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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby matthewleitch » Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:30 pm

"Crush Communism this election" - Webster
Forward! hold quadrennial Party Conference in Costa De Oro
Dr. Samantha Webster cements Leadership despite losing Presidency


Baltusian political party Forward! have held their quadrennial Party Conference in Costa De Oro, Athosia. Despite being edged out by less than 0.5% of the vote in the Presidential Elections of 4080, there had been speculation around her future. However, any rumours have been fully quashed as the party have appeared to rally around their mother-figure.

Dr. Webster waived off any speculative comments with a rallying speech, made on the final day of the 5 day event:

Conference,

48 years ago I was born into a poor family in a working-class area of Terrarokka. I wasn't the best at manual labour, like my mother, a chef and my father, a plumber, instead writing, reading and orating were my talents. Destined to be a communist,
merely due to where I was born, I defied the odds and started writing for the Centre-Right Newspaper - "Baltusia Today".

Frustrated at the likes of Presidents Benn, Hawkins and Faraday and the lack of a truly fiscally responsible party, I was delighted when the Republicans rebooted under Brian Burgmuller in 4254.

Since our return nearly 30 years ago now, our election performances have been better than ever. Forward! are now the go to party for individuals concerned about their freedoms, liberties and fiscal responsibility.

But no longer is the threat that of the centre-left. It is the threat of a truly communist, tyrannous, authoritarian, state-obsessive alliance.

Economic freedom and the ability for small businesses to prosper is dwindling every single day.

And not only are we facing this threat on the legislative front, we even have a Communist President.

Conference, I thought that we crushed communism 200 years ago!

But we will do what we did then. Crush communism this election.

So, in less than two years times, I ask you to seriously consider what your ancestors fought for 200 years ago. Did they fight for a President that fails to condemn a terrorist group? Did they fight for a government which strips small businesses of the right to prosper freely? Did they fight for the very safety of this great republic to be threatened by weakening our defences?

Conference, we have done this plenty of times and we will continue to do so. Let's go forward! and crush communism!


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Dr. Webster addressing the party faithful

Other speeches and events were held by free-market groups and multiple businesses.
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby Darkylightytwo » Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:33 pm

PLCA done with Forward!

The PLCA has recently told the press, they are tired of Forward! attitude and will refuse to enter with any negociation with them.

We let Forward! the occasion to choose whether they are a normal party, who are trying to negociate for a common sense, or if they are an far-right wing party, they did not choose the first option, it sadded us, but we have given the chance, we were open to discussion, hoverer only the socialist bloc was present to speak with us about the economic situation in Baltusia, we are no happy about the budget, but we made compromise, we tried to make compromise on the democratisation of the economy and it seem that Forward! is unable to answer with a few compromise of their own.

Yes, if we take thing by their, vision, they could be a center-right wing party, hoverer that vision would mean 4 parties, in Baltusia are far-left and none are far-right. in my vision,
it is clear we are a left-wing party and that Forward! is a far-left wing party. BUt, what I honestly think, is that if they were center, they would have try to negociate with us, but they turned us down since the first occasion. you can't judge a party to be far-left without trying to negociate and compromise with them.

Therefor, I say, that we will no longer try to negociate with Foward.
Audrey-Sophie Green


Alycia Evil become presidential candidate and ask the citizen to support Justice. to support the vampires.

Alycia Evil made a comment that she probably should not have made, with the current state of affairs, She decided to answer Forward! accusation of terrorism with a direct support for the vampires. the next presidential candidate for the PLCA has made the following comment.

Who is scared of vampires ? Fraudster, crooks, mafiosos, killers and others corrupt individual who leach on our society, Honest citizen are not scared of vigilantes and have no reason to be scared of vampires. LIke Gilas Hall, who was abusing girls, was calling them (bitch), (sluts) and (Cows), then showing fake Prenetal data, just to justify his own love of abortions. That the type of people who are scared of vampires.

I call Baltusia, now it is the times to defeat disinformation, now it is time to teach Forward! that the disinformation and scare politics will only go Backward.

