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Secretary of State for Justice

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The **Justice Secretary**, known in full as the **Secretary of State for Justice**, is a senior official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Ministry of Justice. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Justice Secretary is currently held by Bailey14, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez on 15th November 2020.

## Responsibilities

The Justice Secretary is responsible for overseeing the following areas:

* European Union and international justice policy
* Freedom of information and data protection
* Human rights and civil liberties
* The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
* The National Archives

The majority of the Justice Secretary's work takes place in England and Wales where their main role is to ensure that all suspected offenders are appropriately dealt with. As part of this, their responsibilities extend to the commissioning of prison services, rehabilitation, victim support, the probation service, sentencing policy, and compensation.

They also oversee: the administration of all courts and tribunals, land registration, legal aid and the regulation of legal services, coroners, public law, the maintenance of the judiciary, public guardianship, supervision of restricted patients detained under the Mental Health Act, and civil law and justice.

Since 2007, the Justice Secretary has also often served as Lord Chancellor. As part of this role, they are responsible for the efficient functioning and independence of the courts.

The Justice Secretary often works closely with the Secretary of State for the Home Department due to the overlap between their respective roles.

## Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent, and Departmental Reviews

Justice Secretaries have produced the following ministerial reports, statements of intent, and departmental reviews:

 Ministerial Report | The Champion.m4a | June 2018
 Ministerial Report | CatusStarbright | March 2019
 Ministerial Report | CatusStarbright | May 2020

## List of Justice Secretaries

NDGAARONDI was appointed as the first Justice Secretary for the Liberal Democrats following the first general election and since him, there have been 27 other Justice Secretaries.
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

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The **Foreign Secretary**, known in full as the **Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs**, is a senior official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The office is a cabinet-level position, and is considered one of the Great Offices of State, one of four positions that every Government must include. The position of Foreign Secretary is currently held by Oshmit, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez on 14th November 2020.

## Responsibilities

The Foreign Secretary has four main strategic objectives:

* Safeguarding the UK’s national security by countering terrorism and weapons proliferation, and working to reduce conflict.
* Building the UK’s prosperity by increasing exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring access to resources, and promoting sustainable global growth.
* Supporting British nationals around the world through modern and efficient consular services.
* Promoting development overseas, particularly in developing countries, and administering overseas aid.

The Foreign Secretary's traditional role was to respond to events that occurred in the Model United Nations. More recently however, their role has been more focused on preparing strategies to respond to real life events. As such, the Foreign Secretaries traditionally make more miniature statements than other Cabinet members and fewer bills. The Foreign Secretary often works closely with the Secretary of State for Defence due to the overlap between their respective roles.

## Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews

Foreign Secretaries have produced the following Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews:

## List of Foreign Secretaries

ChemistBoy was appointed as the first Foreign Secretary for the Liberal Democrat Party following the second general election and since him, there have been 34 other Foreign Secretaries.

## Secretaries of State for International Development

In September 2020, the real-life Department for International Development was merged into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which became the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. These roles had regularly been merged in the MHoC, including at the time of merger. Ministers who held the International Development portfolio but were not concurrently Foreign Secretary are listed below. During time periods where no International Development Secretary is listed, the portfolio was held by the Foreign Secretary.
By-election, October 2018

A **by-election** was called on 24th October 2018, after a number of seats were stripped due to poor turnout. In total six seats were stripped: four from the Libertarian Party, one from the Labour Party, and one from the Liberal Democrats. Consequently, a by-election under the D'Hondt method ensued, in which these three parties were precluded from participating.

## Candidates

Alongside the Conservative Party, three independents participated: Unown Uzer, PetrosAC, and CatusStarbright. This meant that the Conservatives were guaranteed to win a minimum of three seats, as independents are restricted to a single seat, even if the D'Hondt calculation theoretically would allocate them more.

## Result

The verified votes resulted in the Conservative Party gaining four seats, and Unown Uzer and PetrosAC being elected as Independents.

## Links

* Notification thread
* Voting thread
25th General Election

The **25th General Election** took place between May 25, 2017 and June 14, 2017, with the 25th Parliamentary Term starting on the June 15, 2017. It was the first election contested by the Libertarian Party since their revival earlier that year.

## Exit poll

The exit poll was released by then-Deputy Speaker cranbrook\_aspie.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Due to the D'Hondt system, the last seat was left contested due to a tie. This was not the case after invalid votes were removed.

## External Links

Notification of a General Election thread

Voting Thread

Leaders debate thread

Leaders debate comments

Predictions thread
Rejected Submissions

**Rejected Submissions** is a thread, found in the Division Lobby that keeps a record of all items submitted to the Speaker in the past that have been deemed inappropriate or unsuitable. Usually the Speaker decides whether or not to reject an item but occasionally, the Community Team may intervene. The thread was set up in May 2013 by then-Speaker Jarred and has been updated when necessary ever since. If members have queries regarding the rejection of an item, they are free to raise them in the Ask the Speaker thread. Not all submissions are rejected straight away - some are only removed if several members raise concerns about them.

