Why would McCain pull America out of NATO??
Shoot. Should have said Trump. ITTL Trump went for the presidency against Obama and won. Thanks for the heads up.
Why would McCain pull America out of NATO??
Please change your post thenShoot. Should have said Trump. ITTL Trump went for the presidency against Obama and won. Thanks for the heads up.
BYE BYE HAROLD
What if Harold Wilson resigned in 1970, with Jim Callaghan becoming Labour Leader?
1970: Edward Heath (Conservative)
1974: Jim Callaghan (Labour Minority) [1]
1979: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [2]
1983: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [3]
1987: John Moore (Conservative)
1987: Bryan Gould (Labour) [4]
1991: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) [5]
1996: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative-Liberal Coalition) [6]
1999: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Liberal Coalition)
2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative/UKIP Coalition) [7]
2002: Valerie Amos (Labour) [8]
2005: Valerie Amos (Labour) [9]
2009: Harriet Harman (Labour)
2010: Harriet Harman (Labour) [10]
2014 (Dec): Jacinda Ardern (Labour)
2015: Jacinda Ardern (Labour) [11]
[11] Harman managed to navigate the country through the new multi-polar world, building closer ties with both the EU and the Commonwealth. Blaireconomics was credited with dampening the worst of the Great Financial Crisis and the opposition was still trying to win back respect with the public. While all pundits expected another Labour term, it just wasn’t going to be with the leader they expected. Shortly before the Christmas of 2014, Harman was involved in a motor incident and to avoid any damage to the party’s success in the upcoming election agreed to step aside. She was replaced in a surprise move by the youngest cabinet minister Jacinda Ardern (who had the strong backing of the ‘Gould-Amos Commonwealth’ faction). Despite the long years in government, Ardern’s charm offensive led Labour to a record fourth election victory.
Prime Ministers of the United British Empire
What if the British Empire formed an Imperial Parliament?
Normal rules apply:
1)One election per post
2)Wait at least two posts before going again
3)Don't skip into the future, go in order.
1876: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) [1]
1877: William Gladstone (Liberal) [2]
1882: William Gladstone (Liberal) [3]
[1] The United British Empire was formed when Britain and her overseas possessions amalgamated under the reign of Queen Victoria, resulting in Tory Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsford, becoming the first Imperial Prime Minister after the 1876 Act of Union.
[2] An election was called in 1877 to elect the Imperial Parliament, Gladstone beat Disraeli by just 5 seats, however, due to only having 5 more seats than the Conservatives, various disruptions arose in trying to govern the Empire, luckily for Gladstone, some Conservatives who had seats in North America, formed their own Conservative Party called The Democratic Conservatives, lowering Disraeli's seats by 10, leaving Gladstone a bit more ease to pass laws.
[3] Gladstone’s doctrines of free trade, equal opportunity and economic pragmatism helped establish the early conventions of the Imperial Parliament and unite the disparate groups which it represented. Even so, the Liberals barely managed to maintain their slim majority in the 1882 election, which was the last general election held under the original restrictive franchise and the first to have participation from a socialist party (running in three seats - none would win).
I'm not quite sure how Britain got America back, but there we are.
Prime Ministers of the United British Empire
1876: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) [1]
1877: William Gladstone (Liberal) [2]
1882: William Gladstone (Liberal) [3]
1886: William Gladstone (Liberal/Irish Parliamentary Party coalition) [4]
1892: Lord Randolph Churchill (Conservative/Liberal Unionists) [5]
1895: Lord Randolph Churchill (Conservative/Liberal Unionist) [6]
1896 (May): George Goschen (Conservative/Liberal Unionist)
1896 (Nov): George Goschen (Conservative) [7]
1901: Herbert Asquith (Liberal) [8]
1903: Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (Conservative) [9]
[1] The United British Empire was formed when Britain and her overseas possessions amalgamated under the reign of Queen Victoria, resulting in Tory Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield, becoming the first Imperial Prime Minister after the 1876 Act of Union.
[2] An election was called in 1877 to elect the Imperial Parliament, Gladstone beat Disraeli by just 5 seats, however, due to only having 5 more seats than the Conservatives, various disruptions arose in trying to govern the Empire, luckily for Gladstone, some Conservatives who had seats in North America, formed their own Conservative Party called The Democratic Conservatives, lowering Disraeli's seats by 10, leaving Gladstone a bit more ease to pass laws.
[3] Gladstone’s doctrines of free trade, equal opportunity and economic pragmatism helped establish the early conventions of the Imperial Parliament and unite the disparate groups which it represented. Even so, the Liberals barely managed to maintain their slim majority in the 1882 election, which was the last general election held under the original restrictive franchise and the first to have participation from a socialist party (running in three seats - none would win).
