I assume you mean this one. Might Labour not have brought in their own Bill, under the same name but with different effects? What did the OTL Bill actually do (except altering various limitations on / definitions of strike action)?He would have had serious problems with both the trade unions and his own left wing. With inflation rife and the unions not having experienced the Industrial Relations Act inflation would be as bad as under Heath.
Why a national government? This is Labour with a large absolute majority: 400-c.250=150 seat majority. Even if there are well over 50 rebels, Labour still has no problem getting stuff through Parliament.He would have had problems selling EU membership to his own party and might have ended up being forced into a national government or a General Election which given the state of the economy the Tories would have won. Maybe he would have lasted until early 1974.
Wilson (in opposition) came up with a plan for Northern Irish independence which might get enacted.
Ironically, wasn't Heath the Conservative PM supposed to be gay? In that case you could have World Cup win AND Heath outed before the election for a Labour win.
Lots of interesting run-on effects there...
Northern Irish independence? Interesting.
I wonder what the end results of that would be...Yeah - it was supposed to be enacted over either a 10 or 25 year period on the grounds of "sort it out yourselves".
On mtg999's point, in 1970 there were plenty of trade unions and ordinary voters running around wearing "Enoch Was Right" badges and trying to get him reselected as a Tory MP (rather than an Ulster Unionist).
What would you use as 'proof', exactly? The fact that he liked sailing?
I wonder what the end results of that would be...