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Hey Guys,

Something I've been interested in lately are minor PODs that could have happened and what their overall affect on OTL would be. A good example of something like this is of course EdT's TL "A Greater Britain" in which Oswald Mosley gaining just 78 votes in Birmingham Ladywood leads to a huge impact on a worldwide scale.

So I was thinking about other minor things and how they may affect a timeline. I only put this in 'Post-1900' as I used the "Greater Britain" example, though I mean before or after 1900. But what small things could've happened that could've changed world history over a small or large period of time? Whether it's someone getting some more votes, or whether it's a gun jamming. A letter making it to someone in time, or out of time.

A few ones I've wondered about are for a TL I'm still thinking about, but there are also a few things that I've just randomly thought about. Whether they'd actually have an impact or not I have no idea, but they're random little things that may've had a larger impact.

For Example:
  • What if Winston Churchill had 44 more votes in the 19 March 1924 by-election in Westminster Abbey and thus become an MP 7 months earlier than in OTL?
  • What if in the by-election of Westminster St George's in 1931 the 'Empire Free Trade Crusade' Party had won somehow, and thus had two MPs. Could this have stopped Admiral Ernest Taylor joining the Conservative Party after they [the Conservatives] won the General Election? Would Lord Beaverbrook have fielded more candidates?
  • What if Lord Liverpool's news of the repeal of the Orders in Council had reached the Americans ears before they declared war on Britain in 1812?

So yeah, you can either discuss the examples I've given, or come up with your own and talk about them etc.

EDIT: By 'Minor POD' I didn't just mean a different piece of clothing, or if some 'unimportant' person wasn't born. I did mean the POD should involve an Organization (i.e. Political Party.) Or a well known person.
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