Rodney Ingrahm

Rodney Adair Ingrahm (b. 11 Aug. 1971 in Shelbourne) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom serving as the MP for Islington since 1992 and currently acts as the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Early Life and Education

Born in Shelbourne, Rimbaldt Province on 11 August 1971, Rodney Ingrahm was educated at Talston College where he served as editor on the student paper before earning a degree in economics. Ingrahm met his wife, Sarah Hall, at Talston before his graduation and subsequent employment by the Conservative Party as a staff assistant to the advisory board on economics and finance issues.

Parliamentary Career

Entrance

Ingrahm came to Parliament in 1992 as the MP for Islington despite the collapse of Conservative Victoria Clarke’s government. He served upon the backbenches until 1997 when he was made a member of the shadow cabinet for Trade and Industry where he advocated for a much greater rate of privatisation than that which the government of Prime Minister Reginald Baker had committed itself.

With the rise of Alistair Tetley and the Democratic Socialist Party, the Conservative Party rallied to its leader Sir David Hughes who would keep Ingrahm at lower shadow ministries such as Environment and Transport until Sir Hughes retired in 2001 to be replaced by Daniel Collins, who elevated Ingrahm to the shadow ministry for Defence.

While Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Ingrahm criticised the government of Lord Salisbury both in the aftermath of the Novikovian War and – most importantly analysts note – before the conflict for a dependence upon outdated and poorly maintained equipment. Much of the criticism levied by Ingrahm proved well-founded and led, in part, to the successful Conservative effort to replace Daniel Blair, then Defence Secretary, in his home constituency.

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

Subsequently, as Shadow Defence Ingrahm supported Conservative Party leader Daniel Collins in calling for a review of the Defence Export Regulatory Act, which prohibits the government from procuring weapons systems from foreign firms and/or governments. However, relations between Ingrahm and Collins cooled during the Accession Crisis of 2006 wherein newly appointed Prime Minister Daniel Collins called for the arrest of Lord Salisbury – dispatching military units to assist in the failed capture of Lord Salisbury.

Upon the resolution of the crisis in the favour of the DSP, much of the Conservative government was gutted for collusion with those committing treason against the Crown. However, Ingrahm’s outspoken criticism of excessive force allowed him to remain in Parliament though now as a frontbencher for a significantly defeated party.

Resurgence

With the entry of Benjamin Yorke, son of former president David Yorke, into Parliament, Ingrahm failed in a bid to become leader of the Conservative Party and was instead briefly moved to the foreign affairs portfolio. He accepted the post given the party’s need for an experienced hand at one of the most important portfolios. However, by mid-2006, Lord Uxbridge expressed an interest in returning to the forefront of politics and did so by taking the position from Ingrahm, who was given instead the position of Shadow Chancellor.