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[u][i]24th Premiership of the United Kingdom[/i][/u][/center]

[b]Monarch:[/b]HM King-Emperor Edward IX
[b]Prince of Wales:[/b]HRH Prince James

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[b]Prime Minister:[/b] Via Vulpes
[b]Deputy Prime Minister:[/b] Constance St. James-Arundel
[b]Home Secretary:[/b] David Scott
[b]Minister of Foreign Affairs:[/b] Vaculatestar Mikaelson
[b]Minister of Defence:[/b] TBD
[b]Minister of Culture:[/b] James Marshall
[b]Director of MI5:[/b] de Lorean
[b]Attorney General:[/b] Harriet Talleyrand-Epistre

[b]WA Delegate:[/b] HM King Edward IX

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[b]Chief Justice:[/b] Daniel C.A. North
[b]Sr. Associate Justice:[/b] Marshall G. Holdstock
[b]Jr. Associate Justice:[/b] Alexander W.G. North

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[i][u]29th Session of Parliament[/u][/i][/center][i]


[b]Speaker of Parliament[/b]
The Earl of Gloucester, George Arundel

[b]Peers of Parliament[/b]
The Lord Arlington, Vaculatestar Mikaelson
The Earl of Gloucester, George Arundel


[b]Members of Parliament[/b]
de Lorean of Northern England (I)
Edwin Astor of Southern England (BCP)
George Marlborough of Wales (BCP)
Via Vulpes of Scotland (I)
Charles Fraser of Northern Ireland (BCP)
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Majority: No Organised Majority
Loyal Opposition: No Organized Minority
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[b][center]Elections![/center][/b]
It was election time in the United Kingdom again, and as usual it was a thrilling one. In the race for Prime Minister, Via Vulpes stood as an Independence Candidate facing off against British Centrist candidate, Edwin T.C. Astor. In a land slide, Via Vulpes achieved victory, scoring sixty-two point five percent (62.5%) of the vote.

In the Parliamentary elections Via Vulpes ran against Vac Mikaelson and self-declared true-Scotsman Kip Wellington. It was a tight race which lead to a run off that to Via's second successful race of this general election. In the race for Northern England, incumbent Andrew Fraser and long--time regional administrator de Lorean ran against each other for the seat representing Northern England; de Lorean was able to achieve a slim victory of fifty-six point five percent (55.6%) of the vote.

Incumbent George Marlborough, Centrist Candidate, had his seat of Wales contested by Sinn Feins own Klaus Mikaelson; a season Parliamentarian. George was able to maintain his control of the constituency with sixty point seven percent (60.7%) of the vote; granting him another term. The race for Southern England saw incumbent Edwin T.C. Astor and Prime Ministerial candidate against one of the regions newest members, Kevo Washington. Edwin emulated the success of his opposition in the Prime Minister's race, with a landslide of his own in the parliamentary elections, easily winning the seat with sixty-six point seven percent (66.7%) of the vote. In the race for Northern Ireland Charles Fraser ran uncontested, maintaining his seat in Parliament.


[b][center]Appointments[/center][/b]
Immediately after securing the Premiership, Via Vulpes set about appointing his governmen. For his Deputy he appointed administrator and former Prime Minister Constance St. James-Arundel. For Foreign Secretary he appointed Vac Mikaelson, a position of which he has held now for several terms. For Director of Military Intelligent the new Prime Minister appointed newly elected Member of Parliament, de Lorean. As his Attorney General he appointed a relatively new graduate from University of UK’s law school Harriet Talleyrand-Epistre, with more cabinet appointments yet to be made. 

With a recent amendment to the election process last term, His Majesty King Edward IX appointed Board Admin Constance St. James-Arundel to be the new Electoral Commissioner noting her “vast experience in the administering of elections in the past.” The Lords Temporal of Parliament were appointed shortly after the general election by the King, with the Earl of Gloucester George Arundel maintaining his position as a lord, and the temporary Lord Arlington Vac Mikaelson.

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[b][center]The Twenty-Eighth Session of Parliament[/center][/b]
The Twenty-Eighth (28th) Session of Parliament overlooked and implemented some extremely important and some-times controversial legislation. The Session was commanded by five British Centrist Party members and two Lords representing the will of the Sovereign. The term of Parliament was deemed an overall success, passing several pieces of worthy legislation. 

Four Constitutional Amendments passed in the Chamber, which then passed their individual referendums with overwhelming support at the recent General Election. In addition to these Amendments to the Constitution, there was a new administration law brought into law (Administration Regulation Act (2014)), which cleared up the older administration law that was deemed inadequate. 

Parliament suffered an unfortunate loss and indeed the region as a whole when Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Wales, Jacob M. Stewart had to resign due to real life close to the end of the term. Jacob was given the well wishes of the region upon his announcement of his extended lessening of activity. The Twenty-Eighth Session of Parliament has now handed the mantel to the Twenty-Ninth Session, and hopefully with similar outcomes.[center]
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Census debates[/b][/center]
Recently the question of whether or not to keep our regional census has been raised. After some debate, the discussion evolved to pertain to the legal limitations of the census, after support for the maintaining of a census appeared to be region-wide. Former Chief Justice Constance St. James decided to let the Supreme Court decide this question by bringing a civil suit against Vaculatestar Mikaelson in his role as Home Secretary. After several days stop-and-start discourse in the Supreme Court, the judiciary decided to strike down the part of the Census Act called in question.
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Nation Count Continues Upwards[/b][/center]
The regional nation count has seen a massive leap upwards as the latest recruitment project involving a number of the citizens of the United Kingdom donating to a telegram stamps purse for the use of the government. The project has been pioneered and lead by one of UK’s leading citizens and a former Monarch, Junior Associate Justice Alexander W.G. North. As of the time this update was written our nation count has passed 360 nations with a view to achieving 400 in the coming weeks; this is up from a low point of 130 nations in mid-January.
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Supreme Court Appointment[/center][/b]
Recently former Prime Minister Jacob M. Stewart and King Edward IX put former Sovereign and Prime Minister Alexander W.G. North before Parliament as their desired candidate to fill the Junior Associate spot on the bench of the Supreme Court. Upon his appointment Alexander will have previously served in all 4 governmental branches previously; Crown, Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. 
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UK Signs Arnhelm Declaration of Recruiting Standards[/center][/b]
United Kingdom in the final days of the twenty-eighth session of Parliament signed the Arnhelm Declaration of Recruiting Standards. This came following a recruitment campaign that the Crown Federation of Recon undertook against United Kingdom. The declaration ensures a complete denunciation of the act of recruiting in user created regions and seeks to implement safeguards against it re-occurring. 

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[center][i][b]Courtesy of His Majesty's Government[/b][/i]
and the Office of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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