REAL Doggerland

Jimothy Gee
Deputy leader and current acting leader, Gee is known for his fierce opposition to what he deems government overreach and has made a name for himself inside cabinet as technology and digital development minister, much like Cedil himself. Having come to the party more recently, he quickly rose through the ranks by aligning himself with the more libertarian minded faction of the party. Having narrowly defeated Paul Keating to become deputy leader, many view Gee as the natural successor to Cedil.

Paul Keating
Chancellor of the treasury and Senator, Paul Keating is a social moderate and economically center-left, aligning himself with the more populist faction of the party. Keating is known as a superb legislator and a capable negotiator, however having lost the deputy leadership election to Gee, many view his victory as unlikely. Despite that, his involvement in the December budget crisis, which prompted his promotion to Chancellor, has increased his popularity with the wider electorate.

Eric Paterson
After Avery Wagers became leader of the Humanist Center many left wing Prog-Libs left for the party, however, Paterson decided to stay, instead working to push the P-Ls towards working with other left wing parties. Paterson has spent the vast majority of his time in parliament as a back bencher and only recently ascending to the post of welfare minister under Prime Minister Cedil. Pundits have pointed out that it's likely he decided to run in order to mobilise support for Keating over Gee, having endorsed the former for second preference.

Taliah Gobar
Gobar begun her career in the Prog-Libs as a more socially and economically moderate member during the time of former leader Apples Clarke, however, after his resignation, sensing opportunity, she has begun to move more towards the libertarian faction. This culminated in Cedil appointing her minister for Energy. Many see her run as pure opportunism and an attempt to raise her name recognition throughout Doggerland and maybe guarantee herself a cabinet spot.

Release
President Seth Woods submitted his Security Bill to parliament on 8 January. The President revealed the bill after a long and compassionate speech regarding the assassination of Alfred Cedil. The piece of legislation seeks to increase police powers, surveillance of suspected criminals, establish a Dogger intelligence agency and increase funding for police and other programs all while suspending parts of the bill of rights. The President argues this is a necessary temporary measure in order to crack down on organised crime and political violence. Many have raised concerns over the bill, calling it Doggerland's Patriot Act while denouncing the draconian measures it introduces. A lot of the Opposition has spoken in support of the bill, most notably Reform's Donny T. and the ERA's Peter Lis. A large rebellion inside the Progressive Libertarians is expected and is uncertain if the bill will pass, however, whatever the outcome, the President has announced he's committed to ending violence, no matter the measures that will be required.

Opposition to the Bill
Gee: The Security Bill is cracking down on individual liberties, not organised crime. Former leadership candidate and deputy leader of the Progressive Libertarians, Jimothy Gee is leading the charge against the Security Bill against his own party. He has denounced the measures in the bill as extreme and draconian while pointing out that the motives behind the legislation - "avenging" the memory of Alfred Cedil - are questionable considering Cedil's strong libertarian views. Gee has said that the Progressive Libertarians will no longer have any right to call themselves Libertarians if they allow this bill to pass. Despite his strong, and seemingly popular among party members, stand against the bill, it's possible it still passes considering the large opposition support

Assembly Vote
After all the deals have been done, the talks and negotiations over and the votes counted, the Doggerland Security Bill barely got a plurality in favor despite government opposition and a large ProgLib rebellion. Considering the bill subverts parts of the bill of rights, opponents of it have already said they'll challenge its legality in the Legal Council if it passes the Senate.

Senate Vote
Upon the release of the results President Seth Woods arrived at the Senate to break the tie by voting Aye. Passing the Dogger Security Bill.



Legal Council Verdict
The Legal Council has ruled in a 2-1 decision that the Doggerland Security Act is lawful and in line with the process of suspending parts of the bill of rights. The ruling came after President Woods privately met the justices one on one. Some say Woods has interfered with their decision, be it bribery, threats or something else but so far there is no concrete evidence of this.

Progressive Libertarian Split
The disastrous electoral results where PL, the once dominant force in the assembly, saw its position fall to third have caused even louder calls for resignation of leadership, the party is plagued with instability and many believe Deputy Leader Jimothy Gee is the main man behind it. It's even rumoured Gee is reaching out to disloyal backbenchers and others to leave the party and form a new one. Co-Leaders Paul Keating and Seth Woods are yet to address this.

Calls for Anthony Baines to Resign
The party of Avery Wagers, the Humanist Center, saw the largest drop of seats out of any other party - losing way over half of all of its seats. In the eyes of many party members Anthony Baines, the person who succeeded Wagers before the election, is largely to blame for the result. Baines made a deal with Seth Woods and PL to support the Security Act as well as court as much of the HC caucus in the assembly to do so too, the unpopularity of the act has likely caused at least a part of the large the drop in support. Baines has refused to resign and said he'll work inside the new assembly to get the best deal for the HC but many are growing impatient of his leadership...

The Right Opposition
Peter Lis - The leader of the ERA was one of the first party leaders to make a statement on the results, thanking voters for the trust they've put into him and his party while assuring them he'll do everything possible to restore stability in Doggerland. Meanwhile, the former main opposition party - the Reform Party suffered loses over disunity and many libertarians abandoning the party over Donny T.'s support for the Security Act. Donny T. has already announced he'll be stepping down as leader.

