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  1. Gorrister

    WI: South African guns in Ulster hands

    It was an OTL thing, ftr. In one instance, the UR men were caught on the border with rifles in their trunks.
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    WI: South African guns in Ulster hands

    Have to wonder what would happen if a massacre occurred and the ties were fully exposed - would there be more pressure put on sanctions?
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    WI: South African guns in Ulster hands

    During the 80's NI Loyalist group Ulster Resistance attempted to shop weapons bought from South Africa to fight the IT'S? In most cases they were caught. What if they weren't and ended up using them on the Ra or Civilians?
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Beathy Hreathing
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    Inversed Countrys Wikipedia Infoboxes
    Threadmarks: Post 232 - American AMLO

    AM(erican)LO
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    The victims of Hillsborough would never stand for it.
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    "Hipster" PMs and Presidents Thread

    For wrestling fans: Jonnie Stewart once ran for the Illinois State House in 1998, and then the House of Representatives in 1999 and 2005. Fun fact about the first attempt; his campaign consultant then was none other than Kellyanne Bloody Conway.
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    It is a good deal of fun to experiment with late 60's politics over here given how weird everything was getting, and certainly you couldn't do much worse than OTL!
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    The AUs are essentially the OTL Alliance but with more of a tilt towards nationalists (hence represented by Hume's role in the party, which was not too far off from happening). Without the SDLP or DUP (the PUP do continue on but they really have no luck), the Nationalist Party still has some...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Hands Across The Water, Hands Across The Sky 1963-1971: Brian Faulkner (Ulster Unionist Party) [1] 1971-1972: Rafton Pounder (Ulster Unionist Party) [2] 1972-1975: Harry West (Ulster Unionist Party) [3] 1975-1977: Peter Walker (Conservative - Direct Rule) [4] 1977-1978: Edward du Cann...
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    WI: Back to the Future Part 1 remade in 2015

    There's one I saw that went like this: 'So tell me future boy, whose President in 2015?' 'Barack Obama' 'Barack Obama?! Did we lose a war or something?!'
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Ah, fucked that one, but ftr that's a presidential list.
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    WIP for a no Iraq world. Israel 2000-2007: Moshe Katzav (Likud) 2007-2014: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) 2014-: Dalia Itzik (Kadima) Syria 2000-2012: Bashar al-Assad (Syrian Ba'ath Party) 2012-: Farouk al Sharaa (Syrian Ba'ath Party) Russia 1999-2008: Vladimir Putin (United Russia)...
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    WI: Nixon in the 1980s

    Either that or Watchmen, lol.
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Are You Thinking What We're Thinking? 1997-2004: Tony Blair (Labour) 1997 (Majority) def. John Major (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats) 1997 Scottish Devolution Referendum: 74% YES Victory 1997 Welsh Devolution Referendum: 50% YES Victory 1998 GFA Referendum: 71% YES Victory 1998...
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    Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes IV (Do not post Current Politics Here)

    what's this a libdem who wanted a referendum [no tim your crucifix]
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    Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes IV (Do not post Current Politics Here)

    Something from this universe. Contrary to the popular consensus, the defeat of the Conservative Party in the 2005 general election was by no means a foregone conclusion. Indeed, the party gained a healthy lead upon the resignation of the middling centrist Anthony Steen in 2004 and his...
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    List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

    Kippie Uppies o no 2015-2018: David Cameron (Conservative) 2015 (Minority with DUP supply and confidence) def. Ed Miliband (Labour), Nicola Sturgeon (SNP), Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats), Nigel Farage (UKIP) 2017 EU Referendum: 52% YES Victory 2018-2019: Stephen Crabb (Conservative)...
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