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Drama in the Bakery

Vaulting Ambition For Max Fisher, it was just another day at his bakery, selling freshly baked goods to customers who were willing to pay just a little bit more for local produce, when Lucy Richardson breezed through the front door with grace. “Abysmal weather, isn’t it?” Lucy said, removing the hood of her anorak fromContinue reading “Drama in the Bakery”

The Academy

Vaulting Ambition ”What are you doing here,” a slim, tall man in his mid-twenties said as he examined the young woman in front of him over the bridge of his nose. The woman in question was Dr Jessica Blair, the daughter of David Blair, Britain’s incumbent Prime Minister. She sneered at him with her backContinue reading “The Academy”

The Black Dog of Waering

The Oxford Set Ambrose Perceville, 40th Earl of Waering, walked towards the foot of the tallest tower of his imposing Medieval castle and opened the door. In front of him was a spiral staircase, seemingly leading to nowhere. He stepped inside and closed the door. Ambrose was used to the climb. He did it whenContinue reading “The Black Dog of Waering”

The Birth of Lord Flooding

Vaulting Ambition The hot, sunny day outside did nothing but add a lot of salt to Lord Christoph Flooding’s intense wound. The Progressive party had won a landslide general election victory, and former Shadow Justice Secretary David Blair was now Prime Minister. In Ardenvale, Joseph Benson had managed to keep hold of his seat comfortably.Continue reading “The Birth of Lord Flooding”

The Ghost in the Village Hall

The Oxford Set It was a reasonably pleasant June evening, and some of the residents of the Waeringshire village of Kington gathered in the village hall for a unique question and answer session, with the candidates vying to be their next Member of Parliament. Harold Perceville, the Conservative candidate and current MP, was trying desperatelyContinue reading “The Ghost in the Village Hall”

A Time For Change

The Oxford Set The ground outside Perceville Hall was a sparkling silver, and it wasn’t just the weather that was frosty. ”That’s it, it’s time for a change of leadership,” Harold Perceville, Conservative MP for Chinewrde and Sucham, said after he discovered the results of the local council elections. ”I agree, sugah, this would neverContinue reading “A Time For Change”

The Vicar’s Interview

Continues from Chaos at the Lower Strangling Village Hustings. In the end, Humphrey Ellacott won the Warwick District council Warwick North seat for Labour, mainly due to the parents whose children went to the school his son was a teaching assistant at, and liked him. But Labour’s win in Warwick North did not make upContinue reading “The Vicar’s Interview”

Chaos at the Lower Strangling Village Hustings

It was a rainy Tuesday evening, and the residents of Lower Strangling gathered in the Village Hall for what was without a doubt the worst evening of the year; the Lower Strangling Hustings. Every election, no matter how big or small, Lower Strangling invited the candidate from each major party to address potential voters. ButContinue reading “Chaos at the Lower Strangling Village Hustings”