Baines and Woods announce: We won't stand behind Prime Minister Tien-Liong
In a shocking turn of events both of incumbent Rune Tien-Liong's coalition partners have announced they won't support the DL leader for PM even after the Left won the election. Seth Woods has said that Tien-Liong's opposition to the Security Act goes to show they aren't committed to restoring stability while Baines has stressed the need to move away from the "never ending caretaker government of Rune Tien-Liong and bring in some proper governance". A few hours after letting their current position be known, at a joint press conference Woods and Baines have projected Anthony Baines as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Progressive Libertarians and the Humanist Center.

Baines Investiture
The nomination of Anothony Baines failed to gather sufficient support with him only being able to convince V+P to support his Premiership, all other parties voted against. This, combined with sizeable rebellions inside PL and HC going as far as PL Co-Leader Paul Keating calling for a Nay vote killed the Baines nomination. What happens next is anyone's guess but Woods and Baines have dug in, refusing to vote for PL Tien-Liong.

Peter Lis and Rune Tien-Liong Announce Government
The leader of the Evangelical Reform Alliance - the second largest party, together with Rune Tien-Liong, the leader of the Doggerland Left - the winner of the election, have announced that they've reached an agreement. To help heal Doggerland and take the country forward the 2 parties will form a minority government with Tien-Liong as PM alongside Saber Pardón's Centre Party in confidence & supply. The coalition would have 46/100 seats in the assembly and with Centre that expands to 55/100. The investiture vote has already begun and it looks very likely that it'll pass.

Seth Woods hands Mandate
As the vote to invest Rune Tien-Liong as Prime Minister was taking place, looking like it'll pass with a hefty majority, President Seth Woods has handed a mandate to Anthony Baines arguing that due to PL, HC and V+P all supporting him that makes him the leader of the largest alliance with 31 seats as the law rules it so the President has to hand the first mandate to the largest party or alliance. The President has also called the investiture of Rune Tien-Liong illegal as it no longer matches the with the mandate holder. The legality of the move is questionable at best and a case is likely to be brought before the Legal Council.

Legal Council sides against President Woods
After a case was brought before the Legal Council to decide if Seth Wood's handling of the mandate was lawful, despite the President's best efforts including meting the LC members one on one multiple times, they weren't persuaded, even after the President allegedly promised "well-placed investments" for their votes. This is a huge blow to Seth Woods and opens a possibility for impeachment.

Rune Tien-Liong Invested as PM
After the Legal Council invalidated the President's mandate, the investiture of Rune Tien-Liong has successfully passed and their government continues, this time in cooperation with the ERA. The newly elected Prime Minister called out Seth Woods and Anthony Blair as nothing more than opportunists who seek to bring down the country for their own personal gain. Tien-Liong also announced they intended the government to bring up articles of impeachment against President Woods for his illegal handling of the mandate.

Jimothy Gee splits off of Progressive Libertarians
In a fiery speech, the deputy leader of the Progressive Libertarians has called the party dead and completely detached from its original goals of preserving liberty, unity and self-determination. He called the Co-Leadership structure of the party a joke, as leaks have surfaced that Seth Woods had operated things on his own without consulting Co-Leader Paul Keating. Gee revealed he was talking with disloyal members for a while now but the Legal Council formally finding President Woods guilty of wrongly handing a mandate only to further his own power was the last straw for him. "With Reform in conservative hands and PL led by an authoritarian the only way to go forward is by forming a new party, a party for liberty, unity and self-determination, The Party for Liberty, Unity and Self-Determination."

Humanist Center Leadership Election
With the scheme to make him Prime Minister failed, the leader of the Humanist Center has suffered calls for a vote of no confidence to be called within the entire membership of the HC, after a majority of the HC's parliamentary caucus submitted letters of no confidence. Instead of going along with it, in fears he'll lose the vote in a landslide, Baines instead resigned as leader and called a leadership election in which he intends to stand, hoping his standing with the membership would gradually improve over the course of the campaign.

Richard Nixon
After Baines' resignation deputy leader Richard Nixon assumed the role of interim leader but declared his intention to stand in the leadership election soon after, running on a campaign of returning the party to how former leader Avery Wagers ran it.

T. R. Ashman
Newcomer to the National Assembly, the only newly elected member of the HC to the NA in the election, T. R. Ashman also decided to contest the leadership, with his campaign gathering surprising media attention and seeking to bring new blood to the party.

Anthony Baines
Anthony Baines has a very hard campaign ahead of him if he wishes to be returned as leader once again. He narrowly won his last leadership election and that was when he wan in a much better position, many political commentators have said his chances of victory are slim, with his reputation diminished and bad general election result.

Reform Party Leadership Election
With Donny T.'s resignation a new leadership election was called in the Reform Party.

Joris Jansen
Former leader Joris Jansen brought the party to its heights when he was leader, many feel nostalgic towards him but it's also uncertain if he'll be able to repeat his successes. Jansen is also a centrist in the party, balancing between the conservative and libertarian factions. His popularity has stagnated since he left the public eye and while he remains broadly popular along the general electorate critics have called him ineffective at governance, unable to get things done and set an agenda. His run for leader was a huge surprise to many, with him not showing a sign he wanted to return to politics before that.

Enrico McPartland
Deputy leader Enrico McPartland has served in the post of deputy for quite some time, he was seen as the natural successor in leadership and the frontrunner before Jansen announced his unexpected return. McPartland is a member of the more libertarian minded faction of the party but with the founding the PLUS it has lost ground.

Franz J. Lichen
Senator Franz J. Lichen aligns with the conservative faction of the party and is referred by many as "The Saviour of the North" for his efforts to restore order during the Northern Crisis. Lichen isn't particularly popular with the people but he maintains high approval among Reform Party members, even though some libertarian leaning ones still feel a bit uneasy towards him.