This is an interesting site. Worth a reading.
http://www.chronicle-future.co.uk/
Here’s an example:
Triumph for parliament
14.03.36: WESTMINSTER IS moving to Warwickshire.
After years of argument, the government appears to be reaching the final stages of agreement on moving Britain’s parliament to the site of a former Triumph motorcycle factory in Meriden, Warwickshire, the geographical centre of England. The multi-billion euro-dollar project, to be built with the aid of a grant from the European Democracy Budget, will house all 400 MPs in state-of-the-art comfort. The decision to move Britain’s political capital, and turn the Westminster parliament into a major tourist attraction offering the ‘democracy experience’, came as part of the government’s ‘regionalisation’ of all aspects of policy – giving more of a role to the English regions. Labour Prime Minister Julian Robinson welcomed the move as recognition that ‘power is invested in people – not archaic buildings’. Critics said, however, that the new parliament was an expensive white elephant.
‘That the British parliament still exists, having transferred all its powers to Europe, is frankly amazing,’ said Sir William Hague, the 74-year-old former Tory leader. ‘That it has these fancy new premises, at taxpayers’ expense, is astonishing.’ With most parliamentary debate now conducted by video online, only about 10% of MPs actually attend parliament. DS
By: Geforce - 5th May 2002 at 07:12
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No way, Jebba Bush is gonna be president in 2030!! (is Jebba the hot blond one??? :9). By that time; the democrats will already be so desperate they’ll chose Britney Spears as candidate for the elections.
By: Glenn - 4th May 2002 at 21:25
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I have always had a strong interest in the hypothetical and the ‘What if?’, and this is a good site, but I think a lot of it is in jest though. It doesn’t seem too serious sometimes, and things like AIDS still uncured by 2030-9 and Chelsea Clinton becoming president?!? and so on seem unlikely some how. Interesting it is I must admit.
Regards, Glenn.
By: Geforce - 4th May 2002 at 18:43
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Sister act
20.02.33: THE SO-CALLED ‘Power of Three’, the women who rule the mightiest nations on Earth – America, Europe and China – ended a critical summit in Geneva yesterday with agreement on an eight-point plan to restore economic and environmental stability against a backdrop of gathering global crises.
Chelsea Clinton, the US president, warned that environmental catastrophe was now the most serious threat to world prosperity. The message was repeated by the European president, Robina Sharma of the Netherlands, who insisted that world poverty was now affecting parts of the EU.
The key breakthrough came when Clinton withdrew her country’s claim that it suffered more widespread poverty than sub-equatorial Africa and that it should receive international aid. After an eight-hour session extending deep into the European night, she accepted the argument of Sharma and the Chinese leader, Wang Ying, that poverty should be assessed only on criteria of absolute deprivation (access to food, water, shelter and education) and not by comparison between the richest and poorest members of a particular society such as the US.
It paved the way for the “Balance Plan”, which Clinton described as “probably the most important document in our planet’s history”.
The treaty represents a two-pronged attack on the worldwide problems of poverty, environmental degradation and violent unrest. On the one hand, the three powers will share intelligence and jointly strengthen their defences to keep a lid on revolutionary disorder; on the other hand, they will mount an unprecedented assault on the environmental and economic pressures at the root of international discord.
Most importantly, they have agreed to a doubling of humanitarian relief and an urgent review of global debt problems.
“This is absolutely fundamental to our purpose,” said Sharma. “Many countries in Africa are spending twice as much on debt repayments as they are on health and education combined. Despite the Hosanna Fund and all the other relief efforts following the ’31 disaster, families still abandon their children because they can’t afford to feed them.”
There was also talk of a new role for the United Nations and World Bank, institutions that have fallen into disrepute in the 21st century. More controversial is the promise of a comprehensive world trade review. With 75% of trade controlled by only 100 international corporations, the three will face formidable opposition from big business to any deal that surrenders power to local governments.
The treaty also gives new impetus to the fight against global warming. There will be a tripling of research and development funding for renewable energy programmes and heavy tax penalties on users of fossil fuels. The talks were seen by many as the first major meeting of a global federation, ie, world government.
“Is this common sense or just female hot air?” commented Russian President Igor Kuznetsov.
By: Geforce - 4th May 2002 at 18:38
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UN collars the dog soldiers
20.08.45: A POLITICAL STORM erupted last night as the United Nations’ top soldier criticised EuroCorps’ latest recruitment campaign.
For the first time, the head of the UN Intervention Force, General Patrick O’Rourke, condemned EuroCorps for recruiting mercenaries instead of building up an ethos of global public service.
The biggest armies include EuroCorps, AmeriCorps, ChinaCorps and troops from India and Latin America – all provide troops for the UN.
