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Cevolian - The Comeback Kid
1990-1992: John Major (Conservative Majority)
1992-1993: Neil Kinnock (Labour)
1992: (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def - John Major (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
1993-1997: Gerald Kaufman (Labour Minority with SDLP Confidence and Supply)
1997-2003: Sir John Major (Conservative)
1997: (Majority) def - Gerald Kaufman (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats), Alan Sked (UKIP)
2001: (Majority) def - Robin Cooke (Labour), Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (UKIP)
2003-2005: Ken Clarke (Conservative Majority)
2005-2014: Alan Johnson (Labour)
2005: (Majority) def - Ken Clarke (Conservative), Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (UKIP)
2009: (Majority) def - Tim Collins (Conservative), Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats), Gerard Batten (UKIP)
2013: (Majority) def - Douglas Carswell (Conservative), Aaron Banks (UKIP), Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats)
2014-2017: Ed Miliband (Labour Majority)
2017-0000: Steve Hilton (Conservative)
2017: (New Deal Coalition with Patriotic Alliance) def - Ed Miliband (Labour), David Laws (Liberal Democrats), Aaron Banks (New Deal - Patriotic Alliance), Nigel Farage (National)
Ok, this is my attempt at a "John Major comeback" TL. The POD is that Sir John loses the 1992 election to Kinnock, but decides to stay on until 1993 and before he can be challenged for the eadership a worse Black Wednesday fells Kinnock and John Smith. Major, who jumped to criticise the Crisis early on races ahead in the opinion polls, especially after the Lib Dems exit their coalition with Labour and leave a weak minority government under Kaufman, which Major beats in 1997, winning a comfortable majority. Benefiting from an economy which seems to perform better after Black Wednesday Major wins again in 2001, and retires comfortably in 2003 in part thanks to "Currie-Gate". Ken Clarke then proceeds to lose the election as Nigel Farage's UKIP surges in Conservative Thatcherite heartlands. We get 12 years of Labour Government which sees sweeping reform, but also rising inequality after the 2009 recession, and though Labour manage to win in 2013 (partly because Aaron Banks' UKIP massively outperforms expectations on an economically "populist" message), Ed Miliband loses in 2017 to Tory Radical Steve Hilton who, in alliance with Banks (who's abandoning of explicitly Free Market principles led UKIP to split) forms a government promoting a radical, populist, agenda...
(P.S. pls don't hurt me @Japhy I provided notes just like you asked <3 )
The Comeback Kid
"When your back is against the wall there is only one thing to do, and that is to turn around and fight."
- John Major
"When your back is against the wall there is only one thing to do, and that is to turn around and fight."
- John Major
1990-1992: John Major (Conservative Majority)
1992-1993: Neil Kinnock (Labour)
1992: (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def - John Major (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
1993-1997: Gerald Kaufman (Labour Minority with SDLP Confidence and Supply)
1997-2003: Sir John Major (Conservative)
1997: (Majority) def - Gerald Kaufman (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats), Alan Sked (UKIP)
2001: (Majority) def - Robin Cooke (Labour), Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (UKIP)
2003-2005: Ken Clarke (Conservative Majority)
2005-2014: Alan Johnson (Labour)
2005: (Majority) def - Ken Clarke (Conservative), Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (UKIP)
2009: (Majority) def - Tim Collins (Conservative), Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats), Gerard Batten (UKIP)
2013: (Majority) def - Douglas Carswell (Conservative), Aaron Banks (UKIP), Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrats)
2014-2017: Ed Miliband (Labour Majority)
2017-0000: Steve Hilton (Conservative)
2017: (New Deal Coalition with Patriotic Alliance) def - Ed Miliband (Labour), David Laws (Liberal Democrats), Aaron Banks (New Deal - Patriotic Alliance), Nigel Farage (National)
Ok, this is my attempt at a "John Major comeback" TL. The POD is that Sir John loses the 1992 election to Kinnock, but decides to stay on until 1993 and before he can be challenged for the eadership a worse Black Wednesday fells Kinnock and John Smith. Major, who jumped to criticise the Crisis early on races ahead in the opinion polls, especially after the Lib Dems exit their coalition with Labour and leave a weak minority government under Kaufman, which Major beats in 1997, winning a comfortable majority. Benefiting from an economy which seems to perform better after Black Wednesday Major wins again in 2001, and retires comfortably in 2003 in part thanks to "Currie-Gate". Ken Clarke then proceeds to lose the election as Nigel Farage's UKIP surges in Conservative Thatcherite heartlands. We get 12 years of Labour Government which sees sweeping reform, but also rising inequality after the 2009 recession, and though Labour manage to win in 2013 (partly because Aaron Banks' UKIP massively outperforms expectations on an economically "populist" message), Ed Miliband loses in 2017 to Tory Radical Steve Hilton who, in alliance with Banks (who's abandoning of explicitly Free Market principles led UKIP to split) forms a government promoting a radical, populist, agenda...
(P.S. pls don't hurt me @Japhy I provided notes just like you asked <3 )
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