Mercia: National Liberal Party Congress August 2016 Ecclesiastic Speeches

With the National Liberal Party standing in full support of protecting the Mercian Christian Church's place within Mercian society, it is unsurprising that the vast majority of Mercia's Christian population, itself 50% of the entire Mercian populace, tend to vote National Liberal or hold Party membership. The Church has also historically had close ties with...

Leylandiistan & Gurvata: Co-President Ó Cathail’s Lughnasa 2015 Speech.

In agrarian nations like ours, the festival of Lughnasa offers us a moment to reflect on how the season has gone so far, and a final rest before the great work of the harvest which is now a few short days away. Lughnasa symbolises the end of the struggle of spring and summer, when few...

An Audience with His Lordship Richard I: Lúnastal 2015 Speech

Greetings to Mercian citizens and foreign readers both, today we celebrate the biggest holiday of the Mercian calendar, that of Lúnastal, a festival of good harvest. Lúnastal is a very special time of the year in Mercia; it harks back to the Celtic culture of the Regional Dominion of Burnham, which existed even before the...

Nolland: Mercian Christian Church creates Diocese in Tsardom.

The Mercian Christian Church (MCC) has created its first Diocese outside of Mercian borders today, with a new Diocese in the Tsardom of Nolland. The Foreign & Confederal Secretary of Nolland, Leon Williamson (who is also a Baron in Mercia) has agreed to become the Bishop of Richmond. The leadership of the MCC now stands...

Mercia: Mercian Election Surveys Shock Nation

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...

Clyro: Lord of Clyro Adopts New Pseudonym

The reigning Lord of Clyro, also Lord Spiritual of Mercia, His Lordship Richard I, has operated in non-regal affairs with the pseudonym of 'Richard of Burnham' for several months. However, as of last night, on the 8th February, the pseudoynym has been changed to 'Richard Hytholoday'. While M. Hytholoday will still be referred to by...

Region of Clyro: Meeting between HL Richard I and Kaiser Newton of Uberqueisenberg a success!

On Friday the 31st October, His Lordship Richard I of Clyro, Lord of Clyro, while visiting the Home Shires, encountered and discussed matters of high debate with Kaiser Newton of the Glorious Micronation of Uberqueisenberg, a new nation neighbouring Clyro's claims in Essex, England. The meeting venue was non-partisan, a Baptist church within the rural market...

Micropressure… With Shane Cahill, President of the Democratic Republic of Leylandiistan

Another big event, another Micropressure article added to the column! Today, the Burnham Micropress takes its esteemed interview & opinion panel to the Democratic Republic of Leylandiistan, to have an interview with its' President, Shane Cahill. M. Cahill is also the Media Secretary on the staff of grand Unified Micronational Chair, Joseph Kennedy, whom the Micropressure...

Micropressure… With Joseph Kennedy, Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational

The second of the Burnham Micropress' 'Micropressure' interview articles, this piece is an interview with incumbent Chair of the Quorum of Delegates of the Grand Unified Micronational (GUM). As usual, the Burnham Micropress is keen to uphold its high standard of investigative journalism by asking the questions nobody else dares ask (our last interview was...