Leopoldism

Credits to the original Leopoldism.

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Founder: Edward Leopold

Based on: National-Communism

Country: United Kingdom

Political Position: Far-left

Created: 1984

Officially disappeared in: 1989 (possibly in 1990, unconfirmed)

Goal: Creation of an English Council One-Party Presidential Republic instead of the British Monarchy; Annexation of the territories of the former British Empire in one state; Giving the British People their former glory; Strengthen relationships with the Soviet Union Creation of a One-Party Socialist State under a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy (unofficial, unconfirmed); Reformation of the British Empire as a One-Party Socialist State under a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy (unofficial; unconfirmed)

Party: English Socialist Party

Leopoldism, formally known as English Socialism, is the Far-left, National-Communist ideology of the English Socialist Party ("EngSoc"), created by Edward Leopold in 1984, with the release of the book "A better life for the People - The English Socialist Movement", and in the United Kingdom. Its goal is to liberate the working-class and ultimately install a Council Republic instead of the United Kingdom. Edward Leopold inspired his ideology from National-Communism, by adding some far-right aspects to the far-left basis. He saw the United Kingdom as failure, and wanted to rebuild the country to revive the glory of the English people, by founding an egalitarian, nationalistic, military socialist state and ultimately to reconquer the territories of the former British Empire and rule them as one statal entity. Due to him being very convincing, charismatic and skillful, Leopoldism rapidly grew in popularity and the English Socialist Party was formed. After only four years of existence, the Party started an Anti-capitalist revolution in the UK, with the Leopoldist Militia fighting against the British Army. However, things got complicated as the United States and Canada implied in the conflict, and the Soviet Red Army did not send soldiers, as the Cold War had been already ended by that time. The Greater Battle for Supremacy ended with the victory of the Allies, most of the Leopoldists were killed in the action, the rest were imprisoned and Edward Leopold was severely injured and died shortly after.

# Early Years. The Leopoldist movement

Edward Leopold, a simple lawyer, but also a great theoretician, writes the book "A better life for the People- the English Socialist movement". In this book, he described the "British society" as a failure, stating that: "In the past, it was a great thing to be English, but nowadays it is a shame to be British". He thinks that only through English Socialism the working-class (which he referred to as "proles") can obtain liberty and a better place to live. He believed that the British Empire could have been maintained by a solid, authoritarian regime, and that capitalism and liberal democracy drove to its failure. He inspired mostly from "What is to be done?", by Vladimir Lenin and from "Mein Kampf", by Adolf Hitler. Ultimately he started an underground process, by convincing members from the Labour Party or from the Communist Party to unite themselves against the Monarchy into the English Socialist Party. Interestingly, he prefers to use the term "English" instead of "British", probably to differentiate from the British Empire. His point of view grew in popularity between 1984 and 1988, and drove to the creation of the English Socialist Party and its armed forces - the Militia.

# The Second Civil War- the Communist Revolution

By the beggining of 1989, as the Cold War was ending and Communist regimes in Europe started to fall, Edward Leopold convoked the English Socialist Party and ordered the Militia to start an Anti-capitalist revolution and take over the United Kingdom. The Leopoldist Militia was very big and well prepared, as it was unofficially supported by the Soviet Union. Leopold went in the USSR to talk to Mikhail Gorbachev, who refused to directly involve the Red Army, but happily accepted to give the Leopoldist Militia the best Soviet weaponry. Then, the Leopoldists attacked several cities in the UK, and somehow made the Scots and Welsh fight against the Royal Army. Soon, half of the UK became a quasi-state, known as the English Council Republic, Leopold stating that "Council" was the English equivalent of a Russian Soviet.

# English Council Republic: a short-lived revolutionary quasi-state

In February, 1989, after the Second Civil War broke out, the Leopoldist Militia managed to unite the Scots and the Welsh against the British Monarchy, and Edward Leopold proclaimed the English Council Republic at the following Party Congress.

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Capital: London (de jure); Glasgow (de facto)

Languages: English

National Motto: Workers' Liberty

National Anthem: Loyal to the Party

Government: Unitary One-Party Presidential Socialist Republic under a Provisional Government

President: Edward Leopold

Legislative: State Council

Religion: State Secularism (de jure); Atheism (most politicians); Catholic Christianity (also accepted)

Date established: February 1989

Date dissolved: November 1989