want the job in the first place, but the New Boy is doing a whole lot of good."

"I'm not so sure. Labour went into the election essentially boasting about their pseudo-communism and - they came out with Number 10. The public don't care how radical Labour are, and the Tories are too weak to stop it. And it's not just me who's worried. Some of the Chiefs are getting agitated too - especially now that America's elected their most anti-socialist President yet."

"So, what do you suggest then?"

The Cigarette Smoking Man was silent. They both knew exactly what he was suggesting.

"Jesus Christ," said the Fishing Man, "You dragged me up to bloody Cumbria to plot treason?"

"Not plot. Just, well... just to discuss it."

___

[PICTURE EXPUNGED]
​

Name: Sir Gregory Hewell
Born: 1919
Profession (Occupation): Senior Executive Intellegence Officer with Military Intelligence 5 (Bureaucrat)
Constituency: Wycome
Background:

Born into the wealthiest of means, and with ancestors unto the middle ages, Hewell lived a life of excellent privilege and was fast tracked into MI5 during the war. Promoted to a group captain in 1950, then to a yet higher position in 1958 (overseeing terrorist insurrection in Northern Ireland). He then found himself to an even greater Senior Executive position (one with close proximity to the Director-Generalship) after a purge of KGB plants and accusations that Roger Hollis was a double agent (which were hilariously false). Hewell rarely had to leave the country, was rarely in a position of real danger, and effectively had to do little to succeed. The perfect life for a British Aristocrat in the service of Her Majesty.

Politically, his views were simple. Queen and Country, no matter who might be Prime Minister. Even when Labour won two majorities under Bennett, Hewell, unlike less prudent members of the MI6, did not feel the need to leak information to the press to undermine him like some others did. The Doctor was, after all, just another champagne socialist who wanted to win elections more than he wanted socialism.

This era of splendid apathy ended when, in the 1964 election, Labour put forth one of the most left-wing platforms in it's history - and became even worse in 1966 when the even more left-wing Monaghan became Labour Leader and then, against all odds, Prime Minister. And the centrist Labour Party seemed powerless to stop him - all throughout the party radicals were empowered and the far left won victory after victory in the Commons. But it wasn't until the passage of IDA that Hewell finally decided that something had to be done about "that damned Scot". And so, he ventured into the darkened corridors where whispers of insurrection and conspiracies echoed.

​

((Benching Seamus for a bit. Will gladly accept any PP penalties as per the rules.))

 

[99KingHigh]

((INCREDIBLY Private))

It was a bleak autumn day at Lake Windermere. One man was fishing, the other smoking a cigarette.

The man with a cigarette puffed. They looked expensive, likely imported on the man's request. "As I said, something aught to be done about this Monaghan business. And the Tories have done bugger all to stop him. A majority of 2, and they still can pass communism by the back door. Disgraceful"

"Oh relax," said the other man, throwing bread to nibbling ducks with one hand, and holding a fishing pole in the other. "Come the General Election, the electorate will beg for the Tories back."

"That is what I am worried about. I'm not sure that the public will," said the Cigarette Smoking Man.

"Don't be daft. Jacobs was a wet blanket who didn't want the job in the first place, but the New Boy is doing a whole lot of good."

"I'm not so sure. Labour went into the election essentially boasting about their pseudo-communism and - they came out with Number 10. The public don't care how radical Labour are, and the Tories are too weak to stop it. And it's not just me whose worried. Some of the Chiefs are getting agitated too - especially now that America's elected their most anti-socialist President yet."

"So, what do you suggest then?"

The Cigarette Smoking Man was silent. They both knew exactly what he was suggesting.

"Jesus Christ," said the Fishing Man, "You dragged me up to bloody Cumbria to plot treason?"

"Not plot. Just, well... just to discuss it."

___

[PICTURE EXPUNGED]
​

Name: Sir Gregory Hewell
Born: 1919
Profession (Occupation): Senior Executive Intellegence Officer with Military Intelligence 5 (Bureaucrat)
Constituency: Wycome
Background:

Born into the wealthiest of means, and with ancestors unto the middle ages, Hewell lived a life of excellent privilege and was fast tracked into MI5 during the war. Promoted to a group captain in 1950, then to a yet higher position in 1958 (overseeing terrorist insurrection in Northern Ireland). He then found himself to an even greater Senior Executive position (one with close proximity to the Director-Generalship) after a purge of KGB plants and accusations that Roger Hollis was a double agent (which were hilariously false). Hewell rarely had to leave the country, was rarely in a position of real danger, and effectively had to do little to succeed. The perfect life for a British Aristocrat in the service of Her Majesty.

Politically, his views were simple. Queen and Country, no matter who might be Prime Minister. Even when Labour won two majorities under Bennett, Hewell, unlike less prudent members of the MI6, did not feel the need to leak information to the press to undermine him like some others did. The Doctor was, after all, just another champagne socialist who wanted to win elections more than he wanted socialism.

This era of splendid apathy ended when, in the 1964 election, Labour put forth one of the most left-wing platform in it's history - and became even worse in 1966 when the even more left-wing Monaghan became Labour Leader and then, against all odds, Prime Minister. And the centrist Labour Party seemed powerless to stop him - all throughout the party radicals were empowered and the far left won victory after victory in the Commons. But it wasn't until the passage of IDA that Hewell finally decided that something had to be done about "that damned Scot". And so, he ventured into the darkened corridors where whispers of insurrection and conspiracies echoed.

​

((Benching Seamus for a bit. Will gladly accept any PP penalties as per the rules.))

((No penalty, as you didn't do much voting and @Fingon888 is coming in as an Irish Nationalist.))

 

[Eid3r]

(( Yay, Northern Ireland is alive! ))

 

[Plank of Wood]

((No penalty, as you didn't do much voting and @Fingon888 is coming in as an Irish Nationalist.))

((PM me as to the status of whether aliens exist it is important to know as the official 'The Man'.))