The Westminster System - A British Interactive AAR

[Antonine]

I cannot tell you what a relief it is to catch up with reading this AAR and to finally see a page without any economic arguments. Well done and keep it up chaps.

And if any of you indulge in recidivism then I will be forced to mobilise the Atholl Highlanders to deport you to the Faeroe Islands

 

[DensleyBlair]

I cannot tell you what a relief it is to catch up with reading this AAR and to finally see a page without any economic arguments. Well done and keep it up chaps.

And if any of you indulge in recidivism then I will be forced to mobilise the Atholl Highlanders to deport you to the Faeroe Islands

Hear hear!

Though I might propose that the Pitcairn Islands would be a more appropriate location.

 

[GreatUberGeek]

I go away from 10 o clock EST to 6:00...and 10 more pages!
DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST THE RIGHT_WING MENACE, VOTE REALLY ANY LEFT_LEANING PARTY BUT PREFERABLY LIBERAL!

 

[DensleyBlair]

I go away from 10 o clock EST to 6:00...and 10 more pages!
DEFEND YOURSELF AGAINST THE RIGHT_WING MENACE, VOTE REALLY ANY LEFT_LEANING PARTY BUT PREFERABLY LIBERAL!

No, don't say that! We don't want people to vote Labour! A vote for Bevan is a vote to entrench the entryists!

 

[Thoctar]

No, go Labour! Also, I'm sad I missed out on the economics debate :C

 

[unmerged(216158)]

hmm maybe the liberal union or the social liberal union?

or maybe just the liberals.

 

[DensleyBlair]

No, go Labour! Also, I'm sad I missed out on the economics debate :C

Don't be. This is the best way I can describe them, but they're certainly not debates.

 

[LordTempest]

Don't be. This is the best way I can describe them, but they're certainly not debates.

Except they aren't all over in five minutes.

 

[Doctor Stein]

Except they aren't all over in five minutes.

Replace minutes with pages and you have the majority of this AAR thus far.

 

[LordTempest]

Replace minutes with pages and you have the majority of this AAR thus far.

That was sort of my point, yes.

 

[Doctor Stein]

That was sort of my point, yes.

Oh...

 

[ThaHoward]

hmm maybe the liberal union or the social liberal union?

or maybe just the liberals.

The Feminist Union.

((But I read about feminism in britain, and it was feminism during the 1950's and with clear causes. And it was also one in parliament who were a self-declared feminist. Also it is alternative history, if the communists become this big and labor party become stalinist, it is not unlikely that feminism may also rise. Especially with the social conservative policies of the Conservatives and to a degree the NL - who also have many who neglect social freedom and liberties in favor of free-marketism.))

 

[LordTempest]

The Feminist Union.

((But I read about feminism in britain, and it was feminism during the 1950's and with clear causes. And it was also one in parliament who were a self-declared feminist. Also it is alternative history, if the communists become this big and labor party become stalinist, it is not unlikely that feminism may also rise. Especially with the social conservative policies of the Conservatives and to a degree the NL - who also have many who neglect social freedom and liberties in favor of free-marketism.))

Wow. One out of 640 - I bet she saw herself as more of a socialist though.

Feminism was never really a defining issue on British politics in the same way that say, economics was or suffrage was back in the days when most men and women couldn't vote. Take the Liberals for example: they had a equal pay policy in 1945! Look how many votes it won them IRL - voters of both sexes clearly were more interested in things like the NHS. The campaign for women's rights was more often than not one fought outside of parliament rather than within it (Dagenham comes to mind) and the idea that there might be a Swedish-style Feminist Party in 1950's Britain (I hasten to remind you that there isn't one on 2014) is quite absurd to say the least.

Women's rights might make for some interesting manifesto choices and election issues in the near future (communists or no, 1954 is still a bit early) but it should be done through the existing power blocs: I.e. the Liberal and Socialist parties.

 

[unmerged(271387)]

I wonder for how long this AAR will go. If I remember correctly, this mod goes up to 1991.

 

[LordTempest]

I wonder for how long this AAR will go. If I remember correctly, this mod goes up to 1991.

Maybe we should stop at 1996 - for all of our sakes?

 

[Tommy4ever]

I wonder for how long this AAR will go. If I remember correctly, this mod goes up to 1991.

Depends. Assuming the AAR continues to run well (and the game doesn't explode) I'd hope to get us to the end date and might even extend it into the 1990s even if the game would have run out of events and stuff by then.

 

[LordTempest]

Depends. Assuming the AAR continues to run well (and the game doesn't explode) I'd hope to get us to the end date and might even extend it into the 1990s even if the game would have run out of events and stuff by then.

I suppose theoretically you could consider porting it to the MDS mod - that's still around, right?

 

[unmerged(271387)]

I suppose theoretically you could consider porting it to the MDS mod - that's still around, right?

I know that the MDS mod is still around, but I am not sure if Tommy could port it or if he would have to redo the scenario all over again.

 

[ThaHoward]

Wow. One out of 640 - I bet she saw herself as more of a socialist though.

Feminism was never really a defining issue on British politics in the same way that say, economics was or suffrage was back in the days when most men and women couldn't vote. Take the Liberals for example: they had a equal pay policy in 1945! Look how many votes it won them IRL - voters of both sexes clearly were more interested in things like the NHS. The campaign for women's rights was more often than not one fought outside of parliament rather than within it (Dagenham comes to mind) and the idea that there might be a Swedish-style Feminist Party in 1950's Britain (I hasten to remind you that there isn't one on 2014) is quite absurd to say the least.

Women's rights might make for some interesting manifesto choices and election issues in the near future (communists or no, 1954 is still a bit early) but it should be done through the existing power blocs: I.e. the Liberal and Socialist parties.

Still Yugoslavia, Communists and Labour Party turned Stalinist. Churchill was re-elected. North Korea no longer exists. Somalia is independent. The NL are under a schisma regarding if the market should be free or extremely free. A scottish liberation movement that seem stronger than the Irish one. Many Conservatives (and also NLs) are clearly anti-female. And so on. Many things that did not happen happen here. And it is not Swedish feminism, quite the contrary

And feminism during this time was actually in the form of pressure and interest groups rather than political parties. For example into pressuring and lobbying the media. They also focused around sexual liberalization and diversity.

 

[unmerged(271387)]

Still Yugoslavia, Communists and Labour Party turned Stalinist. Churchill was re-elected. North Korea no longer exists. Somalia is independent. The NL are under a schisma regarding if the market should be free or extremely free. A scottish liberation movement that seem stronger than the Irish one. Many Conservatives (and also NLs) are clearly anti-female. And so on. Many things that did not happen happen here. And it is not Swedish feminism, quite the contrary

And feminism during this time was actually in the form of pressure and interest groups rather than political parties. For example into pressuring and lobbying the media.

You haven't even seen then best that can spring up from interactive AARs like these