Alycia Evil


Alycia Evil is known is the parliament as the first mp who spoke in favor of legislation of incest, saying she was happy that her marriage with her brother will finally be recognized. she had harsh word for the opposition

These guys say they are champion of freedom, yet they are telling me who I can love or not. Telling me what should wear not. And now they want to tell people what they have right to think and what they do not have the right think. And they pass their days insulting other members of the parliament, no other parties are more disrespectfull then Backward! They are not acceptable. They are just.... (wanting to say scums) ahhh, but if I say it, I'll be sued.

Alycia Evil


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Baltusia Business man say Forward! is made of cowards

Luc-Olivier Laflamme-Rivière said to the press that he is thinking about presenting himself in politics and he might jump with a left-wing party.
Mr Laflamme-Rivière, who was elected as the Patron of the Magic Games Corporations, 3 times in the last 5 elections, said that Forward! want to create a economy filled by Tyrannical cowards.

Edit : correction of the criticism

It seem to me that Foward! mean, forward for cowardise. The compagny I lead, Magical Games Coop, as become the best video game compagny of Baltusia, we produce games that could seen as critical of communism or capitalism, we have no barrier and we have were able to made it, despite the existance of taxes and regulation which hinder our works. If we are able succeed despite their regulations, I don't see why they have to fall, those who cannot can't the heat should get out of the kitchen. I do agree that I am my father's son, but I am president of the compagny because I have respect for my workers, l because I was able to learn from my mistakes and because I was able to motivated my workers into letting their talents develop the most possible.

I don't see where Forward! take their criticism of communism, because the PLCA would not accept that we decide a person job for themselves. I've talked multiple times with the president about it, and she was very opposed to this type of law. The critics foward make of "communism" does not apply here, because the government recognize the rights of workers, namely the right of people to develop their own talent. and I never got a visit from the ministry, telling me which people are going to occupy which post. Freedom of media is protected. Guezz, I don't know in which fictionnal word theses loonies lives...

I think, a Forward Government, would be a disaster for the country, we think Baltusia as a strong economy, but Baltusia as a strong private sectors, while the government struggle with limited funds. Our compagny works well in comparaison, but we have more money to carry our projects in comparaison then the government... I think we need to increase the public servant salaries, we obviously need a better government, more taxes, which will allow the government to increase the salary and pay the best workers a higher salary, this could motivated many of them. And I don,t see this plan in politics, which I why I think about jumping in...

Luc-Olivier Laflamme-Rivière
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby Darkylightytwo » Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:45 am

Various suspect appear like magic in police station

Llajta, in Terrarokka, The police launched search parties for multiple individuals, suspected of having committed various crime.
1 Gabriel Jackson, suspected to be an arsonist who burned several building, including 3 private houses and 1 public library.
2 Dr Harold Niles, who was suspect to participate in the traffic of illegal drugs, his patient where hiding drug in their stomac, in order to help them pass by the frontiers of the Baltusia without being seen.
3 Katrina Dustin, who was suspected to have murdered her husband
4 Steven Hawk, who was suspect to be a fraud, having stolen more 100 000 BLD from multiples former clients.
5 Edward Matthews, who was suspected to be a serial killer
6 Stephenia Walker-Ralph, who was suspected to be the leader of a religious cult, who's adherent have committed suicide in a strange way, and disappeared overnight after the events. but she claims to be another person, and she is the true envoy of gods.
7 Dariant Bowman, who was suspected of poisonning multiple innoed citizen in a restaurant of the city,

the suspects where taken by the police, along with multiple proofs that could be used in a comming trials agaisnt the accusee.

Aloy Green, took the occasion, to say that the vampire are a group of vigilantes, not a group of terrorists. And thanks them for assisting the police forces.
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby Darkylightytwo » Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:39 pm

Big car meet Vampires

Patrons and bosses of Jokoya Corporation, a aotomobile industries operating in Baltusia, where found today tied down to a chair, with a lot of money in their mounts, and when the police entered the factory, a message could

This is nothing more then the true face of these baffoons, money-hungry fat cats who suck the lifes of others
As we said, we have took the liberty to steal some of their blood and to show the world what they truly are.
they do not care about others, they only want to fill their pockets with money
We'Ll repeat our opinion, free pollution is not a fair choice.

