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Hi all,

I've seen many discussions on here about Kinnock winning Labour an outright majority in 1992 (or at least managing not to screw up his campaign enough to bring this about)-and scenarios where Labour are the largest party is also a common enough scenario.

However, what if the 1992 election produces a Hung Parliament in the Tories favour? TheConservatives are the largest party, but don't command an overall majority, even with DUP support.

So what happens? I imagine Ashdown is the key here-esentially, he's got three options. He could go into Coalition with Labour, in which case Prime Minister Kinnock will be moving into no. 10. He could do the same with the Tories (though that could be dificult) or he could hammer out some sort of short-term supply and confidence deal. What's the most likely option? and what happens next? Baring in mind Black Wednesday isn't far off, could we be looking at an October/November election?
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