List of U.K. Prime Ministers 1945-2020

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Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]

[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.

 

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Simply a List
Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]
1991: Michael Heseltine (Con-MoDem Coaltion) [16]

[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.
[16] Benn's second government ground to a holt a year after the election with many Prog's not willing to help him on this more radical measures. This led to VONC in early march 1991 triggering an election that any party was ready for. It delivered another Hung Parliament and Portillo began to talk to Mo-Dems and Progressives to see if a deal could happen as the Tories were 32 short of an overall majority. Portillo was too right wing for them and Heseltine his chancellor launched a palace coup on morning after the election and Portillo resigned citing his "election failure". Helestine was picked by the so called "magic circle" and brought the 57 MoDems into coalition after 5 days of talks, signing up for a PR referendum and Lords reforms in the coalition agreement. This was the start of what Political theorist called the "Great Re-alignment" with the first coalition since the war.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

Simply a List
Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]
1991: Michael Heseltine (Conservative-MoDem Coaltion) [16]
1993: Shirley Williams (Progressive-MoDem coalition) [17]

[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.
[16] Benn's second government ground to a holt a year after the election with many Prog's not willing to help him on this more radical measures. This led to VONC in early march 1991 triggering an election that any party was ready for. It delivered another Hung Parliament and Portillo began to talk to Mo-Dems and Progressives to see if a deal could happen as the Tories were 32 short of an overall majority. Portillo was too right wing for them and Heseltine his chancellor launched a palace coup on morning after the election and Portillo resigned citing his "election failure". Helestine was picked by the so called "magic circle" and brought the 57 MoDems into coalition after 5 days of talks, signing up for a PR referendum and Lords reforms in the coalition agreement. This was the start of what Political theorist called the "Great Re-alignment" with the first coalition since the war.
[17] After the PR referendum passed, the MoDems wanted an election ASAP, and despite the Conservatives protesting, they had to agree. The election led to a hung parliament, which would be the norm under PR. Shirley Williams led the Progressives to a large minority over the Conservatives, as Labour, now controlled by the Militant Tendency, collapsed. The MoDems gained massively and agreed to an coalition with the Progressives, for a "sensible moderate path for Britain". Many whisper of a possible merger into a "Progressive Democrat" party.

 

[Mumby]

Simply a List
Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]
1991: Michael Heseltine (Conservative-MoDem Coaltion) [16]
1993: Shirley Williams (Progressive-MoDem coalition) [17]

1997: Shirley Williams (Progressive Democrat) [18]
[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.
[16] Benn's second government ground to a holt a year after the election with many Prog's not willing to help him on this more radical measures. This led to VONC in early march 1991 triggering an election that any party was ready for. It delivered another Hung Parliament and Portillo began to talk to Mo-Dems and Progressives to see if a deal could happen as the Tories were 32 short of an overall majority. Portillo was too right wing for them and Heseltine his chancellor launched a palace coup on morning after the election and Portillo resigned citing his "election failure". Helestine was picked by the so called "magic circle" and brought the 57 MoDems into coalition after 5 days of talks, signing up for a PR referendum and Lords reforms in the coalition agreement. This was the start of what Political theorist called the "Great Re-alignment" with the first coalition since the war.
[17] After the PR referendum passed, the MoDems wanted an election ASAP, and despite the Conservatives protesting, they had to agree. The election led to a hung parliament, which would be the norm under PR. Shirley Williams led the Progressives to a large minority over the Conservatives, as Labour, now controlled by the Militant Tendency, collapsed. The MoDems gained massively and agreed to an coalition with the Progressives, for a "sensible moderate path for Britain". Many whisper of a possible merger into a "Progressive Democrat" party.
[18] The newly created Progressive Democrats are able to secure a majority, due to the electoral tactic of only merging after the election and not standing against each others candidates who were likely to win. With a majority and a healthy mandate from PR, the ProgDems are able to push through their plans effectively.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

