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  1. WI: Someone more charismatic than Redwood runs against Major in June 1995?

    Perhaps it’s the new-found relevance to contemporary events, but I find myself increasingly fascinated by those interminable dying years of the increasingly moribund post-Black Wednesday Major government. So what if a more charismatic “bastard”, say Portillo, ran against Major? Of course, I’ve...

  2. Elizabeth I dies of smallpox in 1562

    What if the smallpox which Elizabeth caught in this year had killed her, the third of Henry VIII's children to die childless after a short reign? The extinction of the Tudor dynasty would cause a succession crisis with the obvious claimant- Mary, Queen of Scots- a Roman Catholic. Would Mary...

  3. What's in a Name: The Czech Republic vs. Bohemia and Moravia

    A question for all and sundry: why does the modern Czech Republic have such an unwieldy name instead of just calling itself "Bohemia (and Moravia)", which seems so much more satisfactory on every level? I'm told that the name of Bohemia and Moravia is irrevocably tainted with the Nazi period...

  4. What if Clovis never converts to Catholic Christianity?

    I've been on this forum for a good few years now, but the only posts I've made have said little more than "Good TL, old chap!" or "subscribed". I suspect this makes me technically a noob, and thus obliged to provide the obligatory Tiresome Noob Thread at some point. So here it is. I don't claim...
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