NEWS FROM BRITAIN - British Republican Press/Reuters/AP
BRITAIN SHUDDERS - MITCHELL IN COMA
Britain was shocked today at the news that President Mitchell suffered a severe stroke this morning at his home in Harwich. He has since fallen into a coma.
Vice-president, Herbert Kitchener, has since taken office as acting president, according to the Constitution. "I call on all Britons, and all other nations, to, despite the grievences you might have with Britain, to stand by us in this time of shock. We hope that you will pray for us...", a somewhat bewildered Kitchener said.
ELECTION TO CONTINUE
Despite Pres. Mitchell's stroke, the National Election, scheduled for next week (i.e. tomorrow) is set to continue.
According to British law, a party must have a majority vote (50%+) to govern. If a party gets less than 50% support, it must form an coalition government with another party. Whoever can form the biggest coalition (adding % votes together) will govern.
It is expected that the Federal Alliance who currently governs the country will stay in coalition the way they are. The two parties, teh Federal Party and the Concervative Front, have to split up for the duration of the election however (according to law) so that citizens may vote for a specific party and to see whether one party cannot get clear majority. After the election they can reunite again.
The major British parties (with candidates) are:
1. Federal Alliance (FA) - Concervative:
1.1 Federal Party (FP) - Pres. Hjalmar Mitchell (27% in 1934)
1.2 Concervative Front (CF) - Vice-pres. Kitchener (25% ")
2. Democratic Party (DP) - Liberal (33%):
Governor William Markham
3. National Socialist Party (NSP) - Far Right (13%):
Cecil John Rhodes
4. New Communist Party (NCP) - Communist (2%):
Jo Slovo
There are rumors that the FP might align with the far right NSP to form a new coalition governement - you'd have to wait till Wednesday evening to find out what happened.
WAR IMMINENT - CHURCHILL
Adressing a shocked Parliament today in an emergency session, Foreign Secretary, Winston Churchill announced today that war with France seems imminent. He called on all Britain's allie, especially Russia, China and Japan to try and convince France to step down, especially after president Mitchells stroke.
"We hope to have peace, because the British people need some good news now".