Simply a List
Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]
1991: Michael Heseltine (Conservative-MoDem coalition) [16]
1993: Shirley Williams (Progressive-MoDem coalition) [17]
1997: Shirley Williams (Progressive Democrat) [18]
2002: Polly Toynbee (Progressive Democrat) [19]

[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.
[16] Benn's second government ground to a halt a year after the election with many Progs not willing to help him on this more radical measures. This led to VONC in early march 1991 triggering an election that any party was ready for. It delivered another hung parliament and Portillo began to talk to Mo-Dems and Progressives to see if a deal could happen as the Tories were 32 short of an overall majority. Portillo was too right wing for them and Heseltine (his chancellor) launched a palace coup on morning after the election and Portillo resigned citing his "election failure". Helestine was picked by the so called "magic circle" and brought the 57 MoDems into coalition after 5 days of talks, signing up for a PR referendum and Lords reforms in the coalition agreement. This was the start of what Political theorist called the "Great Re-alignment" with the first coalition since the war.
[17] After the PR referendum passed, the MoDems wanted an election ASAP, and despite the Conservatives protesting, they had to agree. The election led to a hung parliament, which would be the norm under PR. Shirley Williams led the Progressives to a large minority over the Conservatives, as Labour, now controlled by the Militant Tendency, collapsed. The MoDems gained massively and agreed to an coalition with the Progressives, for a "sensible moderate path for Britain". Many whisper of a possible merger into a "Progressive Democrat" party.
[18] The newly created Progressive Democrats are able to secure a majority, due to the electoral tactic of only merging after the election and not standing against each others candidates who were likely to win. With a majority and a healthy mandate from PR, the ProgDems are able to push through their plans effectively.
[19] During the latter half of Williams' tenure, her strong policies on nuclear proliferation and the attempted abolition of grammar schools turned many back to the Conservatives. This resulted in a 'cabinet coup' which saw Polly Toynbee oust Williams in an attempt to reappeal to the electorate before the polls opened. This was a success, and despite losing a considerable percentage of their majority the Progressive Democrats returned to office.

 

[Justin Pickard]

Simply a List
Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]
1991: Michael Heseltine (Conservative-MoDem coalition) [16]
1993: Shirley Williams (Progressive-MoDem coalition) [17]
1997: Shirley Williams (Progressive Democrat) [18]
2002: Polly Toynbee (Progressive Democrat) [19]
2005: Polly Toynbee (PD-Ecology minority coalition, with Plaid Cymru and Tús Nua support) [20]

[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.
[16] Benn's second government ground to a halt a year after the election with many Progs not willing to help him on this more radical measures. This led to VONC in early march 1991 triggering an election that any party was ready for. It delivered another hung parliament and Portillo began to talk to Mo-Dems and Progressives to see if a deal could happen as the Tories were 32 short of an overall majority. Portillo was too right wing for them and Heseltine (his chancellor) launched a palace coup on morning after the election and Portillo resigned citing his "election failure". Helestine was picked by the so called "magic circle" and brought the 57 MoDems into coalition after 5 days of talks, signing up for a PR referendum and Lords reforms in the coalition agreement. This was the start of what Political theorist called the "Great Re-alignment" with the first coalition since the war.
[17] After the PR referendum passed, the MoDems wanted an election ASAP, and despite the Conservatives protesting, they had to agree. The election led to a hung parliament, which would be the norm under PR. Shirley Williams led the Progressives to a large minority over the Conservatives, as Labour, now controlled by the Militant Tendency, collapsed. The MoDems gained massively and agreed to an coalition with the Progressives, for a "sensible moderate path for Britain". Many whisper of a possible merger into a "Progressive Democrat" party.
[18] The newly created Progressive Democrats are able to secure a majority, due to the electoral tactic of only merging after the election and not standing against each others candidates who were likely to win. With a majority and a healthy mandate from PR, the ProgDems are able to push through their plans effectively.
[19] During the latter half of Williams' tenure, her strong policies on nuclear proliferation and the attempted abolition of grammar schools turned many back to the Conservatives. This resulted in a 'cabinet coup' which saw Polly Toynbee oust Williams in an attempt to re-appeal to the electorate before the polls opened. This was a success, and despite losing a considerable percentage of their majority the Progressive Democrats returned to office.
[20] After a tranche of the more moderate PD backbenchers join with the opposition parties to vote against the government's plans to introduce a basic income guarantee, Toynbee calls a snap election in 2005. None of the main party leaders perform well in the round of televised debates (the UK's first), and while election turnout is uncharacteristically high, the results are less than clear - with smaller parties and independents picking up votes. Eventually, after a prolonged period of behind-the-scenes haggling, Toynbee manages to broker tentative support for a PD-led government, with two of the nine Ecology MPs in cabinet (Woodin at Trade & Industry, and Simms at Energy), and confidence-and-supply from the Welsh and Scottish nationalists.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

