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    AHC/WI: Smarter James II of England

    In OTL, James II of England (the last Catholic King of England and Scotland) bungled his relationship with the political Establishment, to the point where he was chased out three years into his reign. But what if James had a much better grasp of what he could get away with, and a much cannier...
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    DBWI: A Democratic-leaning Vermont

    Vermont has been the most consistently Republican state in the history of America, only once voting for a Democratic Presidential candidate (in 1964), and never voting for a Democratic Senator. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to make Vermont a Democratic state (or at least a...
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    WI: Richard Seddon lives longer?

    New Zealand's longest serving Prime Minister was one Richard Seddon, who served for thirteen years from 1893 until his death via heart attack in 1906. A populist progressive and autocrat, he utterly dominated the political landscape like no-one before or since - easily winning five elections...
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    DBWI: A Lib-Lab Pact in 1977?

    As we know, British Prime Minister Jim Callaghan tried to stitch together a confidence and supply deal with the Liberals in March 1977, but failed because the Liberals demanded a referendum on proportional representation. What if Callaghan succeeded in creating a Lib-Lab Pact? The obvious...
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    No Longer Oneshot Row: The later years of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1992)

    J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1992) Academic, author, and awkward celebrity J.R.R. Tolkien died 25 years ago today. Much has been written about his influential masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), and just as much has been written about the following decades, when "Tolkienesque" became a...
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    In Soviet Russia, Deck Shuffles You

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA, DECK SHUFFLES YOU! The General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1917.
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    The Boys In Blue: a New Zealand dictatorship TL

    The Boys In Blue: New Zealand's Emergency Years Part A: The 1935-1945 Labour Government On the night of Wednesday, 27th November, 1935, a large crowd gathered outside the Evening Post office in Willis Street, Wellington. As they had four years earlier, they had come to watch the large screen...
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