british politics

Since 'CP Victory' is quite broad, here's a scenario: The Zimmerman Telegram is never sent in this timeline, and so the United States never enters the war - consequently, Germany never launches the Spring Offensive. In either late 1918 or early 1919 France is knocked out of the war...

On the 10th June 1840 Edward Oxford attempted to assassinate a four month pregnant Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, however he missed and all three survived. There are seven possible ways the assassinated attempt may have played out. 1.Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their four...

The context behind this is that in the 2015 UK election, a large number of 2010 Lib Dem voters switched to Labour. What if some of them went to the Conservatives instead of Labour? United Kingdom general election, 2015 Here is the majority shaded version. The changes for the following are...

In 1970, Labour under Harold Wilson were expected to win the General Election. However, it was the Conservatives, led by Ted Heath, who won that election. My question is, what if Labour had won that election? What would the consequences be?

'We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.' - Benjamin Franklin, 1776 Hello everybody and welcome to the redux of my Timeline "A Guide to 21st Century Federalism in the "United" Kingdom, a tale of federalism in a very different early 21st century...

This will be an ongoing timeline looking at the ups and downs of Britain's tradtional third party the Christian Democrats. The story will be told through a mixture of interviews old and new, extracts from books, and magazine articles, and a few juicy diary entries. It will not be in...

So, I was doing a bit of reading on the 1983 election, and there seems to be a consensus that Thatcher only called the election early to deliver her the best chance of a crushing victory, in the wake of her soaring popularity after the Falklands War. So the question seems obvious. What happens...

Oh dear, you're back. Yes, I'm back with another timeline. Well, it better not be as ASB as the last one. Hopefully it won't. So what's the premise for this one? Thank you for asking! For a while, this thread was floating around the top page of the forum, on what would have happened if...

Rab Butler was one of the most significant Prime Ministers of the post-war United Kingdom, winning three general elections and remaining in office for twelve years; to this day, he's remembered as one of the most important figures in the history of the Conservative Party, and the 'Butlerites'...

The Conservative government were enduring a tough start to 1993. John Major's signing of the Maastricht Treaty, and the subsequent formation of the European Union the previous year had attracted the ire of Tory Eurosceptics such as Iain Duncan Smith, who began an attempt to block the passing of...

With a PoD no earlier than 2nd May 1997, find a way for the Conservative Party in the UK to fall to third place in the House of Commons, behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats (or some other party). Please no ASB or any silliness, but you can be adventurous. A Labour/Lib Dem wank is probably...

Galloway resigns: Announces “new worker’s party” 20th July 2016 Internal divisions at the heart of the Labour Party took an unprecedented turn last night when the embattled Leader of the Opposition, George Galloway, announced his resignation and departure from the party. The shock move comes...

Typically the inside of a bar is rowdy, full of friendly and not so friendly bustle. When they're open, that is. It was well past closing time at a pub in Chiswick as a man with a slight resemblance to a frog began proudly puffing away at a treasured cigarette, secure with the knowledge that he...

"We do not want to enter the age of abundance, only to find that we have lost the values which must teach us how to enjoy it." Hey everybody, this is my new timeline - as a forewarning this will probably be very sporadically updated as I fully intend on going on another, substantially longer...

AT ANY COST Some of the older gays said that “Civil Assistance” had been as bad as the National Integrity mob were now back in the 70s, but Alan found that hard to believe. Had Civil Assistance ever come into the quarter and burnt down a whole block of flats? Maybe, but no one could give any...

Abba Eban, born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban, was the Israeli Foreign Minister between 1966 and 1974. Despite being born in Cape Town, South Africa, Eban moved to England at a young age and was educated in Britain (gaining a triple first at Cambridge, no less). What if, for whatever reason, Eban...

"Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving But how can they know it's time for them to go? Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming I have no thought of time..." - Fairport Convention, Who Knows Where The Time Goes? ◇◇◇ He hadn’t meant to stay so late, but Audrey knew he...

So this is- Yeah. But it’s not a- No. But we’re- Old habits. … … Are you worried about- Not really. Even though- They’re smart people. But can y- I can manage. … … Shall we? Let’s.

In the summer of 1880, following Gladstone's tireless campaigning for the 1880 election (the famous 'Midlothian campaign') and subsequent appointment as Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone suffered a serious bout of pneumonia. Whilst he survived this illness IOTL, his full health never...