MHOC History Vol 1 by thechattyshow

MHOC A W R I T T E N HISTORY OF R E D D IT ' S MO D E L H O U SE OF COMMONS Volume One

table of Contents 5 Introduction 8 Term One 14 Term Two 20 Term Three 26 Term Four 32 Term Five 40 Term Six 46 Term Seven 52 Term Eight 58 Term Nine 64 Term Ten 70 Term Eleven 76 Term Twelve 82 Term Thirteen 88 Term Fourteen 94 Term Fifteen 100 Epilogue

INTRODUCTION 4

foreward

acknowledgements and disclaimer

Hello everyone and welcome to this comprehensive dive into the history of MHoC.

Thank you to everyone who helped me write this massive document. It’s taken many months and a lot of time, but I’m proud of what we have accomplished.

This document will take you from its simple beginnings to the gargantuan experience that MHoC is today. We have all come so far as a community and so many people have given so much to ensure we are still going strong to this day. As further proof that we are, without a doubt, the best 'Model Parliament' on reddit, many community members have spent a lot of their time researching and writing about MHoC's history - and I thank them deeply for doing so. Let us hope, in several years, we will be able to read a volume 2. u/Timanfya

For those who helped me in the discord server, answering my questions, and helping read and make amendments (u/KarlYonedaStan specifically proofread a lot of this!), I really appreciate all of your work. Also to the press organisations and writers I read, ranging from the old MHOC: The Week, to Model Times, without the effort people have put in to maintaining the MHOC Press, this would not have been possible. Websites like https://camas.github.io/reddit-search/ saved my life. I have tried to remain as neutral and objective as possible. A lot of stuff I wish I could cover more, but has been lost to history, mainly through accounts and websites being deleted. I haven’t been able to reference articles due to the sheer amount I’d have to do. However,I have run this by as many people as I could find to ensure truthfulness. If I have made mistakes and I am sure I have - I am very sorry. I ended this at Term 15. As of writing, we are in Term 16, and I did not want to write a half-finished final chapter. Plus, 15 is a nice round number. It is my hope that future generations of historians can continue on and improve this document. Enjoy the read. u/thechattyshow

TERM ONE JUNE 2014 - OCTOBER 2014 LABOUR & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Term One The Model House of Commons was founded on May 26th, 2015, by reddit user u/timanfya. The idea was inspired by a similar online House of Commons on website TheStudentRoom. In the beginning, only three parties were allowed: Conservatives, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats. Before the first General Election, and after hitting 10 party members (something the Conservative Party reached first), elections were held to elect a Leader and Deputy Leader of each party. Candidates were asked to submit no more than 100 word manifestos.

Party

Seats

Seat Share %

CON

LAB

Total

The Conservative Party elected u/OllieSimmonds from a pool of five candidates. The most notable other candidate was u/jacktri, due to the fact that one of his duplicate accounts, u/dems4vince, was elected leader of the Liberal Democrats. Labour elected u/Owenberic, who during the leadership debate for Labour leader, described himself as a Marxist. Manual voting was used for the first general election. This was a system of voting where advertisements and direct messages would be sent to communities outside of r/MHOC, asking the public to vote via a Google Form. This system would persist for multiple general elections. The first election ended in 11 seats for both the Conservatives and the Labour Party, and eight for the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats opted to coalition with Labour, resulting in the first MHOC Government being a Lib-Lab agreement with u/Owenberic as Prime Minister. The Government held 63% of the seats in Parliament. Parliament was slow to act in the beginning, but did legislate for two important issues. B001 nationalised the railways, and B002 legalised euthanasia. During this time, there was a large pause between bills. B001 and B002 had a one month gap between them, and u/Timanfya was close to shutting down MHOC. Activity started to pick up after u/Timanfya appointed u/ThinkingLiberal as a Deputy Speaker, leading to them holding the first ever Prime Minister’s Questions. At the time, there were no formal rules governing questions.

Labour Party Logo

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As well as Prime Minister’s questions, by-elections were held to replace inactive MPs, and the list of parties was expanded to include UKIP and the Greens. u/An_Eloquent_Turtle and u/NoPyroNoParty were elected to lead the UKIP and Greens parties respectively. These sets of reforms, along with a fourth bill, essentially revived a dying MHOC.

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Labour’s B004, at first, attempted to abolish the monarchy. But after a substantial redraft which expanded the bill into an attempt at large constitutional reform, the bill was withdrawn. At the time, Labour planned to “resubmit sections of the bill for separate discussion and voting” after it was redrafted.. Among certain features of the original B004 included provisions on the elections of Magistrates and County Court judges, changing the electoral system to proportional representation, and the appointment of a President. UKIP’s first bill came in the Direct Democracy Act which was the precursor to the famous Direct Democracy Enhancement Act. The bill introduced a provision for citizens to request a referendum. The Greens would not pass a piece of legislation until the next term.

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While in charge, Athanaton would defect to the Communists for ideological reasons, and his successor, Peter199, only lasted 14 days as Prime Minister before calling a general election. After the date of the election had already been decided, nine Labour backbenchers, dubbed the “Gang of 9”, withdrew support from the coalition, making an election even more necessary. The withdrawal of support arose due to disagreements over airstrikes on ISIS, and the Liberal Democrat’s support of a Conservative proposal to conduct them, which Labour opposed. During Peter’s tenure as Labour leader, the party was renamed to the Progressive Labour Party.

The Liberal Democrats also saw leadership changes within the first term. A widely unpopular u/dems4vince was removed from the role through a Vote of No Confidence after roughly 100 days for reasons including publishing a joke manifesto, inactivity, and erratic behaviour such as appointing an interim leader to go on a real life holiday for three months to return after just a couple of days. u/Remiel would go on to replace them. Foreign Secretary u/Morgsie became Deputy Leader.

The dems4vince joke manifesto

Despite the Government holding a sizeable majority, the Conservative Party was still able to pass substantial legislation. The most notable was B016, which legislated for a referendum on membership of the EU. This was written two years before the actual Brexit referendum. The debate had 313 comments, but the bill easily passed 32-5. This set up the first European Union referendum, which would be held in the second term. MHoC’s first Prime Minister, u/Owenberic, resigned after 87 days. He was replaced with u/athanaton. During his 37-day tenure, Athanaton dealt with two events which were run by u/timanfya. These events were an ebola outbreak and NHS strikes. Towards the end of his term, the Communist Party was also established, bringing the number of left wing parties to three. Athanaton’s time as Prime Minister also saw the introduction of the first attempt MHOC had made at dealing with economics in the Corporate Tax Act, which adjusted tax rates.

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TERM TWO NOVEMBER 2014 - MARCH 2015 CONSERVATIVES, UKIP, & INDEPENDENT GREENS, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, & LABOUR

Term Two

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

-17

LAB

-30

-15

GRN

UKIP

COM

BIP

CWL

TOTAL

The second election saw the first electoral test of even more parties. The far-right British Imperial Party, the Communist Party, the regional-based Celtic Workers League, and the Monster Raving Looney Party all stood alongside the five major parties. General Election 2 was the first time the “Jew List” and “Red Brigades” were used in an election. These were terms used to dub the mass reddit account list the Tories and Communists held, which were to be messaged asking for their vote in the election. The Jew List was composed of members from r/ israel. The Red Brigades would also go on to be the name for a paramilitary organisation run by the Communists who would later become involved in an MHOC event.

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The Tories and Communists tied at 15 seats each. The Greens achieved 11 seats, UKIP achieved 10 (Under new leader u/Olymyster911), the Lib Dems and British Imperial Party won nine, Labour achieved five, and the Celtic Workers League won four. A 76 seater House of Commons required a grouping of 39 seats for a majority. The favourite for Government was a Traffic Light Coalition, made up of Progressive Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and Greens. This grouping had a total of 25 seats. However, a last minute coalition deal between the Tories, UKIP, and independent u/Googolplexibyte emerged with 26 seats, resulting in OllieSimmonds becoming Prime Minister. This surprised multiple people, most notably the Liberal Democrats who had rejected a deal between UKIP and the Tories hours before the new Government formed. Instead, the Traffic Light Coalition became the Official Opposition. In early MHOC, Official BIP Poster against B042 - Faith Opposition coalitions were a popular strategy for parties, with Equality Bill a shared policy and a shadow cabinet between the parties. An early event saw riots in Coventry, originating from the Mercia Free State terrorist organisation. Water cannons were used, and parties “donated” their paramilitary organisations for support. The Communists with the Red Brigades, BIP with the Squadistri, and CWL with their partisans. A follow up report by u/sZjLsFtA generally praised the Government for its handling

of the riots, apart from their use of water cannons and the ineffectiveness of suppressing social media. It was recommended paramilitary groups be regulated, water cannons be debated in the house and the intelligence community be scrutinised to determine why there was so little intelligence prior to the event. The European Union referendum finally occured at the start of 2015. The Pro EU campaign (Yes) was led by Liberal Democrat u/Morgsie, while the Eurosceptic side (No) was run by u/Kriekender. u/Kriekender was notably a member of Labour - and later Liberal Democrats - during their time in MHoC. Themed debates and poster competitions were all held on the r/MHOC subreddit and voting was done manually. In total, 159 people voted Yes, and 139 voted No. This was a 53 47% split to remain in the EU. Early 2015 was a time of great changes within and outside of MHOC. Progressive Labour elected u/can_triforce as its new leader. Meanwhile it was discovered that banned member u/jacktri, who had been shadowbanned from reddit for doxxing, had held a numerous amount of duplicate accounts in mhoc. The most notable among them wasu/dems4vince. UKIP also set about electing a new leader, eventually choosing u/Olymyster911. It was around this time that r/rmun came into existence. This was an attempt at a model United Nations involving governments from other simulated politics communities and a shared canon. At that time, u/whigwham became Green Leader. He was first elected as an MP and quickly rose up the ranks of the Green Party to various positions of leadership. His first appointment was Shadow Home, then Green Deputy Leader. After u/NoPyroNoParty’s resignation, u/whigwham was easily elected as Green Leader and as a result, the Leader of the Opposition. Finally, the BIP renamed itself to the Vanguard and u/AlbrechtVonRoon became the party’s Leader. A self described fascist, he claimed in an interview that the Vanguard were not fascist themselves, but more aligned with the Third Position. The first attempt at abolishing Trident occurred in the second term with M017 - authored by Progressive Labour’s u/ can_triforce. The motion debate thread had 474 comments, and the house was split in the vote for the first time. It was notable for multiple reasons. Firstly, the breaking of the whip to vote Aye by radical Liberal Democrat MP u/demon4372, and then the changing of a vote by a BIP from Abstain to Nay via editing their comment - another first in MHoC voting.. Both of these generated a lot of controversy, and resulted in Speaker Denison’s rule being used to sink the motion. This was the closest the House ever came to replacing Trident. OllieSimmonds tenure as Prime Minister lasted 114 days during which he was described as having an “Iron grip” on his cabinet. However, that iron grip would crumble in February 2015 after UKIP withdrew from the coalition. Just as the left had been surprised over the formation of the coalition, so

