Derrick Allen

    

The Honorable Derrick Allen MP
Member of the K.S. House of Commons for Pauma Valley (Laguna's 3rd district)
In office October 16, 2013 – November 28, 2022
Preceded by	Alfred Hewitt
Succeeded by	Charlie Poudre
Majority	6.3% (2021)
Member of the Laguna General Assembly for the 23rd district
In office February 8, 2004 – October 16, 2013
Preceded by	Wesley Wright
Succeeded by	Robin Wright
Personal details
Born	(1974-04-12) April 12, 1974 Côté de Océan, Laguna, Kingdom of Sierra
Political party	Royalist
Spouse(s)	Margerine Allen (m. 2001)
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Sierra, San Diego
Religion	New Anglicanism

Derrick Allen (born April 12, 1974) is a Sierran politician who served as a Member of Parliament representing Puama Valley (Laguna's 3rd parliamentary district) from 2013 to 2022. He previously served as a member of the Laguna General Assembly for the 23rd district from 2004 until 2013. A member of the Royalist Party, Allen has been a notable member of the party's right-wing populist and nationalist faction. As of 2020, Allen is the one of the only five Royalists in Laguna's delegation to the Sierran Parliament.

Born in 1974. Allen was born into a religious family whose parents have been ardent and devout members of the Church of New England and spent much of his youth in the church serving as an alter boy in his local church. After graduating high school, he went to the University of Sierra, San Diego and would graduate with a degree in both law and political science. He was known for being a political ambitious member of his family and entered into politics in 2004 running for the position of Assembly Member for the 23rd district. He was elected in the 2004 Laguna General Assembly election and served until 2013 when he resigned to run for parliament in the 2013 Sierran federal election having been inspired by Daniel McComb to run for parliament and aid his goal in ensuring a Royalist government.

After being elected to the House of Commons, Allen voted for various conservative legislation such as a proposed amendment to declare a fetus a living person that could be subjected to constitutional protection and opposed almost all legislation proposed by Steven Hong and his government. He was re-elected in the 2016 Sierran federal election and supported McComb's legislative agenda. A staunch ally of McComb, Allen defended him and denied the accusations made against him during the McCombgate controversy. During the 2017 Royalist Party leadership election, he contemplated running, but decided not to and instead endorsed Nemesis Heartwell and became a staunch ally of her during her premiership.

In 2020, he ran in the 2020 Royalist Party deputy leadership election against Alexander McCarthy and Isabelle Huynh where he ran as a right-wing nationalist candidate accusing McCarthy of being "too weak for conservatism" and accused both Huynh and the Red Tory Assocation of being "sleeper agents" for the Democratic-Republican Party of Sierra and Social Democrats. He came in third place and controversially refused to concede, but Huynh still became deputy leader regardless. A right-wing nationalist, Allen espouses nationalistic rhetoric such as opposing most trade deals and Sierra's membership in international organizations such as the Conference of American States supporting a second referendum. Allen opposes abortion and is opposed to LGBT rights calling it an "assault on religious freedom and traditional values". Allen initially opposed the ascension of Bajaría as a constituent country, seeing it as politically motivated. However, he would reverse his position a day before the territory's ascension. On foreign policy, Allen opposes normalizing relations with the United Commonwealth and China and opposes ending operations and support in Syria. Throughout his career, Allen has become one of the most controversial politicians in Sierra and has been accused of promoting xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and racism.

In the 2022 Sierran federal election, Allen was defeated by Christian Democrat candidate Charlie Poudre.

Member of Parliament

Elections

Derrick Allen ran in the 2013 Sierran federal election against Alfred Hewitt, a moderate Royalist MP who had been representing the district since 1992. Allen ran on a national conservative and right-wing populist platform inspired by McComb and called for "true Royalist" representation in parliament. He would defeat Hewitt in the ensuing primary by a margin of 3.2% and would be elected to parliament during the election winning by a margin of 8.7%. During the 2016 election, he was re-elected by a bigger margin of 10.3% as part of a Royalist victory in parliament and would also be re-elected in 2020, but by a much smaller margin of 6.3% with much of the vote taken by the Christian Democratic candidate.

During the 2022 election, Allen was defeated by Christian Democrat and former assembly member Charlie Poudre by a margin of 2.7%.

Tenure

Allen was sworn into the House of Commons on October 16, 2013 as part of the newly created 64th Parliament of Sierra. A newly elected MP, Allen wouldn't rise until around 2014 where he gained mainstream media attention for his vocal criticism of Steven Hong and his handling of the Styxie conflict accusing Hong of "conceding" towards dissident republicanism and called for a greater federal intervention in the region including the usage of federal troops and provincial guardsmen and not just local law enforcement. He admitted his views and support of the monarchy even pledging his allegiance towards the Crown and his opposition towards republicanism. On April 18 of 2014, the Styxie Security Task Force would be created by Hong and Allen called the move "necessary" and also said that "there's some sign of competence and observance in this government". Allen became a vocal supporter of Daniel McComb and was chosen to serve in his shadow cabinet.

