Land of Hope and Glory RP (World-building thread)

[Greater Arab State]

Britain has a small but vocal and growing far-right movement, plus an interesting history of far-rightism, so that's the pulling factor towards a British kraut, but of course America much more diverse and larger in that it has a larger, older, and established far-right movement (think of how high-ranking curtain politicians decried as fascist have become, such as the President, if you're that type of person); that being the pull factor towards an American character.

It could be an interesting idea but as you’ve already pointed out the far-right is not exactly established within Britain.

[Granluras]

Britain has a small but vocal and growing far-right movement, plus an interesting history of far-rightism, so that's the pulling factor towards a British kraut, but of course America much more diverse and larger in that it has a larger, older, and established far-right movement (think of how high-ranking curtain politicians decried as fascist have become, such as the President, if you're that type of person); that being the pull factor towards an American character.

It could be an interesting idea but as you’ve already pointed out the far-right is not exactly established within Britain.

Well yeah, but introducing a character that's charismatic and enthusiastic enough to serve as another figurehead like Mosley or Nick Griffin, and actively tries to expand unify the movement rather than shouting slurs from a grimy outer London office could be as interesting as an established American figure.

[Granluras]

Also, HomeSec by the end of the day.

[Greater Arab State]

It could be an interesting idea but as you’ve already pointed out the far-right is not exactly established within Britain.

Well yeah, but introducing a character that's charismatic and enthusiastic enough to serve as another figurehead like Mosley or Nick Griffin, and actively tries to expand unify the movement rather than shouting slurs from a grimy outer London office could be as interesting as an established American figure.

Oh yes, that could.

[Agarntrop]

/bump

[Greater Arab State]

I’m posting this statement just to ensure that any doubts regarding the RP’s status are settled.

I, in addition to the remainder of the LOHG administration would like to say that the RP is continuing to go ahead and the planned date for the launch of the OOC will be sometime this weekend, likely to be Friday evening/Saturday morning.

[Agarntrop]

I’m posting this statement just to ensure that any doubts regarding the RP’s status are settled.

I, in addition to the remainder of the LOHG administration would like to say that the RP is continuing to go ahead and the planned date for the launch of the OOC will be sometime this weekend, likely to be Friday evening/Saturday morning.

ooo

[Sao Nova Europa]

I would be interested in joining as Brexit Party leader, if the position has not been reserved by someone else. I am thinking of creating a character that is free market (by British standards) and pro-border control (but not overtly far right) for the position. Will be making application soon.

[Gordano and Lysandus]

I would be interested in joining as Brexit Party leader, if the position has not been reserved by someone else. I am thinking of creating a character that is free market (by British standards) and pro-border control (but not overtly far right) for the position. Will be making application soon.

The position is not reserved and GAS can reserve it for you. As you're taking up the (not-Farage) role, we'll expect you to meet similarities and a similar degree of weakness, similar to how my (not-May) is impotent within her own party and we ensured WCC's (not-Corbyn) had her weaknesses.

[Sao Nova Europa]

OOC: Tried to make my character a mix of Farage and Rees-Mogg. I can change it though if you prefer a more 'Farage-only' character.

IC:

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Charles Henderson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 51
Character Height: 1.88cm
Character Weight: 64kg
Character Position/Role/Job:
Member of Parliament for The Wrekin in Shropshire (2001 - 2005),
Member of European Parliament (2009 - Now)
Chairman of UKIP (2007 - 2016)
Chairman of the Brexit Party (2018 - Now)
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Dover
Character State of Residence: Dover
Character Party Affiliation: Brexit Party
Main Strengths:

Fiery orator - A charismatic and fiery orator and debater.
Popular with Brexiteers - He is extremely popular among Brexit supporters.

Main Weaknesses:

Elite background - His elite background can be used to accuse him of being a 'fake populist' and that he does not really represent the people.
Controversial statements - From statements about Islam to migration to gay rights and climate change, he has made a series of statements that place him outside of the British political mainstream and leave him open to attacks by the media.
Eccentric - While part of his charm, his anachronistic upper-class mannerisms and consciously traditionalist attitudes are derided by many.
Ties with [Trump] - Charles has been very supportive of US President [Trump], who is generally unpopular among the British public.

