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    Threadmarks: Introduction

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  2. Perch? What Perch? - An Alternate History of Modern Football (1990 - present)

    All will be revealed. I daresay Fergie won't be out of work for too long, although the situation at Hearts might not turn out in exactly the same way ITT.

  3. Perch? What Perch? - An Alternate History of Modern Football (1990 - present)
    Threadmarks: Week One - Post-Fergie Blues

    10th January 1990 FERGIE'S FLEEING Manchester United Football Club were rocked yesterday evening as manager Alex Ferguson sensationally quit the club, less than 48 hours after a humiliating FA Cup third round defeat to Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest. In a statement released by Manchester...

  4. Perch? What Perch? - An Alternate History of Modern Football (1990 - present)

    Match of the Day - FA Cup Special 7th January 1990 Des Lynam: Good evening, and welcome to Match of the Day on one of the most eagerly anticipated dates in the footballing calendar - the day of the FA Cup 3rd Round. We have highlights from three key games in the FA Cup today, and there...

  5. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History

    Stay tuned. Things may not turn out as you anticipate.

  6. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History
    Threadmarks: 1984 - A Most Peculiar Time

    Sinn Fein HQ, Falls Road, Belfast 12:30pm, 12th September 1984 Gerry Adams sits back in his chair. Recently elected to serve the Irish republican party, Sinn Fein, as leader, he seems to be on cloud nine. Seven months have passed since the last significant attack by the Provisional IRA, and...

  7. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History

    All will be revealed shortly! (It's a significant PoD, for reference)

  8. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History
    Threadmarks: At Your Majesty's Service...

    Buckingham Palace 11:56am Inside the Press Office in Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, is being prepared for a live statement, to be read out on national television at 12pm. The Press Secretary to the Sovereign, Charles Anson, is running her through procedure: “Are...

  9. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History
    Threadmarks: Bit of an update...

    Apologies for going a bit dead last few months, but I'm glad to say I'll be continuing TTL with immediate effect. Expect an update in the next few days.

  10. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History

    BBC News, 11:34am Lewis: The time is twenty-six minutes to 12, and if you are just joining us, we are awaiting a statement from Smith Square, where it is believed that an update is to be provided on the condition of the Prime Minister. I can take you over there now, once more, where Chris...

  11. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History
    Threadmarks: The Storm Is Nigh

    St. Thomas’ Hospital, Emergency Ward, 11:20am A swarm of doctors and nurses are huddled around a row of beds, silent. Behind them are a couple of gentlemen wearing suits, looking rather formal. One of them speaks: “Are you going to tell them, or should I?” One doctor goes over to the men, and...

  12. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History
    Threadmarks: Welcome to the Flood

    BBC News, 11:05am Lewis: We have just received a statement from St. Thomas’ Hospital, saying that the first confirmed fatality of the Downing Street explosion is the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gus O’Donnell. 38-year old O’Donnell was a well-known confidant of the Prime Minister...

  13. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History
    Threadmarks: Rain Arrives At Smith Square

    Palace of Westminster, 10:30am Home Secretary, Kenneth Baker, is just walking out of the Houses of Parliament, with Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Mellor, alongside him, after attending Oral Questions earlier that morning. He receives an urgent phone call, urging him to travel to Smith...

  14. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History
    Threadmarks: The First Raindrops Fall...

    10am, 7th February 1991, London A van pulls up and parks on the junction between Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall, just 200 yards from 10 Downing Street, the home of the Prime Minister. A man gets out, and leaves the scene on a motorcycle waiting for him. ***** 10 Downing Street, 10:08am...

  15. A Storm Was Brewing....A British Political History

    February 1991. In the two months since his election as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major had already left his mark on the British political scene. His government had formed a coalition with the United States to defend Kuwait from Iraqi invasion, and had entered the Gulf War upon...

  16. Iron Cast: An Alternate British 1990s

    Elsewhere in British politics, government whips are doing all they can to ensure a unified campaign on the part of the Conservative Party, in light of the election announcement. In a high-class restaurant in the centre of London, the chief whips, Tim Renton and Richard Ryder, are meeting with...

  17. Fascist USA after Great Depression, what would it take?

    In my opinion, it'd require a set of circumstances similar to those in Nazi Germany. Financial oblivion leading to inflation due to an even poorer response than IOTL, meaning that working-class people would become disenfranchised from a political elite. A prominent hard-right southern politician...

  18. Iron Cast: An Alternate British 1990s

    The public reaction to a second general election in under four years was mixed. Some welcomed the move, saying that Conservative division on Europe made a new parliament inevitable, and that the actions of the Thatcher government over the last three years could only be judged by the British...

  19. Iron Cast: An Alternate British 1990s

    BBC News 14th November 1990 11:45am Continuity: And now, here is a BBC News Special Report, from 10 Downing Street, with Martyn Lewis. Lewis: This is BBC News. We are live from 10 Downing Street, in preparation for one of the most eagerly anticipated addresses delivered here in decades. In...

  20. Iron Cast: An Alternate British 1990s

    BBC News 13th November 1990 Stuart: Hello, I'm Moira Stuart, and welcome to BBC News at One. Today's top story: Geoffrey Howe, the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has resigned in protest at the government's policy on EMU negotiations..." ***** Meanwhile....at 10 Downing Street...
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