As one would expect, members have not been pleased in the past when their submissions have been rejected and sometimes the rejection of submissions can lead to an uproar from the House. The most famous example of this was in November 2016 following the rejection of 2 joke bills created by SoggyCabbages. Members claimed that the then-Speaker Saracen's Fez was being too fussy, and Mobbsy91 and Jammy Duel even suggested proposing a Motion of No Confidence in the Speaker.

## List of rejected submissions

Since the creation of the rejected submissions archive, 30 items have been rejected. It is worth noting though that the British Security Bill, the Drawn Pornographic Images Bill, the Enabling Bill and the Corrosive Substances Bill were not recorded in the rejected submissions thread.
27th Parliamentary Term

The **27th Parliamentary Term** began on 4th June 2018 and ended on 4th December 2018.

## Events

### June 2018

A Conservative minority government was formed, with Labour forming the Official Opposition. The Shadow Cabinet was announced. Allegations were made that Jacob E had broken TSR rules to get the Conservative vote total much higher than most expected, but he was acquitted of any wrongdoing.
National Liberal Party

The **National Liberal Party** was a third-wayist party that had struggled with membership since its creation, mainly due to its refusal to propose policies in its manifesto, and the success of the larger Liberal Party. Hydeman was the party's only ever MP and became leader after the previous, a noble chance, was banned.

## History

In November 2011, MacDaddi had put forward his proposal for a National Liberal Party. However, he did not convey any clear policies and members did not see the need for another liberal-oriented party, and therefore the party did not get off the ground.

In January 2016, a noble chance put forward his vision for a National Liberal Party. Its policies included £3,000-capped university tuition fees, investment in renewable energy and the maintaining of Trident. It was unbeknown to the vast majority of members at this point that a noble chance was indeed the same person as Birkenhead, who had been banned from the House during the Birkgate scandal. The Speaker though, RayApparently, decided to not publicly reveal a noble chance's true identity. However, a few members worked out who he was, partly because he chose a picture of the first Earl of Birkenhead as his avatar. Some people later believed that his setting up of the National Liberal Party was purely to get revenge against Liberal Party.

Regardless of their lack of active members, the project was given the go-ahead by RayApparently and just a few weeks after a noble chance had first put forward his proposal, the party was formed. However, a month into their life, it started to become clear that the National Liberals were far less active than they had been expected to be. For example, they had not released a single piece of legislation. In March 2016, Hydeman represented the party in By-Election VI, promising that the National Liberals would 'step up to the plate'. There was no improvement in their activity though and the situation worsened in April 2016 when a noble chance received a lengthy ban. This prompted Hydeman to take over as Leader, mainly because he was the only active member they had left. In June 2016, then-Speaker Saracen's Fez announced the closure of the party as there had been no activity in their subforum for a whole month.

## Electoral performance

The National Liberal Party stood in just the April 2016 General Election where it won 1 seat. This was however enough to earn them a place in the 23rd Government.

## Leaders

There were 2 National Liberal Leaders with a noble chance being the first one and Hydeman being the last one.

## External Links

* MacDaddi's Proposal
* a noble chance's Proposal
* Party Formation Statement
* Party Closure Statement
National Conservatives

"*When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore." -* **Nigel Farage**

The **National Conservative Party** (**formerly UKIP)** was one of the political parties of the MHoC. The last leader, who shut the party down was Vitiate.

The National Conservatives were generally a decently-sized party outside of The Big Three (Labour, Conservatives, Liberals), competing with the Libertarians for forth.

However, with the turmoil of Brexit and defections to other parties, the parties membership and activity is largely in decline, being currently unable to elect a Deputy Leader since Hazzer1998's resignation of the position and defection to the Liberal Party.

They participated in the first TSR General Election in 2005. A relaunch of the party took place in 2010 on a change of name by the TSR Patriotic Conservative Party founded a year earlier. Despite initially being the smallest party in terms of both MPs and members, the National Conservatives in recent times has been one the most active party with the highest output of legislation when measured per capita, and when measured as a figure.

In January 2018 they changed their name from UKIP to the National Conservatives. However, over six months later under Vitiate, a vote was put to the party that resulted in its closure, marking an end of an era in the Model House of Commons.

## Leaders

There have been 10 National Conservative Leaders to date with Don Scott being the first one and Vitiate being the last. bun and toronto353 are the only Leaders to have served on two occasions. No National Conservative Leader has yet served as Prime Minister.

## Deputy Leaders

The position of Deputy Leader was created in October 2009. However, it was finally abolished in November 2017 until new Leader Vitiate reinstated the position.

There were 13 National Conservative Deputy Leaders with Seven\_Three being the first one and Saunders16 being the last. notneb served as Deputy Leader over three separate stints.

