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Exactly. Pretty much the opposite: the Owenite SDP weren't particularly lefty, and certainly didn't have much appeal to the voters who would later become RedKIP. This is old-school UKIP, still basically the Conservatives but Eurosceptic and a bit mental. But this time they have had a constant...

You see, what a lot of people miss about Richard Huggett is that he was actually quite clever - for instance, when he stood as a Literal Democrat he came up with a spiel which was basically about Direct Democracy, and he called it Literal Democracy, because it was literally people power. I...

I’m Now A Respectable Chap Mike Potter (SDP Leader from 1996 to 2002) wasn’t very keen to speak to me for this feature, unfortunately, but his successor has never been comfortable out of the limelight. He responded to my email almost immediately with a list of pubs for me to choose from. The...

He was second-to-bottom of the 4 Freedoms Party (UK EPP)'s London list in the 2014 Euro elections. I saw his name and couldn't resist.

3: All Is Right As Right Can Be The Liberal Democrat offices, in a charming brick building on Cowley Road, have been remodelled in recent years: where they used to be a rabbit-warren of cubbyholes and crannies, they are now as open-plan as the engineers will allow. Apart from the top floor...

2: He Remains An Englishman It is rather difficult to get an interview with Michael Meadowcroft, now nearly a decade into retirement, but once you meet him, he will keep you for as long as he can with his rambling reminiscences about long-forgotten Liberal councillors. This would have been...

Bear in mind that plausibility isn't absolutely integral to TLIADs, but I'd appreciate a massive post about how terrible this is at the end, if you'd be so good.

[DELETES THE LAST THOUSAND WORDS, GLARES AT THE CLOCK]

I think it might be my favourite bit, my boi. But keep reading pls wait where has everybody gone

1: A Little Liberal, Or Else A Little Conservative David Owen agreed to meet me at a resolutely unfashionable wine bar not far from Westminster. I offer him a glass of claret - the Guardian is paying - but he scowls. He has not had a good day in the Lords. “You would think that Dartmouth...

Introduction Imagine a world where Oswald Mosley imposed a Fascist dictatorship in the UK. Imagine a world where Britain voted to leave the EU in the 1992 referendum. Imagine a world where Donald Trump or Pat Buchanan became President in 2000. We’ve got it pretty good here in the real world...

Yes it is, and it is Wrong. I mean, just look at those popular vote charts ffs.

@Alex Richards Electing in thirds with broadly two-member wards should be punishable by death.

An abortive plan to write a TL about 10th century Italy is what finally fixed the geography of the Mezzogiorno in my head. This is bad, as I literally lived in Rome.

That's the thing, Wedgie didn't become a 'raging socialist' until after he had left the Wilson Government, so a mid 70s PoD could make him a downright centrist leader. I think Dell would be the best faceless Douglas analogy, but others work as well.

So, am I right in thinking that Lazio was ceded to Romania at this point?

Very few of these voices are actually from Berwick, so it isn't happening after 1950 barring a 1983 Doomsday scenario. Source: I used to live in the area.

It worked considerably less well in New Zealand for various reasons, not least that Roger went a bit mental after being cooped up in the Treasury for three years. For this to happen in Britain (and we have to remember that Wilson closed more mines than Thatcher did, so it would be a mistake to...

Didn't they run against him the second time?

Yeah, I've done a few NZ lists with Actual Content to them, and get far fewer likes and comments than my shittest Britlists, which is why I don't do NZ lists anymore.