From the vampires


The police have also confirmed that many of the 27 individuals who were tied down had blood stolen from them.

So these guys, they got tied and they got forced to give blood. We saw the patch which are very similar to one people used when they choose to give blood.
We think we have suspects, but they are likely to be supported by the president, so we won't pursue for now.


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Update communists defeated in the election, probably the end of the PLCA

Alycia Evil, who was candidate for president, said that her party lacked funds and had big problem getting the right visibility in front of the medias.

me and my brother, We are going to retire ourselves from politics and find a new land where we can leave in peace, without being persecuted
I learned that he is brother a bit too late, but I can't forget my feeling, therefor, if incest must be illegal, I can't stay in Baltusia anyway.

and I feel a lot of PLCA members see that they are persecuted.
another thing that went bad, where the vampires, most of our recent operation ended in failures, we got arrested by policier, who received our help and some of our guys where ambushed by mafia.

It is cruel, but it seem that when the libertarian party arrived, the people stop thinking about us, stop talking to us, our vigilantes lost the respect they had from the population.
And the worst news, is that our next leader to be was killed by an anti-communist.

I regret to say, this is the end of PLCA. I have nothing to be ashamed. the people are stupid idiot who left us alone, while we gave all our energy for them. But now, it is over, I am going somewhere, where I'll be able to live in peace with my bro.
farewell.
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby sspb314 » Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:20 pm

Over 50 Million People Without Healthcare

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Following the passing of the 'Health Care Act' over half of the citizens of Baltusia have been left without healthcare. The act, which was widely criticised by opposition parties, abolished the Baltusian Health Service and left health care entirely to the private sector with government subsidisation for those on low incomes. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Services refused to outline an implementation plan for the policy and with no automatic transition for the majority of people covered under the former national health service and with the existing private health care being unable to cope with the tenfold increase in demand most of healthcare in Baltusia has shut down for the immediate future.

Opposition has called for the whole scheme to be scrapped because hundreds of hospitals are lying empty and millions of former doctors and nurses are now looking for work. The government has given no comment and a nationwide strike is being planned if the government does not get its act together and resolve the situation. It is clear that if the government wishes to stick by this policy, then they will have to take immediate action, perhaps temporarily reinstating the government health service for a year or so while selling hospitals off to companies.

This is a very large failure for the government which took a year to negotiate and is seen as being fairly weak, being comprised of parties across the right of the political spectrum, with this being their first in what is promised to be a series of sweeping privatisation, it is clear that a much more cohesive plan is needed in the future or even a rethink of the project.
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby matthewleitch » Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:45 pm

Forward! crushed in abysmal election, Webster resigns

Classical-liberal, centrist political party Forward! have been absolutely crushed in the 4290 general and presidential elections. The result saw a terrible drop both legislatively and in the Presidential elections. On the legislative front, the party lost 56 of their 89 seats, dropping to a mere 33, leaving them as the smallest party in Congress. Only a mere 4 years ago it appeared as though Forward! would never have a demise from their position of astute, business-centric, policy which won them 9,046,549 votes, leaving them the second largest party in Congress. Fast-forward 4 years and the party have suffered incredibly, losing around 6 million votes to a mere 3,525,585.

Forward! leader, Dr. Samantha President, who has successfully contested the Presidency of Baltusia twice, was obliterated this time around. In 4286, Dr. Webster blitzed through the first round, safely securing a top-two position, before winning the second round with a significant 63.23% of the vote.

Again, fast-forward 4 years and Dr. Webster came last on the First Round ballot with a measly 6.52%.

Following this result, in which Centrist Candidate, Harrison B. Horrel, edged out Conservative opposition, Miss Webster resigned from the leadership of the party.

