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A Federal United Kingdom

1868-1874: William E. Gladstone (Liberal)
1868: Isaac Butt (Conservative)
1874-1879: Isaac Butt (Conservative)
1874: William E. Gladstone (Liberal)
1879-1880: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
1880-1888:
Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (Liberal/Liberal Unionist)
1880: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative), Edward Saunderson (Liberal Unionist), William Shaw (Home Government League)
1885: Randolph Churchill (Conservative), Edward Saunderson (Liberal Unionist), William Shaw (Home Government League)

1888-1894: Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Liberal)
1888: Randolph Churchill (Conservative), Edward Saunderson (Liberal Unionist), William Shaw (Home Government League)
1894-1895: Randolph Churchill (Conservative)
1894: Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Liberal), Edward Saunderson (Liberal Unionist), Justin McCarthy (Home Government League)
1895-1895: Charles Stewart Parnell (Conservative)
1895-1898: George Wyndham (Conservative)
1898-1904: Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Liberal/Liberal Unionist)

1898: George Wyndham (Conservative), Edward Saunderson (Liberal Unionist), Justin McCarthy (Irish Home Federation)
1903: George Wyndham (Conservative), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne (Liberal Unionist), Justin McCarthy (Irish Home Federation), Thomas Sloan (Irish Loyal and Patriotic Order)
1904-1905: Joseph Chamberlain (Liberal)
1905-1908: Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Liberal)
1908-????: Arthur Balfour (Conservative)

1908: Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (Liberal), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne (Liberal Unionist), Tim Healy (Irish Home Federation), Thomas Sloan (Irish Loyal and Patriotic Order)

General idea here is that OTL Irish Home Rule leader Isaac Butt remains with the Tories and becomes leader instead of Disraeli. From then on we have a reverse Liberal Unionists and the Irish Home Rulers aligning with the Tories and Thomas Sloan becoming more of an early 20th century Ian Paisley, doing good on his threat to set up an virulently anti-Catholic and rebel Orange Order orientated party.

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