[b][color=0072bc]10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom[/color][/b]

Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain and her Empire, stood solidly by his window, rain pouring down the clouded panes. His mind was as distorted as the street through the cascading water. He simply could not comprehend the bizarre events of the past day.

Vast swathes of British territory across the globe had simply vanished, or so it seemed. Malaysia and Singapore had disappeared, their armed forces with them except for a few outlying Royal Navy vessels. The Dutch East Indies -  not British, but close allies - had disappeared with them. At more southerly latitudes, some strange enemy seemed to have seized the Dominion of South Africa and were pushing north through the British colonies. Pro-fascist, racist white supremacists seemed to be at the heart of the new government. 

In North America, Newfoundland seemed to have suddenly regained Dominion status, taking a vast tract of Canadian land with it. Some sort of Quebecois rebellion seemed to be in progress, its supporters suddenly teleported into Quebec from goodness knows where.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, the Soviet Union's leader, Joseph Stalin, had suddenly been replaced by some random Leftie, apparently installed in the Kremlin as leader. However, the Nazi aggressors seemed to maintain their captured territory and continued their war of attrition in the wastes of Russia, Ukraine, and Byleorussia. 

Random individual vehicles and vessels from other realities also seemed to have appeared across the world. A panzer tank had been sighted in the Midlands, terrifying the locals before it was apprehended. Interrogation was ongoing, but it appeared that, in whatever world they came from, the forces at Dunkirk had been crushed and Britain occupied. It was likely the reports of a [b]'Nazi Zeppelin'[/b] from Scotland were in some way related to the 'Changing', as the media were calling it. But it was strange. Just a few hours ago, reports had come in from the British government in Cyprus that a vessel identifying itself as part of the 'Imperial Byzantine Navy' had been intercepted and interned.

But now the decision lay before him, and before Parliament, when he met with them tomorrow. What to do about it?

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[pre]TO: Unidentified airship/blimp
FROM: Glasgow Local Council

Identify yourselves, your allegiance and your craft. Do not attempt to land before reporting back, or you will be fired upon.[/pre]

[pre]TO: The Government of Dominion of Canada
FROM: The Government of the United Kingdom

The crisis is known to us and we will do what we can to establish the nature of the 'Changing' affecting our world. Our High Commissioner to Canada, Malcolm MacDonald, will meet with you in Ottawa to ascertain the British response to the sudden conflict in Quebec and the secession of Newfoundland from the Empire as a Dominion.[/pre]