Not For Turning - How British Politics Works

Dec 09, 2012 21:12


British politics - how it works

My fic, Not For Turning (NFT), features the British political system very heavily. The story itself is not about the politics (as fanfic, it’s all about the romance) and it is for that reason I hope that though there may be many out there who may not be intimately familiar with how it all works, they can still ( Read more... )

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c_canadensis December 9 2012, 14:56:46 UTC
Interesting, thanks! Most of it's not too mysterious to me since similar to the Canadian system, but now I'm curious - how did Australia end up with a party in power that has fewer seats than the opposition? Did the ruling party lose seats after the national election?? Or did you just mean they don't have a majority?

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cozy_cupcake December 9 2012, 16:27:35 UTC
Wow. Thanks for this. I'm lucky to keep up with the American political system let alone that of another country. This nice and straight to the point without getting too complicated. (on my old penname on ff.net LostforHouse).

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belcogirl December 10 2012, 11:15:40 UTC
Loving your fic. The characters really ring true and it's nice to see an Oz angle. You've done a good job on your political explanations too. As one who's written too many community cabinet briefs I was just about in hysterics at the last chapter!

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Thanks! nattyawesome December 12 2012, 06:09:52 UTC
Gosh, I used to know this stuff! Thanks for the refresher. I definitely find it helpful in congruence with the fic, and therefore greatly appreciate the effort and information you provided.

- Natty

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