Luthori

[Ligbruderkrieg]

Harper shifts to the right with recent Cabinet reshuffle; creating tensions between coalition partners.
May 5695 (backdated)

FORT WILLIAM - Luthorian Prime Minisrer Davy Harper has been increasingly observed to be following a pattern in recent months. Following the merger of the Tories and Moderates parties into the Conservative and Nationalist Party, the head of government engaged in a "seduction operation" towards the right and far-right, aiming at securing his control over the Tory Party.

The prime minister plunged headfirst into this strategy alongside other members of his team. Accused by right-wing conservatives of being "too moderate" and with Hosian Democrats and even members of the influential Tory right-wing faction, the Identity Study Committee expressing discomfort at the prime minister's lack of conservative credentials. 

Numerous MPs have expressed total "displeaure" at the fact that the Conservative Party had become a "ineffective party in government". For one MP, who wished to remain anonymous, the Tories "are [basically] the party of the status quo and not of change". While the party usually embraced the image of stable leadership during their premierships, it has begun to draw the ire of many within this large political organisation. For an donator who also wished to remain anonymous, the party is "lacking spirit, is lacking conservative innovation to drive it forward". 

The Prime Minister responded to these critics through the nomination of numerous right-wing politicians or politics-related personalities to numerous positions or offices within his government. Notably, the appointment of Mrs. Margaret Harper (77) to the key post of Secretary of State for the Home Department. This role allows for control over domestic security, the Luthorian police system and allows for greater collaboration with the criminal justice system. Such an important position falling within the grasp of the conservative firebrand spells a shift in Mr. Harper's line of direction for this rest of his term.

The Liberal Party, still a part of the coalition, heavily criticised Mrs. Harper's appointment as Home Secretary, but ultimately ruled out leaving the governing coalition between themselves, the Tories and the Hosian Democrats. This decision was made due to the fact that the Liberals received the crucial political post of the Leader of the Chamber of Representatives, Liberal MP Hayes Allen has been appointed to the position, tasked with organising government business and priorities in the lower house.

Mrs. Harper, for her part, has thanked the Prime Minister for the opportunity he had given her and vowed to "make Luthori's streets safe and cleasened of criminality", already in her new role, the new Home Secretary already used her influence in order to push the Chancellor of the Exchequer to allow her to have an increased budget in next year's expenditures.