Communist Party Poster

too were the Conservatives when UKIP withdrew citing Tory “arrogance” and “laziness”. UKIP’s claim mainly relied on a feeling that the party was punching above its weight, carrying an inactive Conservative party. This was contested by the Tories with a spreadsheet showing bill authorship between the parties, with Conservatives authoring one more bill than UKIP. This was responded to by an accusation of the bills being “shocking”, pointing to B045. B045, whilst being a Government bill, appears to have been authored by the Conservatives. It would later be described as “the worst bill in mhoc history”. The bill featured arguments for it included as sections within the actual bill, as well as a Google search listed as a source for a claim. The collapse of the coalition meant that u/Whigwham and his Traffic Light Coalition assumed power. In response, the Tories formed opposition with the Celtic Workers League. Originally the CWL were a party calling for socialist government and a new celtic state, but under new leader RomanCatholic, they started a turn towards the centre. The Tories still received a healthy amount of criticism for this. Most blamed OllieSimmonds and his “stubborn” leadership for the collapse of the party. Others defended his “excellent leadership”. The left also faced issues. A new splinter group party was made from disenfranchised members of Progressive Labour, the Greens, Communists, and even one UKIP MP. The Socialist Party was critical of all three left wing parties, and featured former Prime Ministers u/owenberic, u/athanaton, as well as notable members u/rlack, u/theyeatthepoo, u/zoto888, u/kriekender, and u/sZjLsFtA. The SNP, led by u/mg9500, also burst on to the scene at this time. Whilst the right had three parties, the left had six. The first Traffic Light Coalition Government only lasted a month with the third general election scheduled for March 2015. Progressive Labour reverted back to just Labour, and the CWL rebranded to the Social Democratic and Civic Nationalist (SDCN) Party with an ideology similar to that of Labour’s.

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TERM THREE APRIL 2015- OCTOBER 2015 GREENS, COMMUNIST, LABOUR, SOCIALIST, & IND GREENS, LABOUR, SOCIALIST, & SCOTTISH NATIONAL GREENS, LABOUR, & SCOTTISH NATIONAL

Term Three

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

-3

UKIP

GRN

-1

COM

-7

LAB

-2

SOC

VAN

-5

SNP

SDCN

-1

IND/OTHERS

TOTAL

1 101

Still led by u/OllieSimmonds, the Conservatives regained first place with 17 seats. The house had been expanded to 100 (+1 overflow) seats for this election, and UKIP were in second place with 14. The Communists and Greens both had 13 seats, Labour had 11, Lib Dems achieved 10, Socialists won nine, Vanguard won seven,SNP achieved four, SDCN won two. There was one independent seat. This incredibly fractured house meant any coalition capable of achieving a majority would need to include four parties. This was achieved by u/ whigwham who united the Greens, Communists, Socialists, and Labour Party all in one coalition. The mantle of opposition was assumed by the Tories, Lib Dems, and UKIP. The new coalition held 47 of 101 seats. It implemented policy changes including the abolition of zero hours contracts. The coalition saw multiple changes during term three. The Communists left the coalition after disputes over their flagship Trade Union and Labour Relations Act and amendments Labour MPs were submitting. Despite their ideological closeness, the Socialist and Communist Parties often squabbled and were unable to create any sort of electoral pact. In the end, the Communists were replaced by the SNP. Meanwhile the SDCN, under leader u/RomanCatholic created a loose coalition with the Vanguard which prompted controversy. They would soon disband, and reform as the Pirate Party. An infamous moment occurred during this term when Education Secretary u/theyeatthepoo said during an MQ session that their parents had the “good sense and morals” to send them to comprehensive school. “Good sense and morals” became a running joke in MHOC.

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Towards July 2015, MHOC saw multiple leadership changes. u/Remiel of the Liberal Democrats resigned making way for radical liberal u/Bnzss. The final of the first three leaders, u/OllieSimmonds, was replaced by u/treeman1221, and the Prime Minister u/whigwham stood down for u/RadioNone. The UKIP Leadership election was the most controversial of them all. The two candidates to become Leader, u/tyroncs and u/Duncs11, came from radically different ends of the UKIP spectrum. Tyroncs represented the more Conservative group,

Pirate Logo

Communist Party Rebranded Logo

and Duncs came from the Libertarian wing. Tyroncs won the election 17-16 and Duncs was appointed Deputy Leader of UKIP. Tyroncs was criticized for bypassing party democracy in appointing a Deputy and a whip. Later it would be discovered that Vanguard dupes within UKIP voted in favour of Tyroncs, causing Duncs’ loss. A popular trend was to pay people to endorse or read out party statements, such as this socialist party effort. A Vanguard video featured Big Man Tyrone doxxing a member of the simulation.

The biggest change of the term was not a Leadership election, but the resignation of u/Timanfya as Speaker. MHOC had existed for over a year at this point, and it was decided the creation of r/MHOL was a good point for u/Timanfya to call it quits. u/RoryTime, the mastermind behind the election system and the most prominent Deputy Speaker, won the Speakership election. Around this time, the self-titled “Best Question Time of All Time” was hosted by firebrand Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader u/demon4372. The session featured the Vanguard’s u/Spudgunn, Communist and 9/11 truther u/Vuckt, the other Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader u/HaveADream, Labour member u/Djenial, Pirate u/Figgor, and Libertarian u/CrazyOc. The question time ended after u/Vuckt walked out after being asked a question on 9/11.

A chart describing leadership changes

Meanwhile the Pirates struggled internally after real life Pirate Party member u/m1cha3lm defected to the Liberal Democrats and accusied founder and now-triumvirate (the three joint leaders of the Pirates) member u/RomanCatholic of “not being real irates”. The Liberal Democrats established a Pirate faction in response to u/m1cha3lm’s defection, causing animosity between parties which continued in their coalition next term. u/RadioNone’s tenure as PM saw the oldest currently surviving budget by Chancellor u/Zoto888. The budget increased income tax, set VAT to 25%, and ran a surplus of £414 million. The Tory-UKIP coalition had reportedly made a budget, but this cannot be located. The budget was able to pass due to three rebels, the Liberal Democrat’s u/m1cha3lm and UKIP’s u/MagnaCartaaa1297 who both voted Aye, and new Liberal Democrat MP u/thechattyshow who abstained, allowing it to pass. The Liberal Democrats exited their opposition coalition with UKIP and the Tories. The move was a, precursor to the leftward turn they would take next term.

The Socialist Party saw a wave of defections, and the Communist Party struggled to continue on. Internal disputes between different factions split the party, with the hard-line communists leaving to create their own party, and the LibSoc’s making the decision for the Communist Party to disband and re-form as the Radical Socialist Party. At this time, speaker u/ RoryTime changed the requirements from a simple majority to a super majority necessary for a merger vote, and disbanded the Socialist Party. In response, and amid other criticisms such as alleged bias, the Impeach Rory Association was created. It was ultimately successful, and Timanfya briefly stepped back in as Commons Speaker.

TERM FOUR OCTOBER 2015 - FEBRUARY 2016 LABOUR, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, GREENS, PIRATES, & IND LABOUR, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, & GREENS LABOUR & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Term Four

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

LAB

CON

RSP

UKIP

-6

BIP/VAN

GRN

-6

PIRATE

IND/OTHERS

SNP

-2

PLAID

TOTAL

The Fourth General Election saw Labour lead with 22, Conservatives on 21, Lib Dems 18, RSP 14, UKIP & Vanguard 9, Green 8, Pirates 6, SNP and Plaid 2, along with 4 independents. Notably one of the independents was u/RoryTime, who had not given up access to party subreddits following their resignation. The Labour Party, Lib Dems, Greens, Pirates and u/RoryTime (as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) cobbled together a Government coalition of 55, dubbed the “Rainbow Coalition”, whilst the Tories and u/CrazyOc would be Official Opposition on 22. This nearly wasn’t the case however, with u/Wagbo’s Plaid Cymru negotiating with u/ RoryTime, the Vanguard and UKIP on a controversial Nationalist coalition. u/RoryTime would defect to join the Gov, and Plaid would see defections and u/Wagbo’s eventual defection to the Vanguard. u/Can_triforce returned Labour to number 10, while u/Treeman1221 became Leader of the Official Opposition. Labour had gone from a near dying party to the biggest in an incredibly crowded political sphere under u/can_triforce, who’s new job was sustaining an ideologically diverse coalition. The Government was responsible for nearly every single bill passed during the term, and was able to remain afloat as the Pirates left the coalition and disbanded. The Government authored the notable Secularisation Act, a bill which radically overhauled the relationship between church and state, and remains one of the MHOC left’s biggest achievements. There was conflict within the Government over foreign policy, just as it had for the first Government. Whilst the Liberal Democrats and Labour wanted to invade Syria, the Greens, and specifically Foreign Secretary u/cocktorpedo (Moose) were strongly anti-intervention.

