In two weeks, the United Kingdom will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Statute of Westminster, which resulted in greater self-government for its dominions and created a Commonwealth parliament. It was definitely a crowning achievement for Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the UK from 1930-1936.
What would have happened if the Statute of Westminster never became law?
1. Would the United States succeed in forming a free trade pact with Mexico, Central America and South America known as the Americas Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), which the Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland refused to join?
2. Would a second Great War have been averted?
3. Would the Hashemites have won the civil war that united the various emirates into the Kingdom of Arabia?
4. Would the Dominion of Palestine continue to attract Jewish immigrants, especially refugees from the pogroms in Russia?
5. Would Russia have remained a consitutional monarchy (with the military in de facto control of the government)?
6. Would the African dominions enjoy prosperity and political freedom if they were totally dependent of the British Empire (including the Union of South Africa).
7. Would would the sectarian situation have been like in the Irish Free State?