Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-39133133-20190422222031/@comment-35614398-20190507165603

Transcript of Prime Minister Bonar Law’s speech, September 1923 (I’m guessing, I have no idea what month it is)

[Law enters the House of Commons and makes his way to the speaking ground. The hushed conversations stop. Law arrives at the podium and clears his throat. Unknown to everyone around him, he is suffering from an increasingly bad throat infection.]

Mr. Speaker, and fellow members of Parliament.

An era of worldwide peace may now be coming to an end. An era of hardship and great decisions may now take its place. Standing here, I believe that I represent the whole of this nation, and perhaps the empire, in what I am about to say.

For almost six months, we have been in tense negotiations with the United States Government. We have tried to make them see our view, and respect our rights as a nation to colonies and land. Instead, we have been met by the arrogance and bluntness typical of American governments.

Today, our empire stretches for all the continents of the globe. It has stood, a beacon of progress and civilisation for all the world to see, for three hundred years, and looks set to stand for three thousand. There is no nation uninfluenced by us.

[Law now pauses to take a long drink of water.]

I am grateful for the choice presented to me now, and for the opportunity it has given me as leader of this proud nation. Yet, it is not without a blackened and heavy heart that I announce that, as of midnight tonight, we are at war with the United States, a country we saw as an ally and mutual friend.

[Much uproar. The Speaker bangs his hammer and calls for order.]

Our nation will not be bullied into submission by lesser powers! We have fought for a beliefs, and nearly no country has resisted against us! I can say now confidently that god is with us in our struggle against this enemy that threatens the Empire in the Americas.

God Save the King, and God Bless this Country.

[Law turns and leaves the room, followed by some cheering, some shouting, voices.]

(If you get the gist, I’m at war with America now. I don’t see how this game can survive if we all just play it safe and remain peaceful. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )