AHC: a Labour majority government before 1945?

[raharris1973]

Another interesting question, to which i dont have a clear answer, is how a Labour government would have dealt with the abdication crisis, and whether Edward VIII would have agreed to go relatively quickly and quietly if he were dealing with a Labour PM rather than Baldwin. In OTL Baldwin, Attlee and Sinclair all agreed they wouldn't attempt to form a govt if asked to by the King in a final attempt to keep the throne, and it seems likely that Chamberlain as Leader of the Opposition would also have agreed to this as he was a strong chamption of abdication in OTL. The question is whether Churchill leading a 'Kings Government' is more plausible than in OTL

Great question about the interaction of the changed party politics with the abdication issue (I am assuming a butterfly net)

What do the politicians say. Do they, like OTL, broadly say across party lines that Edward has to choose Wallis or the throne? Is Labour afraid to stand up to Edward? Does Edward think that if Labour Ministers refuse to form a government with him as King, a popular conservative reaction in his favor will set in? Do conservatives who would ordinarily be scandalized by Edward's disregard for traditional religion, duty, and family values let it slide, judging that with a Labour government, society has gone to shite anyway, and Ministers not deferring to the King when called to form a government only makes it worse?

Or does it all play out the same way as OTL, the politicians tell Edward he's got a binary choice, and he backs off and slinks away.