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

[Greater Arab State]

On the whole it is a strong app but there are some thing that have been noticed:

1: You might want to add some of the foreign policy weaknesses that Corby had in order to reflect the role to a greater extent.

2: You might want to change the picture to reflect the age.

3: Overall, the tone of the app could perhaps benefit from some greater objectivity, particularly in the sections on the referendum and leadership contest.

The thing about the referendum is actually true to IRL, as even Angela Eagle was praising Corbyn during the referendum and then tried to run against him in 2016.

I meant with regard to how the app itself was written. For example part of the referendum section includes “But sadly, remain did not win.” I am concerned that this could be inferred as having a slant within the app itself which could then impact on the RP as a whole. For example, you could make it more objective by writing “However, the remain campaign was unsuccessful in the referendum.” or something along those lines.

[Alozia]

The thing about the referendum is actually true to IRL, as even Angela Eagle was praising Corbyn during the referendum and then tried to run against him in 2016.

I meant with regard to how the app itself was written. For example part of the referendum section includes “But sadly, remain did not win.” I am concerned that this could be inferred as having a slant within the app itself which could then impact on the RP as a whole. For example, you could make it more objective by writing “However, the remain campaign was unsuccessful in the referendum.” or something along those lines.

I personally I do not have an issue with an app using language that reflects a characters' personal attitude towards the events described.

[Meelducan]

Tagged.

[Alozia]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Alozia
Character Name: Emma "Em" Beasley
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 33
Character Height: 162 cm
Character Weight: 58 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: MP for Barking (since 2017), Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 2019)
Appearance:

Character Constituency of Origin: Barking
Character Constituency of Residence: Barking
Character Party Affiliation: Labour
Main Strengths: Young, diligent
Main Weaknesses: inexperienced, timid
Biography: Emma Beasley was born on July 4, 1986 in London to a middle class family. Her parents are both teachers, her father David Beasley is a history teacher, while her mother Sylvia Beasley (nee Keenan) teaches English at Riverside School in London. She has two siblings, Susan and Tim. She joined the Labour Party at the age of 16, first campaigning for the Labour Party in 2003 during that year's local elections campaign. A timid and shy teenager, Beasley proved herself to be a diligent volunteer nontheless.

Beasley graduated with a degree in journalism in 2007 before becoming a parliamentary researcher and assistant to a backbencher Labour MP in 2009. She would write a number of articles in the two years between her graduation and being hired by the aforementioned MP, mostly for smaller publications, some of them online based. In 2016, during the campaigning period that preceeded the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum she partook in the effort to support the Remain campaign. Dismayed by the results of the referendum Beasley eventually stated that "The results [of the 2016 referendum] must be respected. [...] We need to focus on delivering Brexit that benefits the working class.". A long time Labour Party member she was selected in 2017 to contest the Barking constituency after the incumbent retired. She won the safe Labour seat at the 2017 General Election, entering the House of Commons at the age of 31.

In her first two years as MP she worked closely with the Socialist Campaign Group and Momentum among others as well as [not-Denis Skinner] and [not-Jeremy Corbyn] establishing a track record of supporting left-wing policies and stances. During her maiden speech Beasley stressed the need for government action regarding wealth and income inequality as well as stressing the need for expanded public housing. Her co-operation with the two long-time MPs, particularly [not-Skinner] has led to her becoming a slightly bolder and more outspoken politician. She enjoys a decent amount of popularity among younger, more left leaning voters and is known for her social media engagements.

An advocate of environmental conservation and climate change she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet in earky 2019 as the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. She is a supporter of nuclear, wind and solar energy. An advocate for limiting the usage of fossil fuels Beasley supports the Green Industrial Revolution, a transformative program which aims, among other things, to provide people working with fossil fuels jobs in different sectors.

She has been engaged since 2016.

Other Info:

Brexit: Beasley is personally in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union. She campaigned for Remain in 2016, but since then stated that the "The results [of the 2016 referendum] must be respected. [...] We need to focus on delivering Brexit that benefits the working class."
Socially progressive: Beasley supports LGBT rights, descirbes herself as a feminist and pro-choice.
Helathcare: Supports more funding for the NHS, strongly opposed to privitization.
Environment: Very green, supports the idea of a European Green New Deal.
Taxation: Supports progressive taxation.
Voting reform: Supports voting reform, either in form of FPP with RCV or the abolition of FPP alltogehter.
Climate change: Supports the "Green Industrial Revolution", thinks drastic steps need to be taken to counter climate change.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Alozia

Do Not Remove: 84721

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Alozia
Character Name: Emma "Em" Beasley
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 33
Character Height: 162 cm
Character Weight: 58 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: MP for Barking (since 2017)
Appearance:

(Image)

Character Constituency of Origin: Barking
Character Constituency of Residence: Barking
Character Party Affiliation: Labour
Main Strengths: Young, diligent
Main Weaknesses: inexperienced, timid
Biography: Emma Beasley was born on July 4, 1986 in London to a middle class family. Her parents are both teachers, her father David Beasley is a history teacher, while her mother Sylvia Beasley (nee Keenan) teaches English at Riverside School in London. She has two siblings, Susan and Tim. She joined the Labour Party at the age of 16, first campaigning for the Labour Party in 2003 during that year's local elections campaign. A timid and shy teenager, Beasley proved herself to be a diligent volunteer nontheless.

Beasley graduated with a degree in journalism in 2007 before becoming a parliamentary researcher and assistant to a backbencher Labour MP in 2009. She would write a number of articles in the two years between her graduation and being hired by the aforementioned MP, mostly for smaller publications, some of them online based. A long time Labour Party member she was selected in 2017 to contest the Barking constituency after the incumbent retired. She won the safe Labour seat at the 2017 General Election, entering the House of Commons at the age of 31.

