Greater Post-War British Economy

Thomas1195

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If Britain was able to emulate France and retain several world class national industries, which ones are they likely to be?
Probably pharmaceutical and biotech, and computer, nuke and aircraft. In addition:

In machine tool, it could certainly retain significant manufacturing capacity despite losing grounds to German/Japanese competition.

In industrial chemical, a surviving ICI could help Britain to maintain certain presence in the world market.

In electronics, it might have a chance in industrial and defense electronics, although Japan would have kicked their butts totally regarding consumer electronics anyway.

Think longer term with war reparations, require all German companies in the British zone to give x% of stock to Britain?

German success is then British success.
That does not really change British industrial capability, if Britain does not invest those gains in modern technology and production methods.
 

Thomas1195

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As for DLG am not a fan of that odious poison dwarf - but I grudgingly concede that a UK lead by him during this time would probably be an improvement over OTL

Going back to my question in a previous post, how much could David Lloyd George accomplish within a (single) 4 year or even (one and a half) 6-year term had he became Prime Minister in 1929?
I bet on Lloyd George because unlike Baldwin, MacDonald or even Neville Chamberlain..., that guy actually knew how to run a successful industrial policy (other guys who involved in ww1 war industry planning like Bonar Law, Geddes, Montague were already dead by then), and he would have Keynes as his chief economic advisor.

A better POD: Liberal reuniting in 1918, and finishing second in 1922/1923 (having Chancellor Lloyd George could prevent a return to pre-war Gold Standard). Also, any TL for more successful British industry would require weaker trade unions (and weaker Labour party).
 
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I bet on Lloyd George because unlike Baldwin, MacDonald or even Neville Chamberlain..., that guy actually knew how to run a successful industrial policy (other guys who involved in ww1 war industry planning like Bonar Law, Geddes, Montague were already dead by then), and he would have Keynes as his chief economic advisor.

A better POD: Liberal reuniting in 1918, and finishing second in 1922/1923 (having Chancellor Lloyd George could prevent a return to pre-war Gold Standard). Also, any TL for more successful British industry would require weaker trade unions (and weaker Labour party).

Am into the idea of Lloyd George becoming Prime Minister in 1929, though looking at things from a butterfly netted scenario with regards to the run-up to WW2 where the British are better prepared thanks to the Premiership of DLG.

Would a weaker Labour party in this scenario have meant an earlier pre-Gaitskell attempt at amending/removing Clause IV in order to get them be more electable or failing that, prompt the anti-Clause IV Labour faction to switch to the Liberals (if not split from Labour to form their own Blue Labour party)?

Another change that would be interesting to see in a Greater Post-War British Economy TL would be the Isle of Wight featuring more road and rail links to the mainland.
 
Out of interest, is there any way of finding out what was written in the 1928 Liberal Yellow Book whether via a (ideally free) online copy or a basic largely unbiased summary in how the Liberals planned to help bring about a Greater Post-War British Economy?
 

Thomas1195

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Out of interest, is there any way of finding out what was written in the 1928 Liberal Yellow Book whether via a (ideally free) online copy or a basic largely unbiased summary in how the Liberals planned to help bring about a Greater Post-War British Economy?
The only thing readily available is the "We can conquer unemployment" pamphlet, but the pamphlet alone was much more than what the Tories did IOTL.
 
The only thing readily available is the "We can conquer unemployment" pamphlet, but the pamphlet alone was much more than what the Tories did IOTL.

Understand, just interested in looking into things further.

Curious to know to what degree their plans would have likely differed from the OTL pre-war New Works Programme along with other rail/road projects.

It appears the 1935-1940 New Works Programme was to include an expansion of existing LU routes though nothing about opening any new lines as was the case with the post-war 1946 (later 1949+) London Railways Plan. It also seems the London Passenger Transport Board (aka London Transport) in 1934, proposed that the Waterloo & City should have a new intermediate station at Blackfriars, connecting with the District line station there. They further proposed that the Waterloo & City line should be extended to Liverpool Street station and Shoreditch, the trains there continuing over the East London Railway to New Cross and New Cross Gate. However nothing came of it. (Given the limitations of the Waterloo & City and the direction of the combined route, it is doubtful whether it would remain linked to the East London Line for long had it happened though a later eastwards or northeast extension from Shoreditch would have opened up more possibilities down the line as an expanded 5-car service as well as provided impetus for a southeast extension from Waterloo, especially with the East London Line later becoming part of the Overground.)
 
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Depending on the PODs involved (which may stretch back to pre-1900s), is there a way for say Austen Chamberlain to join the Liberals at some point and possibly succeed David Lloyd George as Prime Minister via an internal coup within the Liberal Party (before his Pro-German sentiments become apparent) or have Austen take the place of Stanley Baldwin under the Conservatives prior to his death?

Or is there any other Pro-British Rearmament Liberal Party candidates who would be a suitable successor, at least to prevent the Liberal Party's credibility from being irreparably damaged by David Lloyd George's Pro-German sentiments? Obviously a Liberal Neville Chamberlain would have a potentially similar effect of almost making the Liberals unelectable even if it would be interesting seeing an ATL 1935 election being a largely Chamberlain vs Chamberlain race between a Conservative Austen and a Liberal Neville (or vice versa).
 
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WI Comet avoids faul;t causing metal fatigue and Alan Turing is not arrested.

Maybe he joins Lyons and the Lyones Electronic oFFICE BECOMES a major player
 
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