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RachelChamberlains mockups for a webite version of MHOC 28

In perhaps one of the most controversial events in MHOCPress history, the infamous article “In Defence of Terror” was published by u/Zoto888, effectively providing a justification for certain actions of terrorism, stating: “If we are to encourage people to vote, encourage them to serve in the military, or even just to obey the law, then we must also encourage them to commit these acts of terror. Rather than denouncing these groups, they should be celebrated as bastions of liberty and free expression. These people are, in principle, the guardians of our embryonic society, and must, in principle, be an example for us to follow; not in ends, but in means. TERROR IS VIRTUE.” Treeman1221 resigned in October, and TheQuipton was elected to replace him. Soon after, Liberal Democrat leader u/bnzss also resigned, being replaced by u/JellyTom. u/ Bnzss would be promoted to Head Mod under a new triumvirate system which had a Head Mod, Commons, and Lords Speaker. A swiftly decanonized event saw the UK and USA temporarily go to war with Australia. The Australian political simulation had decided to migrate subreddits, and opted to run a joke event as a goodbye where a fascist coup had occurred in Australia. Not realising it was not canon, u/bobbybarf as UK Defence Secretary, and u/comped as US Defence Sec drew up plans to evacuate their citizens. u/bobbybarf told u/comped he would speak to cabinet and have an answer the following morning. u/bobbybarf decided to go to the pub, and u/comped did not wait until the morning to post the announcement, resulting in u/bobbybarf’s skype blowing up from the event whilst at the pub, and the whole event being retconned. Then in January, u/can_triforce stood down as Labour Leader. Candidate u/ElliotC99 was forced to drop out after the first poachgate scandal. u/ElliotC99 tried to entice Green member u/ContrabannedTheMC to defect to Labour to vote for him, stating “The Greens aren’t that left wing” and revealing plans to try to merge with the Greens.

Coming out of retirement to become Leader was u/RachelChamberlain, who became MHOC’s first female Prime Minister. Rachel had been Labour DL for the last few months, and had held the position of First Secretary of State. She was also exceptionally talented at graphic design, most notably creating a redesign concept for mhoc. The coalition struggled under u/RachelChamberlain’s leadership, mainly due to inactivity. Tension also built at the end as a snap election was called without the consent of the Liberal Democrats, prompting a distrust of Labour which would lead into next term’s decision to coalition to the right. The coalition would also see a change as the Greens elected to leave the coalition to ally with the Radical Socialist Party, who had been gaining momentum under members such as u/NicolasBroaddus and u/collosalleithuid. The issue of Syria came back again as Liberal Democrat and UN General Secretary u/purpleslug went to the US promising UK support on a motion to invade Syria, angering the Greens. In response, new Green Foreign Secretary u/ContrabannedTheMC publishes a statement banning arms sales to Saudi Arabia, angering Labour and Lib Dem leadership, and leading to the Green withdrawal. The Vanguards failure to successfully secure Official Opposition began to significantly gnaw at the party, which had an insular and largely impermeable leadership structure under /u/AlbrechtvonRoon. Behind the scenes, the Vanguard leadership was using dupe accounts to infiltrate other parties in the simulation to support leadership candidates that were Vanguard friendly. /u/Wagbos Regionalists were one party that was particularly dominated by these accounts. When this was revealed to the Triumvirate, the leadership of the Vanguard were permanently banned, and the party itself was no longer permitted to continue under its previous name and form. /u/Agentnola, /u/PremierHirohito, /u/Britboy3456 and many others in the Vanguard who were unaware of the dupe ring decided to break from the appointed successor of /u/ AlbrechtvonRoon, /u/EugeneKrabs, and create a different right-wing party with a more open leadership and friendlier disposition to the community. This was called the Crown National party. Those who supported /u/EugeneKrabs, among others /u/habsburger, created the Nationalist Party, which continued to have latent connections to banned Vanguard membership.

ElliotC99 poaching attempt

Logo of the Nationalist Party

Logo of the Crown National Party

A pro padanub poster for his successful Speaker campaign

TERM FIVE MARCH 2016 - AUGUST 2016 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, CONSERVATIVE, & CROWN NATIONAL LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, CONSERVATIVES, CROWN NATIONAL, & UKIP GREENS, RADICAL SOCIALIST, & SINN FÉIN

Term Five

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

RSP

LAB

-4

GRN

CON

-4

UKIP

CNP

NAT

IND/OTHERS

TOTAL

The 5th General Election saw the Lib Dems win on 19 seats, for the first time in their history. They had made a turn to the right after the radical liberalism of u/JellyTom’s predecessor u/bnzss. The Radical Socialists were in second, on 17. Labour and the Greens tied on 15, and the Tories achieved 14. UKIP were on 10, the CNP 5 and the Nationalists 4, with 3 independents. The Liberal Democrats were eager to get into Number 10 following their victory, with them opting to coalition with the Tories and CNP. The coalition deal was widely derided, being notoriously lopsided in favour of the Conservatives. The Conservative’s added every single policy from their manifesto in a document intended to highlight differences between the parties, however u/JellyTom proceeded to approve every policy. The Conservative Deputy Leader u/InfernoPlato would later remark, “The Liberal Democrat leadership at the time was new and naive, in comparison to the Tory leadership who had several coalition negotiations under our belt by this time. I will be frankly honest and say we were exploiting them... hard”. The Government got off to an incredibly rocky start, and would struggle to stabilise itself. Liberal Democrat u/CrazyOc, who had been given a cabinet position, resigned after 1 day after fully reading the coalition policy. The coalition was full of leaks, and a controversial Press Inquiry was called. A rushed defence deal with the US was negotiated, which the Prime Minister later admitted he did not even read fully, which saw the US procure 800 Eurofighter Typhoons for $100bn. This was a poor deal for multiple reasons, first, 800 typhoons is nearly double the amount that currently exists, and near the total amount of aircraft the RAF has. Secondly, the UK would be making a £12-26bn loss on the deal. The Conservative Defence Secretary u/DrCaesarMD was forced to resign over the matter.

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Vote of no confidence in Lib Dem DLs Ajubajub and Purpleslug 34

Graph of Prime Minister's Previous Roles up to that point

In response to the bad press, Prime Minister u/JellyTom started to negotiate a coalition deal with Labour, which was promptly leaked to the Tories. In response, the Tories and CNP managed to get UKIP into the coalition, now led by u/Duncs11.

Tim-Sanchez was a mainly inactive Prime Minister, with others doing the work for him. After 45 days as Prime Minister, the Liberal Democrats formally withdrew from the coalition, putting an end to the Government. Tim had argued against UKIP joining the coalition, and had made healing the left-right divide which existed in the Lib Dems a priority.

The Official Opposition were able to utilise the press to great benefit, with iconic articles such as “The Illberal Doormats” and “The Illiberal Autocrat” harshly damaging Lib Dem morale. Lib Dem Party President u/ExplosiveHorse defected to the Greens, and a Vote of No Confidence was launched in the two Deputy Leaders of the Lib Dems, u/purpleslug and u/ Ajubajub. Among the listed reasons were running the UKIP coalition vote for only 1 day, and talking down the party in cabinet chat. The vote failed, but u/JellyTom would soon resign as Lib Dem Leader. The RSP led opposition would be regarded as one of the greatest in MHoC history for it’s effective press coverage and ease in attacking the Government.

The natural successor to the coalition was a coalition between the Greens & RSP. What surprised many was the inclusion of u/irelandball’s Sinn Fein, who broke their abstentionist and non-sitting stance to join the Government, giving it the nickname the “Car Bomb Coalition”. Originally Labour was intended to also be a part of the coalition, however leaked DMs between u/AlmightyWibble and RSP figure, and original intended PM u/NicolasBroaddus, insulting senior Greens resulted in a Labour withdrawal and Green Principal Speaker u/ContrabannedTheMC becoming PM instead. The RSP had intended to have Prime Ministers on a rotating basis of roughly every 2-3 weeks, this was blocked by the moderators. They did, however, operate a policy of electing their cabinet.

The Liberal Democrats would elect long time party grandee u/tim-sanchez. The result came down to 1 vote separating first from second. This was controversial as it would later be revealed u/JellyTom had pledged his first pref to u/purpleslug when actually giving it to u/tim-sanchez. Within the other parties, u/AlmightyWibble had taken over the reigns of Labour in Unofficial Opposition, and was doing well at rebuilding them. /u/PremierHirohito had become the new CNP leader, and u/InfernoPlato would succeed u/ TheQuipton leading the Tories, and as Deputy Prime Minister. Despite the constant attacks in the press between Government and Opposition, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Health, lead by Health Secretary u/thechattyshow and Shadow /u/valttuuuuuuuuuu were able to pass bills together, and co-operate on policy, proving that the animosity mainly resided in upper leadership. During this time, the Radical Socialist Party launched the obstructionist grouping, a group of lords protesting a claimed right-wing bias in the lords. They flooded the Lords with bills and amendments aimed at grinding the chamber to a halt. It would eventually culminate in the Parliament Act 2016.

Mid-April saw the transition of MHoC from skype to new messaging platform Discord. The change to Discord, and it’s features such as roles, easier moderation, and channels, meant that a dramatic shift would occur from how much of party business is conducted. Skype era MHoC was heavily reliant on subreddits for announcements, bill discussions, and other MHoC business. MHoC Main was a singular skype channel, and parties often only had a main skype server and an executive one. With the introduction of discord, much more could be done through it, resulting in less usage on party subreddits. During this time, Labour experienced a lot of internal drama. Starting off in July 2016, /u/AlmightyWibble resigned as Leader, sacking his two Deputy Leaders u/akc8 and u/dynamic_12. u/WakeyRKO had been planning a coup, and leaked screenshots of u/akc8 and u/dynamic_12 advising on the constitutional ways of that happening were interpreted as being a part of it.

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SabasNL comments about MHOC, effectively destroying the Remain campaign.