In her first two years as MP she worked closely with the Socialist Campaign Group and Momentum among others as well as [not-Denis Skinner] and [not-Jeremy Corbyn] establishing a track record of supporting left-wing policies and stances. Her co-operation with the two long-time MPs, particularly [not-Skinner] has led to her becoming a slightly bolder and more outspoken politician. She enjoys a decent amount of popularity among younger, more left leaning voters and is known for her social media engagements.

She has been engaged since 2016.

Other Info:

Brexit: Beasley is personally in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union. She campaigned for Remain in 2016, but since then stated that the "The results [of the 2016 referendum] must be respected. [...] We need to focus on delivering Brexit that benefits the working class."
Socially progressive: Beasley supports LGBT rights, descirbes herself as a feminist and pro-choice.
Helathcare: Supports more funding for the NHS, strongly opposed to privitization.
Environment: Very green, supports the idea of a European Green New Deal.
Taxation: Supports progressive taxation.
Voting reform: Supports voting reform, either in form of FPP with RCV or the abolition of FPP alltogehter.
Climate change: Supports the "Green Industrial Revolution", thinks drastic steps need to be taken to counter climate change.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Alozia

Do Not Remove: 84721

Decent app, a bit more detail is suggested.

Also, how would you like a shadow cabinet position?

[Alozia]

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Alozia
Character Name: Emma "Em" Beasley
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 33
Character Height: 162 cm
Character Weight: 58 kg
Character Position/Role/Job: MP for Barking (since 2017)
Appearance:

(Image)

Character Constituency of Origin: Barking
Character Constituency of Residence: Barking
Character Party Affiliation: Labour
Main Strengths: Young, diligent
Main Weaknesses: inexperienced, timid
Biography: Emma Beasley was born on July 4, 1986 in London to a middle class family. Her parents are both teachers, her father David Beasley is a history teacher, while her mother Sylvia Beasley (nee Keenan) teaches English at Riverside School in London. She has two siblings, Susan and Tim. She joined the Labour Party at the age of 16, first campaigning for the Labour Party in 2003 during that year's local elections campaign. A timid and shy teenager, Beasley proved herself to be a diligent volunteer nontheless.

Beasley graduated with a degree in journalism in 2007 before becoming a parliamentary researcher and assistant to a backbencher Labour MP in 2009. She would write a number of articles in the two years between her graduation and being hired by the aforementioned MP, mostly for smaller publications, some of them online based. A long time Labour Party member she was selected in 2017 to contest the Barking constituency after the incumbent retired. She won the safe Labour seat at the 2017 General Election, entering the House of Commons at the age of 31.

In her first two years as MP she worked closely with the Socialist Campaign Group and Momentum among others as well as [not-Denis Skinner] and [not-Jeremy Corbyn] establishing a track record of supporting left-wing policies and stances. Her co-operation with the two long-time MPs, particularly [not-Skinner] has led to her becoming a slightly bolder and more outspoken politician. She enjoys a decent amount of popularity among younger, more left leaning voters and is known for her social media engagements.

She has been engaged since 2016.

Other Info:

Brexit: Beasley is personally in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union. She campaigned for Remain in 2016, but since then stated that the "The results [of the 2016 referendum] must be respected. [...] We need to focus on delivering Brexit that benefits the working class."
Socially progressive: Beasley supports LGBT rights, descirbes herself as a feminist and pro-choice.
Helathcare: Supports more funding for the NHS, strongly opposed to privitization.
Environment: Very green, supports the idea of a European Green New Deal.
Taxation: Supports progressive taxation.
Voting reform: Supports voting reform, either in form of FPP with RCV or the abolition of FPP alltogehter.
Climate change: Supports the "Green Industrial Revolution", thinks drastic steps need to be taken to counter climate change.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Alozia

Do Not Remove: 84721

Decent app, a bit more detail is suggested.

Also, how would you like a shadow cabinet position?

I would be open to suggestions regarding a possible shadow cabinet position. I would assume it would be a rather low-ranking one considering her lack of experience.

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

Decent app, a bit more detail is suggested.

Also, how would you like a shadow cabinet position?

I would be open to suggestions regarding a possible shadow cabinet position. I would assume it would be a rather low-ranking one considering her lack of experience.

Yes, you would be right. How's Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs? Or is that too high-ranking for you?

Perhaps, if you would like, you could be our communications director/media manager, and be in charge of handling perception, PR and our interactions with the media?

[Alozia]

I would be open to suggestions regarding a possible shadow cabinet position. I would assume it would be a rather low-ranking one considering her lack of experience.

Yes, you would be right. How's Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs? Or is that too high-ranking for you?

Perhaps, if you would like, you could be our communications director/media manager, and be in charge of handling perception, PR and our interactions with the media?

The Shadow Secretary position would be acceptable. I'm assuming her appointment would take place in early 2019?

[Alozia]

I made minor adjustments to the application, particularly in regards to Beasley's appointment to the Shadow Cabinet.

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

Yes, you would be right. How's Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs? Or is that too high-ranking for you?

Perhaps, if you would like, you could be our communications director/media manager, and be in charge of handling perception, PR and our interactions with the media?

The Shadow Secretary position would be acceptable. I'm assuming her appointment would take place in early 2019?

Perhaps, or you could write it in and say "After the cabinet reshuffle, Beasley was placed as the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"

[West Bromwich Holme]

I've decided to scrap my original idea and participate as an actual MP.

