Forumverse
SKINNAD (DENNIS)
DO YOU NOT HAVE TAX TO EVADE
NOTGIDEON66 (Georgie)
I'm actually on the mission to find love.
SKINNAD (DENNIS)
START WITH FINDING MORALS
AND IDEALS
Forumverse is an AU on the meme in which the political parties are reimagined as competing web forums. The focus is largely on MarxismRulz (MRz.co.uk), the Labour forum, which is administrated by Hurpdurp. Their rival forum is ToryGlory.org, led by BigOnlineSociety.
The verse began with the Labour Leadership contest being translated into a student squabble over administration of a forum, and has grown to include a large cast of regular characters, all of whom have very distinctive personalities. Particularly notable and popular is SKINNAD, a loud, elderly troll who can only type in caps lock and appears in almost every discussion.
Characters[edit | edit source]
One source of entertainment is in the choice of usernames. In alphabetical order:
| Character | Username | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 70%FICTION | Nadine Dorries | Refers to her claim that her blog was 70% fiction |
| 1977 | David Miliband | 1977 is the year in which Anthony Crossland died |
| Alexander teh great | Douglas Alexander | |
| The Ballster | Ed Balls | |
| Baronez | Sayeeda Warsi | |
| Bennt | Tony Benn | |
| Betty Keeps Order | Betty Boothroyd | |
| BigBushyBeard | Alistair Darling | He had a beard as a young man |
| BigOnlineSociety | David Cameron | Refers to his "Big Society" policy agenda |
| CableNetwork | Vince Cable | |
| CampbellSoup | Alastair Campbell | |
| Cap Underpnts | Chris Bryant | Refers to the y-fronts incident |
| Cleggolas | Nick Clegg | |
| Comrade by the Big Ben | Sally Bercow | The Speaker's official flat is near the clocktower |
| Everton | Andy Burnham | Andy is a fanatical Everton supporter |
| feminisms | Harriet Harman | |
| fisherman's friend | Charlie Whelan | Charlie likes to fish |
| Great Kinnock | Neil Kinnock | |
| HereForEd | Justine Thornton | |
| hotsailor4u | John Prescott | John was a steward in the Merchant Navy and has a reputation as a womanizer |
| Hurpdurp | Ed Miliband | |
| Jeremy_Wunt | Jeremy Hunt | |
| KhantBelieveIt | Sadiq Khan | |
| Machiavellirox | Jonathan Powell | Due to his constant Machiavelli references in interviews and books |
| May Day | Teresa May | |
| NOTGIDEON99 | George Osborne | George's real first name is "Gideon", but he understandably prefers to go by "George" |
| pickled!!! | Eric Pickles | |
| PointsofAwesome | John Bercow | Points of Order reference |
| Postie | Alan Johnson | Alan was a postman |
| PrinceofDarkness247 | Peter Mandelson | |
| RedPaper | Gordon Brown | |
| Rules Rassange | Julian Assange | |
| Saymynameitsbone | PETER BONE | |
| Scoop | Yvette Cooper | |
| Shitweek | Diane Abbott | |
| SKINNAD | Dennis Skinner | |
| Smithy | John Smith | |
| supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | Jack Straw | Named due to his tendency to put things in the longest terms possible |
| TonyPwns | Tony Blair | |
| will.i.am | William Hague |
