Wolfpaw
Banned
The topic came up in another thread recently, and I thought I'd start a thread 
So, what if Eden had managed to come through that boondoggle at Suez, or perhaps he never goes off on it to begin with. What would some of the effects of a continued Eden premiership be for the UK? IIRC, somebody mentioned that Eden wanted to help create a "propertied democracy" a generation before Thatcher, and the man was clearly an interventionist.
Rhodesia, the West Indies, East Africa and the Middle East will pose interesting challenges, to say nothing of who will succeed Eden in '59. I believe he favored Butler, but Supermac may come to the fore. Eden probably won't gut the military budget, so that'll have interesting effects on British power projection.
I dunno, just some thoughts. All input welcome, of course
So, what if Eden had managed to come through that boondoggle at Suez, or perhaps he never goes off on it to begin with. What would some of the effects of a continued Eden premiership be for the UK? IIRC, somebody mentioned that Eden wanted to help create a "propertied democracy" a generation before Thatcher, and the man was clearly an interventionist.
Rhodesia, the West Indies, East Africa and the Middle East will pose interesting challenges, to say nothing of who will succeed Eden in '59. I believe he favored Butler, but Supermac may come to the fore. Eden probably won't gut the military budget, so that'll have interesting effects on British power projection.
I dunno, just some thoughts. All input welcome, of course