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  1. Fate of Edward VIII if Wallis Simpson never existed

    So, this has been discussed before but in the context of a nazi victory (because of course), but having been reminded of the whole thing by the lingering bitterness that a few insist on feeling about the Princess Diana tragedy, I find myself wondering: What if Wallis Simpson was never born...

  2. A different start to WW2

    As we all know, the Wallies were unwilling to trust or appease Hitler any further after Czechoslovakia. What is glossed over is that the Wallies were still all talk. For all their promises and declarations they had no intention of doing anything substantive to help the Poles or anyone else in...

  3. AHC: 21st century Princely State in the Indian subcontinent

    As above, see if you can get the Princely States to survive British decolonization and last until the present Bonus points if you can keep it a monarchy Double bonus points if you can do better than a failed Operation Polo

  4. AHC - Get the USA to intervene militarily in the Iranian Revolution

    POD no earlier than Spiro Agnew's resignation (to give maximum flexibility to your choice of president) And....Go!

  5. Watergate with a Republican Congress

    Something I, and apparently fivethirtyeight.com have been thinking about lately, what would have been the result of the Watergate scandal if Republicans controlled Congress? What about just the Senate (the house is a hard ask at this point in history). What would be the knock on effects in 1976...

  6. 1960 election forced into the house

    Given the closeness of the 1960 election, a few flips on Nixon's end could have put the final electoral result a lot closer. If that were to happen, and the segregationists of the south saw the opportunity, could they use faithless electors (like we saw OTL in Alabama and Mississippi) to force...

  7. Obama vs Trump in 2016

    POD - Michigan and Florida don't move their primaries. Hillary Clinton wins both states and this sets loose enough butterflies to give her the win in a tight primary. She chooses Obama as VP to unite the party. Fast forward to 2016 and the Clinton presidency is similar to Obama's, a few more...

  8. WI No Thanksgiving

    In honor of this American Thanksgiving, let's explore some possibilities: What would have happened if the Natives didn't help the Plymouth settlers that first season? Would they have starved and the colony failed? If so, how would that have affected colonisation patterns in the new world and...

  9. The Gunpowder Treason and Plot AHC; Reunite England with the Church

    Remembering, remembering... In honour of the day, I thought it appropriate to post a Challenge. Not re - the success of the gunpowder plot because that's been discussed and it doesn't seem to end well for the Catholics in any bat free scenario. So the challenge is thus: With a POD...

  10. Hitler's rise to power delayed

    I've seen a lot of scenarios about attempts to delay WW2, none of which work because of the Nazis batshit economic policies (and to a lesser extent Stalin's purges) but what about delaying the Nazi rise to power until the next German election? Doable? Plausible? What say you?

  11. Marcus Junius Brutus, son of Caesar

    So it turns out that, in the event of Octavian's death, Caesar's will stipulated that one Marcus Junius Brutus was to be his heir. So let's say that shortly before the ides of March, or shortly after (before anyone has a chance to do anything about it), the would-be Augustus dies from one of...

  12. WAllies skip Italy

    The other day I wandered across something or other about how difficult the Italian campaign was in WW2 and it got me thinking: As Italy was a sideshow as far as belligerents go, and Churchill really had to press for a campaign, and the Soviets were screaming for a proper second front, and for...

  13. An ever so slightly different constitution

    Some random internet wanderings have led me to a query, which may simply be rooted in my ignorance of early American electoral politics. Anyway, my question is, what if the clause in Article 1 Section 9 of the constitution that says the slave trade can't be abolished for 20 years is changed to...

  14. Maximum possible Scottish population

    Pretty sure this would require a pre-1900 POD so here goes. Given recent political events, I have come to the conclusion that the union between England and Scotland is inherently unstable because England is just so much bigger than Scotland population wise. From a 'British' perspective this...

  15. The End of the Liberal Party

    I've seen a lot of things on the site about a surviving/thriving Liberal party but I wonder if there was any point where the Liberals could have gone extinct entirely. How would that effect later politics? Would the former Liberals become Tories or Labour or go to fringe parties? Would Britain...

  16. An earlier Fox News?

    (1st thread posting, so I hope it garners some interest). Anyway, as anyone familiar with American politics knows, Fox News has had a pretty major effect since its inception (for good or ill, I leave to another discussion). So would it be possible for someone with the mindsets of Rupert...
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