All caught up on this now. Love it! Great work. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a Tommy Thompson Presidency done before. Hopefully there’s some more Russia content soon too but I’m really enjoying the UK focus
Yeah, I saw Meek when I was doing research for Scotland and thought he's someone with the right luck in a friendlier (Heseltine-led) Party could get the top job. I like using obscure people and with the P.O.D now 13 years back (in 1995), I've got a bit more leeway to work with.Huh, now there’s a name I haven’t heard before.
He's definitely got the face for it. I was worried he'd be a bit young for Thrawn, but nice to see you agree!Charles Dance as Thrawn is *chefs kiss* casting
Thanks! I've got plans for Russia, so keep your eyes peeled.All caught up on this now. Love it! Great work. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a Tommy Thompson Presidency done before. Hopefully there’s some more Russia content soon too but I’m really enjoying the UK focus
There’s no such thing as a wrong role for Charles Dance. They could have cast him as QEII in the Crown and it’d have worked.Yeah, I saw Meek when I was doing research for Scotland and thought he's someone with the right luck in a friendlier (Heseltine-led) Party could get the top job. I like using obscure people and with the P.O.D now 13 years back (in 1995), I've got a bit more leeway to work with.
He's definitely got the face for it. I was worried he'd be a bit young for Thrawn, but nice to see you agree!
Thanks! I've got plans for Russia, so keep your eyes peeled.
I dont think so, he wasnt bitter after his 2002 defeatLe Pen's ego must be using a wheel chair after this beating.
As I understand it he never had a particularly good reputation in the RN at the time.Well, at least Prince Andrew will have a much better reputation, to say the least...
On the bright side, he'll never meet a certain Jeffrey Epstein in TTL, being dead and all...As I understand it he never had a particularly good reputation in the RN at the time.
Thankfully for France, I don't think there's any way for Le Pen to be elected, even with an alt-9/11, but I'd say there's definitely enough juice to get him to the second round.An alt-2002 is a good take. And yeah with VGE eating into the moderate right that Chirac needed against Le Pen I can definitely see that result
A very interesting ALT 95/02 election. Two quibbles: 1. Surely the parties of the left would have done a little better in the first round, especially with 'bulldozer' Chirac being a much more Thatcherite President than OTL? and the PS not having to deal with the trauma of rivals jockeying to be Mitterrand's successor in 1990-95? 2. Almost impossible that Le Pen would lose voters in the second round who voted for him in the first.
All in all though a very interesting TL, watched!
And, thanks to the manner of his death, you'd never hear a word of those criticisms, outside of anti-monarchist and anti-british media...As I understand it he never had a particularly good reputation in the RN at the time.
Yeah, exactly like that. Without Thatcher around in TTL, he'd be less well known and be more able to define an more moderate image for himself. Also, it was losing his seat in 1997 which forced him to moderate, and I'd say being passed over in Westminster would have a similar effect to the ego. So, I've sort of imagined him as a mixture of "Who Dares Wins" and "Railway Journeys" Portillo, so he's both *slightly* out-there but he can appeal to the middle classes and focus on things like transportation at the same time. A sort of proto-Boris, if you will.Portillo as London Mayor is an interesting one! Seems to me he moderated a bit off his more righty reputation? In the late 80s if I recall correctly he was one of Thatcher’s favorites
I could see that. Good analogyYeah, exactly like that. Without Thatcher around in TTL, he'd be less well known and be more able to define an more moderate image for himself. Also, it was losing his seat in 1997 which forced him to moderate, and I'd say being passed over in Westminster would have a similar effect to the ego. So, I've sort of imagined him as a mixture of "Who Dares Wins" and "Railway Journeys" Portillo, so he's both *slightly* out-there but he can appeal to the middle classes and focus on things like transportation at the same time. A sort of proto-Boris, if you will.
You can thank Charest for that (also no Chrétien means no face ad, which was a monumentally stupid move by the PCs) and for the fact that economy and deficit are in a better position in 1995 than in 1993.Still a better result for the PC's than OTL, somehow
Yeah Charest even with as short a window as Campbell had after Mulroney noped out and left her with the bag would be much more capable, that much is certainYou can thank Charest for that (also no Chrétien means no face ad, which was a monumentally stupid move by the PCs) and for the fact that economy and deficit are in a better position in 1995 than in 1993.