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SBS News @SBSNews • 3h Labour has emerged from the 2025 election with by far the most seats, at 294. However, with 425 seats needed for a majority, they are faced with a difficult choice: enter a minority coalition with the Greens and work with smaller parties, enter a three-party coalition...

2025 exit poll: Labour on course to win election A fundamental shift towards the left and hard-right has seen the governing parties collapse much more than expected, as Labour, the Greens, Progress and third parties rise at Ramsay's expense

SBS News @SBSNews • 3h Chancellor Allister Ramsay, who is standing for re-election this Sunday, has ruled out a coalition with the hard-right Progress but left the door open to one with the right-wing CL25/Hoyre, as well as both Labour and the VDA. He has also warned of a "two-bloc system...

How Rousay became an electoral battleground over housing The relatively quiet island province, known mostly for its whiskey, traditional Rousay music and dance, and sheep farming, has seen divides open over construction and house prices Governor of Rousay Fraser Yrvine (left, Liberal) has...

Rudyard Mowbray calls for end to "disastrous mass-mining experiment" of lithium Lifelong environmentalist and SBS broadcaster has called for "intense caution" with future excavation amid "risk of permanent damage to our ecosystems" National treasure Rudyard Mowbray (left) has called for the...

Meridional Mercanti Overview Mercanti arrived gradually in Sutherland; it was mostly spoken as a pidgin language by traders and portworkers, which was originally known as Bysenys(c)h in the 14th to 16th centuries (after the Sutherlander word for "[pertaining to a] business"). This pidgin...

Vikings: how a political party fights to bring civil rights into the digital age A new political movement has captured the interest of young voters by promising "information revolution" The logo (above) of the new Vikings (ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᚱ) political party registered with the Electoral Commission...

the infection has spread Major horse races in the Commonwealth of Great Sutherland There are fifty-six grade one (Gryþ An) horse racing events in the Commonwealth of Great Sutherland at present; amongst the most prestigious are the Grand Commonwealth, Capital Stakes, and Lord's. The province of...

Two years after Aurisine abolishes emergency unit, record floods devastate Tisane Alderman (Governâdor) Gjuliane Tanasi has apologised, but refused to accept calls to resign from the position Gjuliane Tanasi (left) has refused calls to resign, amid the "lacklustre" response to devastating...

Sutherlander economy accelerates into 2025 amid fears of "AI bubble" The AI economy made up roughly a quarter of GDP growth in 2024, say the BST (Board for Sutherlander Statistics), and possibly half of stock gains in the same period Stock prices in ESX (Eamont Stock Exchange, pictured on...

Loudainism and Dewarism in pre-Richeist Sutherland How the Left in Sutherland transformed from Charterites to Communists The foundations of Communism in Sutherland (right) Domhnall Loudain, alternatively Lobhdain (1824-1914) was an early archaeologist who converted to Communism in the 1850s...

Eamont and Kollandipurg sign Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) in Sevenoak The national governments of Triple Collandria and Great Sutherland have ushered in a new age for free trade, investment, and bilateral relations with the 196-page comprehensive framework The CFTA signed in...

The Serene Kingdom of Caminia hereby formally submits its request to enter the Craviter Economic Association (CEA) in all three (3) communities (commerce, infrastructure, and migration). Regatul Seren al Caminiei își depune prin prezenta cererea oficială de aderare la Asociația Economică...

SBS News @SBSNews • 3h Gridiron, or "Gojan", kickball has seen a resurgence of interest in Great Sutherland following the Dolphins' barnstorming performance in week one, in which it saw off Ephyra in a 37-28 triumph. Commentators have hinted at Sutherland's performance in the first week being...

Games in Sutherland Shuffleboard ("shuve-ha'pens", thus the later "shippings") (left) A Whitmoor-standard table shuffleboard Shuffleboard, derived from the original "shuve-ha'pens" (literally "shove a halfpenny") and "shuve-board" in Middle Atlish, is a long-attested game played across...