Sutler is described as "a young and upcoming politician" and "a member of the Conservative Party". At one point he served in the government as Under-Secretary for Defence during the "Saint Mary's crisis." Sutler and his cronies use a bioweapon to create a viral epidemic that kills 80,000 people, and blame the attack on terrorists. Sutler later left the Conservatives and creates Norsefire, which wins the election by promising to restore law and order to the country. Once in power, Sutler is appointed as High Chancellor and turns the United Kingdom into a fascist dictatorship; he outlaws political dissent, and has his political enemies and anyone who does not fit his Aryan ideal arrested and put in extermination camps.