Hey Guys,
In 1922 Churchill had to have an appendicectomy during the campaign of the general election. This led to his loss of the seat due to his lack of campaigning for the obvious health reasons. Two years later, he gained a seat in Epping and became a Conservative, Chancellor of the Exchequer, one of the strongest supporters of free-trade within the Conservative party and obviously Prime Minister, twice.
But, what if in 1922 Winston Churchill died of Appendicitis? Might a different Conservative not take the advice of the Bank of England and choose not to go back to the gold-standard? Thus not allowing a General Strike of 1926 to occur and potentially not allowing numerous lower-class citizens to vote for Labour from any potential effects of the strike? Also, without a strong vocal-advocator of Free-Trade such as Winston Churchill, might we see permanent/more effective tariff-reforms go ahead under Baldwin?
Of course, the one that will likely be peoples main focus here, is what about the premiership after Neville Chamberlain resigns in 1940? Who would take over as Prime Minister? Would it be Lord Halifax, whom in OTL was a more likely candidate than Churchill? What effects would this have on the war effort?
Also, if you don't think many of the events above would've had much of an effect on a Timeline and it would be comparatively similar to OTL, then what of what would have been Churchill's second term in office? Who would be PM then? Anthony Eden, or another Conservative? Would the Conservatives even win, or would Attlee gain a second term in office?
In 1922 Churchill had to have an appendicectomy during the campaign of the general election. This led to his loss of the seat due to his lack of campaigning for the obvious health reasons. Two years later, he gained a seat in Epping and became a Conservative, Chancellor of the Exchequer, one of the strongest supporters of free-trade within the Conservative party and obviously Prime Minister, twice.
But, what if in 1922 Winston Churchill died of Appendicitis? Might a different Conservative not take the advice of the Bank of England and choose not to go back to the gold-standard? Thus not allowing a General Strike of 1926 to occur and potentially not allowing numerous lower-class citizens to vote for Labour from any potential effects of the strike? Also, without a strong vocal-advocator of Free-Trade such as Winston Churchill, might we see permanent/more effective tariff-reforms go ahead under Baldwin?
Of course, the one that will likely be peoples main focus here, is what about the premiership after Neville Chamberlain resigns in 1940? Who would take over as Prime Minister? Would it be Lord Halifax, whom in OTL was a more likely candidate than Churchill? What effects would this have on the war effort?
Also, if you don't think many of the events above would've had much of an effect on a Timeline and it would be comparatively similar to OTL, then what of what would have been Churchill's second term in office? Who would be PM then? Anthony Eden, or another Conservative? Would the Conservatives even win, or would Attlee gain a second term in office?