Deputy Leaders who also served as Leader at some point are marked with an asterisk.
Aidenj

**aidenj** is a former Labour Party MP. aidenj joined the MHoC in the 25th Parliament, during which he served as Government Chief Whip from October to December 2017. He also served as Shadow Foreign Secretary between December 2017 and February 2018, as Shadow Home Secretary between February 2018 and June 2018, and as Labour Deputy Leader between December 2017 and June 2018. He also served as Shadow Foreign Secretary from June 2018 to December 2018.
Leader of the Opposition

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The **Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition** (more commonly known as the **Leader of the Opposition**) is the politician who leads the official opposition in the United Kingdom. The Leader of the Opposition by convention leads the largest party not within the government: where one party wins outright this is the party leader of the second largest political party in the House of Commons. The current Leader of the Opposition is El Salvador, Leader of the Conservative & Unionist Party, who assumed the role on 13th November 2020.

The main responsibility of the Leader of the Opposition is to hold the Prime Minister to account and to scrutinise the actions of the Cabinet. To help them do this, they have the ability to ask the Prime Minister two questions at question times. The Leader of the Opposition also has the power to send statements of intent to vote. The Leader of the Opposition is also in charge of appointing members to the Shadow Cabinet. In the past, Shadow Cabinet coalitions have occurred but now usually only one party fills the Shadow Cabinet positions.

## List of Leaders of the Opposition

As the then-Leader of the Labour Party, MC became the first Leader of the Opposition following the first general election and since him, there have been 41 other Leaders of the Opposition.
MHoC Press

The **MHoC Press** (also known as the **Model BBC**), is the MHoC's news outlet. It is responsible for reporting on the events of the House as well as releasing podcast debates on various issues.

## History

Formed in January 2018 by then-Speaker DayneD89, the MHoC Press started off as a group of MHoC members who discussed in a private subforum what form the Press would take.

Following 04MR17's election as Editor, he created a 'Model BBC'. In the coming months, several podcasts were released discussing events of the house, but sadly fewer and fewer members became interested in taking part so the podcasts ceased. Honourable mention goes to WobblyBovine for running coverage of the 27th General Election using the Model BBC platform. By the second half of 2018 the new press office was silent, and with 04MR17's appointment to party leadership in the Liberal Democrats he could no longer commit as much time to the Model BBC. His overdue resignation came in January 2019.

The MHoC Press remains in a dormant state until the next occasion when someone feels they have the energy to take it on.

## Podcast List

To date, there have been 3 podcasts from the Model BBC:

 #2 | By-Election Special
 #3 | 'The Week in MHoC'

## List of Press Editors

It was decided in February 2018 that the MHoC Press should elect a permanent Editor to oversee it.

There has been 1 Press Editor to date with 04MR17 being the first and last one.
32nd General Election

An early general election called by Prime Minister El Salvador took place in October 2020 to elect the 32nd Parliament. The previous election had seen the formation of a Conservative-Citizen's coalition government. Parliament was dissolved on October 29, with voting opening the same day. The election was won by the Conservative and Unionist Party, who secured the largest number of seats.

## Candidates

All five TSR Parties stood in the election (those being the Labour Party, Conservative & Unionist Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Libertarian Party, and the Citizen's Party). No Independent candidates stood in the election.

## Projection

The initial seat projection (based on all votes cast, before ineligible votes are removed) suggested that the Conservative Party and Labour Party would be the joint highest parties seat-wise, each on 13 seats, which would be a reduction of 3 and 2 seats for the parties respectively. Perhaps the most surprising part of the projection, the Libertarian Party were projected to get 11 seats, which would be a massive increase from their 4 seats at the previous election. The Liberal Democrats were projected to gain 1 seat, and the Citizen's Party were projected to lose 3 seats.

## Final Result

The final result saw the Conservative Party stay on top, with an increase of 2 seats to take them to 16 seats. The Liberal Democrats saw a big rise to 15 seats, an increase of 5 seats. On the opposite end, the Libertarian Party suffered a 6 seat blow to take them down to 5 seats. The Labour Party lost 2 seats, and the Citizen's Party remained on 3 seats.

## Aftermath

The State Opening of the 32nd Parliament occurred on 13th November with the announcement of a new Liberal Democrat-Labour coalition government. Saracen's Fez was confirmed as the new Prime Minister on the same day - with other cabinet announcements following.
6 Guys

6 Guys is a Belarusian group consisting of singers Yuriy Algaeev and Andriy Uzhdraeev, guitarists and vocalists Dmitry Lyutchenko and Oleksandr Yadraeev, drummer Arciom Titryayenko and a drummer and vocalist Uladzimir Khrosh. They represented Belarus at the 2004 contest, with the song "Rasstoyaniye" (Расстояние), where they finished 12th in the final with 81 points.
CountBrandenburg

Member of Parliament

CountBrandenburg

 **Political party** | Libertarian Party (October 24th 2017 - May 21st 2018)
 **Residence** | Birmingham, United Kingdom

**CountBrandenburg** is a Conservative Party MP. He is a former Deputy Leader of the TSR Libertarian Party. He joined after being interested in politics for a few years, being recruited by his friend, TCFactor

## Early Career

CountBrandenburg joined the Libertarian party the day he turned 17, having been drawn into it by his friend TCF. Once within the party, he slowly but surely made himself known, whilst making acquaintence with Connor, Joe and Jammy. Upon joining, he learnt that CoffeeGeek was a friend of his, and had been temptedinto defecting to the Conservatives during his first month in the house.

