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If the Scottish Parliament is elected using the same system as OTL (Additional Member System, with 73 MSPs elected using FPTP in constituencies and 7 in each of 8 regions on a proportional basis, using D'Hondt - each voter has two votes, one for the FPTP seat, the other for the regional list...

A UK-based PoD that could lead to significant/interesting divergence from OTL - the 1979 general election ends up with the Conservatives as the largest party, but with either a very small majority or short of a majority (compared to the majority of 43 that Thatcher actually had). One possible...

It's hard to see much changing in terms of the timing of the election (likely that the polls are still so much in favour of Labour that Major/the Conservatives wait almost as long as possible before calling the election, as in OTL), or the outcome, in that Labour are likely to end up with a...

Following yesterday's events at Augusta, this might be an interesting one to think about... [Chicago, IL] Sergio Garcia won the USPGA Championship at Medinah Country Club, beating Tiger Woods in a playoff with a birdie at the first playoff hole. The 19-year-old Spaniard came from five shots...

A little shift the other way would also be interesting - how would things change if the Lib Dems were in the position of being able to choose between the Conservatives and Labour, with either option giving a majority coalition government? (This would be the case if Labour had managed to get to...

Assuming that the Conservatives are either just short or have a small majority (so in the 315-330 range, as opposed to the 306 that they actually won, with Labour down to 230-250 (was 258) - equivalent to an additional swing of 1-2% from Labour to Conservative), they would be the next Government...