A timeline of press orgs up to that point

The removal would not work however, as u/dynamic_12 would return as elected Leader. Their tenure was equally dysfunctional as Labour had grown accustomed to having new Labour, Blairite Leaders in u/can_triforce, u/RachelChamberlain and u/ AlmightyWibble. u/dynamic_12 was a hard left leader, and swiftly tried to impose these policies. Labour Right re-organised, and the internal split was enough to force a resignation after 13 days. They would be replaced with long-term party grandee u/ Djenial. A war with Ireland nearly occured over the rock of Rockall, when the Irish Conservatives tried to assert a claim to the rock through a bill in the Dáil Éireann. The House of Commons responded with a motion asserting its own claim, and the statement from the Prime Minister “Those fascists are not getting that Scottish rock.”, and a commitment to defend the rock. MHOC won the dispute, by getting the United States / r/ModelUSGov to send a warship on “training maneuvers” in the Irish sea. The lack of support from r/MEU started the RSP’s and Green’s path to euroscepticism. The second EU referendum happened in August. Whilst Remain was the favourite, the head of the Model EU described MHOC as “a bunch of cunts”, leading to the Greens and RSP leaning more pro-Brexit, and resulting in a Leave win in one of the final manual elections for MHOC. The Crown National Party would merge with the Kingdom Party, as successor to the recently banned Nationalist Party, establishing the National Unionist Party. Parliament considered several important bills in the term, such as the Parliament Act 2016, which took more power away from the Lords before becoming decanonized; the Breast Milk Trading Act, which established a national breast milk donation bank; the Representation of the People (Suffrage Age) Act, reducing the voting age to 16; the Secularisation Act, completely severing church and state, and banning faith schools; and the Traveller Law Reform Bill which saw a heavily heated debate.

model sun cover regarding the Rockall incident

TERM SIX SEPTEMBER 2016 - MARCH 2017 RADICAL SOCIALIST, GREENS, & LABOUR UKIP & CONSERVATIVE RADICAL SOCIALIST, GREENS, & LABOUR

Term Six

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

RSP

-6

GRN

-2

UKIP

NUP

LAB

-4

CON

-3

IND/OTHERS

TOTAL

102

At the 6th general election, the RSP had a crushing victory winning 22 seats. Second place were the Lib Dems and Greens on 13, UKIP and National Unionist Party on 12, and Labour and Tories on 11. This election saw the final time manual voting would be used. Infamous events such as Liberal Democrat u/ thatthinginthecorner on advertising on subreddits such as r/ cactus, and the following response from a member of r/glasgow: “Dear MHoC candidates, if we wanted to vote in your shitey elections for Reddit's Next Top Virgin then we would vote in your shitey elections for Reddit's Next Top Virgin. Fuck off.” had created a situation where it was ever-clear manual voting would not be possible in the future. The reddit admins were close to banning MHOC over it. The term began with two changes in Governments. First, the Greens, RSP and Labour Party formed a coalition led by Green Principle Speaker u/DF44. As with last term, the RSP opted not to take Prime Minister. A recent rule change meant that, similar to real-life, a Queen’s Speech would be subject to a vote afterwards. As the coalition did not present a majority, the vote failed, and the Government collapsed. As Leader of the Opposition, u/duncs11 and his UKIP-Tory coalition were invited to become the Government, on a total of 23 seats. At the time there was discussion over what the QS should be. The Tories wished for it to be one to establish a caretaker government, whilst UKIP preferred the idea of a QS showing what they would have done. In the end the former won, and the Government lost the vote. u/DF44 returned as Prime Minister, and was able to pass a Queen's Speech thanks to Liberal Democrat support, and the rule being quickly abolished after.

Logo for the short lived Progress Party

Stormont was officially launched in September 2016, with the UUP gaining the First Minister position after Sinn Fein voted for the UUP’s u/TobySanderson, over RSP aligned People Before Profit’s u/SPQR1776. Soon after, u/tim-sanchez resigned as Liberal Democrat leader. Whilst for the most part inactive, u/tim-sanchez had started to heal the left-right divide in the Liberal Democrats triggered by his predecessor. u/thechattyshow would replace

him, just having turned 14. u/akc8 became Labour Leader, replacing u/Djenial who would become the new Head Moderator. Finally, u/britboy3456 succeeded u/PremierHirohito as Leader of the NUP. For the most part a stable Government, Prime Minister u/DF44 began the Brexit process which would continue for many successive Governments. Most of the term’s Prime Minister Questions sessions would have a heavy focus on the process, and agreements would be made on the Irish Border, and a commitment to join the EEA. Long time UKIP leader u/ Duncs11 stepped down in January 2017, to be replaced by u/ Dominion_of_Canada. The coalition had multiple successes in areas, such as Education, thanks to members like u/AlanBStard who were at the forefront of the RSP’s ideological prowess. The curriculum was completely overhauled and school inspections radically altered in a 17 page bill. The coalition also passed bills such as the Companies Act, putting workers on boards.

DF44's drink of choice before going into PMQs

A notable failed bill was the National Veterinary Service Bill - dubbed Pet NHS. It established a scheme similar to the NHS for pets, funded through general taxation. As the end of the term approached, the Government was yet to publish a budget. Because of this, the Opposition made an effort to docket-stuff, effectively blocking the Government from passing a budget. The Government also struggled with MQ turnout, in a pattern of events that would start to lead to the RSP’s downfall. Leading member u/NicolasBroaddus left MHoC, in the first major hit for the RSP. Hating PMQ’s, Prime Minister u/DF44 would do a shot of Schnapps before responding to questions.

Stormont opened at this time, becoming MHOCs first Devolved Sim

TERM SEVEN MARCH 2017 - SEPTEMBER 2017 CONSERVATIVE, NATIONAL UNIONIST, & UKIP CONSERVATIVE & NATIONAL UNIONIST

Term Seven

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

RSP

-6

GRN

NUP

LAB

UKIP

-1

-6

IND/OTHERS

PROG

SNP

SDLP

TOTAL

102

General Election 7 was the first to be simulated, and featured a two week long campaign. The Tories won the election, with 20 seats. Second place was the RSP, on 16, with the Greens 2 behind on 14. The National Unionists won 13, Labour 12, UKIP 11, and Lib Dems 7. The Progress Party, aimed as a competitor to the Lib Dems, won 3. They would soon dissolve after the election. The SNP won 2 seats. 3 independents were elected, and the SDLP won the final seat. Just over a year since being the junior coalition partner in the ill-fated Lib Dem coalition, the Conservatives were back in power, with u/InfernoPlato becoming the first Conservative Prime Minister since u/OllieSimmonds, and establishing the right-wing dynasty that would exist in Government for the next few years.

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The Tories had been known for struggling to form coalitions, but u/InfernoPlato had drastically improved relations with the right during his tenure as Leader of the Opposition. u/InfernoPlato was also known for his aggressive approach to debating, with him being described in a press article as being known as “public enemy number one”. His Government's flagship policy was the referendum to be held on the single market. He also established the Downing Street Press Office, r/DowningStreet, which would be later used by successive Governments, and would be commented by u/InfernoPlato as his greatest achievement as PM. The Opposition was a RSP-Green-SDLP coalition. The Liberal Democrats, desperate for a change in momentum after receiving one of it’s worst election results, decided to unban u/ demon4372. This was done via a party vote, with a margin of 1 vote deciding. As a response, several Lib Dems left the party. Conservative poster against Having just resigned as UKIP Leader, u/Duncs11 made a come- legislation banning animal sports back in the form of a new party, the Classical Liberals. The Lib betting. Dems also lost member u/IndigoRolo, as he was elected to replace u/Zoto888 as Commons Speaker. Owing to the return of u/demon4372, who galvanized the party, the Liberal Democrats released a series of bills and motions, marking a significant turnaround in the parties’ activity. u/thechattyshow decided at this point to resign, being

replaced with u/demon4372. After 43 days as Prime Minister, and 404 as Conservative Leader, u/InfernoPlato resigned. He had radically turned around the fortunes and status of the party, being described in a Sky News article as having “led one of the greatest turnarounds in party fortune in MHoC history”. His successor was Tory Deputy Leader u/DrCaesarMD, ideologically similar to u/InfernoPlato as a Cameronite, who now had to juggle the relatively social liberal views of the UKIP with the hardcore Conservative NUP. For example, the term “Britmo” was coined, after NUP Justice Secretary u/unownuzer717 asked "Would the Secretary agree with me that we should establish a military detention facility in the British Indian Ocean Overseas Territory to house high-risk individuals such as terrorists?”. Meanwhile Labour managed to secure Hillary Clinton, Emmanuel Macron, Tony Blair, Adele and Stormzy to speak and perform at “Global Labour”, a picnic event outlining Labour’s Brexit stance. In response, the Official Opposition launched Grassroots, their own event with speakers such as then-current US President u/Big-Boss, Run the Jewels, and Bjork.

The Lib Dems gained a reputation of being flip-floppers after their series of budget U-Turns

a budget deal with the Government. His predecessor had started to negotiate a deal with the Government, as they did not have the numbers to pass one single-handedly. Originally approving the deal, leading the Conservatives to quickly put out a statement announcing it, u/RickCall12 would swiftly u-turn after pressure from parties on the left, this time creating ire on the right, and giving the Lib Dems a flip-flopper image. In the end, after another Lib Dem u-turn, the budget passed. Then came the most important merger in MHoc history. UKIP, under leader u/JamesTheXV, merged into the Conservatives. The Conservatives would have three deputy leaders until one resigned, following the merger. The move essentially united the right under one party, while the left remained fractured and struggling. The RSP were still struggling for activity, with turnout dropping, and the new Communists Refoundation Party being established as a competitor. The Greens were in a constant state of flux, with multiple Principal Speakers being elected then resigning. The stage was set for the eighth general election, which occurred in early September.

