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hellzabethSo have the UKsibs and... some colonies.
Aww, Bermuda's going to ask Iggy for more spells so she can sink more ships. Isn't that cuuute~?
Huge amounts of Irish immigrants essentially took over Montserrat in the late 1700s, making it British Empire territory by proxy even if most of the population was Irish in origin.
The Sheep Appreciation Club. Nena tells me Wales is looking very much like a dorky dad here over Falklands and New Zealand.
I know, I left out North and Scotland. I didn't have the time and every time I drew Scotty it came out... wrong.
And now.
England singing.
At the bottom, from left to right: England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The BBC is not allowed to pick any sort of side during the elections. Or ever. So they can't really express their opinion. However, radio presenters are sneaky. This song fits the Hung Parliament so well my mum and I were laughing when they stuck it on.
Oh yeah, and majority seperationist seats in Scotland and Northern Ireland = the guys leaving while England clears himself up. Wales hasn't got majority seats, but the vote to for separationist parties is second only to Labour.
Now watch as the custody battle over the colonies begins.
For those not up to date with British Politics;
-The first picture is Gordon Brown (the former PM) of the more left-wing Labour party. The second picture is David Cameron (shadow PM) of the right-wing Conservative party. The last picture is Nick Clegg (also known as "who?") leader of the Liberal Democrats, people who are pretty much in the middle of the political scale. Hence the joke.
- A hung parliament: when the election ends in an equal amount of seats between two parties with no clear winner. Last time we had a hung parliament was the 1970s, and it went to hell from there. Not looking forward to it.
Aww, Bermuda's going to ask Iggy for more spells so she can sink more ships. Isn't that cuuute~?
Huge amounts of Irish immigrants essentially took over Montserrat in the late 1700s, making it British Empire territory by proxy even if most of the population was Irish in origin.
The Sheep Appreciation Club. Nena tells me Wales is looking very much like a dorky dad here over Falklands and New Zealand.
I know, I left out North and Scotland. I didn't have the time and every time I drew Scotty it came out... wrong.
And now.
England singing.
At the bottom, from left to right: England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The BBC is not allowed to pick any sort of side during the elections. Or ever. So they can't really express their opinion. However, radio presenters are sneaky. This song fits the Hung Parliament so well my mum and I were laughing when they stuck it on.
Oh yeah, and majority seperationist seats in Scotland and Northern Ireland = the guys leaving while England clears himself up. Wales hasn't got majority seats, but the vote to for separationist parties is second only to Labour.
Now watch as the custody battle over the colonies begins.
For those not up to date with British Politics;
-The first picture is Gordon Brown (the former PM) of the more left-wing Labour party. The second picture is David Cameron (shadow PM) of the right-wing Conservative party. The last picture is Nick Clegg (also known as "who?") leader of the Liberal Democrats, people who are pretty much in the middle of the political scale. Hence the joke.
- A hung parliament: when the election ends in an equal amount of seats between two parties with no clear winner. Last time we had a hung parliament was the 1970s, and it went to hell from there. Not looking forward to it.
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Date: 2010-05-07 04:44 pm (UTC)"Take me to your leader" "alright, which one?"
Ahh I could go into explaining but it's all so convoluted I can't even. Basically it's who can get the most of their team into seats in Parliament. The one with the most seats gets to have their team's leader be Prime Minister.
If the UK splits, yeah. And we do still dispute over the ones we've kept (like the Falklands orz. It's on the other side of the world and serves no purpose WHY DO WE NOT JUST GIVE IT BACK TO ARGENTINA?!)
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Date: 2010-05-07 05:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-07 08:40 pm (UTC)It's okay, I more or less figured it out with the help of my UK friends. @_@; I dislike party systems as much as the next person (oh ho ho, let's not go into how much fail AMERICAN politics are) but I didn't think you guys would be able to... "tie" like this (not the best word to describe it, but my brain doesn't work right now). OTZ Makes me kind of glad that you can't really tie in an election here.
Hahaha. Oh, Falkan Islands, right? xD I thought you meant fighting over America or Canada, and I was like "... @_@; I didn't know we were still considered colonies, but okay..."
EDDIE IZZARD. <3