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Hi all,
Not sure whether this has been discussed before, but here goes anyway.
I've just been watching an old interview Randolph Churchill did for the BBC not long before his death. The former Prime Minister was quite canded about his early life, most notably when discussing the 1931 death of his father Winston Churchill SR, in a traffic accident in New York. According to Randolph, it was this event that motivated him to go in to politics and continue his late father's work.
This made me wonder-what if Winston either is more careful, or he survives the accident and makes a full recovery?
Does Randolph go in to politics anyway and does he still make it to No. 10? ITTL he doesn't have the shock of his father's unexpected death to motivate him, but on the other hand Winston may encourage his son to go in to politics.
If we asume the former how do things play out in the 1960's with Randy's influence either nonexistent or greatly reduced?
Also, what does the older Churchill do in his later life from 1931 onwards? By the time of his death he'd been out of cabinet for a few years, does he find himself back in government at any point?
This is probably ASB but I'll ask it anyway-could we see a Prime Minister Winston Churchill?
Ooc: I know the "Churchill dies in 1931" discussion is a regular occurance on this board, but I'm trying to put a more original spin on it (more so than the Turning Point scenario at least).
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