O’Rourke is concerned at the number of private armies contracted to leading corporations, and their ability to recruit the best candidates.
Trouble arose when the EuroCorps’ FreeNet brochure went live last week, emphasising links between Europe’s military force and the world’s top 10 private armies. Recruits were promised frequent secondments and prospects of lucrative careers after their seven-year terms.
EuroCorps’ HQ in Mons last night admitted that it was having trouble recruiting top-quality entrants in the face of the high pay offered by companies such as Britain’s SAS plc and the Paris-based Foreign Legion. The only way out was to provide clear links with these groups, but this risked the criticism that public money was being used to train mercenaries.
The row goes to the heart of the global controversy over private/public security control. O’Rourke and other UN professionals want a powerful UN force, very much in the spirit of the 2033 Balance Plan and completely independent of the numerous private armies.
However, they remain opposed to economic elements of the plan, even though early indications are that the world economy is stabilising and crime and violence falling rapidly. PR
By: Geforce - 4th May 2002 at 18:34
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Russia in ruins after nuclear mayhem
07.03.03: THE WORLD remains stunned by the suddenness and savagery of the nuclear civil war that has devastated large areas of Russia. A clearer picture of the events was beginning to emerge yesterday as it appeared a ceasefire had been agreed, according to sources in Washington and Moscow.
In the wake of the first large-scale nuclear conflict, details of strike and counter-strike have been elusive, as a total news blackout dampened satellite communications.
Political and military observers believe that the main cause of the conflict is the failure of the Russian wheat and potato crops last summer. But the catalyst was Moscow’s announcement that it could not pay the Volga-Ural region’s armed forces for a further six months.
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Following his armed coup last week, General Anatoly Sergeyev has assumed the role of military governor in the region in central Russia. His first move was to block all tax revenue transfers to Moscow, threatening an all-out crisis in the Russian economy.
On Sunday, the president of the Russian Federation, Igor Kerensky, gave Sergeyev a 48-hour ultimatum to stand down. The general ignored the threat, and conventional bombing raids against Volga-Ural began. It was during one of these raids that a missile hit the chemical weapons store near Tyumen late on Tuesday night, releasing VX and sarin nerve gases, which killed more than 3,000 people.
Sergeyev, who had led the Russian forces in previous Chechen conflicts, immediately retaliated, using his ageing force of Backfire-C nuclear bombers for raids on Russian air bases around Moscow early Wednesday morning. Many planes were lost but five bases were destroyed with Hiroshima-sized tactical nuclear bombs, killing tens of thousands of people in and around the bases. According to Kremlin sources, President Kerensky ordered an escalation to strategic weapons. As former head of Russian strategic rocket forces, he almost certainly recognised the vulnerability of his meagre stock of missiles to further attacks.
Later on Wednesday, 14 Topol-M ICBMs were fired at air force and army bases near cities in the Volga-Ural region. Yekatarinburg suffered the greatest losses.
Early reports indicate a death toll in excess of 250,000, with more than 80,000 square kilometres of land contaminated by radioactive fallout.
An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council is tonight expected to offer a mediation team to try to stabilise the ceasefire. Even if that holds, it is already clear that the federation risks disintegration.
Kerensky agreed to the ceasefire with the Volga-Ural rebels only when threatened with a further nuclear strike on Moscow by the Far East Region military commander, Admiral Illya Kropotkin.
He has the Pacific Fleet’s only operational Typhoon missile submarine which was ordered to sea yesterday with its full complement of 20 RSM-52 multi-warhead missiles, giving Kropotkin the ability to destroy much of western Russia.
Aid has already started to arrive in the region. PR
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By: Geforce - 4th May 2002 at 18:31
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Big 3 in crisis talks
19.09.44: AMERICAN PRESIDENT Charles Wainwright, Erik Schmidt, president of Europe, and Zan Ling, leader of China – dubbed the Three Wise Men – met yesterday to discuss the crisis in the Far East.
Tension has been growing between Japan and China since the revival of the Japanese economy and the rise of so-called neo-Stalinism in Russia.
There is also increasing concern about the sustainability of the eurodollar. Europe has been pressing for higher interest rates to head off what is seen in several countries, notably Germany, as a growing inflationary danger. But America says that such fears are not soundly based.
“Alan Greenspan must be turning in his grave,” said one US commentator.
The eurodollar’s problems have headed off plans for a single world currency, but they remain on the drawing-board.
The exclusive focus on global exchange issues marks a shift in style for international summit meetings.
“We’re getting down to some real politics again after all that touchy-feely stuff,” said a White House press spokesman, in a reference to recent summits when all three world leaders were women. DS
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May 4, 2002 at 6:27 pm