If the UK went communist post WWI what would Canada and Churchill do

I previously had a thread asking if it was possible for the UK to go communist. It seemed that the answer was yes with a common POD being a CP won WWI.
Now in this case what would Canada and Churchill do. Maybe if there is turmoil or riots in the UK they might declare independence. And what about Churchill? Maybe he would go to Canada and become the PM there
 
Churchill was pretty discredited following Gallipoli, and had no following or political base in Canada per se. So although he could go to Canada in such a scenario i doubt he would gain the premiership, especially over Mackenzie-King.

In terms of Independence, i suppose it depends on the nature of the British revolution. Canada was already independent in domestic matters, and gained full control of foreign affairs in 1931. The Canadian Monarchy is constitutionally separate from the British one, even though the offices are held by the same person, and it is the structures of the monarchy and Parliament, that determined the powers that Britain still had over Canada at the time.


So if the British terminate their monarchy and replace it with the Peoples Republic of Alba, or whatever they are calling it, they in essence cut Canada and the other dominions loose constitutionally. I suppose in such a case Canada would merely accelerate to the present day situation in terms of our governmental structures being fully separated from Britain's, with the addition that our monarch, whoever he/she would be, is no longer monarch of Great Britain as well. Possibly the Monarch would also live in Canada full time but that is not guaranteed. I don't know what would happen with Canada vis a vis the other Dominions and the Empire. Almost anything is plausible.
 
Churchill (amongst many others) would either have fled to Canada or probably more likely the States taking their gold with them. Canada would probably have become its own state along with the rest of the dominions and colonies (I guess some might stay under the British gaze). As to how communist GB would work out-well its certainly not the UK anymore for starters, a bust flush?
 
I'm guessing Canada would get most of the emmigrants from Britain. Probably end up a first amongst equa in the Dominion Empire. India woud probaby be given increased autonomy if it agreed to stay part of the Empire. A strange world.

Just hope the US doesn't attack.:(
 
Why SA other than proximity? Churchill would definitely not enter the political arena in either country- SA for obvious reasons, while Mackenzie King completely dominated the federal scene for 30 years.
 
Why SA other than proximity? Churchill would definitely not enter the political arena in either country- SA for obvious reasons, while Mackenzie King completely dominated the federal scene for 30 years.

as far as I can tell Churchill never lived in Canada, he has however lived in SA in the past, India too, I'm unsure how much family he had in the US, and lest we forget Winston wasn't a big fan of the "darkies"
 
No politician of similar rank, stature or generation was. India presumably gets independence, unless the Commies at home are imperalists like their Soviet counterparts. In that case Nehru or Patel become PM or declare UDI if the UK contingent is withdrawn. In Pretoria, Smuts probably arranges a comfortable exile for Churchill.
 

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I think if the UK was about to go Commie the other Allies would sigh, re-invade and re-install the monarchy.
 
I think if the UK was about to go Commie the other Allies would sigh, re-invade and re-install the monarchy.

I don't think they would. The most likely moment for the UK to go red was during the General Strike if given the proper conditions which, by then, the USA had went truly isolationist and France had a left-wing government.
 
Reality check: In the almost-a-century since the Bolshevik coup, there has not been *one * successful Communist revolution in an advanced industrial nation. Not one. The only case of Communism spreading to an advanced industrial nation was East Germany--and that happened through military occupation, not internal revolution.
 
Reality check: In the almost-a-century since the Bolshevik coup, there has not been *one * successful Communist revolution in an advanced industrial nation. Not one. The only case of Communism spreading to an advanced industrial nation was East Germany--and that happened through military occupation, not internal revolution.
Plus, the Communist Party of Great Britain was incredibly weak. They probably couldn't even launch a Spartacist style revolt, much less a victorious revolution.
 
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