Post by Andrew E. Wright-Jameson on Nov 6, 2021 11:57:18 GMT
Foreign Update || November 2021
06/11/2021
October 2021 General Elections
On the 28th October, His Majesty the King issued the Dissolution of Parliament and ordered elections to be held for a new Parliament. Since five candidates registered, no poll was needed.
Writ of Summons
As the SDLP-BWP coalition secured four out of five seats, the SDLP Leader, Her Grace Kalara Sherwood, was invited by His Majesty the King to form a new Government in his name. Her Grace accepted.
State Opening of Parliament
On 30th October, His Majesty opened the Parliament by reading to the Lords and Members of the House of Commons the following speech, outlining the plans of the new Government for this term:
My Lords, Members of the House of Commons,
My Government's priority this term shall be to update our legislative corpus in its entirety, creating bills which both meet our new legislative design and which better integrate with the Acts of Union, as well as fixing several issues which have come to light in recent days.
My Government will be bringing a new focus on foreign policy, with interregional festivals to be held with all our treaty partners and treaty negotiations to begin with those non-treaty partners who are interested.
My Government will introduce a new citizens' assembly measure with a set theme, in order to bring the ability to craft local legislation to the entire citizenry.
My Government will commence delivering national legislation on nonstandard topics throughout the term, in order to bring new meaning to the operation of Parliament.
My Government will continue the development of regional roleplays and games, in order to ensure a wealth of activity for the citizens of the Realm.
My Government will craft new measures to ensure the transparency and accountability of government operation, including an expansion of parliamentary question times and regular polling of the citizens on the state of the Government.
Members of the House of Commons, estimates for the public services will be laid before you.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, other measures will be laid before you.
I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels.
God save the King.
My Government's priority this term shall be to update our legislative corpus in its entirety, creating bills which both meet our new legislative design and which better integrate with the Acts of Union, as well as fixing several issues which have come to light in recent days.
My Government will be bringing a new focus on foreign policy, with interregional festivals to be held with all our treaty partners and treaty negotiations to begin with those non-treaty partners who are interested.
My Government will introduce a new citizens' assembly measure with a set theme, in order to bring the ability to craft local legislation to the entire citizenry.
My Government will commence delivering national legislation on nonstandard topics throughout the term, in order to bring new meaning to the operation of Parliament.
My Government will continue the development of regional roleplays and games, in order to ensure a wealth of activity for the citizens of the Realm.
My Government will craft new measures to ensure the transparency and accountability of government operation, including an expansion of parliamentary question times and regular polling of the citizens on the state of the Government.
Members of the House of Commons, estimates for the public services will be laid before you.
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, other measures will be laid before you.
I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels.
God save the King.
Address in Reply
Soon after the State Opening, the Address in Reply started. The Prime Minister-Designate was asked questions by Members of both Houses of Parliament, and at the end a vote was held. Six votes were in favour, one contrary and one abstention, so the Prime Minister received confidence of the Parliament.
Prime Minister's Opening Address
After receiving the confidence of the Parliament, Prime Minister Sherwood issued her Opening Address, outlining her plans for the new term. She then opened the first public Cabinet Meeting and opened the Citizen Prime Minister Questions.
After this, other Inaugural Statements followed from other Cabinet Ministers, and registrations were opened for a new event, the Quidditch Cup.
300 Nations Statement
For the first time in the history of the Empire, the nations count reached 300 nations. On this occasion, HM the King issued the following statement:
[London] - My fellow Britons,
What a momentous occasion I get to speak to you on. 300 nations. A number that has been unfathomable to me for a long time. A historic precedent setting number. This is, almost literally, game changing. We have completely flipped the Anglosphere onto it’s head. No longer is it just dominated by two regions. But shared amongst three. Three strong viable options.
This was achieved through hard work and dedication. It would not have been possible if not for the collective of this wondrous NS community I get to call home. And I thank you for that. This number also marks us as the second largest British region in NationStates. Another act of upheaval. All of us here are movers and shakers even if you don’t know it. From the most seemingly minor citizen who just likes to hang around the discord and have a good time to the Prime Minister and myself. Each and everyone of you has made a dream a reality. And I, your most Gracious Sovereign, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Britannia Endures.
Godspeed to the next achievement.
What a momentous occasion I get to speak to you on. 300 nations. A number that has been unfathomable to me for a long time. A historic precedent setting number. This is, almost literally, game changing. We have completely flipped the Anglosphere onto it’s head. No longer is it just dominated by two regions. But shared amongst three. Three strong viable options.
This was achieved through hard work and dedication. It would not have been possible if not for the collective of this wondrous NS community I get to call home. And I thank you for that. This number also marks us as the second largest British region in NationStates. Another act of upheaval. All of us here are movers and shakers even if you don’t know it. From the most seemingly minor citizen who just likes to hang around the discord and have a good time to the Prime Minister and myself. Each and everyone of you has made a dream a reality. And I, your most Gracious Sovereign, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Britannia Endures.
Godspeed to the next achievement.
The British Monarchy
Monarch: HM King William V
Princess of Wales: HRH Princess Elizabeth
His Majesty's Government
Prime Minister: Rt Hon Kalara Sherwood MP
First Secretary: Rt Hon Victor Somerset MP
Foreign Secretary: Rt Hon Andrew Wright-Jameson MP
Home Secretary: Hon Martynas Smetona
Culture Secretary: Rt Hon Anish Hallow-Bauheim
Attorney General: Rt Hon Victor Somerset MP
HMG Special Advisor: Rt Hon James Sherwood MP
The House of Lords
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rothesay (Lady Speaker)
His Lordship the Baron of Sydney
His Lordship the Baron of Mornington
His Lordship the Baron Carmichael
The House of Commons
Rt Hon James Sherwood MP (SDLP) of York Central (Speaker)
Rt Hon Kalara Sherwood MP (SDLP) of Vancouver Centre
Rt Hon Andrew Wright-Jameson MP (SDLP) of the Cities of London and Westminster
Rt Hon Victor Somerset MP (BWP) of Bishop Auckland
Rt Hon James Stephenson MP (IND) of Brecon and Radnorshire
Sincerely,
The Rt Hon Sir Andrew E. Wright-Jameson KBE MP
Foreign Secretary
The Rt Hon Sir Andrew E. Wright-Jameson KBE MP
Foreign Secretary