So I recently came across this thread which seemed to have an interesting concept of members collaborating together to create lists of alternate PMs - much like the list of monarchs thread which is still going in the Before 1900 forum. Unfortunately, it is over four months old and I wouldn't dare divulge into the dark act of necromancy, and so I have created a new thread to see if anyone wants to continue it.
The rules:
(1) One Prime Minister/President per post,
(2) No making a new list until one which is already going is finished,
(3) Keep things plausible (although be creative!), and
(4) Make sure to add a footnote after adding a PM to explain what has happened.
I'll start it off:
For a Lack of a Sandwich, or the Archduke survives
1915: Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative) [1]
[1] By 1915, the Liberals had been in power for nine years, during which their initial landslide in 1906 had been reduced to a minority in the two general elections of 1910. Henry Campbell-Bannerman and his successor, H.H. Asquith, had seen turmoil and reform during their premierships, with Asquith having passed the Government of Ireland Act during his final year in power (which introduced Home Rule in Southern Ireland while Ulster was exempted from the Act due to firm opposition to Home Rule within the province), and so the British people were in a mood for change. Consequently, the Conservatives, led by Andrew Bonar Law, secured a landslide, sweeping the country and holding a large majority in the House of Commons, while the Liberals once again returned to the opposition benches. Meanwhile, Bonar Law accepted an invitation from King George V to form a government as Prime Minister and arrived at Number Ten Downing Street triumphant.
The rules:
(1) One Prime Minister/President per post,
(2) No making a new list until one which is already going is finished,
(3) Keep things plausible (although be creative!), and
(4) Make sure to add a footnote after adding a PM to explain what has happened.
I'll start it off:
For a Lack of a Sandwich, or the Archduke survives
1915: Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative) [1]
[1] By 1915, the Liberals had been in power for nine years, during which their initial landslide in 1906 had been reduced to a minority in the two general elections of 1910. Henry Campbell-Bannerman and his successor, H.H. Asquith, had seen turmoil and reform during their premierships, with Asquith having passed the Government of Ireland Act during his final year in power (which introduced Home Rule in Southern Ireland while Ulster was exempted from the Act due to firm opposition to Home Rule within the province), and so the British people were in a mood for change. Consequently, the Conservatives, led by Andrew Bonar Law, secured a landslide, sweeping the country and holding a large majority in the House of Commons, while the Liberals once again returned to the opposition benches. Meanwhile, Bonar Law accepted an invitation from King George V to form a government as Prime Minister and arrived at Number Ten Downing Street triumphant.
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