[UKRP] Portrait of a Party: A History of the United Kingdom Reform Party[Part 5]
Robalbinio
Chapter Five
A New Generation
The new year of 2011 saw new beginnings for the UKRP. Michael Crookes was elected Party President in January and February and his premiership saw the beginning of a new golden era for the the UKRP. Though the party still lagged behind the Unity Party, the party was once again unified and working together.
In the February elections the UKRP came joint with TUP in the Congress elections with both parties claiming eleven seats each. Sir Humphrey Appleby returned as Party President in March and in that months elections the party claimed sixteen congress seats, three more than TUP. In April Thomas765 won a heated Party Presidential election against GLaDOS and the UKRP again returned more congress seats than TUP by thirteen to twelve.
An anti-takeover effort in May saw a mixed election, but in June under Michael Crookes the party won fifteen congress seats, five more that the old enemy, TUP. This kicked off a period of UKRP domination in congress, seventeen seats were won in the July elections under Thomas765. This Congress success was transferred into election success with Lionbeard elected Country President in August.
The success began to fade after Dishmcds term as Party President in September, but the party remained relatively stable for the rest of the year.
Political Profiles
Thomas765 MBE
Thomas765 is an experienced and competent ex-Minister and ex-General of the eUK who has also help positions in many governments around the world.
In the eUK Thomas has sat in congress ten times, while also servingas the MoHA and Country President. The Ministry when he made his name though was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he has thrived and been selected minister a total of four times. His immense knowledge in this field saw him eventually rise to Deputy Secretary-General of the ONE alliance.
He has also held government positions in Austria, New Zealand and Sweden.
Michael Crookes
Michael Crookes joined the eUK in May 2009 and has represented the UKRP in congress a total of four times. It was under his strong leadership as Party President that the UKRP made its first steps into its second golden era and a dramatic rise in membership and stature.
This concludes this part of the series on the history of the UKRP by bringing us into 2012. I will continue this series at a later point but for now I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did remembering it all and now look below for what you all came to the article for
For Your Consideration
Robalbinio MBE will return in 'Historical Parties of the eUK'
Comments
Voted, keep them coming : D
I have actually enjoyed reading these as I didn't really know much of the history of UKRP. Much appreciated.
These were awesome!