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Bill: OPINION: Paglesham's legacy must be confronted

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Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party

Status[?]: passed

Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.

Voting deadline: April 5005

Description[?]:

FORT WILLIAM, ORANGE — "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Men who make history are almost always bad men," and Lord Thwireford, proving the truth of the saying, will go down in history as one of Luthori's most impactful statesmen. When he first entered politics in 4955, he was seen - at the time not incorrectly - as a reform-oriented, almost liberal nationalist who had emerged from a technocratic career in the security bureaucracy to revitalise the nation and defend Luthori's ancient democratic values from the National Movement's attacks. When he was dismissed by the empress in 4990 and granted the dukedom he had long desired, he was reviled the world over as the personification of narrow-minded bigotry, who had opportunistically cast aside his once allies to secure the support of the fascists he had come to power opposing, a tyrant who had used every anti-democratic means at hand to crush all opposition.

The government's plans to award Thwireford a state funeral have been met, much like the man, with revulsion. Many have already announced plans to protest, and the government will of course crack down on any such demonstrations to ensure that the man's misdeeds remain - at least in the public mind - not just overlooked but tacitly embraced. Even the government's sufferance of opposition in the press is part of a wider strategy to ensure that those opposed to it are seen not as legitimate participants in public debate, but as ivory-tower intellectuals isolated from the true views of the people. Thwireford himself, then, cannot be directly challenged, and especially not at his funeral.

But even Adderley and his stato-nostalgist government could not actively oppose and move against a vigil held separately and later for the disappeared student protesters whose mass graves have so recently been unearthed in Duringland. Through their memories, we can together strike a blow against the Pagleshamism they were murdered for opposing. And in sufficient numbers even the most reactionary papers will be unable to simply ignore it.

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These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date13:51:03, September 28, 2021 CET
FromLiberal Party
ToDebating the OPINION: Paglesham's legacy must be confronted
MessageThe Liberal Party will fight against the non-democratic and authoritarian vision of Luthori spread by the LSP.

Date13:57:56, September 28, 2021 CET
FromLuthorian Progressive Party
ToDebating the OPINION: Paglesham's legacy must be confronted
MessageToday, Secretary Lisa Jones expressed her concern that Eghard Adderley, the current PM, may be following in the footsteps of Ethelwin Paglesham and Alf Brewer - “the two most racist and fascist politicians in recent Luthorian history”, she reportedly said of the two. A plan to abstain from parliamentary proceedings (non-participation in parliament) was also unveiled, with all DP politicians abstaining from political activity on the day of the funeral in protest. It is not known whether MIDs of other political parties will follow suit and abstain on all bills, but hope was expressed that this would happen.

This press conference, while not necessarily giving the DP masses of votes, increased approval for the party in public eyes a lot, with Lisa Jones having a +3% net approval rating (up from -43% last month) and 23% saying they’d consider backing the party for the next election (up from 2% last month).

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