Simply a List
Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]
1991: Michael Heseltine (Conservative-MoDem coalition) [16]
1993: Shirley Williams (Progressive-MoDem coalition) [17]
1997: Shirley Williams (Progressive Democrat) [18]
2002: Polly Toynbee (Progressive Democrat) [19]
2005: Polly Toynbee (PD-Ecology minority coalition, with Plaid Cymru and Tús Nua support) [20]
2010: Liam Fox (Conservative-Tús Nua coalition) [21]

[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.
[16] Benn's second government ground to a halt a year after the election with many Progs not willing to help him on this more radical measures. This led to VONC in early march 1991 triggering an election that any party was ready for. It delivered another hung parliament and Portillo began to talk to Mo-Dems and Progressives to see if a deal could happen as the Tories were 32 short of an overall majority. Portillo was too right wing for them and Heseltine (his chancellor) launched a palace coup on morning after the election and Portillo resigned citing his "election failure". Helestine was picked by the so called "magic circle" and brought the 57 MoDems into coalition after 5 days of talks, signing up for a PR referendum and Lords reforms in the coalition agreement. This was the start of what Political theorist called the "Great Re-alignment" with the first coalition since the war.
[17] After the PR referendum passed, the MoDems wanted an election ASAP, and despite the Conservatives protesting, they had to agree. The election led to a hung parliament, which would be the norm under PR. Shirley Williams led the Progressives to a large minority over the Conservatives, as Labour, now controlled by the Militant Tendency, collapsed. The MoDems gained massively and agreed to an coalition with the Progressives, for a "sensible moderate path for Britain". Many whisper of a possible merger into a "Progressive Democrat" party.
[18] The newly created Progressive Democrats are able to secure a majority, due to the electoral tactic of only merging after the election and not standing against each others candidates who were likely to win. With a majority and a healthy mandate from PR, the ProgDems are able to push through their plans effectively.
[19] During the latter half of Williams' tenure, her strong policies on nuclear proliferation and the attempted abolition of grammar schools turned many back to the Conservatives. This resulted in a 'cabinet coup' which saw Polly Toynbee oust Williams in an attempt to re-appeal to the electorate before the polls opened. This was a success, and despite losing a considerable percentage of their majority the Progressive Democrats returned to office.
[20] After a tranche of the more moderate PD backbenchers join with the opposition parties to vote against the government's plans to introduce a basic income guarantee, Toynbee calls a snap election in 2005. None of the main party leaders perform well in the round of televised debates (the UK's first), and while election turnout is uncharacteristically high, the results are less than clear - with smaller parties and independents picking up votes. Eventually, after a prolonged period of behind-the-scenes haggling, Toynbee manages to broker tentative support for a PD-led government, with two of the nine Ecology MPs in cabinet (Woodin at Trade & Industry, and Simms at Energy), and confidence-and-supply from the Welsh and Scottish nationalists.
[21] Fox's Conservatives would narrow clinch the election, but was still forced to form a coalition with the Scottish Nationalists. This came at the expense of a promised referendum on independence in 2014 and the strengthening of the Scottish devolved parliament - something the rightist Tories would find hard to swallow. Fox was also concerned with cutting the bureaucratic tape of the PD years and the reinstatement of some grammar schools.

 

[Gregg]

Simply a List
Just a conventional list, with no precedent.

