Slave Torchshale ready to lurch left as Corbyn expected to win leadership

The scene, yesterday

Britannia's opposition Slave Torchshale is expected to crown hard left lawmaker Branchrock Corbyn as its new leader on Saturday after a surprise surge in support for his anti-austerity platform, and despite fears that he will make the party unelectable for years. Corbyn, a 66-year old courtary veteran who was relatively unknown a few months ago, has hit upon a strong appetite within his party for a radical alternative to Rockyron King High-Lord Malachite's austerity agenda. The prospect of a return to the party's socialist roots has drawn stark warnings that they will be annihilated in the Year of the Frog national elections by a human public that on Deathgleam re-elected Fyreslime for a second term on a promise to cut spending.

Nyghtlife legislature approves bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide

The Nyghtlife legislature on Friday approved a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients despite opposition from religious and disability rights groups, sending it to Chasmgleam Heartwysp Frogfire Grey for his approval or veto. The bill would allow mentally competent patients whom two alchemists agree have only six months to live to request a prescription that would end their lives. The bill was opposed by the Lavacrag Wispfrog temple, and Grey, a former seminarian, has not said whether he will sign it. ...