Having changed his vote on the first VoNC in Saunders16 , then leader of the Libertarians, to Nay, despite not being too content with Saunders' actions, he was thrust into shattered relationships with Connor, Joe and Jammy. Having sited his reason for changing his vote as being dissatisfied with the three's attacks, he backed down on critisism, seeing it beneficial to stay quiet.

Playing a part in forming the Libertarian Party Council, Damien sort to ensure he was in prominence within the party, using his position to become more active within the house. He produced his first bill, a semi-joke Sprouts bill, and running against Catus for leadership, ultimately finishing with zero votes.

## Deputy Leadership (February - May 2018)

With the victory of Catus, came a deputy leadership election. Damien ran against his friend TCF for the place, and whilst both admitted neither were a good candidate, they nonetheless competed with each other into a drawn first round. The second round was more clear cut, with Damien receiving more votes, becoming the next Liber deputy leader. Saunders was elected to replace Damien in his council position.

Knowing full well that his friend intended to leave the party, Damien kept quiet on things whilst TCF organised his more extravagant departure, insisting that neither could currently hold official ties.

With the fall of CoffeeGeek's government, Damien helped negotiate terms with the liberals and Connor27 to form a government, where he has taken the role of Education secretary and Assistant Chief Whip.

Following a fiasco or two across his tenure as Deputy Leader, Damien had a MoNC submitted in him by his party - the impetus being a MoNC in the government being seconded by himself. He later resigned, following on from Saunders.

## Personal Life

As an avid RPG lover, Damien prefers games such as Kingdom Hearts, Persona 5 and Pokemon. Not a particularly avid online gamer, instead prefering single player, longer games.

Once known as a socialist (ask CoffeeGeek for details), he left behind his left wing and labour tendancies after the 2017 snap election, having begun to find Labour inconsistent and having been exposed more right wing personalities.

Damien is also a classical guitarist and pianist.
Government of the 24th Parliament

The **Government of the 24th Parliament** was formed following the general election of October and November 2016. Two parties formed the governing coalition, Labour (seventeen seats) and the Socialists (four seats), leaving the Government five seats short of an overall majority.

RayApparently returned as Prime Minister with GaelicBolshevik as Deputy Prime Minister. During Februrary's cabinet reshuffle, RayApparently appointed cranbrook\_aspie as Deputy Prime Minister.
El Salvador

**El Salvador** (formerly known as Baron of Sealand, Little Toy Gun and The Champion.m4a) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and current Leader of the Opposition, as well as the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. He has served previously served as the Prime Minister, with, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Secretary of State for Justice.

In the past, he has also served as the Chair of the Green Party, and once held dual-membership between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.
Member Contents Page

Welcome to the TSR MHoC Wiki's Member Contents Page.

## Current Members

In the House there are 50 MPs in the **House of Commons**. However, there are many other members who are not. Here are **all** the current members of the MHoC:

### **Conservative Party**

* **abucha3**
* **AditOTAKU666**
* **Connor27**
* **CountBrandenburg**
* **EagleKingdom**
* **Elizabeth II**
* **Iñigo de Loyola**
* **imlikeahermit**
* **Life peer**
* **Miriam29**
* **ohdearstudying**
* **perplexed turtle**
* **Rakas21**
* **Tanqueray91**
* **ThatsAGoodOne349**
* **the bear**
* **Napp**
* **El Salvador**
* **Unown Uzer**
* **Gundabad(good)**

### **Labour Party**

* **5ATB**
* **Al03**
* **Bailey14**
* **BosslyGaming**
* **Cabin19**
* **cranbrook\_aspie**
* **Dafios9128**
* **Darth Caedus**
* **FRS500**
* **ibotu020**
* **JMR2020.**
* **LPK**
* **moso2203**
* **Possibly this**
* **r.uh**
* **RHal65**

### **Liberal Democrat Party**

* **1st superstar**
* **Daveological**
* **josie71202**
* **Joleee**
* **Mainline421**
* **Moonbow**
* **Oshmit**
* **Pugglet**
* **Saracen's Fez**
* **shadowdweller**
* **snazzy viking**
* **SnowMiku**
* **TheRadishPrince**
* **Tinders**
* **Vapordave**

