Herbert Morrison wins 1935 labour leadership after Attlee decides to remain deputy leader.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Herbert Morrison wins 1935 labour leadership after Attlee decides to remain deputy leader.
Any thoughts?
Herbert Morrison wins 1935 labour leadership after Attlee decides to remain deputy leader.
Any thoughts?
It's an interesting idea but I think your PoD is wrong, Morrison lost his seat in Labour's 1931 meltdown and didn't regain it until 1935 so he has probably fallen too far down the pecking order to credibly challenge Atlee. Perhaps instead he manages to hang on or gets back in through a by-election?
It's an interesting idea but I think your PoD is wrong, Morrison lost his seat in Labour's 1931 meltdown and didn't regain it until 1935 so he has probably fallen too far down the pecking order to credibly challenge Atlee. Perhaps instead he manages to hang on or gets back in through a by-election?
That makes sense. Just curious, who does he lost to IOTL?
Ok, cool. When can we expect the first timeline post?
Ok, cool. When can we expect the first timeline post?
With a 1931 PoD we might have something to play with. He was Minister for Transport until 1931, so what differences could he have made to infrastructure up until the fall of the National Government in 1935?
What were his attitudes toward India?
Perhaps with his anti-Soviet stance he might persuade Churchill to make a grab for Heligoland in 1945.
There's a Prime Minister Morrison chapter in the book Prime Ministers Who Never Were if you're interested.
Well I'm still interested, the growth of the welfare state and Britain's status post war will be very different (he supported the attack on Suez in 1956 IOTL).