The Primrose League
"Liberty and Empire": The motto of the Primrose League.
Founded, almost literally, in the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, and named for his favourite flower. The Primrose league was for decades the prime mover and motivator of conservative politics throughout the United Kingdom. At its peak it had over a million members, grades of rank, and even medals. It was, by sheer numbers, the largest political movement in the history of the British Empire, dedicated to defending King, Country, and all they stood for. Men and women, young and old, rich and poor were counted among its' members. Yet numbers are not all that matters. Despite it's prominence in the first quarter of the twentieth century, the League proved to be something of an empty shell when the chaos of revolution began to take hold in Britain in early 1925. Ultimately, most of the League's members were the kind of person who's chief desire was that politicians would leave them alone to get on with their own lives. As a result, much of the leagues' membership was politically inactive. Thus, by the time the League would have been in a position to help resist the revolution. It was already too late. Stunned by the suddenness of the revolution. The League atrophied as many of it's members either formally left it, or didn't even bother walking away. At most, their dues simply stopped coming. The pressure was made even worse as the new revolutionary government began to clamp down on any institution it thought could pose a threat to it. Although the League's dismal performance leading up to the revolution left it as a distant second priority target for the union of internal security (UIS). As is often the case. When the moment of crisis is not fatal, it proves fateful. The persecutions of the UIS drove the League underground, but those very persecutions would give it life again. Nowadays, after a decade of repression, it is impossible to estimate how many members the League has spread throughout Great Britain and the other parts of the British Isles controlled by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). It operates as a secret society now. Fiercely opposed to the revolution it had always feared and failed to stop. Yet far from being stuck in the past, the League and its members look to a future which will come after they have returned the favour of the treachery and poverty the syndies unleased upon their own countrymen.
Founded, almost literally, in the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, and named for his favourite flower. The Primrose league was for decades the prime mover and motivator of conservative politics throughout the United Kingdom. At its peak it had over a million members, grades of rank, and even medals. It was, by sheer numbers, the largest political movement in the history of the British Empire, dedicated to defending King, Country, and all they stood for. Men and women, young and old, rich and poor were counted among its' members. Yet numbers are not all that matters. Despite it's prominence in the first quarter of the twentieth century, the League proved to be something of an empty shell when the chaos of revolution began to take hold in Britain in early 1925. Ultimately, most of the League's members were the kind of person who's chief desire was that politicians would leave them alone to get on with their own lives. As a result, much of the leagues' membership was politically inactive. Thus, by the time the League would have been in a position to help resist the revolution. It was already too late. Stunned by the suddenness of the revolution. The League atrophied as many of it's members either formally left it, or didn't even bother walking away. At most, their dues simply stopped coming. The pressure was made even worse as the new revolutionary government began to clamp down on any institution it thought could pose a threat to it. Although the League's dismal performance leading up to the revolution left it as a distant second priority target for the union of internal security (UIS). As is often the case. When the moment of crisis is not fatal, it proves fateful. The persecutions of the UIS drove the League underground, but those very persecutions would give it life again. Nowadays, after a decade of repression, it is impossible to estimate how many members the League has spread throughout Great Britain and the other parts of the British Isles controlled by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). It operates as a secret society now. Fiercely opposed to the revolution it had always feared and failed to stop. Yet far from being stuck in the past, the League and its members look to a future which will come after they have returned the favour of the treachery and poverty the syndies unleased upon their own countrymen.
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Political, Activist
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