Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of Marleybone was a serious contender for the Conservative Party leadership in 1963. However, he made some serious errors during the Party Conference (such as feeding his newborn baby in public and distributing "Q" badges) and was subsequently dismissed as "vulgar". Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the UK at the time, was less than enamoured with his behaviour and so urged senior party members to choose Alec Douglas-Home as his successor.
Macmillan succeeded in getting Douglas-Home chosen as his successor in OTL. But, what if Quintin Hogg had not made so many blunders at the party conference? What if Macmillan had decided to back Hogg as his successor?
Hogg would thus have become both Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister.
Would he have been successful as Prime Minister? Would his premiership have lasted longer than Douglas-Home's? Just what would have changed for Britain and the world if he had become Prime Minister?
Macmillan succeeded in getting Douglas-Home chosen as his successor in OTL. But, what if Quintin Hogg had not made so many blunders at the party conference? What if Macmillan had decided to back Hogg as his successor?
Hogg would thus have become both Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister.
Would he have been successful as Prime Minister? Would his premiership have lasted longer than Douglas-Home's? Just what would have changed for Britain and the world if he had become Prime Minister?