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True. There's even stuff like cats eating deformed kittens and the like so...could even say its a fundamental part of nature.

I really can't see it being possible to totally get rid of it after the theory of evolution becomes established. Its quite inevitable that once people know we are developed from lesser creatures that they would wonder about whether we can develop further.

No. Britain, the US and probably France wouldn't let them. And that's totally ignoring that Spain wouldn't be a complete push over. Generally a victorious Confederacy will be doing wankishly well to hold onto all of its territory let alone expanding. Interesting thought that just came to me...

Given the size of Manchester I think it would be pretty inevitable you'd still get another major club there.

Huh? People selling crops that they own is a very different thing to 'the English' taking Ireland's food. Its really not that big a deal. Some parts of Ireland weren't so badly effected. Wheat and beef farmers weren't hit at all. In those days the vast majority of transport was done by water...

That Ottoman sultan piece has been removed from wikipedia I note, the only place I've ever seen it. But even taking that as a given a small amount of money given just to one up the queen, refused by the queen herself....not really representative of government general policy. Obviously it...

err...what? 1: The English cared a lot. The charity efforts to help the Irish were immense. The problem was the British government of the time and their badly mistaken belief that their faulty economic policies were the way to relieve the famine- a belief that led to their downfall. 2: Nobody...

I'm not sure what your argument is here. The old America having a single consciousness and coming back for revenge down the line thing? I don't think that is true and nor will contemporary Brits.

Without the west the US isn't going to collapse.

You seem to be implying that Britain wanted America to collapse. They didn't. Because he was bigger than that. Fighting pointless wars halfway around the world was what he did in his more junior, pre-superstar days. Not well for the US. Britain was just in a different league to the US as a...

WI the Swiss never federate in the 19th century and remain a loose confederation? Sure, its Switzerland, post renaissance they've never exactly rocked the boat so the impact won't be on a par with other nations not unifying. But still. The effect of having a bunch of small, semi-united...

The US is the one in financial trouble. The UK managed to stay afloat with the important European markets largely cut off. It can get by just fine without trading with the US. We're talking a theoretical scenario here. In reality nobody in Britain particularly wanted to crush the US so the...

Three failed half arsed amphibious attacks (not many famous successful examples of those to draw on...) launched to try and sneakily score some quick points at the negotiation table without having to make a serious effort. That has little impact on how an actual war between the US and UK would...

That doesn't particularly counter what I said at all.

This is a reason why Britain could crush the US, not a reason for the Americans winning. Britain was devoting only a bare minimum of resources to the war in the Americas, a lot of the weight was being took on by local militas. And still they matched the US blow for blow. However, the UK was...

Considering they won the war IOTL despite barely trying...yeah. It could be pretty crushing. Its more a matter of desire than ability. Even if you take it as given that the UK could conquer the US- why would they want to?

I think you'd have to change a lot about the makeup of the US to make the country a fair bit more evil there.

Were there even many slaves in Texas? Seems they could take it or leave it.,

I'm not sure on this one. They certainly do have a lot of forests, even today. But they also have a lot of mountains. Maybe lack of decent iron to quarry the stone could play a small part. I've heard Japanese people say the same. No idea if there is any truth to it. Certainly the crappy...

As said its stupidly impossible with Napoleon. However....how about with Napoleon III? Assuming a mid 19th century Franco-British war it wouldn't be too ASB to make a scenario with air power.