Biography:

Charles was born in Hammersmith, London, on 24 May 1967. He was the younger son of Jacob Henderson, editor of The Daily Telegraph newspaper, and Barbara Morris, daughter of a Conservative Party MP. Charles attended Ashdown House, a preparatory boarding school in East Sussex. He managed to gain a King's Scholarship to study at Eton College; he was described as an excellent student but one that was socially awkward. Charlies studied History at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated with an upper second-class honours degree in 1989. While at Oxford he became president of the Oxford University Conservative Association. Charles decided to continue his studies abroad, attending Stanford University, where he earned a Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy. For the next two years, he attended Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA (Master Business Administration).

In 1993, he began working for the Rothschild investment bank. In 1996, he became financial analyst at the corporate finance division of Chase Bank in London. In 2001, he entered politics as that year's national elections, he was selected as the Conservative candidate for The Wrekin in Shropshire. He managed to get elected, winning an upset victory against the incumbent Labour MP and despite the overall Labour victory in the elections. As an MP, he gained a reputation of a staunch fiscal and social conservative, well to the right of his party. His comments brought him in media attention more than once. In the 2005 elections, he lost his seat to the Labour candidate by a slim margin.

In 2006, he criticized the then leadership of the party for it's efforts to increase representation of ethnic minorities on the party candidate list, arguing that such quotas were undemocratic and did not represent the country. His disagreements with party line over a variety of issues, led him to eventually become a member of UKIP that same year. Charles gained notoriety as a debater in various news panels where he was called to represent his new party. He became increasingly popular among the membership, even overshadowing elected MEPs.

As the party leader, Roger Holmes, had to resign due to unexpected health issues in late 2007, Charles entered the leadership race. Against the odds, he managed to emerge victorious against two MEPs and became the party leader. He turned UKIP to the right and tried to shift its image of a singe-issue party. He gave it an ideological platform of fiscal conservatism, reducing taxes and immigration, reintroducing Grammar Schols and denying climate change. He accused the then leader of the Conservatives, Daniel Campion, of being a socialist interested in "gay marriage, foreign aid, and wind farms". In 2009 European elections, UKIP finished second with 15.6% of the vote and 13 seats, putting pressure on the Conservatives. Charles was elected MEP.

Charles moved the party further to the right, emphasizing the opposition to migration and 'Islamic extremism'. In the 2010 general elections, UKIP won 3.1% of the vote but failed to elect any seats. Charles managed to remain in his position as party leader after a close leadership election and turned the attention of the party to austerity instead. He argued that the 'globalist elites' wanted to place the burden of the crisis on the backs 'of the people'. The party became more populist, emulating less the Thatcherite-Reaganite right Charles used to support and instead looking more and more like continental nationalist parties. This was derided by some commentators who pointed out Charles' eccentric upper class manners and privileged background but Charles was able to successfully argue that he wasn't part of the 'liberal elites'.

In the 2013 elections, UKIP performed extremely well with an average of 23% in the wards where it stood, and increasing its number of elected councillors from 4 to 147. In the 2014 local elections, UKIP won 163 seats, an increase of 128, but did not take control of any council. In the 2014 European Parliament elections, UKIP received the greatest number of votes (27.5%) of any British party, producing 24 MEPs. Charles became a household name and his electoral success prompted the Conservatives to promise a referendum on UK membership in the EU. UKIP won 12.6% of the vote in the 2015 elections, but elected only 1 MP.

As promised, the Conservatives called a referendum on British membership in the European Union. Charles campaigned for Brexit, emphasizing the negative effects of mass migration and of EU regulations. The British voters supported Brexit. With the campaign to leave the EU a success, Charles resigned from the leadership of UKIP. Charles visited the US, where he managed to meet with US Presidential candidate [Trump] and expressed his support for him. Charles did not contest in the 2017 general elections. On 4 December 2018, he announced he was leaving UKIP and in February he announced the creation of a new political party, 'Brexit Party'. "We will make sure that the result of the referendum shall be respected and that the Conservatives shall not bring us a 'soft Brexit', essentially a 'No-Brexit' " he stated.

The Brexit Party has been molded by Charles into a right-wing libertarian-populist party. Aside from its strict support of hard Brexit, it attacks 'climate socialism', supports large-scale cuts in income and corporate taxation, abolishing the BBC fee, ending 'mass immigration and taking control of our borders' and cutting back 'regulations and red tape'.

Other Info:

He is married with two children.

