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Could John C. Calhoun have ever assumed the presidency and if so what would his terms/terms in office look like?

So Britain ended up taking no territory in the peace settlement during the war of 1812, what would it take for Britain to extract territorial (and other) concessions from the Americans in 1812?

Chapter Seven “Not one step back!” ____________________________________________ Extract from “Good Old Boris” by Peter Dinges “On February 22nd Boris Johnson initiated a countrywide ban on internet pornography. From the 23rd onwards people would have to negotiate with their service providers...

Chapter Six “If you try to plant a crop in the middle of winter when snow is on the ground, it will not grow.” ____________________________________________ Extract from an article published on BBC NEWS ONLINE on February 6th 2012, “Queen celebrates 60-year reign” “Spontaneous street parties...

Chapter Five “A (military) commander isn’t going to talk to a lowly pilot, it’s infantile.” _____________________________________________ A burned-out, vandalised car in Hackney, London, 2011 ____________________________________________ Extract from “Good Old Boris” by Peter Dinges “The...

Chapter Four “When I was head of military intelligence, our symbol was the toad. Because the toad looks all around, sees everything, and then strikes!” _____________________________________________ Extract from a speech delivered by Boris Johnson to officers of the Metropolitan Police Force...

Chapter Three “The egos of some politicians are more important to them than the suffering of the people.” _____________________________________________ Extract from, “The British Political Encyclopaedia” by E. D. Thomas, Strassman Publishing 2010 United Kingdom General Election: A general...

Thank you! Thank you, very much appreciated. I believe Max Hastings once said to Boris, "If you want to succeed lock up your willy." Boris is still having affairs (as you rightly pointed out his behavior will not have changed at all) however these are mostly one off flings, at least for now...

Chapter Two “A simple look at the panorama of our country shows us that discontent, not satisfaction, is growing.” _____________________________________________ London, United Kingdom June 4th 2009 Boris Johnson was not a religious man, but at the moment, as he sat in his Shoreditch...

Inevitably, certain European countries are going to turn to a form of Fascism (whether it's called that or not). If Workers or Trade Unions get particularly uppity, the ruling class in places like Romania or Hungary will bring in authoritarian regimes as militarist strike-breakers, as happened...

He Jests At Scars Chapter One “Every time my friends and I were going to play, before we actually started, I used to take the bat and the ball, climb on a chair and say, ‘You’ve got to hear a speech of mine, or a poem I have written.’ When I had finished, they clapped and the game began.”...

I think you can get this if one of Torrijos's more sane acolytes takes over in Panama instead of Noriega. Torrijos was always a pretty liberal autocrat, so I could see Panama turning out this way.

18th December 2017: The streets of Managua were filled with mourners today as the people of the Democratic Central American Federation remember the Maximum Leader who lead them from the American Canal attack in 86 until the present day. Noriega, who was known for his hatred of rock music and...

Thank you very much, I’ve wanted to write this TL for a while so I think my main problem is knowing where I want it to go but not having a clear POD. I like your Indian secession idea, I may just have to steal it.

Perhaps I didn't pick wisely with Gort, but I should say that this is taking place within a climate of increased fear over Bolshevism and political violence, in which he became radically disposed against going to war. I didn't want to do a character assassination on the man which was why I tried...

Fair enough, which would you say are particularly out of character?

May – August The Polish Free Army establishes itself at its Headquarters in Kiev. Stalin is always looking for cat’s paws and the brave and gruff men of the Arma Krajowa are exactly what’s needed. For now, he allows them to use Soviet territory for training and recruiting, although cross-border...

1939 JANUARY 15th PRAGUE “…I repeat, German forces have moved into Czechoslovakia. Put down your arms, resistance to Germany is unnecessary, Germany is your friend…” PARIS “…Prime Minister Phillipe Petain repeated his statement that France considered the occupation of Czechoslovakia by...

1938 Extract from “A Concise History of Britain: 1900 – 1939” “If the election of 1938 was intended to shore up support for Chamberlain’s floundering Conservative Government then, once again, Chamberlain badly misjudged the prevailing winds of change. Before the election, Chamberlain had...