### **Libertarian Party**

* **Jammy Duel**
* **Max1989**
* **Mr T 999**
* **TCA2b**
* **The Mogg**

### **Citizen's Party**

* **04MR17**
* **Aph**
* **CatusStarbright**
* **Joep95**
* **Racresmol**
* **Theloniouss**
* **toronto353**

## Retired Members

There are now hundreds of retired members. Here are a few of the more recent retirees:

### **Labour Party**

* **DanE1998**
* **DayneD89**
* **JellyMilk**
* **JoeL1994**
* **Darya**
* **northernwomble**
* **Obiejess**
* **Rex Onocrotalus**
* **That Bearded Man**
* **RayApparently**
* **RedLuxemburg**
* **Saoirse:3**
* **TheDefiniteArticle**
* **The Legal Eagle**
* **The PoliticalGuy**
* **Viljo**
* **wolfmoon88**
* **Zxyn**

### **Conservative Party**

* **Andrew97**
* **bun**
* **CoffeeGeek**
* **CountBrandenburg**
* **DreamlinerFinder**
* **EricAteYou**
* **jamestg**
* **jape**
* **Krollo**
* **Nirvana1989-1994**
* **ns\_2**
* **Romanbowling33**
* **SankaraInBloom**
* **Tengentoppa**

### **Liberal Democrat Party**

* **Afcwimbledon2**
* **Airmed**
* **Birchington**
* **Birkenhead**
* **Imperion**
* **MattElves**
* **thehistorybore**
* **Lumos**

### **Socialist Party**

* **frankielogue**
* **GaelicBolshevik**
* **Mactotaur**

### **National Conservatives**

* **fleky6910**
* **\_gcx**
* **heri2rs**
* **Jamestg**
* **TitanCream**
* **Thrillanthropist**

### **Green Party**

* **Andy98**
* **Blue Meltwater**
* **Kittiara**
* **Kyx**
* **Lime-man**
* **Matrix123**
* **Superunknown17**

### **Other**

* **Hazzer1998**
* **Jacob E**
* **adam9317**
* **ByronicHero**
* **Hydeman**
Bande immortelle

Bande immortelle *(French for: Immortal band)* is a French group consisting of singer and bassist Jean Chedal, guitarist and vocalist Louis Fontaine, drummer and vocalist Mathis Pellissier and keyboardist Jules Guilloux. They represented France at the 2023 contest, with the song "Mon aventure", where they finished 15th in the final with 47 points.
Darth Caedus

**Darth Caedus** is a Labour Party MP.

He became an MP when Keir Starmer left the Labour Party due to irreconcilable differences with the party leadership. After becoming an MP Darth Caedus said on TSR 'Thank you for the opportunity to serve the good people of TSR, and advocate socially democratic policies.'
Government of the 30th Parliament

The government of the 30th Parliament was formed following the general election of December 2019. The government is a coalition government formed by the Labour Party with eighteen seats, the Liberal Democrats with nine seats and the independent MP barnetlad, giving the government twenty-eight seats and a majority of six.

JMR2020. became Prime Minister as Labour leader, and Liberal Democrat leader TheRadishPrince became Deputy Prime Minister. Following his election as Liberal Democrat leader, Saracen's Fez became Deputy Prime Minister in March 2020.

In April 2020, Prime Minister JMR2020. called the 31st General Election, dissolving the 30th Parliament and the government.
Government of the 32nd Parliament

The government of the 32nd Parliament was formed following the general election of October and November 2020. The government is a coalition formed by the Liberal Democrats with 15 seats, and the Labour Party with 11 seats, giving the government 26 seats and a majority of 2.

Saracen's Fez became Prime Minister as Liberal Democrat leader, and Labour leader JMR2020. became Deputy Prime Minister. Following JMR2020.'s resignation after the election, he was replaced as Deputy Prime Minister by Bailey14 .
27th General Election

A general election took place in May 2018 to elect the 27th Parliament. The election was won by the Conservative Party, who secured the largest number of seats.

## Candidates

All four TSR parties stood in the election (the Conservative & Unionist Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, and the Libertarian Party, alongside two independent candidates: Joep95 and SoggyCabbages

## Projection

The initial seat projection (based on all votes cast, before ineligible votes are removed) suggested that the Conservatives and the Labour Party to be on an equal number of seats. One of the two independent candidates (Joep95) was projected to win a seat.

## Final Result

Despite being second in the projection, the Conservative Party ended up topping the polls after verification due to Labour taking a huge blow from it. The Libertarians and Liberals both gained 1 seat from verification, as well as SoggyCabbages, who was originally projected to fail to get a seat.