Political Positions:
Abortion: Pro-life, he believes it should be available only in cases of rape, incest or danger to mother's life.
Brexit: Hard Brexit only.
Climate Change: Believes it is a socialist conspiracy.
Defence: Opposes UK involvement in the Middle East, arguing that it is a waste of cash that could be invested in the UK. Wants to increase military spending by 1% of the GDP.
Energy: He supports all energy industries.
Veterans: Supports increased welfare spending for veterans.
Immigration: Wants an Australian-style system of immigration, increase of border guards and a [Trump]-style ban of immigration from 'terrorist-infested countries'.
Devolution: Supports an English Parliament.
NHS: Supports limited privatization of certain services and cooperation between state-run and private hospitals. At the same time, though, he promises greater funding for the NHS.
Home Affairs: Supports tougher sentences, wants to increase funding for the police and the number of police officers in the streets by hiring more policemen. For Islamic terrorists, he supports life sentence without parole.
Same-sex marriage: Opposed.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: (Sao Nova Europa)

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Greater Arab State]

OOC: Tried to make my character a mix of Farage and Rees-Mogg. I can change it though if you prefer a more 'Farage-only' character.

IC:

(Image)

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Charles Henderson
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 51
Character Height: 1.88cm
Character Weight: 64kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Chairman of the Brexit Party
Appearance:

([url=https://i.postimg.cc/pdtFSx8V/image.jpg]Image)[/url]

Character State of Origin: London, England
Character State of Residence: North East Somerset
Character Party Affiliation: Brexit Party
Main Strengths:

Fiery orator - A charismatic and fiery orator and debater.
Popular with Brexiteers - He is extremely popular among Brexit supporters.

Main Weaknesses:

Elite background - His elite background can be used to accuse him of being a 'fake populist' and that he does not really represent the people.
Controversial statements - From statements about Islam to migration to gay rights and climate change, he has made a series of statements that place him outside of the British political mainstream and leave him open to attacks by the media.
Eccentric - While part of his charm, his anachronistic upper-class mannerisms and consciously traditionalist attitudes are derided by many.
Ties with [Trump] - Charles has been very supportive of US President [Trump], who is generally unpopular among the British public.

Biography:

Charles was born in Hammersmith, London, on 24 May 1967. He was the younger son of Jacob Henderson, editor of The Daily Telegraph newspaper, and Barbara Morris, daughter of a Conservative Party MP. Charles attended Ashdown House, a preparatory boarding school in East Sussex. He managed to gain a King's Scholarship to study at Eton College; he was described as an excellent student but one that was socially awkward. Charlies studied History at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated with an upper second-class honours degree in 1989. While at Oxford he became president of the Oxford University Conservative Association. Charles decided to continue his studies abroad, attending Stanford University, where he earned a Ford Dorsey Master's in International Policy. For the next two years, he attended Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA (Master Business Administration).

In 1993, he began working for the Rothschild investment bank. In 1996, he became financial analyst at the corporate finance division of Chase Bank in London. In 2001, he entered politics as that year's national elections, he was selected as the Conservative candidate for The Wrekin in Shropshire. He managed to get elected, winning an upset victory against the incumbent Labour MP and despite the overall Labour victory in the elections. As an MP, he gained a reputation of a staunch fiscal and social conservative, well to the right of his party. His comments brought him in media attention more than once. In the 2005 elections, he lost his seat to the Labour candidate by a slim margin.

In 2006, he criticized the then leadership of the party for it's efforts to increase representation of ethnic minorities on the party candidate list, arguing that such quotas were undemocratic and did not represent the country. His disagreements with party line over a variety of issues, led him to eventually become a member of UKIP that same year. Charles gained notoriety as a debater in various news panels where he was called to represent his new party. He became increasingly popular among the membership, even overshadowing elected MEPs.

As the party leader, Roger Holmes, had to resign due to unexpected health issues in late 2007, Charles entered the leadership race. Against the odds, he managed to emerge victorious against two MEPs and became the party leader. He turned UKIP to the right and tried to shift its image of a singe-issue party. He gave it an ideological platform of fiscal conservatism, reducing taxes and immigration, reintroducing Grammar Schols and denying climate change. He accused the then leader of the Conservatives, Daniel Campion, of being a socialist interested in "gay marriage, foreign aid, and wind farms". In 2009 European elections, UKIP finished second with 15.6% of the vote and 13 seats, putting pressure on the Conservatives. Charles was elected MEP.

