Federal Conservative Union Strikes Electoral Pact!

==Duke Chastel Announces Alliance with UKIP!==
Today in a somewhat surprise announcement Duke James Chastel, Party President of the FCU, announced that a deal had been negotiated between himself and UKIP's Angela Merkel. Mrs Merkel and the Duke have both agreed to undertake an electoral pact under which all current FCU and UKIP MPs will be reslected with the remaining Constituency and List seats being allocated to each party on a ration of 1:4. All MPs shall run under the UKIP banner based on a platform of pragmatic Liberal-Conservative values which harks back to UKIP's initial founding
UKIP and the FCU have long agreed on broad policy but differed on application, this deal indicates that both UKIP and the FCU want to avoid a situation where the Conservative vote is split enough to force a coalition with the Socialist Party again, a decision which was polarising even within UKIP itself. Duke Chastel said that he was happy to stand by the previous record of UKIP but did indicate that things would have to change after the next election. 
There has been no confirmation of whom will lead this new alliance into the upcoming election, incumbent leader Angela Merkel is still relatively respected but has taken much of the flak for both the Coalition with the Socialist Party but also for the Haals situation. Duke James Chastel has indicated that he has no desire to run for the Imperial Parliament and is instead focused on devoting his time and service to Cartria, his family and sees himself more as an advisor than an MP.
All that can be said is this is certainly one of the more unexpected events in Falleen politics and its effects will remain to be seen.
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