Crimson King
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Post by Crimson King on Sept 6, 2015 9:11:29 GMT
I'd guess that most of 'City of London and the Stock exchange' are for all practical purposes on computers somewhere, so whether they can continue to function depends on having people to log in elsewhere
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Post by carlton43 on Sept 6, 2015 11:41:29 GMT
Todays scenario. A meteorite hits the Palace of Westminster during PMQs. 4 million dead, 90% Londoners, half a million seriously hurt, a further 4 million homeless. 601 MPs including the entire SNP group but not including 2 London MPs on a fact finding junket to Cyprus, who survive, unlike their constituencies. The only MP with cabinet experience to survive is Nick Clegg. Lord Hague has survived. City of London and stock exchange are vaporised. Queen, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge dead. What happens next? Prince George becomes the first boy king since Edward VI (1547-1553), becoming George VII. Due to his age, Prince Harry becomes Prince Regent to carry out the duties of the monarch and calls upon the oldest surviving Conservative MP to become Prime Minister. The surviving MPs meet in Arundel Castle, and having elected a Speaker, they unanimously vote for the dissolution of Parliament and a general election. With all the London constituencies gone and Scotland likely to be fully SNP again, The Conservatives likely to have a good majority with Hague as PM. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 6, 2015 12:30:55 GMT
Todays scenario. A meteorite hits the Palace of Westminster during PMQs. 4 million dead, 90% Londoners, half a million seriously hurt, a further 4 million homeless. 601 MPs including the entire SNP group but not including 2 London MPs on a fact finding junket to Cyprus, who survive, unlike their constituencies. The only MP with cabinet experience to survive is Nick Clegg. Lord Hague has survived. City of London and stock exchange are vaporised. Queen, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge dead. What happens next? State of Emergency declared. Surviving 49 MPs form an emergency Cabinet including elements from the military. Regionalism proves its worth. General Election deferred for (six? nine?) months. Increased workload for Bradford GPs. Pacers will have to keep going for longer. HS2 cancelled since it will now link Manchester to a hole in the ground. Street parties in Preston. |
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Post by carlton43 on Sept 6, 2015 13:22:51 GMT
Todays scenario. A meteorite hits the Palace of Westminster during PMQs. 4 million dead, 90% Londoners, half a million seriously hurt, a further 4 million homeless. 601 MPs including the entire SNP group but not including 2 London MPs on a fact finding junket to Cyprus, who survive, unlike their constituencies. The only MP with cabinet experience to survive is Nick Clegg. Lord Hague has survived. City of London and stock exchange are vaporised. Queen, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge dead. What happens next? State of Emergency declared. Surviving 49 MPs form an emergency Cabinet including elements from the military. Regionalism proves its worth. General Election deferred for (six? nine?) months. Increased workload for Bradford GPs. Pacers will have to keep going for longer. HS2 cancelled since it will now link Manchester to a hole in the ground. Street parties in Preston. Old Fogey in Wester Ross unaware but wonders why BBC and internet have disappeared again for a while? |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Sept 8, 2015 18:21:21 GMT
I don't think they 'took' them. I think there were took! We can certainly agree that it would have been a matter of intense regret. I'm sure East Anglian Lefty will be along in a moment but IIRC the current thinking is that there were no Saxon "invasions" as such, just settlements often quite close to existing ones... The latest thing I read on this (appropriate caveats: not really my period; the work was written by a decent scholar but not a British specialist; it was aimed at a popular rather than academic audience and this was about 18 months ago) suggested that you probably had some invasions on the eastern seaboard, but most of the big kingdoms were probably based on predominantly Germanic military units in central Britain that in a post-Roman world became the nucleus of new political units. The suggestion also seems to be that whilst there must have been a lot of Germans running these early units, you probably had a fair few Britons who began manifesting 'Saxon' identities because it was politically convenient (hence why the founder of the West Saxon dynasty has a name that is functionally identical to Caractacus). All that said, we know sod all about Britain between the accession of the Emperor Constantine and Bede writing the Historia Ecclesiastica and there are no reliable sources. So it's all informed guesswork at best. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Sept 8, 2015 21:20:35 GMT
Everyone dies in the smoking ruins of the nuclear winter. All human life is dead.
Fianna Fail still manage to start a branch.
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Post by manchesterman on Sept 9, 2015 0:16:16 GMT
SNP blames Westminster-centric parties for the meteorite.
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 9, 2015 9:21:56 GMT
Everyone dies in the smoking ruins of the nuclear winter. All human life is dead. Fianna Fail still manage to start a branch. And somehow, the rump of PASOK is still soldiering on..... |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 9, 2015 12:44:13 GMT
Everyone dies in the smoking ruins of the nuclear winter. All human life is dead. Fianna Fail still manage to start a branch. And somehow, the rump of PASOK is still soldiering on..... And there's still an SDP councillor in Bridlington. |
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 9, 2015 12:45:32 GMT
I hate to break this to you, but.....
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 9, 2015 13:37:58 GMT
There is one in Solihull though
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Post by manchesterman on Sept 11, 2015 0:26:19 GMT
Semi-serious question for the likes of David B to enlighten us on.
In a hypothetical scenario whereby the whole of the Houses of Westminster is completely destroyed (and by chance every single member of both Houses was present and every single one was killed), who, constitutionally, would be given the task of - if you like - 'acting PM' with the responsibility of rebuilding the parliamentary structures? (not literally of course)
The head of the Civil Service maybe? Mayor of London??
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Post by johnloony on Sept 11, 2015 3:08:57 GMT
Semi-serious question for the likes of David B to enlighten us on. In a hypothetical scenario whereby the whole of the Houses of Westminster is completely destroyed (and by chance every single member of both Houses was present and every single one was killed), who, constitutionally, would be given the task of - if you like - 'acting PM' with the responsibility of rebuilding the parliamentary structures? (not literally of course) The Queen would appoint as Prime Minister whoever she considered to be most suitable. She might be advised by a few constitutional experts to appoint a retired politician like John Major or Tony Blair. |
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Post by boogieeck on Sept 11, 2015 5:43:54 GMT
I think so. There is always a next in line to the throne, so there is always a monarch. The monarch appoints a PM who can command a majority in parliament. If there is no HoC, there is always a HoL because even if every life peer died, there are hereditaries and bishops.
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Post by manchesterman on Sept 12, 2015 0:05:56 GMT
good point about the heredditaries boogie..never thought of that!
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 12, 2015 0:24:31 GMT
The hereditaries would probably do a better job than the current shower of shite but please spare us the fυckin bishops  |
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Post by boogieeck on Sept 12, 2015 7:31:56 GMT
One of the reasons why we must retain them  |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 12, 2015 21:02:31 GMT
Would it be a kindness to forward this thread to the General Secretary of the Labour Party?
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 12, 2015 21:03:22 GMT
The hereditaries would probably do a better job than the current shower of shite but please spare us the fυckin bishops What about the celibate ones? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2015 21:05:35 GMT
Would it be a kindness to forward this thread to the General Secretary of the Labour Party? Why, JC has returned to Earth, it is the Rapture. |
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