[4] It was perhaps inevitable that the Liberals' hold on power would slip. Falling 4 seats short of a majority Gladstone called IPP Leader Charles Stuart Parnell to talks at Downing Street to discuss a formal coalition. Parnell made it clear. He wanted independence for Ireland. Gladstone made it clear that there was no way at that time that the Empire would react well to that. But Gladstone did offer what was known as "Maximum Devolution" whereby Dublin would take control of all issues except Foreign and Defence affairs. Parnell wasn't happy about that but he like Gladstone could see that the nascent German Empire was growing in status and could prove to be a danger to Western Europe. Parnell accepted the terms on condition that the Irish established their own Parliament in Dublin and would only travel to London when necessary. Gladstone agreed.
[5] Following the 1886 party coup, Lord Randolph Churchill managed to wrestle control of the party from the Earl of Salisbury and set about rebuilding the Conservative Party on a platform of patriotism, unionism, and Tory radicalism. In 1892, the Conservatives took back control of the House of Commons with the support of Joseph Chamberlain and his anti-Home Rule rebels, the Liberal Unionists. With a new majority, Churchill immediately set about implementing new reforms such as democratically elected county councils and mandatory public education.
[6] The 1895 Imperial Election, conducted in the home isles as well as in the Dominions of New England, Canada, Columbia, Carolina, Louisiana, the Ohio Country, and the most recent addition to the Imperial Family, the Dominion of Missouri, sees a number of prominent American MPs taking positions in the government. Among those included in Churchill's second Ministry include Robert Todd Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, James Garfield, and Charles Tupper. The coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Unionists continues, though greater demands for devolution in Ireland, Canada (particularly Quebec), and other Catholic majority regions such as Louisiana remains an issue for the Imperial government of an aging Queen Victoria. Both the Populist Party (led by William J. Bryan, an MP from Missouri) and the Labor Party (led by Eugene Debs) see their initial gains, each winning a handful of seats for the first time.
[7] Lord Churchill resigned from his position in May of 1896, after he came down with a terminal illness which would result in his untimely death in November. The Conservative Party elected George Goschen as their new leader, who sought to integrate American and Canadian politicians more into the Britannic Government, continuing the legacy of his predecessor. He also sought to create a more federalized union, with the return of partial home rule in Ireland in order to reduce sentiments of rebellion and independence there and in other Catholic areas. This controversial policy led to the Liberal Unionist Party abandoning the 1892 coalition arrangements in the month of September, leading to a general election in November of that year. The Conservatives won a resounding majority in the November election, however this is often attributed to the fact that the opposition vote was split between the Liberals, Populists and Labor as opposed to an increase in support for Goschen's Conservatives.
[8] Up until just a few months before the election, Goschen looked set for another comfortable majority. However, the Boxer Scare in early 1901, where the Empire almost lost control of Hong Kong, was considered a disaster for Britannic foreign policy. Even the resignation of the Foreign Secretary, the now ailing Marquess of Salisbury, did little to quell the anger at the Conservative government. On the coattails of this backlash, Asquith's reinvigorated Liberals won a narrow overall majority in May. Truthfully, Asquith did little different from the previous Government, with the continuing modernization of Education across the Empire being his primary focus. More significantly under his tenure was the unification and subsequent expansion of the Labor and Populist parties with the growing trade union movements across the industrialized dominions into a singular Populist Labor Party. The dual leadership of Debs and Bryan would be the foundations for an unusual tradition compared to the rest of Britannic politics.
[9] The death of Queen Victoria in 1903, at the age of 83, brought the Victorian Age to an end with a bump. For many in the old order, the politics of the United Empire was becoming increasingly fractious and alarming; Ireland largely ran itself (with the resulting upsurge in demands for further concessions to Catholic regions), Britain was increasingly challenged by foreign rivals abroad (with France turning to her colonial ambitions following the continental dominance of Germany), and the dramatic rise in support for the Populist Labor Party threatened the traditional two-party system of the Liberals and Conservatives as well as imperial unity. The election held following the death of the Queen was a difficult one for the Liberals - after the best part of a decade away from power during the Churchill and Goschen ministries, Asquith was forced to yield to the growing trade union influences as well as those calling for sweeping political devolution. In doing so the Liberals stepped from the centre ground, and were decisively defeated by the Conservatives. Cavendish, one of the most widely-respected and well-established peers in the country, was a moderate reformist in the tradition of Churchillian 'Tory Democracy' despite his upbringing. Although the Populist Laborites continued to make headway in industrial America, across many of the colonies and the Home Islands calls for socialism rang flat (and was markedly different from both the common calls for regional representation as well as increasing social provisions). Devonshire also had a strong relationship with the new King, William V (formerly Prince Arthur), which would prove significant as the Commons continued to put pressure on the Lords.
They never lost America. It's based around Hail Britannia, a massive worldbuilding effort by @LeinadB93 . This was covered in the first post. Obviously, the project is pretty expansive so I don't expect everyone to know everything, but we're going kinda light on the details and just rolling with it.I'm not quite sure how Britain got America back, but there we are.