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Tsarist Russia succeeds in its Pan-Slavic policy to re-take Constantinople. The massacre and displacement of the Muslim Turkish population ensues on an unprecedented scale, with many fleeing to Egypt, Persia, or even further to the British Empire and the United States. Then follow our history...

Haha, quite. They're both real people. In OTL Dougherty went unopposed. Two years later, Henry won Londonderry South against an independent Unionist challenger. However since in TTL there are precious few remaining opportunities to get into Parliament before the September deadline, I thought...

"One day this summer I was riding through Letchworth when the bus stopped and two dreadful-looking old men got on to it. They were both about sixty, both very short, pink, and chubby, and both hatless. One of them was obscenely bald, the other had long grey hair bobbed in the Lloyd George...

"Ireland is a country of anomalies, and one more or less does not particularly matter." Redmond had hit the campaign trail hard. Already back in Ireland when the King had signed the Bill into law, even the autumn rains and winter cold couldn’t stop the reinvigorated fifty-eight year old. An...

They were offered it, more or less. Appointments to the Irish Second Chamber it was understood were going to be slanted towards minority communities. Beyond that, even in 1918 the Unionists got ~25% of the vote. Under any proportional system, a Unionist Party which kept itself together would...

We need an ASB thread about a zombie Keir Hardie...

Things stronger than Parliamentary majorities "For the first time for more than two hundred and fifty years, one of the great political parties in this country has solemnly declared that it will assist Ulster in resisting by force what the Government mean to do. [HON. MEMBERS: "Shame."] The...

Well Brummies are bitter about only being England's third city... ;) I do rather enjoy this timeline. Teather's relatively easy. It was a new seat so you can have her lose without bucking the overall trend. I think my point is the two seats in combination. I can understand the loss of one or...

In Roth's defence, isn't it meant to be autobiographical? It's his memories as an old man of what he experienced as a child, rather than omnipotent narrator.

"The Liberal Government, after all, is not the British nation, and the British nation will certainly see you righted. Your interests lie with Great Britain. You have helped her, and you have helped her Empire, and her Empire belongs just as much to you as it does to England. Stick to it, and...

Islington... and Salford!? I mean, I know you took Bedfordshire away from the Tories but Islington and Salford? As a proud Mancunian I demand a recount! Might as well pack up the Party lads.

Not all that crazy actually. Much of the british merchant fleet is wood right up to the twentieth century. As long as you can rely on powered tugs to take you into port, sail ships can give coal fired vessels a run for their money when it comes to transport. None of that heavy fuel necessary...

I think this would work rather well with a little touching up.

Very cool. Subscribed! (Yes I know that sounds geeky but we are on an alternate history forum so the standard shifts... ;))

Hmmm, seems unlikely, perhaps funding from the USA for the Fenian element. I suppose the real question is, do we think the British Tory Party, in it's widest sense, would be willing to fund the continued insurrection of the Ulster Unionists? If so, what would be the Nationalist/Liberal response...