1945: Clement Attlee (Labour) [1]
1947: Clement Attlee (Labour) [2]
1951: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [3]
1952: Aneurin Bevan (Labour) [4]
1955: Winston Churchill, Duke of London (Conservative) [5]
1958: Rab Butler (Conservative) [6]
1961: Anthony Eden (Conservative) [7]
1965: Selwyn Lloyd (Conservative) [8]
1966: Denis Healey (Labour) [9]
1970: William Whitelaw (Conservative) [10]
1975: Denis Healey (Labour) [11]
1977: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [12]
1982: Keith Joseph (Conservative) [13]
1987: Tony Benn (Labour) [14]
1989: Tony Benn (Labour minority with Progressive support) [15]
1991: Michael Heseltine (Conservative-MoDem coalition) [16]
1993: Shirley Williams (Progressive-MoDem coalition) [17]
1997: Shirley Williams (Progressive Democrat) [18]
2002: Polly Toynbee (Progressive Democrat) [19]
2005: Polly Toynbee (PD-Ecology minority coalition, with Plaid Cymru and Tús Nua support) [20]
2010: Liam Fox (Conservative-Tús Nua coalition) [21]
2013: Sophy Fearnley-Whittingstall (Ecology-Labour coalition) [22]

[1] Labour's first true government, Attlee saw the creation of the welfare state under a competent cabinet. Churchill's defeat shocked the Conservatives, and was the first time Labour had gained a majority in seats.
[2] Attlee calls a snap election which results in a Labour landslide, as the Tories lose even more now-marginal seats to Labour. (The Liberals gain 3 seats.)
[3] After the shock death of Attlee in hospital (having been treated for severe peptic ulcers), the leftist wing of the party took hold. Aneurin Bevan created a new National Housing Service (seperate from the NHS and education systems) which committed the government to the creation of thousands of new homes during future tenures. Additionally, he promoted numerous members of the "Keep Left" pressure group to the cabinet (most notably Ian Mikardo to Foreign Secretary) and this led to the creation of a British foreign policy independent of the American and Soviet spheres.
[4] Bevan decides to get a mandate of his own and jumping on the back of a wave of patriotism at the Jubilee unveils his vision for a new socialist Britain and a global anti-Soviet socialist block in the form of the Commonwealth.
[5] Churchill is created Duke of London in 1951, after convincing his son Randolph that the peerage was worthwhile. He resigned as leader of the Conservatives, only to be selected again as leader in 1957. At the age of 80 and after the Conservatives swept back into power, the Queen asked him to (once again) form a government.
[6] Rab Butler convinced the ageing Churchill to retire in 1958, and despite his own unpopularity within the Conservatives narrowly caught the leadership. Butler (in his own way) agreed with the Anglo-centric foreign policy of the Labour years, but played it to a Conservative agenda. The result was the attempt to prolong the decolonization policies begun by Bevan, and the resumption of a British nuclear program.
[7] While Butler remained popular with the British people, his party felt he was leaning far to much towards Labour. Anthony Eden became a notable vocal critic, particularly when Butler made a public gaffe in America. He soon suffered a vote of no confidence and was ousted by his own party. Anthony Eden assumed the premiership.
[8] In 1965, Eden was hospitalized with complications from use of the drug Dexamyl and as a result was unable to continue his premiership. The Conservatives were doing well, and in 1965 Selwyn Lloyd (a loyal ally of Eden) took the leadership. He famously stated his intent for a "full term" in light of the number of Prime Ministers since the war.
[9] In a brutally ironic twist, Lloyd suffers a crushing defeat to the more centrist Labour leader Denis Healey. A compromise candidate, Healey got on well with his colleagues and wasn't drunk nor a Soviet spy unlike his opposition...
[10] The narrow Conservative victory in 1970, under William Whitelaw, resulted in the resumption of a Anglo-centered foreign policy. The Soviet Union was under pressure from internal rioting, and the United States was in the midst of a series of unpopular conflicts. Whitelaw would also attempt to stem the unrestricted immigration of Commonwealth migrants instigated under Healey's term, although was highly disapproving of Enoch Powell's influence within the party - his maneuvering ensured that Powell never rose further in rank during his premiership, and Powell was never invited to the Cabinet.