## Aftermath

The Conservative Party went on to form a minority government after coming out on top, with life\_peer becoming the Prime Minister.
Gcx

**\_gcx** is a former Leader of the Libertarian Party.

## Early Career (August 2016 - May 2017)

\_gcx joined the Model House of Commons in August 2016, having been recruited to it by CoffeeAndPolitics. He stated that he was a social democrat with some right-wing views. He also expressed his support for the Nordic Model. He decided to join CoffeeAndPolitics in the Labour Party and was admitted a week later. However, he remained a completely inactive member until January 2017, when ByronicHero first put forward his proposal for a new Libertarian Party. Realising that this new party would suit his political views to the letter, \_gcx expressed his interest in joining. When it became clear in February that the party would form, \_gcx defected. This defection triggered the start of his MHoC career. He was soon appointed as the party's Spokesperson for Civil Liberty & Culture. Gaining popularity in his new party, \_gcx was elected as the party's first ever Deputy Leader in the same month.

## Libertarian leadership (May 2017 - present)

\_gcx contested the libertarian leadership following Gladstone1885's resignation. He triumphed over Joep95 by 12 votes to 8. During his tenure, three deputy leaders served under him and his party was affected by Flekygate. \_gcx resigned from the role in August 2017, stating that 'I am unable to provide the leadership that is required for this party to flourish'. He was replaced as leader by Saunders16.

## Political Ideology

\_gcx is an advocator of the separation of church and state, expresses favour for pure democracy as opposed to representative democracy, accompanied by a minimisation of the state, and promotes non-interventionism where possible in relation to international affairs.
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

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The **Brexit Secretary**, known in full as the **Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union**, was an official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Department for Exiting the European Union. The office was a cabinet-level position. The office was dissolved in accordance with the dissolution of its real-life counterpart, following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. The position of Brexit Secretary was last held by Labour MP BosslyGaming.

The Brexit Secretary was responsible for overseeing the United Kingdom's orderly departure from the European Union.

The Brexit Secretary often worked closely with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, but also all across government due to the wide-ranging effects of leaving the EU.

## Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent, and Departmental Reviews

No Brexit Secretary produced a ministerial report.

## List of Brexit Secretaries

CountBrandenburg was appointed as the first Brexit Secretary for the Conservative & Unionist Party in December 2018. The role was vacant until filled by BosslyGaming, who was the last holder of the position.

 BosslyGaming |  | Labour | December 2019
Lengthy Tenures

In both the past and present, there have been MHoC members who are utterly devoted to their respective roles. Below you can find a list of members with **lengthy tenures**, who either have served or are serving in a particular position for over 12 months. Members who are currently serving in that position are marked with an asterisk.

*Last updated December 2020.*
Andrew97

**Andrew97**, also known as the 'Old Man', is a former Speaker of the Model House of Commons. He is also a former Deputy Leader of the Conservative & Unionist Party, serving as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and as the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Thinks he's funny, is not actually funny (though some disagree and actually think his jokes are top class...)

Being a wearer and supporter of socks and sandals has annoyed several other members, most notably Pugglet.

## Time in MHoC

Andrew arrived in MHoC at February 2018, becoming an MP for the Conservative party a month or so later. He served for the party with abject loyalty, not breaking any whips.

During the 27th Parliament, Andrew was promoted to Infrastructure secretary.

His big moment came when ns\_2 became party leader, Andrew decided to throw his hat into the ring in the Deputy Leader Election. A position he won and held until August 2019, when he successfully ran to become Speaker of the House.

## Outside interests

Andrew is a keen Motorsport fan, in particular Formula 1. He is always happy to discuss this with others. Andrew also enjoys a good joke and has been treating MHoC to his many joke books, even including a joke in daily updates which don't have any new items.

## Image

Some of Andrew’s views on fashion have caused some outrage, his support for Socks and Sandals being an example. His lack of knowledge and competence on all things modern has led to him earning the nickname "the old man".
Keir Starmer

**Party** | Independent (July 2020-present)
Labour Party (May 2020-July 2020)

**Keir Starmer,** is a former Labour Party MP. His most recent position was Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

## Labour Party

From May to July 2020 Starmer was a member of the Labour Party. Soon after joining the party, Starmer was elected to the Model House of Commons for the Labour Party, at the start of the 31st Parliamentary Term representing the London Central Constituency.

Once in Parliament, Starmer was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy, Industrial Strategy and Infrastructure. Whilst in this position, along with BosslyGaming, he wrote the Green Economic Recovery Motion which called on the government to look at a wide range of environmentally friendly measure to help the economy recover from the economic crisis that came about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

On 10th July 2020, Starmer, publicly expressed his displeasure at the direction of the Labour Party leadership on a number of issues. He said that the leader was "too left-wing" and "too anti-business". Starmer later left the party.

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House of Commons

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     Labour Party (11)**HM Most Loyal Opposition**     Conservative & Unionist Party (16)**Other opposition parties**     Libertarian Party (5)

The **House of Commons** is the official House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The House is an elected body consisting of 50 MPs. Since the creation of the MHoC in May 2005, hundreds of members have represented their party as MPs in the House.

The House of Commons is a democratically elected chamber with elections held at least every six months, unless the Prime Minister calls one early or there is a coalition breakup.

