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Breaking: Chancellor Margaret Harrison reportedly called Opposition Leader Nicole Chancellor a 'loudmouth nationalist' at the Grovne Summit
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In response to Chancellor Margaret Harrison's remark, Opposition Leader Nicole Chancellor said she was not 'loud enough'
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Chancellor Margaret Harrison has endorsed Referendums 2 and 3, which would lead to the UK's departure from the SCO and UF, citing 'inefficiencies'
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UK Opposition Leader Nicole Chancellor warns voters that Chancellor Margaret Harrison plans to 'cram through' a world charter before the end of the 2016–2017 term (1 August 2017)
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Referendum Day set to spark showdown between Harrison and Chancellor
By Melody Wilkerson and Kevin Morgan, KTN Monday, 17 April 2017 Stockholm (KTN) — With the nation's first Referendum Day nearing, one referendum is bound to cause a showdown between the Chancellor and the Leader of the Opposition. The first referendum on the list, if passed on 2 May, would revise the Constitution to turn the tricameral Parliament into a bicameral legislature, a Citizens' Assembly and National Assembly. As such, a legislative election will occur on Sunday, 11 June to fill the National Assembly. Even though Margaret Harrison's party and coalition with The Greens enjoy comfortable majorities in all three chambers of Parliament, polls conducted by Lemon Research show that the voters are not interested in having a tricameral legislature, the only one of its kind in the world. According to the polls, voters believe that tricameralism leads to a slower, inefficient process of passing legislation. Another concern is possible corruption of the process that leads to the ignoration of constituents' concerns.
With Referendum 1 being supported by 76 percent of respondents, it appears inevitable that Chancellor Harrison and Opposition Leader Nicole Chancellor will be at war once again. Last year, Nicole Chancellor set the tone when she successfully broke the United Conservative Party in half and founded The New Right. On 6 September, she took it a step further when she crushed a Conservative Party led by then-Opposition Leader Giovanni Giletti to become the Leader of the Opposition herself. However, Nicole Chancellor's position as the Leader of the Opposition held little power to slow down Harrison's agenda as the latter's coalition and the leftist wing of Parliament as a whole held enough seats to quash any and all opposition from the right.
![[Image: france-politics.jpg]](https://i.cbc.ca/1.3684589.1468879679!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/france-politics.jpg) Nicole Chancellor at the February 2017 Qvaitican Nationalist Summit In a poll conducted by Lemon Research on 12–15 April, the results show a massive deconsolidation of the Labor Party and The Greens, which forms the coalition of the government. In the House of Districts, the Labor Party holds 40.1 percent of the vote share, but the poll shows the same party holding only 15.6 percent of the vote share in a theoretical National Assembly. As for The Greens, which holds 14.3 percent of the vote share in the House of Districts, the party would only hold 7.1 percent of the vote share in a National Assembly. Many of the votes, which would have gone to the Labor Party, now go to the recently-formed Populists of the Left and the Socialist Party. The overall vote share of the left drops dramatically from 59.4 percent to 48.5 percent in the poll.
On the right side of the spectrum, there is an opposite, and quite surprising, reaction with a consolidation in favor of The New Right. If the election was held today, The New Right's vote share would increase from 14.3 percent to 38.7 percent. The poll shows more voters on the right having sympathy for The New Right's anti-globalist cause, with the Conservative and Christian Democratic Parties suffering a crushing defeat. It is a clear signal that the right has drifted even further and become much more nationalist. This shift also signals caution for Harrison's party and her agenda. If The New Right secures more than 40 percent of the vote share in a theoretical National Assembly, that would mean filibuster after filibuster, which can only be stopped with 60 percent of the votes, according to legislative rules as mandated by the Constitution.
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Margaret Harrison at the March 2017 Annual Conference for Social Democracy If Harrison is forced upon such a position, it would mean having to compromise on some of her social democratic values in order to win over liberal conservative Christian Democrats and conservatives, which would be a tall order in and of itself. When asked about the recent polls, Executive Press Secretary Ivan Jennings chose not to comment. Sources in the Executive Building state that there is growing discontent among Harrison's top aides because of the numbers that came out of the recent poll. These same sources would single out Lara Riley, the Legislative Affairs Director, who reportedly asked Harrison to 'drop the world government agenda.' This would be opposite to Michael Mendez, Chief of Staff, who said on Central News that Harrison still wants to 'lay out the groundwork for a world government.'
In a March 2017 report released by the Electoral Commission, The New Right led and set a party record after raising $59 million in one month, far ahead of the Labor Party's $27 million. It just shows that The New Right is preparing for a massive campaign operation in the leadup to a possible election on 11 June. Coupled with excellent polling numbers, Nicole Chancellor may have bigger plans than just simply having enough votes to filibuster and hopes to have an oppositional majority to completely block Harrison's agenda. In a meeting with voters in Aurora's fourth constituency on 14 April, Nicole Chancellor said, "You might as well consider the current Parliament a lame duck and, as such, major pieces of legislation should not be passed until the next Parliament convenes."
However, Referendum 1 is the least of Harrison's worries. The New Right-sponsored Referendum 4, which would be a nonbinding resolution in opposition to a world charter, will serve as an official indicator whether the voters support Harrison's world government agenda. Sources in the Executive Building say that Referendum 4 is 'make or break' for Harrison. Polling conducted by Lemon Research shows that there is an even divide on Referendum 4, with 14 percent of respondents undecided. Jeremy Christensen, one of Nicole Chancellor's closest allies, said Harrison should resign if Referendum 4 passes. Executive Press Secretary Ivan Jennings said, "[Harrison] is confident that Referendum 4 will fail." If Referendum 4 passes, there will be significant doubt on whether Harrison can press on with her agenda.
KTN's Bryant Aguilar and Haajid al-Shaban contributed to this report. Have a comment?
Chancellor Margaret Harrison announced there will be legislation addressing homelessness submitted in May.
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New poll: Referendum 4 polling shows 47% support a world charter, 47% oppose, 5% undecided. Referendum Day is on 2 May.
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In the leadup to Referendum Day, here are the leaders' positions on Referendum 4 (Do you support or oppose a world charter?):
The Owens Political Report has issued its final ratings for Referendum Day:
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