In a speech on a beach in Costa De Oro, with a sombre tone she announced:

Friends, Congresspeople and Fellow Baltusians,

This result was unprecedented and it is clear that my message simply doesn't resonate with the proportion of the electorate we once shared views, values and policy with. It is regrettable that I have foreseen the, albeit inevitable, temporary demise of Forward! whilst the right and left fight it out.

However, I know that this party will come back fighting, like we have done so many times in the past.

Yet, I am not the person to lead this party into the next century and thus announce my resignation as Leader of Forward!
and the Party President shall organise a Leadership Election.

Thank you all, for what was an incredible time, I've seen the ultimate highs and the ultimate lows.

But tomorrow we will do what we always do, go Forward! together.


What is next for the centre of Baltusia, for free-market and globalist policy? Only time will tell... tune in to BPBC to stay up to date with the latest news.
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby CaptainVimes » Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:39 am

The Daily Herald

Conservatives take 1/3 of the vote

After a landslide change in voter preference, S. Fitzgerald's Party makes huge gains. With this new power surely the Conservatives will push their legislation hard. The big question is, who will the coalition be with? Many assume the centrists will become the junior partners in coalition but Gerald Schneider, deputy leader of the Conservatives, says this is not a given:

"We needn't form a coalition with the Centrists, why, some of us believe it would be the worst thing to do.With Forward! Block Bloc and the FPLP we could form a properly right-wing coalition. Well, that's just my opinion."

Fitzgerald has called for a complete withdrawal from treaties, stating that we do not need treaties to dictate common sense.

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Samuel Fitzgerald speaks to his party after election night.

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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby CaptainVimes » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:17 pm

Centrists cause outrage at controversial move

This week, the Centrist party enraged the Conservatives by not backing their Treaty withdrawal bill after it was implied they would do so. Not only this, but according to Conservative officials, they pushed the coalition thorugh without Conservative knowledge of their vote on the Treaties, thereby renaging on a form of deal. Samuel Fitzgerald spoke to an enraged audience at a party meeting:

"It is a disgrace that they believe we are so weak! We shall never again be so foolish as to believe that any party truly wishes to work with us. We will be resigned our posts in the fake cabinet and will reform a better alternative with parties until we can call an early election.


In other news, Gerald Schneider continues his war on the so-called "Vampires", a terrorist group that allegedly acted in coalition with the Communist party a few years back.

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Gerald Schneider at a police press conference.
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby -1776- » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:28 am

Rockavilla Times

F. Adams Steps Down as Chair of the National Party, After Various Failures

Earlier today, December 30th 4297, it was announced that Frederick Adams has decided to step down as chair of the BNP. This occurs following, and caused by, multiple failures of the BNP. The failed attempt to crown Samuel Fitzgerald as King of Baltusia and heir to the Baltusian throne has lead to heated discourse and lack of cooperation between the parties, particularly between the Monarchist ones and the Republican ones.
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Re: Baltusian Public Broadcasting Corporation

Postby sspb314 » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:58 pm

Pro-Monarchist Protests Across Gevaro

In the recent general election, despite a majority for Republicanism in Congress, the Monarchist Party won the governor of the three most northerly states (out of five). In the state of Gevaro they won 56 seats (only 5 short of a one-party majority) and monarchist parties won 80% of the vote.

This has lead to mass protests in all major Gevarian cities calling for the implementation of Samuel Fitzgerald as King of Baltusia. There was much anger expressed towards President Christopher Jacobs of the Working Class Party, whom they see as a usurper of the crown.

It is unclear if former President Fitzgerald was among those protesting however at midday, all of the protesters knelt in silent worship for 15 minutes to show their devotion to the 'king'.

One protester told us that "...it's not really about getting King Fitzgerald voted President again, it's about getting Congress to recognise his supremacy over Baltusia."

There were scenes of violence when a group of monarchists tried to storm the Montablanca court room. It is believed several police officers and multiple protesters were killed. The Monarchist Party has yet to comment on these reports, which may be subject to change.

It is rumoured that further protests, both Republican and Monarchist are being planned across Baltusia, police are warning people to stay updated to avoid possible violence and heavy traffic disruptions.
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