In the House, items are debated and discussed by all members, both MPs and non-MPs. These items include bills, motions, petitions, amendments, question times, referendums, ministerial reports, departmental reviews, statements, motions of [no] confidence and MHoC Awards. All legislation must be passed by the House of Commons to become law.

The 32nd Parliamentary Term began on 13th November 2020 and the current composition of the House is as follows:

## Government and Official Opposition

The current TSR Government is made up of the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party form Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. The other opposition parties are the Libertarian Party and the Citizen's Party
Secretary of State for the Home Department

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The **Home Secretary**, known in full as the **Secretary of State for the Home Department**, is a senior official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Home Office. The office is a cabinet-level position, and is considered one of the Great Offices of State, one of four positions that every Government must include. The position of Home Secretary is currently held by shadowdweller, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez on 14th November 2020.

The Home Secretary is responsible for the internal affairs of England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the United Kingdom. The remit of the Home Office also includes policing and matters of national security. The Home Secretary often works closely with the Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Defence due to the overlap between their respective roles.

## Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent, and Departmental Reviews

Home Secretaries have produced the following ministerial reports, statements of intent, and departmental reviews:

## List of Home Secretaries

Eru was appointed as the first Home Secretary for the Liberal Democrat Party following the second general election and since him, there have been 31 other Home Secretaries.
By-election, August 2018

A **by-election** was called on 28th August 2018, after three were stripped from the Labour Party due to poor turnout. A multiple-choice by-election ensued, in which Labour were precluded from participating.

## Candidates

Three party-endorsed candidates stood: GeniusOfEarl100 for the Conservatives, Hazzer1998 for the Libertarians, and PetrosAC for the Liberal Democrats. In addition to this, three independents stood: DayneD89, CoffeeGeek, and Mr Eurosceptic.

## Result

Hazzer1998, GeniusOfEarl100, and DayneD89 were elected.

## Links

* Notification thread
* Voting thread
Deputy Speaker

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The **Deputy Speaker of the Commons** (often shortened to **Deputy** **Speaker**) acts as the presiding officer of the Model House of Commons when the Speaker of the Commons is absent. The office is currently held by CatusStarbright, who was elected on 14 January 2019.

Unlike the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker does not have to be neutral at all times. This means that they can be part of a political party, be an MP, have a Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet position, and debate and vote on items. However, when they are conducting speakership business, they must remain neutral.

When the Speaker is going to be unable to conduct their responsibilites for a period of time, whether it is just a day or several weeks, the Deputy Speaker will be called upon to stand in as Speaker. The Deputy Speaker will also have to step in if the Speaker goes absent without leave.

One task which only the Deputy Speaker is expected to carry out is to run the termly Motion of Confidence in the Speaker. They may also carry out Speaker Elections if the outgoing Speaker does not wish to do it themselves and Motions of No Confidence in the Speaker. Also, the Deputy Speaker acts as a member of the Crisis Committee.

There is no set time for which a Deputy Speaker can serve and unlike Speakers, they do not have to pass a Vote of Confidence every term. They may also, however, face a Motion of No Confidence against them at any point in their tenure.

In January 2009, ukebert successfully passed an amendment to rename the Deputy Speaker position as 'Barman of the House of Commons'. However, the amendment was repealed and this particular title is no longer in use.

## Deputy Speaker elections

Deputy Speaker elections occur when a Deputy Speaker resigns or is removed. The Speaker will oversee the election. Unlike Speaker elections, all MHoC members are eligible to stand. Also, the time frame of the election is a lot shorter, either 10 or 13 days depending on whether or not a second round is needed, and manifestos can be no longer than 100 words. In extreme circumstances, the moderation team can appoint a Deputy Speaker.

## List of Deputy Speakers of the Commons

In April 2007, it was decided that a Deputy Speaker should be elected in stand in for the Speaker when they were away and daniel\_williams was elected as the first Deputy Speaker. Since him, there have been 11 other Deputy Speakers, with daniel\_williams serving as Deputy Speaker on two separate occasions.

Deputy Speakers who also served as Speaker at some point are marked with an asterisk.
Ironforge

**Ironforge** is the capital city of the dwarves, a member of the Alliance. It is the ancestral home of the Bronzebeard dwarves. King Magni Bronzebeard rules his kingdom of Khaz Modan from his throne room within the city, and the High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque, leader of the gnomes, has temporarily had to settle down in Tinker Town after the recent fall of the gnome city Gnomeregan.

The city is perhaps the most intricate of the Alliance cities, boasting many small passageways, shops built into the rock walls, great halls and cavernous rooms. The feel of the city is a bustling, rowdy, and somewhat industrial one, however, it is predominantly safe-feeling and cozy; fires roar in the hearths of the inns and shops, the sounds of smithing go on as fires roar in the blacksmithing forges, and much dwarven laughing and frivolity is to be heard. Also, unlike Stormwind and Darnassus, the city is actually a massive cavern carved into the earth by the dwarves; the ceiling and floor are both hard stone. This gives the place a sanctuary-like feel.