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: West Bromwich Holme
Character Name: Elise Jackson van den Merwe
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 36
Character Height: 6"2
Character Weight: 14 stone / 88.4kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Independent MP (2012-)
Appearance:

Image

Character Constituency of Origin: Astley Mosley Common
Character Constituency of Residence: Astley Mosley Common
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Popular with motorists, good at being able to give speeches and presentations, expert in consumer law and data protection law, automotive expertise, has never been a supporter of the EU, British citizenship despite American heritage. Elise is able to give good constructive reasons for her arguments and uses facts, figures and research to back it up.
Main Weaknesses: Her pro-American/South African stance (for immigration/trade) will probably upset pro-EU loyalists; her anti-EU stance upsets remainers; her stance that job security and consumer issues are of more importance on a day-to-day basis for the average Joe Public than climate change proves controversial; her hybrid Texan/South African accent can be difficult to understand by some. Also, her pro-automobile enthusiast and pro-automotive industry stance would upset environmentalists but it is a firmly-held belief. She accepts climate change is happening, but has said publically in 2018:

Climate change is an issue, but on a day-to-day scale, if you can't get a job, worry about finances, or your washing machine's broken and the manufacturer won't do a thing, well, then, it's pushed way down the list. I don't mean that pejoratively. It's happening, but to average Joe or Joanne Public, it's the last thing on their mind.

Elise has no social media - no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and prefers to "roll your own" websites and WordPress blogs (she has wrote under pseudonyms).
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Elise was born to a British mother, Marie, and South African-American father, John, in Dallas, Texas on 15 April 1984. Her mother is English, being of Anglo-Dutch heritage, and born in Astley, Greater Manchester, having grown up on what is now Coldalhurst Lane (or at least the estate). Her mother grew up in working-class conditions, but slowly became educated, eventually moving to the U.S. aged 25, and she has never returned since.

Elise moved to the United Kingdom aged 19, and studied business systems and management; eventually she got employment in tourism, before moving into car sales, which she did for around 10-15 years (the car sales work ran concurrently alongside the university work).

In 2013, she went into politics as a researcher (a side job) after leaving her job in automotive sales for a Citroen dealership in 2013, and decided to stand for being an independent MP; she won in a local by-election. (OOC: Need help getting this to fit the time frame)
Other Info: Elise has quadruple citizenship - U.S. citizenship by birth, Dutch citizenship (per
where the applicant has "special and objectively assessable reasons" for not renouncing his existing nationality, and being born before 1 January 1985; her father is part-Dutch), South African citizenship (as per special permission) and British citizenship (due to the British citizenship by descent part).
She is also very much noted for her femininity and her strong opinions on the automobile industry (since 2008, she's run a pseudonymous blog on this topic)
She has these political positions:
Brexit: Elise has never supported the EU in any form, and prefers the United Kingdom have a better social, trading and political relationship with the United States, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and South Africa and have their own custom-built trade and free movement agreement. Elise has never been popular with Remainers in any way for wanting the United Kingdom to be on better terms with both nations. Elise has publically stated how she feels that the United Kingdom has never fitted in with the European Union, instead fitting in better with the U.S, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Immigration: Elise would like the right of free movement to extend to Americans, Dutch citizens and South Africans to replace EU citizens post-Brexit and she has friends in London who are American and South African expats (as well as Australian expats too). Elise feels that American and South African expats get a raw deal for foreigners wanting to work here, and says that because she's both in addition to being British she can understand anti-immigrant sentiment. Elise also feels that there should be a new Anglo-Dutch agreement for British citizens in the Netherlands and Dutch citizens in the United Kingdom that requires neither to renounce their citizenship and allows dual citizenship as presently Dutch law only allows it in limited circumstances (Elise's mother is half-Dutch)
Abortion: Elise has always been in favour of allowing the woman to decide if she wants the baby or not, stating that "Do you really want your rapist legally allowed to see your child for the next 18 years?", quoting a Law and Order SVU episode. She feels that pro-lifers do not understand the circumstances women go through psychologically deciding to have an abortion.
Climate change: She says it's an issue, but one that's of lower concern to the average member of the public on a day-to-day scale as compared to job security, economy or consumer rights and data protection issues.
Automotive industry: Feels that the focus on electric cars is too narrow in scope, prefers that a choice of alternative fuels and electric is better than wholesale conversion to electric. She has never supported self-driving cars in any way, having read ample amounts of research on the issue.
Internet censorship: She is a strong privacy activist, and would rather have the United Kingdom noted for a free and open internet.
Law and order: She would like the focus to be more on dealing with car crime, arson, insurance fraud, identity theft, financial crimes than other ones and would like to see more spending on improving police cars and police technology rather than "bobbies on the beat", claiming that what she saw in the U.S. and South Africa works better.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: West Bromwich Holme

Do Not Remove: 84721

[Granluras]

Sup

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

I've decided to scrap my original idea and participate as an actual MP.

(Image)

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: West Bromwich Holme
Character Name: Elise Jackson van den Merwe
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 36
Character Height: 6"2
Character Weight: 14 stone / 88.4kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Independent MP (2012-)
Appearance:

Image

Character Constituency of Origin: Astley Mosley Common
Character Constituency of Residence: Astley Mosley Common
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Popular with motorists, good at being able to give speeches and presentations, expert in consumer law and data protection law, automotive expertise, has never been a supporter of the EU, British citizenship despite American heritage. Elise is able to give good constructive reasons for her arguments and uses facts, figures and research to back it up.
Main Weaknesses: Her pro-American/South African stance (for immigration/trade) will probably upset pro-EU loyalists; her anti-EU stance upsets remainers; her stance that job security and consumer issues are of more importance on a day-to-day basis for the average Joe Public than climate change proves controversial; her hybrid Texan/South African accent can be difficult to understand by some. Also, her pro-automobile enthusiast and pro-automotive industry stance would upset environmentalists but it is a firmly-held belief. She accepts climate change is happening, but has said publically in 2018:

Climate change is an issue, but on a day-to-day scale, if you can't get a job, worry about finances, or your washing machine's broken and the manufacturer won't do a thing, well, then, it's pushed way down the list. I don't mean that pejoratively. It's happening, but to average Joe or Joanne Public, it's the last thing on their mind.

