23rd Premiership of the United Kingdom
Monarch:HM King-Emperor Edward IX
Prince of Wales:HRH Prince Michael
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Prime Minister: Constance St. James
Deputy Prime Minister: Vaculatestar Mkaelson
Home Secretary: George Marlborough
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Vaculatestar Mikaelson
Minister of Defence: Prince Michael R.E. Stewart
Minister of Culture: Richard de Montfort
Director of MI5: Edwin T.C. Astor
Attorney General: George W. F. Astor
WA Delegate: HM King Edward IX
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Chief Justice: Jacob M. Stewart
Sr. Associate Justice: Edwin T. C. Astor
Jr. Associate Justice: Daniel C.A. Astor
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26th Session of Parliament
Speaker of Parliament
Alexander I.M. Stewart
Peers of Parliament
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland
His Grace the Duke of Gloucester
Members of Parliament
Vaculatestar Mikaelson of Northern England (Lab)
Daniel J.I. Stewart of Southern England (RCP)
Alexander I. M. Stewart of Wales (RCP)
Victoria Stewart of Scotland (Lab)
Richard de Montfort of Northern Ireland (Lab)
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Majority: No Organized Majority
Loyal Opposition: No Organized Minority
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Elections!
We have just come out of a very interesting election season with a couple of close races. First off the Prime Minister race pit former Chief Justice Constance St. James against Foreign Secretary Vaculatestar Mikaelson. In a tight, issue-based race Constance St. James was able to squeak out a narrow victory with a vote of 12-10. For the Parliament in the race for Northern England, Foreign Secretary Vaculatestar Mikaelson beat George Astor 12-6. For Southern England there was yet another interesting race pitting incumbent Daniel Stewart against Klaus Mikaelson, which eventually resulted in a run-off election in which Daniel Stewart won with a vote of 10-6. In the race for Northern Ireland, incumbent Richard de Montfort ran unopposed. The race for Scotland pitted incumbent Victoria Stewart against Constance St. James, in which Victoria was able to squeak out 11-9. In the race for Wales, incumbent Alexander Stewart went up against Tyler Kazakov with an easy victory 14-3, with 3 voting none of the above.
Prime Minister Constance St. James and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Secretary Vaculatestar Mikaelson(sitting) with the remainder of the cabinet (standing).
Appointments
Soon after winning the premiership, Prime Minister Constance St. James appointed Vaculatestar Mikaelson as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, a position he has held for three terms in a row now. She then appointed George Marlborough as Home Secretary, Prince of Wales Michael Stewart as Defense Secretary, Richard de Montfort as Culture Secretary (a position that he has held for the second term in a row), Edwin Astor as Director of MI5, George Astor as Attorney General, Bill Dearheart as Deputy Foreign Secretary for Inter-Regional Security, and Tyler Kazakov Deputy Home Secretary for Recruitment. Culture Secretary Richard de Montfort named former Prime Minister Chris Mikaelson as Director General of the BBC. Foreign Secretary Vaculatestar Mikaelson named Richard de Montfort as Deputy Foreign Secretary.
In Parliament, His Majesty King Edward IX has appointed George W. Astor, Duke of Gloucester, and Prince Michael R.E. Stewart, Prince of Wales and Duke of Northumberland, to the House of Lords.
The Beginning of the Premiership!
In her first acts as Prime Minister, Constance St. James declassified several non-sensitive RSC files, and immediately proposed a bill in the Strangers Galley of Parliament. She has also gone about writing up a new defense treaty which she plans on including several regions, including several other British themed regions, The New Galactic Empire, and Europeia.
Foreign Office
Recently re-appointed Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Vaculatestar Mikaelson will soon be performing a tour of all of United Kingdom’s embassies abroad. He also plans on expanding the ranks of the ambassador corp and expanding the number of regions that we have embassies in.
Parliament
Parliament is getting off to a fast start. Member of Parliament for Wales Alexander I.M. Stewart was elected the Speaker of Parliament for this session. Parliament has jumped into debating several proposals from newly-elected Prime Minister Constance St. James. Prime Minister St. James proposed an amendment to the Parliament Act that would allow the Prime Minister, regardless of whether or not he/she were a Member or a Lord of Parliament, to not only directly propose legislation to the floor of Parliament, but debate the bill as well. Several Members and Lords of Parliament have stated discontent with the Prime Minister's proposal, stating that it is a breach of the separation of powers for this to be allowed. Fortunately, though, a compromise seems to be on the horizon which was proposed by Chief Justice Jacob M. Stewart in the Strangers Galley and was then proposed to Parliament by MP for Northern England Vaculatestar Mikaelson. The Chief Justice’s compromise allows for the Prime Minister to directly propose legislation to the floor regardless of membership in Parliament, but does not allow for the Prime Minister to debate the proposed legislation if he/she is not a Member or Lord of Parliament. There has also been a proposal by the Prime Minister to amend the Defense Reform Act, which if passed as proposed will remove the Secretary of Defense and the Chief of Defense Staff from the Regional Security Council. She also proposed an amendment to the Cabinet Reform Act which would totally get rid of the requirement of the existence of the Recruitment Secretary at either the Cabinet level or as a deputy secretary level under the Home Office. She has also proposed an amendment to the Judiciary Act which would revamp the filing system for court cases and change the requirements for securing legal counsel by the Supreme Court. She has also proposed an amendment to the Constitution which if passed would state that Court Justices may only answer legal questions that are presented to them. She has also proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code which provides minimum punishments that the Supreme Court may hand out and an amendment to the Civil Code which will make it easier for constitutional tort plaintiffs to prove their case by stating, as a matter of law, that violations of constitutional law constitute material harm.
Culture
The region will soon be having an event in remembrance of the 11/4 terrorist attack which destroyed the region's original forum. Events will include a candle light service, a moment of silence, and an address by the King. Soon thereafter the region will then be having a celebration in remembrance of the resurrection of the forum which will include an address to the region by Prime Minister Constance St. James and a fireworks display.
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