Douglas Haig postwar revolutionary

He was an Earl postwar, which means he sat in the House of Lords. No PM in the 20th Century has ever sat in the Lords because of the primacy of the Commons; Home renounced his peerage, for example, when he became leader of the Conservatives.

Haig was not a big fan of most politicians, or politics in general, so I don't think that it is plausible to see him enter politics. After leaving active service (an FM never formally retires) he was more concerned with veterans affairs - helping to see that several disparate and warring groups came together to form the British Legion and to set up the Earl Haig Fund (better known today as the Poppy Appeal).
He also traveled abroad to several CW countries to try and see that see that similar organisations were set up there.

From what I've read of the 1st Earl he would consider this work as being of much greater importance than becoming leader of any political party. Interestingly he refused to take any honours until the issue of veteran's pensions was sorted out, something very embarrassing to the Lloyd George government.
 
He was an Earl postwar, which means he sat in the House of Lords. No PM in the 20th Century has ever sat in the Lords because of the primacy of the Commons; Home renounced his peerage, for example, when he became leader of the Conservatives.

Haig was not a big fan of most politicians, or politics in general, so I don't think that it is plausible to see him enter politics. After leaving active service (an FM never formally retires) he was more concerned with veterans affairs - helping to see that several disparate and warring groups came together to form the British Legion and to set up the Earl Haig Fund (better known today as the Poppy Appeal).
He also traveled abroad to several CW countries to try and see that see that similar organisations were set up there.

From what I've read of the 1st Earl he would consider this work as being of much greater importance than becoming leader of any political party. Interestingly he refused to take any honours until the issue of veteran's pensions was sorted out, something very embarrassing to the Lloyd George government.

if Veterans got an even worse deal than OTL could he stand as an
Independent ?
 
I doubt it; doesn't fit with his personality. Moreover Lloyd George was smart enough to know that not sorting out the pension issue was political suicide - lots of voters were ex-soldiers.
 
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