Former Progress Leader, Chancellor u/TheDesertFox was fired after an incident involving the Helena-Evita foundation, a charity set up by a NUP MP known as Helena. The foundation revealed in the press it had secured £25,000,000 in Government funding. The chancellor had not cleared it with cabinet or the Prime Minister prior to the announcement, and was promptly sacked and the funds rescinded. The event would later win best Faux Pas at the MHOC Awards. The left would also struggle during this time. Labour had expelled Deputy Leader u/giraffism after deliberately sabotaging a press conference, and the RSP would continue to see their members leave and vote turnout fall. A vote was held to dissolve, with it being soundly rejected. After being banned from MHOC for a week following comments in MHOC Main, a mandatory Liberal Democrat leadership election was held due to the party constitution. Recent UKIP defector u/RickCall12 would challenge, and defeat, u/demon4372. Instantly u/RickCall12 had to deal with

Labour Party Picnic

TERM EIGHT OCTOBER 2017 - MARCH 2018 CONSERVATIVE & NATIONAL UNIONIST

Term Eight

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

GRN

LAB

NUP

-4

CLIBS

IND/OTHERS

RSP

-12

TOTAL

107

General Election 8 was most known for the Conservative’s steamrolling of results, winning 40 seats, out of 110. This result was before people could hold multiple seats, meaning the party had to whip 40 individual people. In a far second place was the Greens, on 17. Labour achieved 15, with the NUP reaching 10. The Classical Liberals and Liberal Democrats tied on 8, and the RSP sank to 4 seats. Five independent groups won seats, with Communist Refoundation picking up 2, and the Christian Workers Party, Sinn Fein, Plaid Cymru and the Irish National Party all achieving 1. The election saw numerous controversies over the results, with most of the criticism aimed at the controversial Commons Speaker u/IndigoRolo, for a series of results which saw papers do better than active members, mainly due to an introduction of an endorsement system not seen by the community. u/IndigoRolo had faced criticism earlier in their tenure for a perceived lack of communication, and even leaking internal Sinn Fein party discussions to press outlets over an endorsement deal. The results lead to a walkout of many speakership members, and Rolo’s eventual resignation. Also in this time, the Devolved Speaker role was created, with it’s inaugural holder being u/BwniCymreag. MHoC left the model world, and MLondon was briefly established. The previous Conservative - NUP coalition returned to Government, with a Traffic Light Coalition taking the reins of Opposition. The RSP merged with the Communists, and renamed itself to the United Communists. u/akc8 stepped down as Labour leader, replaced by u/NukeMaus.

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The Government experienced early success with a repeal of the Companies Act and the privatisation of British Energy, Air Traffic Control, and rail. There was time for more light-hearted moments as well, with the Government famously making sand dunes a top priority, with its sand dunes themed press campaign, and the Protect Our Dunes Bill. However tensions began to flair over the crafting of a budget. A series of MPs wrote to the Chancellor, “infuriated” over “not making radical changes to the budget”. They presented a series of demands, such as a cut to income tax, and a

budgetary surplus. Lead by Treasury Chief Secretary u/Friedmanite19, there was confusion over whether it would be an internal memo, or the public press release it turned out to be. Prime Minister u/DrCaesarMD would expel u/Friedmanite19 for the memo, who would go on to found the New Liberty Party. The NUP also faced external criticism of a series of comments made over the term, such as using the terms “Sweedenstan” and “Rapefugees”. But the Traffic Light Coalition were not able to collapse the Government over this, and continued for the rest of the term. The Greens were on a decline, seeing its Principal Speakers continually change. In just under a year, the Greens had seen 11 Principal Speakers, and nine Deputy Principal Speakers. The Conservatives faced challenges as well, which they overcame, in whipping a party of 40 members. Chief Whip u/GotNoRealFriends, and their team of Deputy Whips, were each accountable for a portion each of Conservative MPs. As a result, they managed to sustain the second highest turnout across the entire term, at 96%.

After a successful and long tenure of 418 days, u/ britboy3456 resigned as NUP leader, with u/mcr3257 taking over the helm. At the start of the new year came the Single Market Referendum. The Leave campaign once again won, with 53% of the vote. Article 50 was formally activated, with Labour joining the Government in following the results, while the Lib Dems fighting to remain. The Greens and Classical Liberals allowed individual MPs to make their own decision on the final Brexit deal, something that wouldn’t be seen for some time. In February, u/DrCaesarMD stepped down as Prime Minister, having become the longest serving at 272 days, and was replaced by u/Leafy_Emerald. While there wasn’t much time before the next election, the Government did attempt to pass a budget. The final vote was 47-47, with 5 abstentions. The New Liberty Party rebranded to the Libertarian Party (LPUK), and MHOC geared up for General Election 9.

Complaints over GE8 election results

In traditional MHOC fashion, part of the Single Market Referendum's results were accidentally shown early on stream.

TERM NINE MARCH 2018 - AUGUST 2018 CONSERVATIVE & LABOUR CONSERVATIVE

Term Nine

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

-7

LAB

CLIBS

GRN

-8

NUP

-1

LPUK

SNP

PLAID

SINN FEIN

IND/OTHERS

-4

TOTAL

102

At the Ninth General Election, the Conservatives retained their first place position on 30 seats. Labour came in second, with 22. The Classical Liberals and Liberal Democrats tied for third, both holding 10. The National Unionist Party and Greens both saw a heavy fall, with each picking up 8 seats. The Libertarian Party achieved 5, with 2 seats going to each country's nationalist party, the SNP, Plaid, and Sinn Fein. A final seat was picked up by an independent. Straight after, both the Lib Dem and NUP Leader u/RickCall12 and u/mc3572 resigned their positions. They would be replaced by u/TheNoHeart and u/ToryCast respectively. The coalition negotiations originally saw a “Sunrise” coalition being negotiated by Labour, the Lib Dems, and Classical Liberals. The Lib Dems and Labour both rejected the deal however, and a surprise Grand Coalition of the Tories and Labour Party was negotiated instead, bringing u/Leafy_ Emerald to number 10. Meanwhile u/NukeMaus became Deputy Prime Minister, also securing the positions of Chancellor, Foreign, and Exiting the EU for Labour. The coalition put Brexit at the front of it’s Queen's Speech, with it promising to respect both referendums, and a Ukraine+ model being adopted.

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Internally Labour were split on the new coalition, with a Vote of Confidence in u/NukeMaus passing 13-10. But the Government carried on, unveiling its first major legislation with the Competition Act, a bill strongly enhancing antitrust and competition law. Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats lead a campaign for a referendum on a final deal. Despite the petition reaching over 2,000,000 signatures, the Government did not follow through. This caused tension, even between Tory leadership. Prime Minister u/Leafy_Emerald wished for an “approve - disapprove” referendum, against the wishes of u/InfernoPlato. After joining the Liberal Democrats midway through the term to form an Opposition coalition, Classical Liberal Leader u/Duncs11 stood down as leader. Duncs had spent 483 days in the position, from creating the party, to its position in Official Opposition. He would be replaced with u/Cdocwra.

More disputes and tension would happen in Labour, as a failed activity review kicked u/NukeMaus out as a MP, with the Tories refusing to endorse him in a by-election to regain the seat. Tory Chief Whip, u/eelsemaj99, would also call out Labour Leadership and ask how they could justify remaining in the coalition on a canon discord channel, #MTwitter. Leadership were also not consulted about a press release on the Scottish Welfare Referendum, prompting an internal vote to leave the coalition, which tied. The Labour Party would officially leave the Government on July 16th, 2018. u/NukeMaus resigned, and was replaced by u/ElliotC99. Their tenure as Labour Leader would get off to a rocky start, with the advent of Poachgate, where Liberal Democrat u/estoban06 was repeatedly messaged with requests to defect. The messages were leaked, and Labour were forced to apologise. The Conservatives carried on in power, by themselves. Still looking to pass a budget, they turned to the Liberal Democrats and Classical Liberals. This prompted some criticism as the parties were still in Opposition, but they continued to support the budget, eventually leading to it’s passing. Parliament dissolved on the 18th of August, and General Election 10 was held.

Internal leaked labour discussion on the Government

Lib dem poster for a Final Referendum

TERM TEN

SEPTEMBER 2018 - JANUARY 2019 LIBERAL DEMOCRATS & CLASSICAL LIBERAL

CONSERVATIVE, LPUK, & CLASSICAL LIBERAL

Term Ten

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

-8

LAB

-6

LPUK

NUP

CLIBS

PLAID

SNP

ONE LOVE

-4

TOTAL

100

The 10th General Election resulted in an incredibly split Parliament. The Conservatives remained in first, with 22 seats. Labour held second, with 16. The Liberal Democrats came in third, with 14. The Libertarian Party won 12, with the National Unionists following on 11, and Classical Liberals on 10. The Greens won 9, Plaid 3, SNP 2, and One Love, a left-wing Labour spinoff picked up the final seat. The coalition negotiation period was equally fractious. The Conservatives struggled to negotiate a deal with a LPUK and NUP who were too far-right for their palette, while the Liberal Democrats refused to work alongside u/ElliotC99 or u/leafy_ emerald. This led to the Liberty Bloc Coalition forming, a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and Classical Liberals, who had been increasingly working together and closer since the foundation of the CLibs. The coalition only held 24 seats, and put u/TheNoHeart in Number 10. The Conservatives held the position of Official Opposition. Galvanized by their new position in Opposition, having sat in Government for over 18 months, the Conservatives got to work early with a press barrage which eschewed a similar feel to the RSP lead Opposition of Term 5. The Government struggled with it’s small size to establish itself, including having it’s budget leaked. Brexit became the central issue of this Government, with the Liberal Democrats and Classical Liberals having major differences over attitudes towards a final referendum. The Classical Liberals did not want a second one, but in order to get the Lib Dems onboard, they committed to one. The main fear in the Classical Liberal camp was whether, if a final referendum still went leave, the Liberal Democrats would dump the Clibs in the coalition. A Vote of No Confidence in Devolved Speaker u/mg9500 was the cause of some controversy as it was revealed names attached to the VoNC had not actually consented to signing up. The Labour Party continued to struggle, especially with inactivity, and in October u/ElliotC99 stood down as Labour Leader. u/WillShakespeare99 would be elected to replace

him. Soon after, both Government leaders would be replaced. First, u/TwistedNuke would take over as Deputy Prime Minister and Classical Liberal Leader. Then, u/Wagbo_ would become Prime Minister and Lib Dem Leader. u/Wagbo_’s time as Prime Minister would see the deterioration in relations between the Lib Dems and Classical Liberals. Firstly with a budget that was not consulted by the Classical Liberals before publication. The more egregious incident came over Brexit. Worried about the Liberal Democrats ditching the coalition if leave won, the Classical Liberals had operated a policy of stalling out Brexit for as long as possible. After leaving it too late, the Government were forced to ask for an extension to the process. In response, u/Wagbo_ decided to negotiate a new deal behind the backs of the Classical Liberals. An ultimatum was then given to the other parties. Either back the new deal, or Article 50 would be unilaterally revoked. This, alongside the publishing of the budget, forced the Classical Liberals to leave Government just before the Conservatives could launch a Vote of No Confidence. As a last hurrah, u/Wagbo_ followed through on the threat to revoke Article 50. With the Government collapsed, u/Leafy_Emerald was returned to Number 10 once again, this time with the Libertarians, Classical Liberals, and New Britain - a minor Labour offshoot home to u/akc8. The Government ruled for around a month, mainly focusing on Brexit preparations. The Civil Contingencies Act was activated in preparation for a no-deal, although eventually a deal would be reached. The deal notably contained a hard border in Northern Ireland. Not long after, the 11th General Election was called for February 2019.

