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HBC News in Brief - 5645
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Defence Minister Mark Dailey Wins Conservative Leadership Race
April 5645
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Then Defence Minister Mark Dailey during the Conservative Leadership Race
Prime Minister Dailey Sworn In & Unveils Cabinet
May 5645
Prime Minister Designate Mark Dailey has been sworn in by His Majesty King Alexander III at Newport Castle, along with the new Prime Minister's Cabinet.
Prime Minister Dailey unveiled a much more streamlined Cabinet then Rosalyn Woodbury's only appointing 18 people to the Cabinet, announcing this as both his Campaign Cabinet and his Government Cabinet; with the next federal election less then a year away it's likely this is the Cabinet that will be going into next year's election. The Cabinet was a blend between new blood and old guard Woodbury loyalists, which many analysts expected.
Unsurprising was the reappointment of Tasha Ulrich as Minister of Finance, and giving her the nod as Deputy Prime Minister moving forward, likely in a bid to reassure the Cabinet, and the greater Hutorian electorate that Dailey would not forget the Woodbury loyalists. Another of his leadership rivals, Aaron Castillo, was also appointed to Cabinet in Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Nominally the portfolio given to veteran Ministers who need to take the lead in interprovincial relations, some analysts expect that Castillo is being eased in, though some state this was a direct slap in the face to Premier Houston, putting a rookie in charge of the file that deals with relations with the Premiers like her. Dailey also appointed leadership rival Warren Douglas back to Cabinet, and promoted him to Minister of Foreign Affairs, a shock to many, though with Dailey's own preference for dealing with foreign policy himself, many expect this to both sideline Warren while still "rewarding" him, with many expecting Dailey to attempt to force the old warhorse to retire in the next cycle.
Prime Minister Dailey also took the time to elevate Senator Robert Calloway, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, to the position of a full Cabinet slot, giving the former Hutorian Prime Minister direct access to Cabinet and ensuring that the government's agenda is able to move smoothly through Parliament.
Full Cabinet List
Axminister Ironworks Releases First Half Dozen Bekenial III classs Frigates to RHN & KRN
Defence Minister David Huxley was on hand at Axminister Ironworks with Kalistani Ambassador Joseph Alavrez for the formal launching of the first six Bekenial III class Frigates, a long joint shipbuilding operations between the Kingdom of Hutori and the Antanonese Empire. Axminister Ironworks handled the construction of the shell while both Hutorian and Kalistani engineers worked on the internals making it a true joint ship building exercise. Also hand was Vice Admiral Thomas Steuart-Carmichael, the Chief of Naval Operations of the Royal Hutorian Navy. The Vice Admiral is rumored to have specifically requested this detail as he was the commanding officer of Hutorian forces in Exercise Leviathan Tide that the Kalistani Regular Navy took part in, and served for a short time as the Naval Attache to the Empire before his service in the Second Kundrati War.
Admiral Steuart-Carmichael announced that the Bekenial III (the Empire's chosen name for them locally would be announced by Kaliburg seperately) would be jointly constructed throughout the entire life of the contract, with both one for Hutori and one for Kalistan always being constructed at the same time. While the size of the Kalistani order by KalMilInCo was never publicly stated, sources at the DND have stated the RHN will be replacing every single Bekenial and Bekenial II still in service with a Bekenial III under an limited contract. There are currently more then 40 Frigates, both Bekenial and Bekenial II, in service with the RHN, with this expecting to keep Axminister Ironworks engineers and dock hands employed for decades.
The Bekenial III itself is considered the most modern and lethal submarine in Terra. Designed from the keel up as the apex anti-submarine hunter and escort, the Bekenial III improves on everything that the Bekenial II already did well, and aids in additional Kalistani improvements to weapons and electronics, with further upgrades for Anti-Air interception and of course interoperability; one of the key strengths of the RHN is their ability to seamlessly blend together in flotillas, squadrons and fleets, and those same command systems are front in center in the Bekenial III making it so any ship can just as easily be commanded by a Hutorian Naval Officer as a Kalistani, Gadurian or even Lodamese officer.
In Hutori the Bekenial III will be named after Hutorian cities, with each new ship replacing one of the old ones of the same name, with the first three off the line and now in service being the new HMHS Bekenial, Acton and Axminister. The Bekenial III is the second joint naval project between Kalistan and Hutori, with the Newport/Luxon class Cruiser still in operation by both navies today.
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Defence Minister Mark Dailey Wins Conservative Leadership Race
April 5645
Then Defence Minister Mark Dailey during the Conservative Leadership Race
The Leadership Race to replace Prime Minister Rosalyn Woodbury has Leader of the Conservative Party has concluded with Defence Minister Mark Dailey having come out on top of a competitive 6 candidate race. The six candidates were Dailey himself, Finance Minister Tasha Ulrich, Premier of Adelia Melissa Houston, Minister of Rural Economic Development Warren Douglas, Republican Leader Marie Kincaid and backbench Conservative MP Aaron Castillo of Kenai.
