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betrayed by the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish, it was they who had been responsible for England’s diminished role in the world.

  The government in London resembled more and more that of South Africa with all ethnic and tribal minorities represented. It was truly a multi-racial government representing the population of New England.

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  His work had reached its end, it now remained to put the story together, fill in the details. After oil, climate change, economic crises and disease the world was struggling to redefine itself. This would be described by the transformations to the Islamic world and how two ancient European nations, had struggled to come to terms with the changes, each evolving differently separated by a narrow channel of water, both bound to an incongruous Federation, too small to confront a world that had changed.

  On one side the Nation of France was dominated by the Gallos, on the other in New England was governed by a semblance of a power sharing with an alliance of the minority ethnic parties. In effect the ruling class in New England was composed of a rich and powerful elite that include both Anglos and non-Anglos. Amongst the non-Anglos were many wealthy families that had their origins in the Indian sub-continent or Hong Kong. It was a reversal of roles of historic Britain and certain of the countries it had ruled for centuries. The influential classes held a disproportionately high number of non-Anglo professionals: doctors, lawyers, businessmen, entrepreneurs and industrialists, who lobbied the government to acquire privileges and rights. They used their position controlling decisions that affected the daily life of the population. The poor were composed of the traditional lower classes of Anglos and Blacks whom the elite non-Anglos learnt to despise.

  The Gallos had opted for a new form of apartheid after temporarily being forced to cede part of their territory, their long term goal being to push back the infidels and even reconquer Africa.

  POSTSCRIPT

  The arrival of le Martel as leader of France and the expulsion of the Settlers was not without opposition. In spite of overwhelming support for le Martel’s government an underground opposition movement existed, though in a state of deep disorder and fractionation. This was composed of the usual Gallic multiplicity of factions, covering the whole political spectrum, from the centrists to the lunatic left extremists in between. There were Liberals, Democrats, peoples revolutionary movements, a collection of conservationist anti-nuclear groups, anarchists, Islamic groups, Jewish groups, human rights movements of every shade, Black rights movements, all were more or less violently opposed to le Martel’s regime, but above all to each and everyone of their fellow opposition groups.

  The Democrats had formed the Republican Resistance Front, and were joined by a floating alliance with the revolutionary and anti-nuclear movements who drifted with the current, sometimes closer and sometimes further from the RRF.

  The Islamist groups rejected the revolutionaries, the conservationists rejected the liberals, the Blacks rejected the White dominated movements, and the Jews rejected the Islamists.

  All opposition movements were by definition underground, their members risking their lives; the regime outlawed all non-approved opposition movements that were pursued as subversive or terrorist organisations.

  Their day would no doubt come, but le Martel and his followers had many good years before them.

  GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS

  Gallos - French

  Gallo-Europeans - Used for Europeans

  Non-Gallo - Non-French

  Non-Gallo European - Non-European

  Immigrants - Term used by the Nation to describe those one fourth or more non-Gallo European descent

  Settlers - All immigrants of non-European origin

  Maghribis - North Africans

  North Africans - From the Caliphate

  Arabs - Arabs in general

  Medina Hurriya - Capital of Jaziirat al Gharb

  Jaziirat al Gharb - Name of Autonomous Region

  Algharb - Generally used name of Jaziirat al Gharb

  The Autonomous Region - Jaziirat al Gharb

  Occupied Provence Jaziirat al Gharb

  Lost Provence - Jaziirat al Gharb

  WAC - Western Arabian Caliphate

  Misr-Maghrib - Western Caliphate of North Africa

  Misr - Egypt

  Maghrib - Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco

  Neos - Non-Gallos

  Nation of France - Official name of France

  European Federation - Federation of European states

  RASE - Regiment Armé de la Securité d’Etat

  Guards – RASE

  Le Martel Charles d'Albignac - Premier Magistrat de la Nation de France

  SIS - Special Intelligence Services

  MEF - Multi-Ethnic Front

  Party of the Caliphate - For union with the Caliphate

  TS - Tunnel TV screen in 3D

  Global Focus - International reports

  Uplink - Satellite link

  Cités - Urban Immigrant neighbourhoods

  Zone - Special Residential Zones

  Zonards - Inhabitants of Zone

  Clodos – Homeless

  SSF - Special Security Forces

  RAS Corps - Republic of Algharb Security Corps

  NASE Guards - National Armed Security

  Pre-Restoration Period - Fifth Republic

  SRZ - Special Residential Zone

  SSW - Short Sojourn Worker

  MSI - The Ministry of Security of the Interior MSI Police as opposed to National Police

  National Party - Le Martel's party

  RRF - Republican Resistance Front

  UFMF - United French Muslim Front

  The Greater Levant - Turkish-Israeli Protectorate

  Free State, Autonomous State - Jaziirat al Gharb

  Jaziirat al Gharb - Southern Island

  Mansour Mohommedia AMM - Victorious Mohommedan Army

  Al-Qaeda - The Base

  Al-Muhadjiroun - The Immigrants

  Al-Quds - The Holy, Jerusalem, The Seat of The Caliphate

  Neos - French of immigrant descent

 
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