Conservative attack ad

The Government saw early controversy over an agreement where any Spanish resident can live and work in Gibraltar but Gibraltarians needed to apply for a Spanish passport to do so across the border. This was done without informing the Government prior.

TERM ELEVEN FEBRUARY 2019 - AUGUST 2019 CONSERVATIVE & LPUK

Term Eleven

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

LAB

LPUK

-2

CLIBS

GRN

-1

NEW BRITAIN

PLAID

-3

SOMETHING NEW!

TOTAL

100

The Conservatives once again won the General Election, winning 35 seats. Labour came in second, winning 17 seats. The Libertarians increased their seat total, this time winning 15 seats. In fourth place were the Lib Dems, on 13 seats, while the Classical Liberals won 10. The Greens took 6, with New Britain taking 2, and Plaid, Something New! (a centre-centre left liberal party) and Climate Rebellion both winning 1. Both the left and right aimed to achieve Government. u/WillShakespeare led efforts to form another Traffic Light Coalition, a coalition that would only hold 2 more seats than the Conservatives. Meanwhile they were looking towards the Libertarians, and a deal would be reached. This would go on to be referred to as Blurple I, with the Traffic Light Coalition forming Opposition, with the addition of Plaid. After a total of 411 days as Tory Leader, and 280 as Prime Minister, u/Leafy_Emerald stood down. The leadership election would be a race between the two Deputy Leaders, u/toastinrussian, and u/eelsemaj99. The latter would win the race, becoming Prime Minister, and the first person to be both a First Minister, and Prime Minister.

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A new left wing party was created, entitled The People’s Movement. An early issue for the TLC came over a by-election, after Green MP u/ContrabannedTheMC defected to TPM with the understanding they would receive the TLC endorsement. Green leadership failed to inform coalition leadership about their plan, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats opposing the move. This caused tension and debate, spilling into the canon MTwitter. As a response, the Greens once again decided to leave a TLC coalition. Shortly so would Plaid, resulting in the opposition becoming Lib-Lab. In May came the famous “Greggfest”. u/ggeogg, a well-respected member of the Conservative Party, released a series of 19 consecutive bills, most repeals of RSP-era legislation. One of the more passionate debates came over the raising of the voting age back up to 18, prompting a large press response from both sides. The Government avoided some criticism by only disenfranchising future 16 and 17 year olds - therefore technically avoiding the accusation they were “taking people’s

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votes away”. While eventually their effort was not successful, a large swathe of Greggfest era legislation was passed, such as a restriction in the voting rights of prisoners, permission for tear gas to be used in response to protests, and a repeal of the Public Toilet Act which stopped councils from charging for toilets - another unorthodox issue MHoC has often debated.

JohnTemple after a twitter message sent telling a politician he disagreed with to drown themselves, before reinstating them 4 days later.

Greggfest coincided with the Oxford and Berkshire by-election, and the modifier boost gained from the bills, and the Opposition’s disarray, lead to a Conservative victory. The Conservatives had been going through a minor internal reshuffle following two defections from their MPs, and replacing roughly 15% of their MPs, often after breaking a whip.

At this time, polls were being done weekly. This started causing issues for parties, who felt the effects of an accelerated burnout due to a constant need to produce content weekly. Parties would commonly use internal leaderboards to reward those who had debated, long winded speeches from party conferences, and often utilising photoshop templates to pump out statements, most commonly associated with the Classical Liberals.

As a response to the by-election defeat, and Greggfest, the Opposition put forward a series of 20 bills and motions of their own, notably attempting to abolish tuition fees, and a further devolution of powers to English regional assemblies. All 14 bills would be unsuccessful.

The Liberal Democrats saw the resignation of u/estoban06, and on the 13th of July, u/El_Raymondo won the election to replace him. The internal election was a match between the Social Liberal faction, represented by u/JellyCow, and the centre-right Orange Bookers who u/El_Raymondo aligned with.

The Greens, The People’s Movement, and Climate Rebellion all merged into one party, called “Greenleft”. Having flagged for the past term under various leaders, the National Unionist Party was trying to attempt to reassert itself, this time as the Loyalist League. And in Labour, u/WillShakespeare stepped down, with an uncharacteristically dogged leadership election following. The two main contenders, u/Secretary_ Salami, and Deputy Leader u/cenarchos had to deal with attacks by their rivals supporters. u/Secretary_Salami was accused of causing an “exodus” of members if elected, while u/cenarchos dealt with the accusation of having a “divisive streak”.

A new, anti monarchist, party was created. Led by u/ZanyDraco, the Democratic Reformist Front quickly picked up steam, despite an ambiguous position on issues unrelated to the monarchy or constitutional reform.

In previous terms, budgets had become more and more ambiguous on revenue streams. This led to the decision to decanonise any previous budget, along with bills which affected it (such as B039 which created LVT). The Government released “The Opportunity Budget'', having attempted, and failed, to get Classical Liberal support on it. Despite this, and having to make a version two after errors were spotted, the Government managed to pass the budget. The house dissolved straight after, and GE12 was held.

The latter accusation held weight to it - as a press post would come out showing homophobic and antisemitic Gregfest and Official Opposition remarks made by u/Cenarchos, causing them to pull out, and Response later accusing the paper of being a “cumrag”. The election would be re-run, with u/Secretary_Salami coming out victorious. Both Government Parties also experienced hurdles. The Prime Minister was labelled absent by Opposition attacks, and a series of defections and disagreements, namely over prescription charges, created an opening for the Opposition. Meanwhile the LPUK saw criticism after expelling u/Henry-

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TERM TWELVE

AUGUST 2019 - FEBRUARY 2020

LABOUR, CLASSICAL LIBERAL, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC

LABOUR, CLASSICAL LIBERAL, & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

CONSERVATIVE & LPUK

Term Twelve

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

-6

LAB

LPUK

CLIBS

-5

SDP

DRF

TPM

PLAID

TOTAL

100

Just a day before the 12th General Election results came out, Liberal Democrat Leader u/El_Raymondo resigned, citing personal reasons. The party would elect former leaders u/ estoban06 and u/thechattyshow as co-leaders. The Conservatives held first place again, with 28 seats. Labour came in second, with 24. The LPUK won 14, and CLibs 13. The Liberal Democrats won 9, and the Social Democratic Party, lead by centre-left MP u/Saunders16 picked up 5. The People’s Movement won 3, with the Democratic Reformist Front taking 2. Plaid and the Irish Parliamentary Party won 1 each. Parties outside of the right were once again hungry to usurp the Conservative control of Number 10. Since March 2017, the Tories had been in control for 82% of the time. Despite this, a negotiation between the Classical Liberals, Lib Dems, and Tories was held, reaching a deal. Both parties had also agreed a deal with the SDP and Labour Party, entitled the “Sunrise Coalition”. A vote was held, and the decision was made to join Sunrise, putting u/Secretary_Salami in Number 10 as the first Labour Prime Minister in eight terms. The coalition got off to a turbulent start, with the resignation of ministers such as u/Padanub, SoS Defence. The PM’s woes were made worse when Chancellor u/Saunders16 would resign from the SDP after an internal VoNC was submitted, following aggressive behaviour in cabinet. Tory Leader u/eelsemaj99 at the same time handedly saw off a VoNC attempt, and the Tories continued to assert themselves in Opposition. Shortly after, the SDP would see more defections, and dissolve. u/Saunders16 would end up joining the Liberal Democrats, with the remainder going mostly to Labour and the CLibs. The Government struggled with this, plus pressure to open a “bullying inquiry” into the Former Chancellor. The Government’s main focus was undoing much of the Greggfest era legislation. As a commentator said, “The resulting electoral victory of Sunrise was based almost purely on opposition to the previous Government. This Government’s

One of the many "The Cracks Are Showing" posters which have appeared throughout MHOC History

The crisis over British Steel marked the death blow for the Government

mandate comes from Blurple opposition and not much more, especially since the collapse of the SDP and loss of an outright majority.”. They achieved moderate success, such as defeating Votes at 18 and prescription charges. But within the polls, the Tories continued to easily hold first place, while in mid-October, the coalition would see leadership change as u/ tommy1boys was elected to replace u/twistednuke as Classical Liberal Leader, and u/WillShakespeare99 would return to politics as Labour’s Leader, after u/Secretary_Salami’s resignation. The leadership changes would do little to stop the fractures appearing within the Government. At the time, the Liberal Democrats were strongly considering a merger with the Classical Liberals, internally voting in favour of it in early September. But as time went on, tensions grew between the parties. Intended half-seriously, and half to frustrate the Classical Liberals’ Justice Spokesperson u/Vitiating, the Liberal Democrats abolished the Queen’s Counsel in a bill which had over 200 comments in the debate thread, and internal pressure from members stopped the efforts to merge by October. Conservative u/BrexitGlory would release a series of infamous posters in support of their budget.

The Tories attempted to force the coalition into an uncomfortable split with the introduction of the Affordable Childcare Act - dubbed “Ambercare”, from it’s author u/Amber_Rudd. While the original author did not intend on it being used as a “trojan horse”, Tory leadership and members such as u/InfernoPlato saw the opportunity to force a division in the Government through an extensive universal childcare scheme, with a rough costing of £38bn. The bill swiftly passed, with nearly all the opposition coming from the LPUK. Around this time, a new Conservative leader was elected, u/model-mili, following the resignation of u/eelsemaj99.

