Parliamentary Betrayal - Gladden ousts McPhail as PM of Australis, Conservative majority achieved
Australissian politics have been rocked in recent days as a result of a historic betrayal in the House of Commons. On August 15th, the nation was shocked to discover that recently appointed Deputy Prime Minister Tucker Gladden had changed his party allegiance to the Conservative Party of Australis and had proposed a Motion of No Confidence against Rory McPhail, the incumbent Prime Minister of Australis. This motion to oust McPhail succeeded, meaning that Tucker Gladden has become the nation's new Prime Minister. Shortly afterwards, McPhail resigned from the House of Commons and relinquished his Australissian citizenship, in a move dubbed as "cowardly" and "selfish" by both the Grand Duke and Mr. Gladden. In several backroom dealings, it is now known that Isaiah Burdette converted several members of the Australissian Loyalist Party to the cause of the Conservative Party, in order to secure a majority in the House of Commons, after which he gave the reins of the p...