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    TLIAW: Presidential
    Threadmarks: Introduction

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/presidential In politics, the word "Presidential" is often used. We talk about candidates who can and can't look or sounds presidential, using the word liberally without ever really indicating what exactly it means. What does it mean? Everyone has a slightly...
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    If the UK became a Republic, what would happen to the armed forces?

    If the British monarchy were to be abolished, what would the various sectors of the Armed Forces (The Royal Navy and the Royal Airforce) become? And what would naval ships be called instead of "HMS"? My initial thoughts is that it would probably weigh quite heavily on how and why the monarchy...
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    TLIAW: Separated by a Common Language

    In October of 1963, the Conservative Party gathered in Blackpool for its annual conference. The mood was not exactly one of confidence: the Promufo scandal was still casting its ugly shadow and it seemed that Britain was no longer buying Prime Minister’s patrician confidence. The murmurs that...
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    AH Vignette: In Place of Strife

    ‘Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope’ The spotlights had come onto the orchestra now. The elderly sound system strained to broadcast the Olympic...
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    AH Vignette: 'After the Funeral.'

    “What do we do now, Gordon?” Both men were staring out the window, watching the West Country speed by from their train to London. They were still wearing long, black coats and frozen, sullen expressions, as if they were still in that Welsh church, burying their slain Prime Minister and...
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    Fate of Weimar Germany without the Nazis

    It has often been said on this forum that without the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party Germany would have probably become a Conservative dictatorship. I find that idea very plausible: Weimar Democracy had pretty much failed to deal with the great depression and the German consciousness didn't...
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    AHC/WI: British Labour pushes through Neoliberalism

    What would it take for the British Labour party to be responsible for bringing in globalisation and Neoliberal reforms (like Australian and NZ Labour) instead of the Conservatives as OTL? My initial thoughts on this are: 1. It would probably require a very far-back PoD, considering...
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    TLIAW: "Crisis? Which Crisis?"

    TLIAW? Timeline in a week. I'm not going to indulge in the fantasy that I can finish this in 24 hours. Good, some honesty. Why can't you? Well, some of us have real lives in the real world. ... Anyway, judging by the title, I presume that this is going to be quite dystopian...
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    TLIAD: The Unfinished Revolution

    Oh No, not another one. Well thanks. I've never done this before. Some encouragement might be nice. Wow, you are so wonderful. This will be great. Is that what you want? Yes. Sorry, who are you again? I'm Daltonia. I lurk around PMQs a lot. I do a few lists and wikiboxes. I go to...
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    Irish Home Rule

    This is presuming that the Government of Ireland act 1914 passes in the form Asquith intended (with the Six Counties of Ulster opting out of the act). I suspect Northern Ireland would get is own Parliament as it did in the 1920 Act. What would be the makeup of the Parliament & who would lead...
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    WI: Crosland lives

    Anthony Crosland was a Labour politician and cabinet minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, serving until his death from a cerebral haemorrhage in 1977. On the right of his party, his book The future of Socialism was seen to be one of the predecessors of New Labour. So my question...
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    That Special Relationship

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    AHC: UN HQ in London

    I recently learnt that the first UN General Assembly, in 1946, met in the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London. Is There a way that the UN's headquarters can be built and based in London by the present day? I'd prefer a scenario which doesn't involve New York being destroyed in some way.
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