Blurple II was formed, with u/model-mili as Prime Minister, and u/Friedmanite19 returning as Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor. Labour and the Classical Liberals both replaced their Leaders. In with Labour came u/lily-irl, Deputy Leader of the Party under u/WillShakespeare. The Classical Liberals would elect u/HiddeVdV96, likewise Deputy Leader of the Classical Liberals. Both would only last for 27 days in their posts. u/lily-irl was forced to resign following real life circumstances, and u/ ARichTeaBiscuit, the other Labour Deputy Leader, became Leader. Meanwhile the Classical Liberals had agreed a budget deal with the Government - but falling polling numbers and declining activity forced them to arrange a merger with the Conservatives. Meanwhile, following u/Estoban06’s ascension to the position of Devolved Speaker, u/thechattyshow continued as LD Leader, strongly aided by former CLib u/ CountBrandenburg as LD Deputy Leader. Internal tensions erupted in the Government over a set of budget policies which angered the Tories, notably former Prime Minister u/DrCaesarMD, stating “This is not a budget of the government, or of the Conservative party. It is the budget of the Chancellor alone.”. The budget scrapped HS2, a long-time LPUK goal, and a second version was once again necessary after mathematical errors, including a claimed £6bn saving for means testing Free School Breakfasts. The budget also had to deal with funding “Ambercare” - something not originally planned for. The budget allocated £1bn, only partially funding it. After a second reading fixing the issues, the Government was able to pass the budget - and the 13th General Election was held soon after.

"Our Week in the Commons" were a popular template in farming modifiers.

The Opposition didn’t have to wait for the next Government split. In December, the Government was faced with the prospect of nationalising British Steel, something Labour was keen on, and the Classical Liberals not. The CLibs had grown frustrated over delays to a bill privatising the railways, and officially voted to leave Sunrise. They also cited inactivity by Prime Minister u/WillShakespeare99 as another reason for their departure - leading to the Lib Dems following the CLibs out of the Government through an internal poll on whether to continue as a Lib - Lab Government.

TERM THIRTEEN

MARCH 2020 - AUGUST 2020

CONSERVATIVE & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CONSERVATIVE & LPUK

Term Thirteen

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

LAB

-1

LPUK

DRF

TPM

TOTAL

3 100

The 13th General Election was held mid - February 2020, and saw the triumph of the Conservatives once again, winning 34 seats. Second place were Labour, with 24 seats. The Libertarians picked up 15, and the Liberal Democrats 10. The DRF surpassed expectations, taking 8 seats, and The People’s Movement 6. The Loyalist League gained Commons representation, with 3 seats. There was no real surprise with the Government formation, with a Tory - LD coalition being described in the press as “ a near inevitability”. A Lab - LD - DRF coalition deal was negotiated, but the LD’s opted to go for the Tories - marking the first pure “Clegg” coalition in MHOC history. The Government, under Chancellor u/CheckMyBrain11 and Chief Secretary to the Treasury u/model-saunders, immediately got to work on the budget - aiming to overturn the previous Blurple Budget that had not come into effect yet. An agreement was made with Labour - who internally had just banned factions after an attempted Blue Labour launch created complaints - to support the Clegg budget in return for some concessions. The Government pitched the budget mainly as a way to undo the controversial prior budget - a tactic which did not work on the DRF, who kept to opposing it alongside the LPUK.

The LPUK were quick to attack both the Conservatives and Labour

The two main sticking points for the Government came under devolution, and points based immigration. While the Lib Dems capitulated on their opposition to points based immigration - in turn firing Home Secretary and Deputy Leader u/JellyCow99 for breaking the whip and missing MQs on the subject - the issues of devolution stuck for longer. Scotland had held a referendum on welfare devolution that resulted in a victory for pro-devolution, with the opponents boycotting the vote. Similarly, a growing chorus of pro-justice devolution within Westminster and Senedd pushed the Government, specifically the Tories, as well as their Senedd counterparts, who either rejected the idea, attempted to delay it, or toubted a referendum on the issue. But before any decisive policy could be announced, another controversy erupted over Conservative Foreign

Secretary u/model-willem, who was accused by the Opposition of lying to the House over the Iranian Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA), claiming in MQ’s that “talks are ongoing”, when in reality they hadn’t started. That - alongside missed MQ questions, lead to the LPUK, Labour and DRF authoring a VoNC in CleggCo after just over a month in charge. Unrelated to the VoNC, Prime Minister u/model-mili decided to step down. The resulting Tory election gained notoriety after grandee u/Yukub threw his hat into the ring. u/Yukub was a surprise candidate, and originally not the favourite. Every leader since u/treeman1221 had been Deputy Leader before - and both DLs u/CheckMyBrain11 and u/model-willem were also in the running. But after a campaign featuring the tagline “We dem bois” and smurf erotica, u/Yukub shot into favourite status. A third party banking and betting service, ran by u/Padanub, was nearly bankrupted after mass betting on u/Yukub at his initial odds resulted in a mass payout when u/Yukub won the election, after his second round runoff rival u/model-willem pulled out.

Yukub's Leadership Campaign Featured Smurf Erotica

The People's Unity Party was founded

The Vote of No Confidence would be successful, and the Government collapsed. Coalition forming rules meant that the same Government could not be re-installed, and Labour initially reached out to the Liberal Democrats attempting to form a coalition. Having just VoNC’ed them the week prior, the Liberal Democrats point blank refused to work with Labour to their surprise. So instead - Labour turned to their left and worked on a deal with the DRF and TPM. The original deal was approved by all three parties - and saw TPM not subject to collective cabinet responsibility (CCR) in response for one cabinet spot Minister Without Portfolio. The document leaked, and would see significant ridiculing on MHoC main, portraying the DRF as fleecing TPM. It would emerge that many within TPM did not actually read the deal before voting, and spurred by this, TPM would ask to renegotiate the deal. TPM representatives would ask for more policy to be introduced to the agreement, with DRF demanding that they would then be subject to CCR. Responding to that, The People’s

Movement asked for more cabinet spots, which would reduce the amount the Democratic Reformist Front held. This proved unacceptable for leader u/ZanyDraco, who walked out of negotiations, and collapsing the agreement. As no agreement could be reached, and CleggCo could not re-form, u/Yukub was invited to form a Conservative only Government. Effectively, the only impact the VoNC would have would be the removal of the Liberal Democrats from Government, despite the critique being levelled at Conservative ministers. This lead to a deep dislike of LPUK and Labour among Liberal Democrat members. Labour would see a new splinter party after the defection of four of its members. It would call itself the People’s Unity Party. Meanwhile the new Conservative Government would come to a new deal on JCPOA, resolving the issue created prior to the VoNC. Tension would also rise over the Welsh Government asking for £1.6bn more funding to the Welsh Block Grant, which would be rejected, have minutes of the meeting between the Welsh and WM government’s leaked, and cause the LPUK and Labour Party to further attack the Conservative Government.

The DRF and Lib Dems got into a press war over the budget.

Liberal Democrat Leader u/thechattyshow would step down, overtaking u/remiel as longest serving Liberal Democrat leader. Deputy Leader u/CountBrandenburg would replace him. With the Conservative Government not intending to pass a follow up budget to that authored earlier in the term, the Conservatives were able to remain relatively stable and inoffensive in Government, continuing out the rest of the term until the start of August, when General Election 14 was held.

The topic of a Space Force came up at this time, with the Lib Dems launching their campaign with the slogan #GoSpace

TERM FOURTEEN

AUGUST 2020 - FEBRUARY 2021

CONSERVATIVE & LPUK CONSERVATIVE LABOUR, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, & IND

Term Fourteen

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

CON

-3

LPUK

LAB

-3

PUP

SDLP

DRF

-5

TPM

-3

TOTAL

100

The Conservatives retained their lead, winning 31 seats. Coming in second place were the LPUK, winning 23. Closely third were Labour, on 21. The Lib Dems saw a strong result, picking up 16 seats. The People’s Movement and DRF both took 3, with the PUP winning 2, and the SDLP winning the final seat. u/ARichTeaBiscuit stepped down as Labour Leader following the results, and was replaced by the person who they themselves replaced, u/lily-irl. Multiple coalitions were negotiated in the wake of the results, with the Tories agreeing a Clegg II coalition. This was deemed unviable to it only having 47 seats. The LPUK also reached an agreement with the Liberal Democrats, once again being a minority Gov. Meanwhile The People’s Movement and the DRF tried to reach agreements with Labour, mainly aimed at usurping the LPUK in Official Opposition in the event of a Tory minority.

Party Polling was stopped from being weekly, with instead polls such as Leadership Approval being added in alternating weeks.

The inevitable conclusion arrived on the 16th of August 2020, as both the Tories and LPUK voted for a Blurple III coalition, returning u/Yukub to number 10 and u/Friedmanite19 as DPM and Chancellor. Labour would go with the DRF to form Opposition. While previous Blurple Governments had internal tension, it was worse than ever in Blurple III, which got off to a rocky start after comments such as that from Transport Secretary u/Tarkin15, suggesting turning a Channel Island into a detention centre, prompting Conservative Home Secretary u/ MatthewHinton12345 to remark “What are you on?” in the Government chat.

