Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

"Parliamentary reform?" Arthur raised an eyebrow, "Do you mean the one that grants voting rights to the middle class but sends workers to their deaths?"


"The middle class getting voting rights?" Dickens said in surprise, "No! Isn't the goal of parliamentary reform universal suffrage?"


Arthur just smiled, "Do you think that's possible? Universal suffrage? If it were truly implemented, neither the Tory Party nor the Whig Party would get elected, and the government would surely be led by either Thomas Attwood's Birmingham Political Union or the Capital Political Union of London.


So, you're saying the Whig Party goes through all this trouble to push for parliamentary reform, only to end up getting themselves not elected? Charles, do you think that's possible? As a genuine Briton and someone who has covered Parliament for a while now, you surely know that compromise is a crucial part of British politics.


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