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    G O R G E O U S

    Galloway resigns: Announces “new worker’s party” 20th July 2016 Internal divisions at the heart of the Labour Party took an unprecedented turn last night when the embattled Leader of the Opposition, George Galloway, announced his resignation and departure from the party. The shock move comes...
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    AHC: Nazis overthrown by mass uprising?

    "You may hand us over to the executioner, but in three months' time our disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets!" - Erwin von Witzleben, a member of the 20 July Plot, at his trial in 1944. Your challenge, should you choose to...
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    Footloose

    The early hours, 25th March 1983 “Balls!” Michael Foot let his go-to word for these kind of situations reverberate through the dark rooms of his north London town house. Almost simultaneously, he threw his dog-eared copy of H.G. Wells at the television screen, with all his anger, frustration...
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    WI: Michael Foot resigned over the Darlington By-election?

    In March 1983 there was a by-election in the Labour held seat of Darlington following the death of incumbent MP Edward Fletcher. In the ensuing by-election, Labour's Oswald O'Brian just scraped home, defeating Michael Fallon (now Defence Secretary) and the SDP's Tony Cook, a candidate who lacked...
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    WI: George Wallace not shot in 1972?

    As we all know, in May 1972 while campaigning for the Democratic Nomination for the 1972 Presidential Election, George C. Wallace was shot and paralyzed, knocking him out of the race and pretty much putting an end to all future Presidential ambition, despite a respectable third place finish in...
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    TLIAD: From the Darkest Moment

    "Recovery comes from the darkest moment." John Major Ooh I’m sorry, Lord Roem! Yes, as you can see I have learnt to use Photoshop. Hello again by the way. Hi. So what the bloody hell is this? It’s a British Political TLIAD. How very original. Thank you. Oh but...
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    WI: Lloyd George killed in 1901?

    So I've been reading Andrew Marr's Making of Modern Britain and I just thought of this. In December 1901, Lloyd George went to Birmingham to deliver a speech against the ongoing Boer War. The city, still under the influence of the imperialist Joe Chamberlain, was hugely pro-war and over...
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    How would a failed Sealion effect British Politics?

    This is my first ever Sealion question so I think it's allowed. :P What would the effect be on British politics in the event of a failed Sealion? Despite leading the country to victory in World War Two, Winston Churchill was defeated heavily in the 1945 election by Labour and Clement...
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    TLIAD: Britain Will Win

    It was a strange collection of events that led to Neil Kinnock becoming Prime Minister in May 1986. Following the 1983 landslide it appeared to many that Conservative government was assured for another five, ten, maybe even fifteen years. To many pundits at the time, the prospect of a Labour...
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    PLEASE DELEATE

    Based on this story. What if, three days after Kennedy's inauguration, a plane carrying a four megaton bomb crashed onto American soil, causing the bomb to explode? What would the response to such a disaster be? Could lack of intelligence lead to the US blaming the Soviet Union and responding...
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    WI: Fremont ran in 1864?

    What if John C. Fremont had decided not to abandon his Radical Republican campaign in September 1864? How would this of effected the election with a viable anti-Lincoln Republican running?
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    WI: 2012 election without Romney?

    So according to a new book Mitt Romney and most of his family did not want him to run for president in 2012. What if he had decided not to run as a result? Who would have been the GOP nominee for president and what would have changed in the election as a result? How would this effect the 2016...
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    TLIAD: In the Doorway of History

    From the Infopedia article "Richard M. Nixon":
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    TLIAD: For Want of a Microphone

    FOR WANT OF A MICROPHONE A TLIAD by AlfieJ 28th April 2010 “It’s very nice to see you” Gordon Brown’s iconic - some said disturbing – smile beamed half-heartedly as he tapped the rather short, 65 year old woman - who had taken the liberty to heckle him at the worst possible time – on the...
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    WI: TR ran again in 1916?

    What if Theodore Roosevelt ran once again in 1916 under either the Republican or Progressive (or both?) nomination? Could he win? What would be the ultimate consequences of this?
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    Call Me Dave - The 2007 General Election and Beyond

    Based on the works of Meadow's "Things Can Really Get Worse" and TheRed's "The Road Ahead to Defeat".
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    WI: Lib Dems enter Brown Government?

    What if as initially rumoured in 2007, the Lib Dems had taken up cabinet positions within the Brown Government? How would this have effect Ming Campbell's future as Leader, the economic crisis and the 2009/10 General Election?
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    AHC: Resignation's common place in US Presidencies

    Make resignations common place in American Presidencies, the same way it is in the UK and Europe. Should it be possible, who would the be the most likely presidents to resign and in what way would this effect American politics?
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    WI: The "Unity" Ticket Succeeds?

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/newt-gingrich-rick-santorum_n_2929456.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics Interesting news here. What if the planned Gingrich-Santorum "Unity" ticket had gone ahead and succeeded in toppling Romney as the lead Republican candidate during the primaries...
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    WI: Conservative Minority 2010?

    What if - as had previously been expected and deemed most likely by pundits - the Conservatives formed a minority government following the 2010 election? How long could it last and what the effects be?
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