Doriot stays Communist

What if Jacques Doriot stays Communist? Remember that in OTL the PCF expelled him in 1934 for advocating a united front with the SFIO--only a month before it was to advocate the same thing on Comintern orders. If the Comintern had changed its line just a little earlier, or if the PCF had proceeeded on the case aganst Doriot just a little slower, he might never have been expelled.

In OTL it was Doriot's bitterness over his expulsion which led to his eventual embrace of fascism. If he had stayed with the PCF, could he eventually have become the party's leader? I doubt it; Moscow was likely to stick with Thorez and his ally Duclos.
 
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