Good update there @President_Lincoln
USSR seemed to throw away a good thing there- get out of power Andropov!
Hopefully we will see the Soviet Union and China both forge a different path from OTL.
Maggie seems to be charting a very OTL path even if elected earlier. Though earlier privatisation may stop the worst of the 70's rot and allow for investment and new technology that helps maintain UK manufacturing economy as the rivals of the 80's are not in place yet. Though "...followed by years of corruption, mismanagement, inefficiency, and private monopolization in the water, gas, steel, and electricity industries to be endured by British consumers" does not sound exactly positive. Hopefully Healey and his Labour Party will reverse the worst of these once they can get back into power.
I expect BR will find their budgets frozen or slashed under Thatcher, unless they can make a solid case for more electrification infrastructure, an expert like @SadSprinter or @Devvy may be able to advise more on how BR does in this period under an early Thatcher govt.
Good for Mexico.
USSR seemed to throw away a good thing there- get out of power Andropov!
Hopefully we will see the Soviet Union and China both forge a different path from OTL.
Maggie seems to be charting a very OTL path even if elected earlier. Though earlier privatisation may stop the worst of the 70's rot and allow for investment and new technology that helps maintain UK manufacturing economy as the rivals of the 80's are not in place yet. Though "...followed by years of corruption, mismanagement, inefficiency, and private monopolization in the water, gas, steel, and electricity industries to be endured by British consumers" does not sound exactly positive. Hopefully Healey and his Labour Party will reverse the worst of these once they can get back into power.
I expect BR will find their budgets frozen or slashed under Thatcher, unless they can make a solid case for more electrification infrastructure, an expert like @SadSprinter or @Devvy may be able to advise more on how BR does in this period under an early Thatcher govt.
Good for Mexico.