Committee assignments

• Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
  • Subcommittee on Religious Liberty and Minority Rights
• Committee on Environmental Affairs and Climate
  • Subcommittee on Nuclear Policy (Ranking Member)

Caucus memberships

• Royalist Freedom Caucus

Political positions

Derrick Allen identifies as a national conservative and a populist representing the New Right faction of the Royalist Party. He's espoused national conservatism, right-wing populism and Sierran nationalism throughout his political career, esepcailly since being elected to Parliament, calling them the future of the Royalist Party and calls nationalism a "healthy and much needed aspect of modern society". Allen is socially conservative opposing abortion, LGBT rights and drug liberalization and is concerned over religious liberty. On foreign policy, he's opposed to the CAS and calls for Sierra to leave, opposes relations with the United Commonwealth and China, and supports continued Sierran military involvements in the Middle East.

Social issues

Derrick Allen is a staunch social conservative and has taken a right-ward stance on every social issue throughout his political career. He's opposed to abortion and identifies as pro-lift and seeks to heavily regulate it including supporting the controversial proposed heartbeat bills. In the House of Commons, he's voiced opposition towards the Menstrual Paid Leave Act of 2020 calling it "insane" and part of a "far-left subversive agenda". Allen supports tougher immigration measures and has called for the construction of a border wall on the Mexico–Sierra border.

On the issue of religion and government, Allen has long since been an advocate for increased religious involvement in political affairs calling it "essential for the survival of Sierran believers". He's voiced support for the Church of New England to be more involved in political affairs, a stance that is at odds with that of Bryan Rhee, the current Archbishop of Cheshire.

Foreign policy

Allen has consistently adhered to a neoconservative perspective in regards to foreign policy supporting military intervention and largely backing Sierran military involvement in regions like the Middle East, Africa, and in Asia. Allen has supprorted Sierran military involvement in the Syrian Civil War since its beginning in 2004 and has voted against measures to curtail involvement ever since he's been elected to the House of Commons. He's opposed any kind of withdrawal until the Syrian opposition has been defeated and has called those calling for a withdrawal defeatists and cowards. In regards to Asia, he's supportive of Manchuria joining the Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization to counter China and has called on tough sanctions against China for its expansionist foreign policy along with calls for boycotts on Chinese goods and services.

Allen is an opponent of the Conference of American States calling it an "aggressive, neo-Marxist, authortiarian organization" and has accused it of threatening Sierra's national sovereignty. A staunch supporter of Sierrexit, Allen voted Yes on leave during the CAS membership referendum in July 2019 and called the results unfair and rigged after it ended in a victory for the Remain campaign. Since 2019, Allen has supported a second referendum and would join Proposition 89 in 2020.

Personal life

Allen has been a member of the Church of New England since his youth and would join its evangelical wing when he was 19 years old after being born again during his college years. After marrying and having children, he would raise them in an evangelical New Anglican household and has called his faith vital to his personal life and routine.

Controversies

Views on homosexuality

A devout member of the Church of New England and a social conservative, Allen has made comments about homosexuality that have been accused of being homophobic. During the 2008 election, Allen railed against Hong's proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Sierra stating the biblical view of marriage and calling Hong's proposal an "abominable assault on religious liberty" and after the election accused Hong of "promoting unnatural and unsanitary behavior". Allen was condmened by Hong's government and much of parliament, but most of the House Royalist Conference defended him stating that he was expressing his religious views. Following the passing of the National Acceptance Act of 2016 in Superior, he called the move a "dark day for religious freedom in Superior" and accused Jennifer Granholm of "legalizing sinful and unstable behavior". Allen faced backlash for his comments and defended himself in an interview with EBN by saying "I get that I have a controversial opinion, but I am expressing my religious beliefs and I won't stop because a left-wing mob is intolerrant towards Christianity".

In 2019, Allen was on Belief It or Not where he debated LGBT rights activist Aiden Hill on the issue of religion, secularism, society and progress. During the debate, Hill defended his relationship against Allen's comments on how he personally views it as a sin and when asked by Hill what he wanted Allen stated that he prefered Hill be celibate for life, but understood how impossible such a decision is. He also accused the LGBT rights movement of promoting cancel culture and accused it of supressing Christian views and also said "cancel culture is the reason why my beliefs are controversial. I am expressing my religious views and opinions and I must be silent over it". Later that year, Allen was on Faithful Hour where he said that while he repsected LGBT Sierrans, he called homosexuality a sin referencing the Bible and opposed efforts by factions of the Church of New England and New Anglican Communion of seeking to promote tolerance of homosexuality calling the move a "surrender of our faith and doctrine".

See also

• Royalist Patriotic Caucus
• Far-right politics in the Kingdom of Sierra