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  1. Rome is nuked and the College of Cardinals is wiped out: what happens?

    Indeed there would be dozens of cardinals who would not be in Rome by virtue of age.If the 80 age cap was removed and the Cardinals were fit to travel then you have a conclave and a short term stopgap pope. The in pectore Cardinals may not know they are in pectore... Has Benedict appointed any...

  2. Who Could Have Swung?

    Just about everyone given a whole life tariff.Gregg's list above provides a lot of good reasons why I'm glad that the death penalty was abolished

  3. AHC: Make Ireland a heavily militarized country

    I must admit that the thought of The Dev bloodline made me want to inject bleach into my brain and my my mum and dad haven't lived in Ireland since 1948 and 1941 respectively! One would hoe that the Anarcho Syndicalist Lan-Ger ideology of Cork would lead to a thriving People's Republic...

  4. AHC: Make Ireland a heavily militarized country

    I have a mental picture of a new ideology peculiar to Ireland: Ju O Shea And the eternal leader Ea Mon Dev who passed on power to his son Viv Yon Dev and Finally 0n to his great nephew Ea Mon Cuiv

  5. AHC: Alternate Dreyfus Affair

    I really wish I could help on this one. . I hope someone takes on the challenge. It will be a very interesting timeline

  6. PAN EUROPEAN SS

    That is technically true but the BFC never made it to platoon strength (30) at any time inits eistence. Adrian Weale the author of "Renegades: Hitler's Englishen" counts 59 (I need to find my copy to confirm this number) British and Commonwealth citizen who were members of the BFC. The problem...

  7. Irish Sea fixed crossing

    The idea of a tunnel to Ireland is a wonderful idea but there's absolutely no chance of of building a business case for it. I shudder to think how much any one of the tunnels would cost and how on earth would the builders recoup on their investment? There's not nearly enough freight passage to...

  8. German Nuclear invasion of Britain

    Nah you tunnel under the USSR and come out just outside Delhi

  9. WI Eamon de Valera executed in 1916?

    Indeed. I wonder if it would playout somethnig like Collins replaces Cosgrave in the 20s and becomes Taoiseach staying in power until well into the 30s during which time he avoids the Trade War. He is replaced by a Sean Lemass not FF in the late 30s. Collins goes on to be the second president...

  10. WI Eamon de Valera executed in 1916?

    A cynic might say that Collins did not live long enough to disappoint. A Collins who survived the Civil War and played a major art in the early development of the Irish Free State is interesting. I couldn't even gues at how the country would progress. Would he be an internationalist? I simply...

  11. WI Eamon de Valera executed in 1916?

    Very different perhaps. I am not sure about social liberalisation. Even without the special place for the church in the constitution it wielded enormous power and influence..Perhaps a Lemass government would reach out to Northern Ireland earlier. Not sure if this could help avert the Troubles...

  12. WI Eamon de Valera executed in 1916?

    Lemass as Taoiseach earlier? Now that would have some major benefits for a de Valera-less Ireland. I'm not thinking of a much earlier celtic tiger but perhaps soe of the economic storms that Ireland faced over the years would e weathered better... unless the similar mistakes where made earlier.

  13. AHC: American Sports in a Confederate Secession World

    I like the idea. I wonder also if Hockey (field not ice) would also be a minor middle class sport too in this scenario

  14. Latest possible uncharted island

    I can't see the Spaniards missing them for that long.

  15. Latest possible uncharted island

    Maybe not Tracey Island:D

  16. WI Eamon de Valera executed in 1916?

    A stronger Labour party should hhve a considerable effect on social legislation if they can take power I would guess that this party wold be less willing to kow tow to the church which can't be a bad thing

  17. Latest possible uncharted island

    Non fictional islands and you have Pitcairn which wasn't discovered until the Bounty mutineers and not visited again for a long time after

  18. WI Eamon de Valera executed in 1916?

    A stronger Labour party would have been an interesting development but then I am biased being rather of a leftist persuasion. Had not Britian decided to hand back the treaty oints wouldn't the relationship have been a moot point. The bases would ahve been there and the Luftwaffes probably would...

  19. Latest possible uncharted island

    A fictional island?

  20. Question: it would be possible to kick De Valera out in the '40s?

    There wee two elections IIRC - 43 and 44. Just short of a majority in 43 and a majority in 44.I am not sure what Dev would have to have done to be ousted in either.Discovery of his pact with Satan perhaps
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