Elise has no social media - no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and prefers to "roll your own" websites and WordPress blogs (she has wrote under pseudonyms).
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Elise was born to a British mother, Marie, and South African-American father, John, in Dallas, Texas on 15 April 1984. Her mother is English, being of Anglo-Dutch heritage, and born in Astley, Greater Manchester, having grown up on what is now Coldalhurst Lane (or at least the estate). Her mother grew up in working-class conditions, but slowly became educated, eventually moving to the U.S. aged 25, and she has never returned since.

Elise moved to the United Kingdom aged 19, and studied business systems and management; eventually she got employment in tourism, before moving into car sales, which she did for around 10-15 years (the car sales work ran concurrently alongside the university work).

In 2013, she went into politics as a researcher (a side job) after leaving her job in automotive sales for a Citroen dealership in 2013, and decided to stand for being an independent MP; she won in a local by-election. (OOC: Need help getting this to fit the time frame)
Other Info: Elise has triple citizenship - U.S. citizenship by birth, South African citizenship and British citizenship (due to the British citizenship by descent part).
She is also very much noted for her femininity and her strong opinions on the automobile industry (since 2008, she's run a pseudonymous blog on this topic)
She has these political positions:
Brexit: Elise has never supported the EU in any form, and prefers the United Kingdom have a better social, trading and political relationship with the United States and South Africa. Elise has never been popular with Remainers in any way for wanting the United Kingdom to be on better terms with both nations.
Immigration: Elise would like the right of free movement to extend to Americans and South Africans to replace EU citizens post-Brexit and she has friends in London who are American and South African expats (as well as Australian expats too). Elise feels that American and South African expats get a raw deal for foreigners wanting to work here, and says that because she's both in addition to being British she can understand anti-immigrant sentiment.
Abortion: Elise has always been in favour of allowing the woman to decide if she wants the baby or not, stating that "Do you really want your rapist legally allowed to see your child for the next 18 years?", quoting a Law and Order SVU episode. She feels that pro-lifers do not understand the circumstances women go through psychologically deciding to have an abortion.
Climate change: She says it's an issue, but one that's of lower concern to the average member of the public on a day-to-day scale as compared to job security, economy or consumer rights and data protection issues.
Automotive industry: Feels that the focus on electric cars is too narrow in scope, prefers that a choice of alternative fuels and electric is better than wholesale conversion to electric. She has never supported self-driving cars in any way, having read ample amounts of research on the issue.
Internet censorship: She is a strong privacy activist, and would rather have the United Kingdom noted for a free and open internet.
Law and order: She would like the focus to be more on dealing with car crime, arson, insurance fraud, identity theft, financial crimes than other ones and would like to see more spending on improving police cars and police technology rather than "bobbies on the beat", claiming that what she saw in the U.S. and South Africa works better.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: West Bromwich Holme

Do Not Remove: 84721

I can't tell whether or not her last name is a reference to rugby, District 9 or I'm reading too deep into it.

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

Sup

The ceiling.

[West Bromwich Holme]

I've decided to scrap my original idea and participate as an actual MP.

(Image)

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: West Bromwich Holme
Character Name: Elise Jackson van den Merwe
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 36
Character Height: 6"2
Character Weight: 14 stone / 88.4kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Independent MP (2012-)
Appearance:

Image

Character Constituency of Origin: Astley Mosley Common
Character Constituency of Residence: Astley Mosley Common
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Popular with motorists, good at being able to give speeches and presentations, expert in consumer law and data protection law, automotive expertise, has never been a supporter of the EU, British citizenship despite American heritage. Elise is able to give good constructive reasons for her arguments and uses facts, figures and research to back it up.
Main Weaknesses: Her pro-American/South African stance (for immigration/trade) will probably upset pro-EU loyalists; her anti-EU stance upsets remainers; her stance that job security and consumer issues are of more importance on a day-to-day basis for the average Joe Public than climate change proves controversial; her hybrid Texan/South African accent can be difficult to understand by some. Also, her pro-automobile enthusiast and pro-automotive industry stance would upset environmentalists but it is a firmly-held belief. She accepts climate change is happening, but has said publically in 2018:


Elise has no social media - no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and prefers to "roll your own" websites and WordPress blogs (she has wrote under pseudonyms).
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Elise was born to a British mother, Marie, and South African-American father, John, in Dallas, Texas on 15 April 1984. Her mother is English, being of Anglo-Dutch heritage, and born in Astley, Greater Manchester, having grown up on what is now Coldalhurst Lane (or at least the estate). Her mother grew up in working-class conditions, but slowly became educated, eventually moving to the U.S. aged 25, and she has never returned since.

Elise moved to the United Kingdom aged 19, and studied business systems and management; eventually she got employment in tourism, before moving into car sales, which she did for around 10-15 years (the car sales work ran concurrently alongside the university work).