The full Conservative leadership took a full year to finish, with the candidates signing up members across the country for the convention, held in Acton, Adelia. Tasha Ulrich and Premier Houston were both considered the frontrunners; with Ulrich being considered Rosalyn Woodbury's most loyal lieutenant and best seen as a continuation of her policies and Premier Melissa Houston having almost as high popularity as Prime Minister Woodbury in Adelia itself, which is both Hutori's most populous province and considered the most reliable conservative stronghold in the country.
Defence Minister Dailey was considered a blackhorse candidate, with a path to victory if a narrow one. As it turns out his ground game, which was considered incredible, was able to overcome Ulrich and Houston's fundraising advantages. Dailey is considered a favorite of the populists and the defence hawks, having served as Rosalyn Woodbury's Defence Minister since she first came into office, and was the Defence Minister during the Second Kundrati War eight years ago.
Following the first round of voting, Premier Houston held the lead with MP Castillo was eliminated. The second round of voting ended with Premier Houston still in the lead and elimiating Marie Kincaid as a candidate. The Kincaid camp ran a surprising strong campaign, and her populist streak lead both Warren Douglas and Mark Dailey receiving the lionshare of her delegates. At the end of the third round of voting, Defence Minister Dailey took a narrow lead over Premier Houston, and Warren Douglas was knocked off the list, with the majority of his delegates going to both Houston and Dailey, which allowed Dailey to keep his lead. The fourth round of voting led to the elimination of Finance Minister Ulrich with only Premier Houston and Defence Minister Dailey left standing. Despite a last minute push by Ulrich's delegates mostly endorsing Houston, Dailey was able to hold enough of his coalition together to narrowly win with the leadership 50.7% to 49.3%.
During his victory speech Dailey swore to be a unifying figure for the Conservatives moving forward, thanking Prime Minister Woodbury for her years of service to both Hutori and to the party.
"The best is still in front of us!"
Dailey is expected to be sworn in at Newport Castle in early May, the moment Prime Minister Woodbury resigns, following a few week transition period.
Prime Minister-designate Dailey is inheriting a powerful political machine, with a firm majority in the House of Commons, a plurality of the seats in the Senate, polls giving him a fifteen point lead over his closest competition and a deeply divided opposition.
The full Conservative leadership took a full year to finish, with the candidates signing up members across the country for the convention, held in Acton, Adelia. Tasha Ulrich and Premier Houston were both considered the frontrunners; with Ulrich being considered Rosalyn Woodbury's most loyal lieutenant and best seen as a continuation of her policies and Premier Melissa Houston having almost as high popularity as Prime Minister Woodbury in Adelia itself, which is both Hutori's most populous province and considered the most reliable conservative stronghold in the country.
Defence Minister Dailey was considered a blackhorse candidate, with a path to victory if a narrow one. As it turns out his ground game, which was considered incredible, was able to overcome Ulrich and Houston's fundraising advantages. Dailey is considered a favorite of the populists and the defence hawks, having served as Rosalyn Woodbury's Defence Minister since she first came into office, and was the Defence Minister during the Second Kundrati War eight years ago.
Following the first round of voting, Premier Houston held the lead with MP Castillo was eliminated. The second round of voting ended with Premier Houston still in the lead and elimiating Marie Kincaid as a candidate. The Kincaid camp ran a surprising strong campaign, and her populist streak lead both Warren Douglas and Mark Dailey receiving the lionshare of her delegates. At the end of the third round of voting, Defence Minister Dailey took a narrow lead over Premier Houston, and Warren Douglas was knocked off the list, with the majority of his delegates going to both Houston and Dailey, which allowed Dailey to keep his lead. The fourth round of voting led to the elimination of Finance Minister Ulrich with only Premier Houston and Defence Minister Dailey left standing. Despite a last minute push by Ulrich's delegates mostly endorsing Houston, Dailey was able to hold enough of his coalition together to narrowly win with the leadership 50.7% to 49.3%.
During his victory speech Dailey swore to be a unifying figure for the Conservatives moving forward, thanking Prime Minister Woodbury for her years of service to both Hutori and to the party.
"The best is still in front of us!"
Dailey is expected to be sworn in at Newport Castle in early May, the moment Prime Minister Woodbury resigns, following a few week transition period.
Prime Minister-designate Dailey is inheriting a powerful political machine, with a firm majority in the House of Commons, a plurality of the seats in the Senate, polls giving him a fifteen point lead over his closest competition and a deeply divided opposition.
May 5645
Prime Minister Designate Mark Dailey has been sworn in by His Majesty King Alexander III at Newport Castle, along with the new Prime Minister's Cabinet.
