Conservatives Today: VICTORY!
Bobson Becomes Prime Minister in 2030 Election
BOBBY GE, Reporter LONDON, May 15th, 2030
“BOBSON! BOBSON! BOBSON!” supporters chanted joyously outside Westminster Abbey, May 15th after the election results had been released. The 2030 election season marks the first time in fifteen years that the Conservatives have had a majority in the Parliament, winning with 342 seats in the Parliament and with Alex Bobson ascending to the seat of the Prime Minister.
“I’d like to thank all Conservative friends and supporters!” Bobson exclaimed. “Without your continued help and encouragement, this victory here would not have been possible. So we rejoice!”
The Conservative Party’s push for traditional values and a lean toward market economy were ultimately enough to secure them the majority.
“In hindsight, the victory wasn’t entirely unexpected,” political analyst Patrick Busbee remarked. “The Labour Party’s last few years haven’t exactly been stellar, especially since they push for higher taxes and a greater welfare state. The economy’s current conditions simply make a market economy seem more appealing.”
Networking sites exploded to life once results were announced; thousands of likes and dislikes peppered the various accounts Conservatives and Labour Party members alike held.
“LOWER TAX RATES! LESS UNUSED GOVERNMENT FUNDS!” cried a particularly ecstatic follower outside the Parliament.
Bobson’s ascent to the highest governmental position in the state began shortly after his graduation from Balliol College, Oxford University in 2002. He immediately joined the Conservative Party, working in the Conservative Research Department. There, he also began submitting weekly editorials to Conservatives Today. The editor-in-chief then, Dilbert Rowney, Sr., also an Oxford graduate, eventually hired Bobson in 2003 to be a syndicated columnist.
“I was very humbled,” Bobson smiled. “To become a syndicated columnist at 22 was something very special to me.”
Afterward, he was sent to interview the Shadow Chief Secretary of the Treasury at the time, William Waldegrave.
“Bobson impressed me a lot,” Waldegrave remembered. “His drive and intelligence made me like him almost instantly, and I had no problem appointing him to be my Special Advisor shortly afterward.”
From there, Bobson worked as Special Advisor to the Shadow Chief Secretary of the Treasury for four years until he left the position in 2009 to become the director of BBC North West.
“Much as I loved my job as Special Adviser, I thought at the time that I needed more than three hours of sleep everyday.”
In 2013, Bobson returned to politics to fight for a seat in the Parliament for the 2015 elections, making many public appearances and looking to political allies he’d made earlier for assistance. He beat out candidate Jay U. Enkim by a majority of 56% to 44% in Wealden, and became a member of Parliament in 2015. From there, Bobson’s personal charisma and forthrightness in his speech helped him gain much influence within the party, ultimately allowing him to become the Prime Minister by 2030, at the age of 49.
“I look forward to my term in office! ” Bobson proclaimed. "I'm very ready for what's to come, whether that be interacting with opposition heads or telling my Chancellor who to appoint to the Supreme Court… erm… I mean, work with the Supreme Court justices on devolution issues, or spearhead legislation. God save the King!"