In 2013, she went into politics as a researcher (a side job) after leaving her job in automotive sales for a Citroen dealership in 2013, and decided to stand for being an independent MP; she won in a local by-election. (OOC: Need help getting this to fit the time frame)
Other Info: Elise has triple citizenship - U.S. citizenship by birth, South African citizenship and British citizenship (due to the British citizenship by descent part).
She is also very much noted for her femininity and her strong opinions on the automobile industry (since 2008, she's run a pseudonymous blog on this topic)
She has these political positions:
Brexit: Elise has never supported the EU in any form, and prefers the United Kingdom have a better social, trading and political relationship with the United States and South Africa. Elise has never been popular with Remainers in any way for wanting the United Kingdom to be on better terms with both nations.
Immigration: Elise would like the right of free movement to extend to Americans and South Africans to replace EU citizens post-Brexit and she has friends in London who are American and South African expats (as well as Australian expats too). Elise feels that American and South African expats get a raw deal for foreigners wanting to work here, and says that because she's both in addition to being British she can understand anti-immigrant sentiment.
Abortion: Elise has always been in favour of allowing the woman to decide if she wants the baby or not, stating that "Do you really want your rapist legally allowed to see your child for the next 18 years?", quoting a Law and Order SVU episode. She feels that pro-lifers do not understand the circumstances women go through psychologically deciding to have an abortion.
Climate change: She says it's an issue, but one that's of lower concern to the average member of the public on a day-to-day scale as compared to job security, economy or consumer rights and data protection issues.
Automotive industry: Feels that the focus on electric cars is too narrow in scope, prefers that a choice of alternative fuels and electric is better than wholesale conversion to electric. She has never supported self-driving cars in any way, having read ample amounts of research on the issue.
Internet censorship: She is a strong privacy activist, and would rather have the United Kingdom noted for a free and open internet.
Law and order: She would like the focus to be more on dealing with car crime, arson, insurance fraud, identity theft, financial crimes than other ones and would like to see more spending on improving police cars and police technology rather than "bobbies on the beat", claiming that what she saw in the U.S. and South Africa works better.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: West Bromwich Holme

Do Not Remove: 84721

I can't tell whether or not her last name is a reference to rugby, District 9 or I'm reading too deep into it.

I've just re-edited my original post to fix some information that didn't make sense. I think you may have read too far into it; I used a name generator for surnames that sounded English and Afrikaans.

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

I can't tell whether or not her last name is a reference to rugby, District 9 or I'm reading too deep into it.

I've just re-edited my original post to fix some information that didn't make sense. I think you may have read too far into it; I used a name generator for surnames that sounded English and Afrikaans.

Ok then. Also, I think that not having any social media is a weakness - after all, it's pretty much like having no TV in the modern political climate.

[Greater Arab State]

I've decided to scrap my original idea and participate as an actual MP.

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: West Bromwich Holme
Character Name: Elise Jackson van den Merwe
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 36
Character Height: 6"2
Character Weight: 14 stone / 88.4kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Independent MP (2012-)
Appearance:

Image

Character Constituency of Origin: Astley Mosley Common
Character Constituency of Residence: Astley Mosley Common
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Popular with motorists, good at being able to give speeches and presentations, expert in consumer law and data protection law, automotive expertise, has never been a supporter of the EU, British citizenship despite American heritage. Elise is able to give good constructive reasons for her arguments and uses facts, figures and research to back it up.
Main Weaknesses: Her pro-American/South African stance (for immigration/trade) will probably upset pro-EU loyalists; her anti-EU stance upsets remainers; her stance that job security and consumer issues are of more importance on a day-to-day basis for the average Joe Public than climate change proves controversial; her hybrid Texan/South African accent can be difficult to understand by some. Also, her pro-automobile enthusiast and pro-automotive industry stance would upset environmentalists but it is a firmly-held belief. She accepts climate change is happening, but has said publically in 2018:

Climate change is an issue, but on a day-to-day scale, if you can't get a job, worry about finances, or your washing machine's broken and the manufacturer won't do a thing, well, then, it's pushed way down the list. I don't mean that pejoratively. It's happening, but to average Joe or Joanne Public, it's the last thing on their mind.

Elise has no social media - no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and prefers to "roll your own" websites and WordPress blogs (she has wrote under pseudonyms).
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Elise was born to a British mother, Marie, and South African-American father, John, in Dallas, Texas on 15 April 1984. Her mother is English, being of Anglo-Dutch heritage, and born in Astley, Greater Manchester, having grown up on what is now Coldalhurst Lane (or at least the estate). Her mother grew up in working-class conditions, but slowly became educated, eventually moving to the U.S. aged 25, and she has never returned since.

Elise moved to the United Kingdom aged 19, and studied business systems and management; eventually she got employment in tourism, before moving into car sales, which she did for around 10-15 years (the car sales work ran concurrently alongside the university work).