Charles moved the party further to the right, emphasizing the opposition to migration and 'Islamic extremism'. In the 2010 general elections, UKIP won 3.1% of the vote but failed to elect any seats. Charles managed to remain in his position as party leader after a close leadership election and turned the attention of the party to austerity instead. He argued that the 'globalist elites' wanted to place the burden of the crisis on the backs 'of the people'. The party became more populist, emulating less the Thatcherite-Reaganite right Charles used to support and instead looking more and more like continental nationalist parties. This was derided by some commentators who pointed out Charles' eccentric upper class manners and privileged background but Charles was able to successfully argue that he wasn't part of the 'liberal elites'.

In the 2013 elections, UKIP performed extremely well with an average of 23% in the wards where it stood, and increasing its number of elected councillors from 4 to 147. In the 2014 local elections, UKIP won 163 seats, an increase of 128, but did not take control of any council. In the 2014 European Parliament elections, UKIP received the greatest number of votes (27.5%) of any British party, producing 24 MEPs. Charles became a household name and his electoral success prompted the Conservatives to promise a referendum on UK membership in the EU. UKIP won 12.6% of the vote in the 2015 elections, but elected only 1 MP.

As promised, the Conservatives called a referendum on British membership in the European Union. Charles campaigned for Brexit, emphasizing the negative effects of mass migration and of EU regulations. The British voters supported Brexit. With the campaign to leave the EU a success, Charles resigned from the leadership of UKIP. Charles visited the US, where he managed to meet with US Presidential candidate [Trump] and expressed his support for him. Charles did not contest in the 2017 general elections. On 4 December 2018, he announced he was leaving UKIP and in February he announced the creation of a new political party, 'Brexit Party'. "We will make sure that the result of the referendum shall be respected and that the Conservatives shall not bring us a 'soft Brexit', essentially a 'No-Brexit' " he stated.

The Brexit Party has been molded by Charles into a right-wing libertarian-populist party. Aside from its strict support of hard Brexit, it attacks 'climate socialism', supports large-scale cuts in income and corporate taxation, abolishing the BBC fee, ending 'mass immigration and taking control of our borders' and cutting back 'regulations and red tape'.

Other Info:

He is married with two children.

Political Positions:
Abortion: Pro-life, he believes it should be available only in cases of rape, incest or danger to mother's life.
Brexit: Hard Brexit only.
Climate Change: Believes it is a socialist conspiracy.
Defence: Opposes UK involvement in the Middle East, arguing that it is a waste of cash that could be invested in the UK. Wants to increase military spending by 1% of the GDP.
Energy: He supports all energy industries.
Veterans: Supports increased welfare spending for veterans.
Immigration: Wants an Australian-style system of immigration, increase of border guards and a [Trump]-style ban of immigration from 'terrorist-infested countries'.
Devolution: Supports an English Parliament.
NHS: Supports limited privatization of certain services and cooperation between state-run and private hospitals. At the same time, though, he promises greater funding for the NHS.
Home Affairs: Supports tougher sentences, wants to increase funding for the police and the number of police officers in the streets by hiring more policemen. For Islamic terrorists, he supports life sentence without parole.
Same-sex marriage: Opposed.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: (Sao Nova Europa)

Do Not Remove: 84721

From a glance, I’d suggest changing the Constituency of origin, perhaps as a suggestion to somewhere like Dover or South Thanet?

[Sao Nova Europa]

I changed it to Dover.

[Greater Arab State]

I changed it to Dover.

I’m terribly sorry. I meant to say Constituency of residence rather than origin although it would most likely be beneficial if both were changed.

[Sao Nova Europa]

Alright. I've changed both to Dover.

[Greater Arab State]

Alright. I've changed both to Dover.

Just on a minor note, you might also want to add to the character position any elected positions either currently or formerly held.

[Sao Nova Europa]

Alright. I've changed both to Dover.

Just on a minor note, you might also want to add to the character position any elected positions either currently or formerly held.

Done.

[Greater Arab State]

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I am pleased to notify you that the Land of Hope and Glory OOC has now been officially launched, if you had any app either reserved or pending acceptance please repost them onto the OOC and we will endeavour to prioritise them for review and acceptance, thank you for your patience.