Left Bloc HQ

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Currently, 4 parties have joined the Left: the SDP, ALP, Greens, and SoCred.

Current Membership:

Social Credit:
Douglas Hordern (Ernest)
Nikolai Sarantopoulos (Willy Woz)

Labour:
Arthur E. Watson (Al)
Egbert Dudley (Dr. Cynic)
Albert Woodworth (Evilmexicandictator)

Social Democrats:
Robert Hill (HappyWarrior)
Vijay Prabhusanjil (Hughento)
S.A. Khan (Xahar)
Stéphanie Dusault-Guy (EarlAW)
Johann G. Schmidt (Cookies and Milk)
Julius Hardin (Speed of Sound)

Greens
Elliott Barrett (Perdedor)
Thurston Jones (Ennet)

Membership is also open to other leftist parties and leftist independents.

All members of all member parties should register here: http://aewatson.proboards53.com/index.cgi

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The first order of business is the construction of a Shadow Cabinet, starting with a Shadow Prime Minister. Nominations will be taken for 48 hours; self-nominations are acceptabble. I will not be a candidate for Shadow Prime Minister.

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I nominate Vijay Prabhusanjil for Shadow Prime Minister.

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I nominate Vijay Prabhusanjil for Shadow Prime Minister.

I worry that many of the people represented by my party would not take to kindly to the idea of having a young ethnic bussynessman as Prime Minister.

Do you have an alternative?

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I nominate Vijay Prabhusanjil for Shadow Prime Minister.

I worry that many of the people represented by my party would not take to kindly to the idea of having a young ethnic bussynessman as Prime Minister.

Do you have an alternative?

Mr Hordern would seem to be the most electable. I would nominate Mr Dudley but it would seem that he has not been well of late.

Though I'm not actually opposed to Mr Prabhoosangel being PM. I like him.

I was thining of someone more along the lines of Mr. Hill, bcause, as Mr. Hordern pointed out, us Social Democrats form a majority in the Left BLoc.

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I would like to propose the addition of a party, the Green Party of Antillia.

Welcome to the Left!

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I would be happy to accept the role of Prime Ministerial candidate for the Left.

--Vijay Prabhusanjil

I would very much enjoy my SDP fellow as our Shadow Prime Minister.  As a side note I believe it would be best to appoint Mr. Hordern as what amounts to a Deputy Secretary Prime Minister to ensure party balance and then when we inevitably take a larger number of seats than the right bloc divide the remaining positions equally among the parties.

Certainly.

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I personally would like to be Shadow Secretary of Foreign Affairs.  What sort of positions should we push for in the new government?

I wanted to be Foreign Minister, too. Oh man.
PM
Deputy PM
Minister of Finance
Foreign Minister
Attorney General
Minister of Home Affairs
I propose that Social Credit recieve the post of Deputy Prime Minister, Labor recieve the Ministry of Finance, the Greens recieve the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Social Democrats recieve the posts of Prime Minister and Attorney General and the Foreign Ministry.

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The ALP is not happy with the way negotiations are being conducted. To be seen to be openly haggling over positions will not go down well with the public.

The Left Bloc is currently assigning portfolios to various parties, who can assign them as they please. If the ALP has a different proposal, we would all appreciate hearing it. Are you unhappy with the Ministry of Finance?

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While Deputy Prime Minister is nice, by itself it's meaningless.  An actual ministry would definitely be appreciated, with or without the DPM position.

Would you like the Ministry of Defense?

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Comrades, I have just realised that we have yet to elect a chairman. Or are we doing things via the ancient principles of carve-up and first-come-first-serve rather than democratically?

I agree, that will make things much easier.  However why not simply make the Shadow PM and chairman one in the same?

That sounds reasonable, though I have been running things to this point.

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I would like to join the Labour Party. My character is from Robera.

Welcome to the left.

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The proposed structure of Cabinet:

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If this draft proposal is unacceptable, please contact me.

I would have liked Foreign Affairs, but I am quite pleased with Welfare. No objections here.

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I have created a logo. It is on Page 1.

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Mind adding some green to that logo for the Greens and us SoCreds?

My attempt.

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As a stylistic note on the logo, the Indian community really don't use the languages form the sub-continent. Their mother tongue is English and they speak English. They are included in English language stats. Hindi, Bangali, etc. wouldn't really be heard, seen or written in Antillia.

In that case, I'll fix it tomorrow.

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Oh yeah, you should add Portugese to the logo, and take off Hindi, and Bengali.

Portuguese doesn't evoke pleasant memories in the Left (due the fact that they're mostly pseudo-fascists), and I'll take off the Hindi when I get home. There's no Bengali (though I speak it). Tumi Bangla bòlo?

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Oh yeah, you should add Portugese to the logo, and take off Hindi, and Bengali.

Portuguese doesn't evoke pleasant memories in the Left (due the fact that they're mostly pseudo-fascists), and I'll take off the Hindi when I get home. There's no Bengali (though I speak it). Tumi Bangla bòlo?

Well you should still put Portugese up their even if most are Fascists. There has to be some Leftists Portugese, and we shouldn't risk pissing them off...

You weren't there at the Convention, so you don't know hoe intense hese feelings are.

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How abut no languages?

Something simple would be nice; maybe a white field with a blue arrow pointing left. There are four points for the four parties.

Red. It must be red. Not blue.

Red with a green arrow?

I dunno; seems too much like the Right's banner.

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How abut no languages?

Something simple would be nice; maybe a white field with a blue arrow pointing left. There are four points for the four parties.

Red. It must be red. Not blue.

Red with a green arrow?

I dunno; seems too much like the Right's banner.

Red is the colour of the Left.

Not the color. The layout.

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Pathetic attempt.

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Why the green? And why the stars? They just look Communist.

Green is the main color of half our parties.

And since when has looking Communist been a bad thing?

But the stars were Hugh's idea.

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Green is the main color of half our parties.

So? Red is the colour of the Left.

And it is the primary color.

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Green is the main color of half our parties.

So? Red is the colour of the Left.

And it is the primary color.

Mr Khan, I don't think you quite understand. Symbolism matters in such things.

Perhaps I do not. I have tried to make red the focus.

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*official statement on behalf of the Left Bloc*

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, people of Antillia and the world;

Four hours ago our nation first learned that Mr. Thurston Jones, aged 65, and a prominent member of the Antillian political scene, passed away.

We mourn his loss and commend him on his life of service. We sympathise with his family and friends, many of whom have signed this message today.

A sweet passage awaits.

x Vijay Prabhusanjil

(Please sign below)

X S.A. Khan