Prime Minister Dailey unveiled a much more streamlined Cabinet then Rosalyn Woodbury's only appointing 18 people to the Cabinet, announcing this as both his Campaign Cabinet and his Government Cabinet; with the next federal election less then a year away it's likely this is the Cabinet that will be going into next year's election. The Cabinet was a blend between new blood and old guard Woodbury loyalists, which many analysts expected.
Unsurprising was the reappointment of Tasha Ulrich as Minister of Finance, and giving her the nod as Deputy Prime Minister moving forward, likely in a bid to reassure the Cabinet, and the greater Hutorian electorate that Dailey would not forget the Woodbury loyalists. Another of his leadership rivals, Aaron Castillo, was also appointed to Cabinet in Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Nominally the portfolio given to veteran Ministers who need to take the lead in interprovincial relations, some analysts expect that Castillo is being eased in, though some state this was a direct slap in the face to Premier Houston, putting a rookie in charge of the file that deals with relations with the Premiers like her. Dailey also appointed leadership rival Warren Douglas back to Cabinet, and promoted him to Minister of Foreign Affairs, a shock to many, though with Dailey's own preference for dealing with foreign policy himself, many expect this to both sideline Warren while still "rewarding" him, with many expecting Dailey to attempt to force the old warhorse to retire in the next cycle.
Prime Minister Dailey also took the time to elevate Senator Robert Calloway, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, to the position of a full Cabinet slot, giving the former Hutorian Prime Minister direct access to Cabinet and ensuring that the government's agenda is able to move smoothly through Parliament.
Full Cabinet List
- Prime Minister – Rt. Hon. Mark Dailey
- Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance – Hon. Tasha Ulrich
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Hon. Aaron Castillo
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Hon. Warren Douglas
- Minister of Defence – Hon. David Huxley
- Minister of Justice & Attorney General – Hon. Elizabeth McKinnon
- Minister of the Interior – Hon. Noah Bradley
- Minister of Industry and Trade – Hon. Julian Carter
- Minister of Infrastructure & Public Works – Hon. Kelsey Madigan
- Minister of Environment & Natural Resources – Hon. Colton Rivers
- Minister of Health – Hon. Victoria Zhao
- Minister of Education & Skills Development – Hon. Brielle Fontaine
- Minister of Rural Economic Development – Hon. Vincent Cho
- President of the Sovereign Wealth Fund – Hon. Margot Vanier
- Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations – Hon. James Okatori
- Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology – Hon. Ravi Deshmukh
- Government House Leader - Hon. Daniel Crowe
- Government Senate Leader - Rt. Hon. Senator Robert Calloway
Axminister Ironworks Releases First Half Dozen Bekenial III classs Frigates to RHN & KRN
Defence Minister David Huxley was on hand at Axminister Ironworks with Kalistani Ambassador Joseph Alavrez for the formal launching of the first six Bekenial III class Frigates, a long joint shipbuilding operations between the Kingdom of Hutori and the Antanonese Empire. Axminister Ironworks handled the construction of the shell while both Hutorian and Kalistani engineers worked on the internals making it a true joint ship building exercise. Also hand was Vice Admiral Thomas Steuart-Carmichael, the Chief of Naval Operations of the Royal Hutorian Navy. The Vice Admiral is rumored to have specifically requested this detail as he was the commanding officer of Hutorian forces in Exercise Leviathan Tide that the Kalistani Regular Navy took part in, and served for a short time as the Naval Attache to the Empire before his service in the Second Kundrati War.
Admiral Steuart-Carmichael announced that the Bekenial III (the Empire's chosen name for them locally would be announced by Kaliburg seperately) would be jointly constructed throughout the entire life of the contract, with both one for Hutori and one for Kalistan always being constructed at the same time. While the size of the Kalistani order by KalMilInCo was never publicly stated, sources at the DND have stated the RHN will be replacing every single Bekenial and Bekenial II still in service with a Bekenial III under an limited contract. There are currently more then 40 Frigates, both Bekenial and Bekenial II, in service with the RHN, with this expecting to keep Axminister Ironworks engineers and dock hands employed for decades.
The Bekenial III itself is considered the most modern and lethal submarine in Terra. Designed from the keel up as the apex anti-submarine hunter and escort, the Bekenial III improves on everything that the Bekenial II already did well, and aids in additional Kalistani improvements to weapons and electronics, with further upgrades for Anti-Air interception and of course interoperability; one of the key strengths of the RHN is their ability to seamlessly blend together in flotillas, squadrons and fleets, and those same command systems are front in center in the Bekenial III making it so any ship can just as easily be commanded by a Hutorian Naval Officer as a Kalistani, Gadurian or even Lodamese officer.
In Hutori the Bekenial III will be named after Hutorian cities, with each new ship replacing one of the old ones of the same name, with the first three off the line and now in service being the new HMHS Bekenial, Acton and Axminister. The Bekenial III is the second joint naval project between Kalistan and Hutori, with the Newport/Luxon class Cruiser still in operation by both navies today.