Idea: Mock Parliament

[afleitch]

Okay a quick rundown of the named players so far. Apologies if I missed anyone out.

'Left Bloc'

Robert Hill
Vijay Prahusanjil
Marco Rossi
Graham Stokes (economically left)
Arthur Watson

'Right Bloc'

Alexandre Denoix
William Tudor

'Centrist'

Pierre Dussalt

There are a few others who've declared but don't have a profile.

While completely coincidental, notice how the 'Francophones' (just the two unfortunately) are Centre/Right. If Colin plays as a centre right French politician it confirms this. Could be an interesting aspect of the game. If Antillia has a large state apparatus, like any European like nation (welfare included) but the French on Antillia don't hold as strong an allegiance to the nation, it could manifest itself in opposition to the state and in favour of centre-right politics.

[Sibboleth]

Al-we already have the Social Democratic Party-maybe you should join that instead?

No.

But a merger or alliance at some point would certainly be possible as well as realistic; especially if the assumption is that the island has only just rid itself of a dictatorship.

[Josh/Devilman88]

What are the parties we have so far?

[Bacon King]

You think it'd be a good idea to get a sub forum for this?

[afleitch]

You think it'd be a good idea to get a sub forum for this?

Hopefully. I think if it gets off the ground it could attract alot more players.

[PASOK Leader Hashemite]

You think it'd be a good idea to get a sub forum for this?

Hopefully. I think if it gets off the ground it could attract alot more players.

[afleitch]

Seems yet another thread has been 'stickied' to death

[PASOK Leader Hashemite]

BUMP people. This is not amusing.

[Bacon King]

Wake up guys! I'm sending Dave a PM now to ask for a sub-board. Then I'll help make sure everything gets off the ground okay.

[PASOK Leader Hashemite]

Wake up guys! I'm sending Dave a PM now to ask for a sub-board. Then I'll help make sure everything gets off the ground okay.

[HappyWarrior]

Yay!

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Wake up guys! I'm sending Dave a PM now to ask for a sub-board. Then I'll help make sure everything gets off the ground okay.

Hallejullah! The God's have spoken from thee heavens above. Thank you almighty Dave. Oh crap you weren't supposed to see the religious nutjob side of Rockefeller Republican. Haha (nervous laughter). Let's get this show on the road.

[Colin]

Yes we definitely should. DON'T LET THIS DIE! It took me so long to make up this entire idea.

[HappyWarrior]

It's going to be fun.  :-D

[The Man From G.O.P.]

It won't be fun if you guys don't start making bios and such (if that's what were going to do)

[HappyWarrior]

It won't be fun if you guys don't start making bios and such (if that's what were going to do)

Already did;)

[afleitch]

Right folks lets go!.....

Um...how do we start again?

[PASOK Leader Hashemite]

C

Wake up guys! I'm sending Dave a PM now to ask for a sub-board. Then I'll help make sure everything gets off the ground okay.

Hallejullah! The God's have spoken from thee heavens above. Thank you almighty Dave. Oh crap you weren't supposed to see the religious nutjob side of Rockefeller Republican. Haha (nervous laughter). Let's get this show on the road.

We'll get it on the road if people like you could post their bios.

[ilikeverin]

Name: Davey "Junior" Jones, Jr.
Province of Birth: Lorient, Reginia
Ethnic Background: 1/2 "American", 1/4 English, 1/4 French (but his family has foresworn all "Frenchness")
Religion: Roman Catholic
Political stance: Conservative (in the American sense, of course!)
Party:  Antillian Conservative Party
Background:
Davey is the grandson of Randy Jones, a high school principal from Alabama, and the son of Randy's third son, Davey Jones, Sr.  While in his twenties, Davey took a sprint break vacation to Antillia.  He immediately fell in love with the place, and wired home for some money to buy some property.  His $200 was only enough to buy him a small plot of land in rural Lorient.  Luckily for him, though, that plot of land was soon worth thousands of dollars, because a rock formation looking vaguely like the Virgin Mary was discovered on that property, causing the largely Catholic Francophones to engage in a bidding war for control.  Davey shrewdly invested the money to purchase a winery, and got a job as a high school principal in Lorient.

Davey Sr. married his wife, Jacqueline Du Bois, two years after arriving on the island.  Though she was both half-French and Roman Catholic, the two fell in love despite their differences.  Davey managed to "convert" her from her Frenchness; in return, Jacqueline converted her husband to Roman Catholicism, practically anathema to the Jones family back in Alabama.  They had nine children together; Davey Jr., known as "Junior" to everyone, was the third, and the first son.  It was widely expected that Davey would go into the family business and become a high school principal.  But it was not to be.  Instead, Davey chose the life of an insurance adjuster, leaving the winery to his older sisters.

He led a quiet life until the age of 27.  That's when the immigrants started trickling in.  Then the trickle became a flood.  Davey was alarmed; what was the world coming to?  He first got into politics campaigning as essentially an "anti-anyone-not-Anglo-Saxon" candidate.  But that was before he met his wife.  Padma Dasgupta came into his life while running for office, amusingly enough in a crowd of protectors outside a campaign visit.  She challenged him to sit down in a restaurant and discuss his politics with her.  He accepted.  They were married within a month.

This has tempered his views on immigration quite a bit; he supports almost no barriers to skilled immigration (his wife is an engineer), and generally favors a pro-refugee policy.  Still, his views remain otherwise conservative.  He is strongly opposed to granting homosexuals any special rights, and is pro-life in all cases, except for the health of the mother.  He supports the death penalty for capital crimes.  He supports tax and spending cuts, along with reduced welfare programs and more lax environmental regulations.  He opposes any bilingualism in the public sphere.  In foreign policy, he is a strong supporter of a stronger alliance with the United States, and by extension the United Kingdom.

{{sorry if this is shoddy in some places, my flight got in at 11:30PM last night }}

[Bacon King]

Thanks to dave for the forum. I'll set up some threads later in the day.

[Josh/Devilman88]

Thanks Dave, I can't wait until things start to roll.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

ilikeverin, are we in the same party?

[True Federalist]

I think I'll join this.

Here's a minimal bio I'll fill out later with some background.

Name: Douglas Hordern
Place of Birth: New Halifax, Hesperia
Ethnic background: English ancestry by way of Canada
Religion: Church of Antillia
Party: Social Credit Party of Antillia (Ralliement créditiste d'Antillia)

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Here's my basic biography, I add more later.

Name: Bertie Flynn
Province: New Ulster
Place of Birth: Alberton, New Ulster
Ethnic background: French Antillian/Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Party: Progressive Conservative

[PASOK Leader Hashemite]

Name: Jack Cooke
Province of Birth: North Antillia
Ethnic Background:
Religion: Officialy Roman Catholic, in practice agnostic
Political stance: Centre-right conservative
Party: Progressive Conservative Party

Background.

Born into a middle class suburban family to English-born  parents, Cooke received elementary education in Capehaven before his family moved to Alberton where he attended a respectable secondary school. Like his father before him, he attended university in England for four years, studying history and political science before returning to Antillia to take up a post in the civil service. He later went into local politics and was elected as an independent to the post of mayor of Capehaven, before losing to a liberal candidate two years later. His studies abroad and subsequent travels through Europe have enlightened his political preferences, becoming a centre-right progressive conservative instead of a centrist liberal. He could be considered to have "bourgeois" tendencies. As of now, he serves in local politics as a city councillor from the PC Party. He speaks fluent French, English, and Portuguese.

Progressive Conservative Party

Basically a pro-free trade centre-right progressive and conservative party.

Basic Platform later on.

Changed bio a lot. See above edited post.