Luthori

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Prime Minister Brooke? - the Conservative Party and right-wing bloc seizes the Premiership as Labour crashes in exit polls.
April 9th, 5673 - 12:54 PM

As it currently stands - it seems that Luthori will wake up with a Conservative Prime Minister being appointed tommorow (or in the next few days/weeks) by the Emperor. At 11.00 PM (Fort William Time), when polling stations have officially closed in the Grand Duchy of Northriding and the western part of the Grand Duchy of Shipleyriding, Luthorian media organisations have officially released their own exit polls, as it currently stands, it seems that the Conservative Party of Mr. Joseph Brooke has a slight lead over the Prime Minister's Labour Party. 

Both the public-owned Luthorian Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) and the privately-owned Channel 7's exit polls, project that Mr. Brooke's Conservatives would secure between 134 and 154 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, at the same time securing an approximate 37.2% of the national popular vote, according to current participation numbers released by the Imperial Electoral Commission (IEC) states that turnout was standing at 69.9% (75.483.190 out of 107.987.395) Right now, the Tories have gathered 28.079.746 votes, while Labour received 29.4% and around, as current numbers are yet confirmed, 22.192.058 votes, at least as of now. According to the Imperial Electoral Commission, over 79.4% of the total share of votes have been counted and recorded by the Imperial Electoral Commission.

The Prime Minister's left-wing coalition having collapsed in late March and early elections having been summoned for today, all polling indicated that an hung parliament would be the state upon which Luthorian politics would find themselves thrown into. Nevertheless, current reports states that the right-wing coalition (Conservatives, Hosian Democrats, Liberals and Moderates) is currently on track to secure an absolute majority (over 217 seats) - with the right-wing coalition winning between 222 and 234 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and between 107 and 113 seats in the Senate.

Again - while the Conservatives and their allies are currently on track to secure both Houses of Parliament - it's still not yet decided. Both the left-wing bloc and the right-wing bloc have a chance to secure the Luthorian premiership for the five next years - although, the Tories and their allies, after 3 years of a "coalition of chaos" as dubbed by the Leader of the Opposition seems to be the clear favourite. Mr. Brooke already, unilateraily declared victory - before even most medias even projected the winner. According to the Conservatives, Mr. Brooke remains "confident" that an absolute majority might be achieved for the right-wing bloc, as he promised that Luthori would see a "bold new age of liberalism" - as Labour and their allies had, in his words, destroyed Luthorian liberalism. Mr. Brooke remarked that a Conservative government would strive at "striking a balance" between the "restoration" of Luthorian liberalism and the preservation of the nascent Luthorian welfare state.

While critics points out to the "unreasonability" of "combining liberal and socialist economic theories in governance", the likely soon-to-be elected as Prime Minister remains optimistic about his policy proposals. Mr. Brooke is considered as being a "moderate" conservative, although he leans on the side of numerous factions within the Conservative Party - although not officially taking part in the rampant factionalism within the Party. 

Officially, Leader of the Opposition Joseph Brooke is not aligned with any faction officially existing within the Tory Party, this is officially. In fact, the Prime Minister shares ideological and personal connections with the "Political Control" Faction, considered as the moderate conservative faction that former Leader of the Opposition, Thomas Hawkins was a part of, he also shares ideological similarities with the liberal-minded Bridge Research Group and the constitutionalist Constitutionalist Conservative Group. These affinities seems to be placing Mr. Brooke firmly on the centrist side of Luthorian conservatism, with himself reffering to his ideological position as a "fiscally conservative but One-Nation conservative" - although many observers agreed that Mr. Brooke isn't ideologically similar to the paternalistic conservatism of the One Nation Tories, embracing modern liberal economic philosophy - even if he argues for a balancing method during his premiership.

Mr. Brooke is honestly, ideologically speaking, quite an enigma, and it isn't fully clear if we will see his real ideological identity before he is sworn-in by the Emperor as Prime Minister.