Solidarity Party Logo

September 2020 saw a series of changes and developments that would significantly alter the political landscape. On the 3rd, u/motelblinds, formerly known as u/Ibutonic, established Solidarity, essentially taking over the SDLP. Solidarity was quickly able to bring about the defection of several Labour and left-wing figures. Then, in the Conservatives, several grandees left the party: Prime Minister u/Yukub, Former PM u/model-mili, Party Chairman (never Prime Minister) u/Brookheimer (formally u/ TheQuipton) and u/model-ceasar, mainly over the toxic culture

that they claimed had festered inside the Tories. They would later be joined by u/tommy2boys (formally u/tommy1boys) and u/TomBarnaby at the end of the year. The position of Conservative leader had always been a stressful one, and their long-term record in Government created pressure on the leader at the time to deliver results. The culture was described by u/Brookheimer in their resignation speech: “regrettably, there are some members who think it is far more beneficial to make it their role to judge, criticise and overrule successive leaderships. This is beneficial to nothing bar boosting individual’s own self importance and I have made the difficult decision that I want no further part in it.”. Coalition! Party Logo

The leadership election would be won by u/CheckMyBrain11. At the same time, the Liberal Democrats would also see a leadership change - with u/CountBrandenburg being elected as Commons Speaker. u/Randomman44, Lib Dem Deputy Leader, would win the election. Internal tension within the Liberal Democrats re-emerged, specifically in the Executive. u/SapphireWork and u/TheNoHeart, Deputy Leader and Whip of the Party respectively, broke away from the LDs in protest at u/Randomman44’s lack of communication. A new party alongside those who broke away from the Conservatives was formed, called Coalition!. With u/CheckMyBrain11 installed as Prime Minister, it wasn’t long before more questions were asked about ministers in the Government. A Motion of No Confidence in the Secretary of State for Wales, u/Greejatus, was called after allegedly rushing cabinet ministers for responses following an event which saw Wrexham Cathedral be burned down. As a response, the LPUK pushed the Tories for silence on the issue, saying “I’m going to make this exceptionally clear. We stood by you when your ministers got attacked in the press. The Conservative Party will return the favour. Complete media and comment blackout on this issue. Let something else take over”. Avoiding the MoNC, the LPUK would replace u/Greejatus. Around this time, a referendum would be held on devolving justice to Wales, something which would win 55% to 45%. But the Government wouldn’t have much time to respond as a UK Supreme Court ruling finding The Separation of Marriage and State Act 2016 - an RSP era bill effectively abolishing state recognition of marriage - in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

In response, u/Friedmanite19 pushed for the policy of “marriage contracts”, making marriage disputes an issue of contract - not common - law. After Justice Secretary u/Vitiating raised the issue of undue influence and people being taken advantage of, the LPUK Leader responded “ah yes, because people are going to sign contracts which open themselves to abuse”. The outcry over the comments forced u/CheckMyBrain11 to eject the LPUK from Government, collapsing it. u/CheckMyBrain11 subsequently resigned as leader. Replacing him was former Speaker and Chairman under u/TheQuipton, u/Padanub. With the Tories reeling from the wounds of Blurple III, and given all Opposition parties had just condemned the LPUK, the burden of Government fell to u/lily-irl’s Labour. The “Phoenix Coalition” was negotiated between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. With u/lily-irl becoming Prime Minister, the new Government had to contend with the fact they had only 37 out of 100 seats. The Government also had to contend with finalising the Brexit deal, and a litany of leaks. One leak pertained to the fractured relationship between Phoenix and the Welsh Government, over the fate Port Talbot and it’s jobs, with the Government claiming talks had begun, something disputed by Labour’s own Welsh First Minister, u/Secretary_Salami - eschewing flashbacks to the Clegg Government’s downfall earlier that year. The People’s Movement formally merged with Solidarity, establishing Solidarity as the home of the far-left. Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats saw their fourth leadership election in six months, with the resignation of u/Randomman44. Both Deputy Leaders, u/scubaguy194 and u/a1fie335 would run, with the latter winning. Then in the beginning of January, u/lily-irl stepped down again. They would be replaced with u/Youmaton, who had been one of u/ARichTeaBiscuit’s Deputy Leaders. The Government managed to negotiate a deal with the LPUK, which saw rates of income tax frozen, LVT raised, and reduced rates of alcohol duty. The budget managed to pass - replacing the CleggCo budget, despite speculation as to how much the Liberal Democrats actually contributed and consented to within the budget. The Government also made headlines after Deputy Prime Minister u/a1fie335 published minutes of a phone call with the Republic of Korea without it’s consent, while the Government tried to deal with the ROK leaving the D12 over pressure to take action on China. The PUP around this time rebranded to the Progressive Workers Party (PWP). On January 27th, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union u/comped announced the Memorandum of Understanding On Future Cooperation With European Union, and Parliament would strongly approve the final deal, bringing an end to the Brexit process that had begun 4 years before. The House of Commons dissolved, and the 15th General Election was held on February 14th.

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TERM FIFTEEN

FEBRUARY 2021 - JULY 2021 SOLIDARITY, LABOUR, WELSH NATIONAL, & IND

SOLIDARITY, LABOUR, & IND

Term Fifteen

Party

Seat Total

% Swing

LPUK

SOL

CON

-14

LAB

-8

-7

PWP

WNP

IND/OTHERS

TIG

TOTAL

150

For the first time since Term 6, a general election was not won by either Labour or the Conservatives. The Libertarians took first place, winning 36 seats in an expanded 150-seater House of Commons. In second place were Solidarity, contesting their first election, and winning 34. The Conservatives fell to third, taking 26 seats, whilst Labour picked up 19. The Liberal Democrats won 13, Coalition! 10, the PWP 7, the Welsh National Party 3, with 1 independent and 1 member of The Independent Group - a neutral grouping of independents pooling resources. Both Solidarity and the LPUK aimed to form a Government, taking the responsibility off the Tories and Labour in being the major party. Whilst Solidarity and Labour were able to achieve a deal (with a supply and confidence agreement from the PWP), there was no such LPUK-Con deal as the Conservatives rejected it, and a LPUK-LD agreement was voted down. This placed u/motelblinds as Prime Minister, and u/Friedmanite19 as Leader of the Opposition.

The Osaka Accords were negotiated by the Government

The Government started off well, shortly releasing a defence procurement strategy and starting legislative attempts on topics such as closed-shop unions. The Government received some flak for it’s nationalisation of OneWeb, done without the consent of the House of Commons. PM u/ motelblinds had said in PMQ’s they had “no plans to bypass Parliament” previously, resulting in C! MP u/tommy2boys stating “The Clegg Threshold [for a VoNC] had been reached”. No VoNC occurred, and the Government would carry on under a new PM as u/motelblinds would resign, citing having a feeling of completion over their time in Solidarity. u/KarlYonedaStan, previously known as u/PremierHirohito, would take over. Labour also saw a change in leadership, u/Yomaton resigned, and was replaced with former Lord Speaker u/ohprkl.

"Plant!" - a scheme wherein a tree would be planted every time The Government announced the Osaka accords, crea- someone was born - was aboting an international Government forum aimed at “promoting lished. democracy”, assigning membership status through a countries Democracy Index ranking. They also dealt with a series of protests by climate activist Nature Revolution, who were protesting the use of nuclear power. The Government won out

in the end, stopping the protests and retaining nuclear energy. But the Government did suffer a loss over a Motion of Contempt passed in Chancellor u/chainchompsky1 - who was accused of misleading the House over an additional £5 billion worth of expenditure in the Department of Education, with funding which didn’t exist at the time. The Chancellor was accused of doubling down on the mistake, and misleading the House. The motion passed with support from the Conservatives, LPUK, Lib Dems and Coalition!. More animosity arrived between Solidarity and the LPUK shortly after, with the Government’s B1185 - which enfranchised prisoners. The LPUK released a poster featuring someone convicted of counts of rape and GBH, with the slogan “Solidarity want him to vote. Vote Libertarian and stop him influencing our laws”. This lead to action being taken by Head Mod u/ NukeMaus, restricting the use of “press personas” (where one could effectively create a separate “character” for the posting of press and opinion articles) to only neutral posts. That - alongside bans of some LPUK members due to toxicity, prompted the LPUK to hold an internal vote over a walkout - something which passed. The LPUK formally vacated all of their seats, and were redistributed on the 22nd of April. Only 3 LPUK members stayed on post-walkout, keeping their seats. The rest were given to the Conservatives (23 new seats), Coalition (10) and Lib Dems (3).

The Conservatives saw a new leader after u/Padanub stepped down. u/Chi0121, a relative newcomer who had quickly become u/Padanub’s Deputy Leader was elected. The Government took a deal of flak after a series of missed, or last minute responded-to, questions, prompting an Urgent Question in the House of Commons to respond to the accusations. At the end of June, u/ohprkl resigned as Labour Leader, with Party Chair u/inadorable succeeding them. Then, a few weeks later, the Liberal Democrats saw their own leadership change with u/rea-wakey (formerly u/wakeyRKO) returning to MHoC, and swiftly directing much of the Liberal Democrats’ activity due to leadership inactivity. On the 14th of July, u/a1fie335 formally resigned, appointing u/rea-wakey to the position of Acting Leader, until the end of the 16th General Election. The idea of a Labour - Solidarity merger was floated, but unsuccessful, as the Government headed towards the end of the term. A budget was passed with Liberal Democrat support and the term officially wrapped up at the end of July.

Example of LPUK poster attaTwo of the three MPs, u/seimer234 and u/TomBarnaby cking the Government's plans to elected to join Coalition! shortly after. Meanwhile u/Xvillan let prisoners vote. established a successor to the LPUK, named the Freedom and Liberty Party (FLP). The Conservatives were asked to form Official Opposition, placing u/Padanub as Leader of the Opposition.

With the absence of the LPUK, the Government were afforded a significantly easier time. The Government did see an initial loss on the Osaka accords, with the Opposition parties passing a motion stating they should not be ratified, over fears of it being ambiguous, and opportunities for it to be misused. Eventually an amended accords would be ratified, due to Lib Dem support.

A budget was passed with support from Solidarity, Labour, the PWP, the Lib Dems and Independent u/SpectacularSalad

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general election sixteen results Party

Seat Total

% Swing

SOL

CON

-1

LAB

-1

PWP

TIG

RAD

AON

TOTAL

102

epilogue In 15 terms of MHoC, Governments of all shapes and sizes emerged, succeeded, failed, schemed, legislated, and collapsed. The political landscape is everlandscape ever changing, with every party seeing the best of times, and the worst. As we look towards the next 15 terms, who knows what future political force will emerge. Who knows what debates and issues will dominate the simulation? Only time will tell, and I can’t wait to find out.

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