In the wake of the Mercian Leaders' Debate between the Political Party Leaders of the National Liberal Party and the Humanist People's Alliance, two surveys were sent out to the populace of Mercia, asking them their opinions of the two key issues raised in the debate - those being the position of the Mercian Christian... Continue Reading →
Micropressure… With Mercian Political Party Leaders
With the Mercian General Election being the talk of the nation, the Burnham Micropress' very own 'Micropressure' column has returned, this time with a bumper edition of interviews with the Political Party Leaders of the three parties engaged in the General Election; Baron Shane Cahill of the National Liberal Party, Baron Callum Newton of the... Continue Reading →
Mercia: Political Parties formed; Rise of Ideological Extremism?
Following the passing of the 6th December Partisan Democracy Act at the previous Meeting of the Mercian Parliament House, the Nobility of the Kingdoms & Lands Represented in the Council of the Diarchal Crowns of the Disciples has gotten down to the business of organising itself into Political Parties. Of the sixteen Nobles now in Mercia,... Continue Reading →
Mercia: Trade Unions and Partisan Democracy Make Homes in Mercia!
When the hastily drawn up 12th October Partisan Democracy Bill was rejected by the Mercian Parliament House on the same day it was penned, it looked as if the political system of the Kingdoms & Lands Represented in the Council of the Diarchal Crowns of the Disciples was to remain dominated by individual interests of... Continue Reading →
Mercia: Failed Coup Disrupts Parliament!
The regular procedure of the Mercian Parliament House, halfway through its second Meeting under Marquis Cassidy's second Cabinet, was thrown into jeopardy on the evening of the 9th November, when former Baron of the Rio Cinema, Harland-Hackenschmidt, interrupted the Parliament first with jibes, then with argument, and then with threats to overthrow the Lord Spiritual... Continue Reading →
Mercia: Partisan Democracy quashed in Inaugural Parliament Meeting!
On Sunday, 12th October, at 7:36PM GMT, Marquis Cassidy opened up the first Meeting of the Mercian Parliament House of his second term as First Minister. Because of his services to the Kingdoms & Lands Represented in the Council of the Diarchal crowns of the Disciples (Mercia), and the wider Würtige Empire, the Marquis was re-appointed... Continue Reading →
Region of Clyro: New Capital Established, Scottish Independence Defeated!
The Region of Clyro has recently encountered a serious worry; the Lord of Clyro, His Lordship Richard 1st, by the Grace of God, Lord of Mercia, began his three year University education in the United Kingdom, almost three hundred miles away from the Clyran Home Shires. The threat of Clyro's leader not being local enough... Continue Reading →
(Belated) Intermicronational: Rockland Armistice Signed, War with New Israel Over!
To be clear, hostilities between the signatories of the Treaty of York and the Holy Empire of New Israel ceased at midnight on the 9th August 2014. This post has been belated due to various activities and inconveniences in the life of the Burnham Micropress' staff. The Freedomian Aggression, otherwise known as the Second... Continue Reading →
Intermicronational: Würtige Empire on a war footing; New Israeli aggression checked by international response?
During the days of the Confederate States of Prosperity, the Empire-Republic of Freedomia and the St Peters Republic (the forerunner to the modern-day Region of Clyro) were firm allies, united politically and socially. The President-of-State (now the Lord Spiritual of Mercia and the Lord of Clyro) and Emperor Mark II of Freedomia were close friends... Continue Reading →
