Civil War in UK

With a POD of no earlier than 14th November 1948, have a Civil War taking place in Britain in the early twenty-first century, with Prince Charles as the leader of the loyalist units who have just recaptured Oxford.
 
That is hard. Does Charles have to be a loyalist. He could become a leader of the student revolution in or about 1968 I think. It would be interesting acctually.
 
With a POD of no earlier than 14th November 1948, have a Civil War taking place in Britain in the early twenty-first century, with Prince Charles as the leader of the loyalist units who have just recaptured Oxford.

OK, so if we take the condition in the UK around the late 1970s just pre-Margaret Thatcher, lets assume that Michael Foot lost the leadership competition to Tony Benn. Labour won the 1979 election (causing Margaret Thatcher tor esign as Conservative leader) and adopted an extreme-left wing manifesto (as in 1983). At that time I can remember a Trades Union leader (may have been Scargill, I can't remember now) saying that Britain didn't need elections since the Trades Unions represented a majority of people in the UK so they should select the government.

So, Labour lost in 1983 but the Unions started a general strike. Without Margaret Thatcher, the willingness to fight is gone and the government collapses. A Labour Party that's effectively a Trades Union poodle takes over. When the next election is due, the Trades Unions are as good as their word, the elections are cancelled and they "select" the Labour Party as the next government. They declare a people's republic with the General Secretary of the TUC as President.

The result is the country splits essentially along geographical lines, with the South East, North Wales, East Anglia, Highlands and some of Noprtehrn England declaring for the Queen as the Loyalists while the Midlands and Industrial North declare for the People's Republic as the Unionists. Civil war erupts and goes on for almost 15 years without either side gaining a clear advantage. Eventually, Prince Charles who reveals completely unexpected talents as a military commander routes the unionist forces and eventually defeats them is a great battle at Naseby. Parliament and democracy are restored.

QED.
 
OK, so if we take the condition in the UK around the late 1970s just pre-Margaret Thatcher, lets assume that Michael Foot lost the leadership competition to Tony Benn. Labour won the 1979 election (causing Margaret Thatcher tor esign as Conservative leader) and adopted an extreme-left wing manifesto (as in 1983). At that time I can remember a Trades Union leader (may have been Scargill, I can't remember now) saying that Britain didn't need elections since the Trades Unions represented a majority of people in the UK so they should select the government.

So, Labour lost in 1983 but the Unions started a general strike. Without Margaret Thatcher, the willingness to fight is gone and the government collapses. A Labour Party that's effectively a Trades Union poodle takes over. When the next election is due, the Trades Unions are as good as their word, the elections are cancelled and they "select" the Labour Party as the next government. They declare a people's republic with the General Secretary of the TUC as President.

The result is the country splits essentially along geographical lines, with the South East, North Wales, East Anglia, Highlands and some of Noprtehrn England declaring for the Queen as the Loyalists while the Midlands and Industrial North declare for the People's Republic as the Unionists. Civil war erupts and goes on for almost 15 years without either side gaining a clear advantage. Eventually, Prince Charles who reveals completely unexpected talents as a military commander routes the unionist forces and eventually defeats them is a great battle at Naseby. Parliament and democracy are restored.

QED.
Actually not as silly as it first seems,Scargill was calling for a Socialist republic during early 1980's. Maybe you could get some sort of Socialist up-rising if the Government is wipped out during the Brighton bomb (which was at the height of the minners strike), in the confusion a coup takes place and civil war breakes out.
It would interesting to see what The US Government and the Soviets would do.
 
In the late 70's there was a lot of talk about a possible coup against the Wilson govt. Would it instead be possible that such a coup would occur in the unlikely event that Foot Labour won in 1983?
 
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