In 2013, she went into politics as a researcher (a side job) after leaving her job in automotive sales for a Citroen dealership in 2013, and decided to stand for being an independent MP; she won in a local by-election. (OOC: Need help getting this to fit the time frame)
Other Info: Elise has quadruple citizenship - U.S. citizenship by birth, Dutch citizenship (per
where the applicant has "special and objectively assessable reasons" for not renouncing his existing nationality, and being born before 1 January 1985; her father is part-Dutch), South African citizenship (as per special permission) and British citizenship (due to the British citizenship by descent part).
She is also very much noted for her femininity and her strong opinions on the automobile industry (since 2008, she's run a pseudonymous blog on this topic)
She has these political positions:
Brexit: Elise has never supported the EU in any form, and prefers the United Kingdom have a better social, trading and political relationship with the United States, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and South Africa and have their own custom-built trade and free movement agreement. Elise has never been popular with Remainers in any way for wanting the United Kingdom to be on better terms with both nations. Elise has publically stated how she feels that the United Kingdom has never fitted in with the European Union, instead fitting in better with the U.S, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Immigration: Elise would like the right of free movement to extend to Americans, Dutch citizens and South Africans to replace EU citizens post-Brexit and she has friends in London who are American and South African expats (as well as Australian expats too). Elise feels that American and South African expats get a raw deal for foreigners wanting to work here, and says that because she's both in addition to being British she can understand anti-immigrant sentiment. Elise also feels that there should be a new Anglo-Dutch agreement for British citizens in the Netherlands and Dutch citizens in the United Kingdom that requires neither to renounce their citizenship and allows dual citizenship as presently Dutch law only allows it in limited circumstances (Elise's mother is half-Dutch)
Abortion: Elise has always been in favour of allowing the woman to decide if she wants the baby or not, stating that "Do you really want your rapist legally allowed to see your child for the next 18 years?", quoting a Law and Order SVU episode. She feels that pro-lifers do not understand the circumstances women go through psychologically deciding to have an abortion.
Climate change: She says it's an issue, but one that's of lower concern to the average member of the public on a day-to-day scale as compared to job security, economy or consumer rights and data protection issues.
Automotive industry: Feels that the focus on electric cars is too narrow in scope, prefers that a choice of alternative fuels and electric is better than wholesale conversion to electric. She has never supported self-driving cars in any way, having read ample amounts of research on the issue.
Internet censorship: She is a strong privacy activist, and would rather have the United Kingdom noted for a free and open internet.
Law and order: She would like the focus to be more on dealing with car crime, arson, insurance fraud, identity theft, financial crimes than other ones and would like to see more spending on improving police cars and police technology rather than "bobbies on the beat", claiming that what she saw in the U.S. and South Africa works better.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: West Bromwich Holme

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The app does have a strong base, although here are some things that I and my colleagues have noticed:

1: The Constituency would be Leigh rather than Astley Mosley Common.

2: You might want to put a brief part in the Constituency of origin section stating that she was born overseas.

3: An Independent MP for the seat in question would for the most part unfeasible, however, if you had it so she was a Labour MP who left at the end of 2018 in protest at the Party's anti-semitism crisis or some such issue it would be more feasible.

4: You might want to consider a slightly shorter height.

[West Bromwich Holme]

The app does have a strong base, although here are some things that I and my colleagues have noticed:

1: The Constituency would be Leigh rather than Astley Mosley Common.

2: You might want to put a brief part in the Constituency of origin section stating that she was born overseas.

3: An Independent MP for the seat in question would for the most part unfeasible, however, if you had it so she was a Labour MP who left at the end of 2018 in protest at the Party's anti-semitism crisis or some such issue it would be more feasible.

4: You might want to consider a slightly shorter height.

I hadn't noticed these, so thank you for pointing them out. I'm glad I know what to avoid.

As for the constituency, that was poorly researched; I should have known better than that - Astley Mosley Common was the ward, not the constituency. I put her Constituency of Origin as where she lived, due to being British by descent, but fair enough, I made a mistake.

I can work with making her replace a Labour MP in 2018 due to the anti-semitism crisis, as long as there's some way of her having a good political career since 2014 that makes sense to the timeline. In general, how could an independent MP be realistically elected so that her backstory's sounding plausible? (New to political RP, but interested, so forgive these beginner mistakes!)

I'll change her height to 5"5 (1.68m) - does that make more sense?

I'm very willing to adapt the character as needed.

[Granluras]

You guys might wanna think of a new name cause I still think of the US when I see the title.

[Greater Arab State]

The app does have a strong base, although here are some things that I and my colleagues have noticed:

1: The Constituency would be Leigh rather than Astley Mosley Common.

2: You might want to put a brief part in the Constituency of origin section stating that she was born overseas.

3: An Independent MP for the seat in question would for the most part unfeasible, however, if you had it so she was a Labour MP who left at the end of 2018 in protest at the Party's anti-semitism crisis or some such issue it would be more feasible.

4: You might want to consider a slightly shorter height.

I hadn't noticed these, so thank you for pointing them out. I'm glad I know what to avoid.

As for the constituency, that was poorly researched; I should have known better than that - Astley Mosley Common was the ward, not the constituency. I put her Constituency of Origin as where she lived, due to being British by descent, but fair enough, I made a mistake.

I can work with making her replace a Labour MP in 2018 due to the anti-semitism crisis, as long as there's some way of her having a good political career since 2014 that makes sense to the timeline. In general, how could an independent MP be realistically elected so that her backstory's sounding plausible? (New to political RP, but interested, so forgive these beginner mistakes!)

I'll change her height to 5"5 (1.68m) - does that make more sense.

It's perfectly fine to keep the Constituency of origin the same but merely to add as a sidetone that she was born overseas, like I have done with my app.

As a suggestion, you could have them as being a Labour Parliamentary Spokesperson on Transport at some time during that period, which might be politically successful for them due to HS2.

Yes, that would most likely be more realistic.

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

You guys might wanna think of a new name cause I still think of the US when I see the title.

LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY, MOTHER OF THE FREE
HOW SHALL WE EXTOL THEE, WHO ARE BORN OF THEE?
WIDER STILL AND WIDER SHALL THY BOUNDS BE SET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY, MOTHER OF THE FREE
HOW SHALL WE EXTOL THEE, WHO ARE BORN OF THEE?
WIDER STILL AND WIDER SHALL THY BOUNDS BE SET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET

[Granluras]

You guys might wanna think of a new name cause I still think of the US when I see the title.

LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY, MOTHER OF THE FREE
HOW SHALL WE EXTOL THEE, WHO ARE BORN OF THEE?
WIDER STILL AND WIDER SHALL THY BOUNDS BE SET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY, MOTHER OF THE FREE
HOW SHALL WE EXTOL THEE, WHO ARE BORN OF THEE?
WIDER STILL AND WIDER SHALL THY BOUNDS BE SET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET

*snore*

[Greater Arab State]

You guys might wanna think of a new name cause I still think of the US when I see the title.

LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY, MOTHER OF THE FREE
HOW SHALL WE EXTOL THEE, WHO ARE BORN OF THEE?
WIDER STILL AND WIDER SHALL THY BOUNDS BE SET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY, MOTHER OF THE FREE
HOW SHALL WE EXTOL THEE, WHO ARE BORN OF THEE?
WIDER STILL AND WIDER SHALL THY BOUNDS BE SET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
GOD, WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET

Never before would I have believed that I'd see WCC posting the lyrics of the Conservative Party anthem.

[West Bromwich Holme]

Re-submitted application:

I've decided to scrap my original idea and participate as an actual MP.

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: West Bromwich Holme
Character Name: Elise Jackson van den Merwe
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 36
Character Height: 6"2
Character Weight: 14 stone / 88.4kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Independent MP (2012-)
Appearance: [spoiler]Image

Character Constituency of Origin: Leigh (born overseas)
Character Constituency of Residence: Leigh
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Popular with motorists, good at being able to give speeches and presentations, expert in consumer law and data protection law, automotive expertise, has never been a supporter of the EU, British citizenship despite American heritage. Elise is able to give good constructive reasons for her arguments and uses facts, figures and research to back it up.
Main Weaknesses: Her pro-American/South African stance (for immigration/trade) will probably upset pro-EU loyalists; her anti-EU stance upsets remainers; her stance that job security and consumer issues are of more importance on a day-to-day basis for the average Joe Public than climate change proves controversial; her hybrid Texan/South African accent can be difficult to understand by some. Also, her pro-automobile enthusiast and pro-automotive industry stance would upset environmentalists but it is a firmly-held belief. She accepts climate change is happening, but has said publically in 2018:

Climate change is an issue, but on a day-to-day scale, if you can't get a job, worry about finances, or your washing machine's broken and the manufacturer won't do a thing, well, then, it's pushed way down the list. I don't mean that pejoratively. It's happening, but to average Joe or Joanne Public, it's the last thing on their mind.

Elise has no social media - no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and prefers to "roll your own" websites and WordPress blogs (she has wrote under pseudonyms).
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Elise was born to a British mother, Marie, and South African-American father, John, in Dallas, Texas on 15 April 1984. Her mother is English, being of Anglo-Dutch heritage, and born in Astley, Greater Manchester, having grown up on what is now Coldalhurst Lane (or at least the estate). Her mother grew up in working-class conditions, but slowly became educated, eventually moving to the U.S. aged 25, and she has never returned since.

Elise moved to the United Kingdom aged 19, and studied business systems and management; eventually she got employment in tourism, before moving into car sales, which she did for around 10-15 years (the car sales work ran concurrently alongside the university work).

In 2013, she went into politics as a researcher (a side job) after leaving her job in automotive sales for a Citroen dealership in 2013, and decided to stand for being an independent MP; she won in a local by-election. Elise has also worked as a Labour Parliamentary Spokesperson 2014-2018 prior to becoming independent. She became independent after the Labour anti-Semitism crisis, deciding that it would be better to roll her own type of politics.
Other Info: Elise has quadruple citizenship - U.S. citizenship by birth, Dutch citizenship (per
where the applicant has "special and objectively assessable reasons" for not renouncing his existing nationality, and being born before 1 January 1985; her father is part-Dutch), South African citizenship (as per special permission) and British citizenship (due to the British citizenship by descent part).
She is also very much noted for her femininity and her strong opinions on the automobile industry (since 2008, she's run a pseudonymous blog on this topic)
She has these political positions:
Brexit: Elise has never supported the EU in any form, and prefers the United Kingdom have a better social, trading and political relationship with the United States, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and South Africa and have their own custom-built trade and free movement agreement. Elise has never been popular with Remainers in any way for wanting the United Kingdom to be on better terms with both nations. Elise has publically stated how she feels that the United Kingdom has never fitted in with the European Union, instead fitting in better with the U.S, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Immigration: Elise would like the right of free movement to extend to Americans, Dutch citizens and South Africans to replace EU citizens post-Brexit and she has friends in London who are American and South African expats (as well as Australian expats too). Elise feels that American and South African expats get a raw deal for foreigners wanting to work here, and says that because she's both in addition to being British she can understand anti-immigrant sentiment. Elise also feels that there should be a new Anglo-Dutch agreement for British citizens in the Netherlands and Dutch citizens in the United Kingdom that requires neither to renounce their citizenship and allows dual citizenship as presently Dutch law only allows it in limited circumstances (Elise's mother is half-Dutch)
Abortion: Elise has always been in favour of allowing the woman to decide if she wants the baby or not, stating that "Do you really want your rapist legally allowed to see your child for the next 18 years?", quoting a Law and Order SVU episode. She feels that pro-lifers do not understand the circumstances women go through psychologically deciding to have an abortion.
Climate change: She says it's an issue, but one that's of lower concern to the average member of the public on a day-to-day scale as compared to job security, economy or consumer rights and data protection issues.
Automotive industry: Feels that the focus on electric cars is too narrow in scope, prefers that a choice of alternative fuels and electric is better than wholesale conversion to electric. She has never supported self-driving cars in any way, having read ample amounts of research on the issue.
Internet censorship: She is a strong privacy activist, and would rather have the United Kingdom noted for a free and open internet.
Law and order: She would like the focus to be more on dealing with car crime, arson, insurance fraud, identity theft, financial crimes than other ones and would like to see more spending on improving police cars and police technology rather than "bobbies on the beat", claiming that what she saw in the U.S. and South Africa works better.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: West Bromwich Holme

Do Not Remove: 84721
[/spoiler]

[The World Capitalist Confederation]

Re-submitted application:

I've decided to scrap my original idea and participate as an actual MP.