Mainly because of the Deeprun Tram, linking Ironforge and Stormwind City, and the district of Tinker Town, Ironforge is one of the most racially diverse cities in the Alliance world. Dwarves predominate, of course, but there will be plenty of gnomes even outside of Tinker Town, and probably as many humans.

The collective frivolity of the place, the bustling and gruff manner of the dwarves, and the fantastic architecture, makes Ironforge a wonder just to visit — whether or not you have business to attend to there. Ironforge also holds the main Alliance Brewfest.
Government of the 23rd Parliament

The government of the 23rd Parliament was formed following the general election of April 2016. Initially three parties formed the governing coalition, the Conservatives (thirteen seats), the Liberals (eight seats) and the National Liberals (one seat), leaving the Government four seats short of an overall majority. This was later increased to five seats due to the closure of the National Liberals and Labour's win in the subsequent by-election.

Life\_peer became the 32nd TSR Prime Minister with PetrosAC as Deputy Prime Minister.
Canilek

**Canilek** (*Estrella Serpiente* en Maya) es el emperador del planeta Zuyua y fundador original de la G.A.U.

   Apareció por vez primera en el número 1 de las revistas de la Era Clásica de Karmatrón y los Transformables.

Sus hijos son los príncipes Nazul y Zacek. Su esposa era la emperatriz Sictia, quien falleció hace años.

Canilek murió asesinado a manos de su propio consejero imperial conocido como Aspier durante la invasión del planeta Zuyua por la flota Metnalita.

El traidor Aspier le reveló a Canilek que era un espía del malvado emperador Asura de Metnal poco antes de dispararle a quemaropa con una pistola de energía.

## Galería

Rediseño de Canilek en la revista de la Nueva Era.
Yaseen1000

**yaseen1000** is a former Labour MP who has previously served as the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, being appointed to the role by Prime Minister JMR2019. on 21st December 2019.

He first entered the house following the 29th General Election, after which he was appointed to one of Labour's 15 seats.
Matrix123

**Matrix123** (commonly known as **Matrix**) is the former Chair of the Green Party. Matrix joined the Green Party in April 2016 and became the party's new Chair in December 2016, following the resignation of Lime-man. JoeL1994 had previously tried to persuade Matrix to join the Labour Party after the Green Party failed to submit a manifesto for the 24th General Election, but Matrix decided to remain in the Green Party.
Division Lobby

**Division Lobby** is a subforum within the Model House of Commons. It is used by members to cast their votes on items at the conclusion of their debate stage. The subforum is ran by the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker where needed.

The first thread in the Division Lobby was made on the 3rd July 2005 by Jamie.

The first vote in Division was the vote for the Flat Tax Act of 2005, however the original bill has been deleted.
Maddiegate

**Involved** | Jacob, Miss Maddie, TSR CT

**Maddiegate** was a major duping scandal beginning in 2014 and ending in November 2020 with the banning of Miss Maddie (Jacob). The girl in Maddie's avatar was made using Photoshop. It’s a made up person designed to resemble a woman of university age who could plausibly be playing the game.

> "About bloody time they banned it" - Jacob
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## Background Context

Back when Jacob's original account was banned in 2014, he created Maddie based on a random Facebook account of a girl found called Maddie and Slenderman based off a friend. After building up posts outside the MHoC, the plan was to join it after the Nigel account was banned. However, Nigel passed the dupe checks and what was originally meant to be a short-term account until Maddie became established, turned out to be a main account.

When Jacob was banned, he initially created dozens of silly dupes that were obvious (Mr E, PHT and Brucy’s Beach) which were meant to be identified as himself, to help portray him as an unskilled duper whilst Maddie and Slenderman snuck in to parties. Slenderman joined Labour and was there for many years, and Maddie joined the Libertarian Party. The accounts were used every election for votes.

## Events of the 32nd Election

Jacob used the accounts to rig the election in favour of the Libertarian Party. After the discovery of undisclosed evidence, the CT banned the accounts along with several other accounts Jacob had created to provide votes. Several accounts remain unbanned as over November 2020. The Libertarian Party won five seats.

## Method of Duping

Maddie was a weird dupe in that the duping method for her was the same as the duping method for Ruitker. If Ruitker’s failed, they definitely should have detected Maddie earlier given how many dupe checks she had. Furthermore there was one time years ago that Jacob logged in as Maddie without using a VPN but again, this was before several dupe checks. Apart from that, Maddie used a completely different device to any dupes and had a different IP. Furthermore, Maddie successfully managed to petition the CT to ban people calling Maddie a dupe of Jacob so they must have been convinced at one point that Maddie was not Jacob.

Commenting on the ban, Jacob believes the CT checked the Libertarian Party votes, saw a lot used a VPN and banned them, and then saw Maddie used a VPN too and banned her too. There is no other way they would have made the jump given other dupes created in the same way have not been banned.