(Image)

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: West Bromwich Holme
Character Name: Elise Jackson van den Merwe
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 36
Character Height: 6"2
Character Weight: 14 stone / 88.4kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Independent MP (2012-)
Appearance: [spoiler]Image

Character Constituency of Origin: Leigh (born overseas)
Character Constituency of Residence: Leigh
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Popular with motorists, good at being able to give speeches and presentations, expert in consumer law and data protection law, automotive expertise, has never been a supporter of the EU, British citizenship despite American heritage. Elise is able to give good constructive reasons for her arguments and uses facts, figures and research to back it up.
Main Weaknesses: Her pro-American/South African stance (for immigration/trade) will probably upset pro-EU loyalists; her anti-EU stance upsets remainers; her stance that job security and consumer issues are of more importance on a day-to-day basis for the average Joe Public than climate change proves controversial; her hybrid Texan/South African accent can be difficult to understand by some. Also, her pro-automobile enthusiast and pro-automotive industry stance would upset environmentalists but it is a firmly-held belief. She accepts climate change is happening, but has said publically in 2018:

Climate change is an issue, but on a day-to-day scale, if you can't get a job, worry about finances, or your washing machine's broken and the manufacturer won't do a thing, well, then, it's pushed way down the list. I don't mean that pejoratively. It's happening, but to average Joe or Joanne Public, it's the last thing on their mind.

Elise has no social media - no Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and prefers to "roll your own" websites and WordPress blogs (she has wrote under pseudonyms).
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Elise was born to a British mother, Marie, and South African-American father, John, in Dallas, Texas on 15 April 1984. Her mother is English, being of Anglo-Dutch heritage, and born in Astley, Greater Manchester, having grown up on what is now Coldalhurst Lane (or at least the estate). Her mother grew up in working-class conditions, but slowly became educated, eventually moving to the U.S. aged 25, and she has never returned since.

Elise moved to the United Kingdom aged 19, and studied business systems and management; eventually she got employment in tourism, before moving into car sales, which she did for around 10-15 years (the car sales work ran concurrently alongside the university work).

In 2013, she went into politics as a researcher (a side job) after leaving her job in automotive sales for a Citroen dealership in 2013, and decided to stand for being an independent MP; she won in a local by-election. Elise has also worked as a Labour Parliamentary Spokesperson 2014-2018 prior to becoming independent. She became independent after the Labour anti-Semitism crisis, deciding that it would be better to roll her own type of politics.
Other Info: Elise has quadruple citizenship - U.S. citizenship by birth, Dutch citizenship (per
where the applicant has "special and objectively assessable reasons" for not renouncing his existing nationality, and being born before 1 January 1985; her father is part-Dutch), South African citizenship (as per special permission) and British citizenship (due to the British citizenship by descent part).
She is also very much noted for her femininity and her strong opinions on the automobile industry (since 2008, she's run a pseudonymous blog on this topic)
She has these political positions:
Brexit: Elise has never supported the EU in any form, and prefers the United Kingdom have a better social, trading and political relationship with the United States, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and South Africa and have their own custom-built trade and free movement agreement. Elise has never been popular with Remainers in any way for wanting the United Kingdom to be on better terms with both nations. Elise has publically stated how she feels that the United Kingdom has never fitted in with the European Union, instead fitting in better with the U.S, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Immigration: Elise would like the right of free movement to extend to Americans, Dutch citizens and South Africans to replace EU citizens post-Brexit and she has friends in London who are American and South African expats (as well as Australian expats too). Elise feels that American and South African expats get a raw deal for foreigners wanting to work here, and says that because she's both in addition to being British she can understand anti-immigrant sentiment. Elise also feels that there should be a new Anglo-Dutch agreement for British citizens in the Netherlands and Dutch citizens in the United Kingdom that requires neither to renounce their citizenship and allows dual citizenship as presently Dutch law only allows it in limited circumstances (Elise's mother is half-Dutch)
Abortion: Elise has always been in favour of allowing the woman to decide if she wants the baby or not, stating that "Do you really want your rapist legally allowed to see your child for the next 18 years?", quoting a Law and Order SVU episode. She feels that pro-lifers do not understand the circumstances women go through psychologically deciding to have an abortion.
Climate change: She says it's an issue, but one that's of lower concern to the average member of the public on a day-to-day scale as compared to job security, economy or consumer rights and data protection issues.
Automotive industry: Feels that the focus on electric cars is too narrow in scope, prefers that a choice of alternative fuels and electric is better than wholesale conversion to electric. She has never supported self-driving cars in any way, having read ample amounts of research on the issue.
Internet censorship: She is a strong privacy activist, and would rather have the United Kingdom noted for a free and open internet.
Law and order: She would like the focus to be more on dealing with car crime, arson, insurance fraud, identity theft, financial crimes than other ones and would like to see more spending on improving police cars and police technology rather than "bobbies on the beat", claiming that what she saw in the U.S. and South Africa works better.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: West Bromwich Holme

Do Not Remove: 84721
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There's a problem with the formatting of the app. Only half of the app is in the spoiler and some weird funky thing's going on with the image bbcode.