[11] After plans for a Liberal-Conservative Coalition fall through over electoral reform and taxation, Whitelaw is forced to concede defeat with rising unemployment and industrial troubles beginning to come into play as well the Irish problem, secretly, he was glad to get out of office. Healey makes a return with a minority government that proves problematic.
[12] Healey's government barely makes it into 1977. After unemployment shoots past 1 million and union strife causes a "3-day work week", Joseph leads the Tories to a landslide majority of 125.
[13] Such a strong Conservative government would not be easily dethroned, and Joseph returned for a second session in 1982. He would begin the most radical reformation of Britain's economic and domestic assets since the Second World War, and this would cement his popularity amongst British conservatives.
[14] The Conservatives were dethroned in 1987 in one of the closest elections of the century. Joseph's hard-liner foreign policy was popular but his economic plans had created much anger across the country. Benn was seen as a less-vigorous diplomat, but sound on the economy. His leftist government sought to distinguish itself as a seperate Labour force from Healey's efforts, and this was reflected nicely in the electorate.
[15] The right of the Labour Party split off because they thought that Benn was too radical, and formed the Progressive Party. They did continue supporting Benn out of neccessity, viewing Michael Portillo as far worse than Benn. The Liberals, now renamed the Moderate Democrats after some wet Conservatives split off to join them, is growing in support... Talks of an electoral alliance in the next election between the MoDems and Progs start... The 1990s will face a large re-aligning of British politics.
[16] Benn's second government ground to a halt a year after the election with many Progs not willing to help him on this more radical measures. This led to VONC in early march 1991 triggering an election that any party was ready for. It delivered another hung parliament and Portillo began to talk to Mo-Dems and Progressives to see if a deal could happen as the Tories were 32 short of an overall majority. Portillo was too right wing for them and Heseltine (his chancellor) launched a palace coup on morning after the election and Portillo resigned citing his "election failure". Helestine was picked by the so called "magic circle" and brought the 57 MoDems into coalition after 5 days of talks, signing up for a PR referendum and Lords reforms in the coalition agreement. This was the start of what Political theorist called the "Great Re-alignment" with the first coalition since the war.
[17] After the PR referendum passed, the MoDems wanted an election ASAP, and despite the Conservatives protesting, they had to agree. The election led to a hung parliament, which would be the norm under PR. Shirley Williams led the Progressives to a large minority over the Conservatives, as Labour, now controlled by the Militant Tendency, collapsed. The MoDems gained massively and agreed to an coalition with the Progressives, for a "sensible moderate path for Britain". Many whisper of a possible merger into a "Progressive Democrat" party.
[18] The newly created Progressive Democrats are able to secure a majority, due to the electoral tactic of only merging after the election and not standing against each others candidates who were likely to win. With a majority and a healthy mandate from PR, the ProgDems are able to push through their plans effectively.
[19] During the latter half of Williams' tenure, her strong policies on nuclear proliferation and the attempted abolition of grammar schools turned many back to the Conservatives. This resulted in a 'cabinet coup' which saw Polly Toynbee oust Williams in an attempt to re-appeal to the electorate before the polls opened. This was a success, and despite losing a considerable percentage of their majority the Progressive Democrats returned to office.
[20] After a tranche of the more moderate PD backbenchers join with the opposition parties to vote against the government's plans to introduce a basic income guarantee, Toynbee calls a snap election in 2005. None of the main party leaders perform well in the round of televised debates (the UK's first), and while election turnout is uncharacteristically high, the results are less than clear - with smaller parties and independents picking up votes. Eventually, after a prolonged period of behind-the-scenes haggling, Toynbee manages to broker tentative support for a PD-led government, with two of the nine Ecology MPs in cabinet (Woodin at Trade & Industry, and Simms at Energy), and confidence-and-supply from the Welsh and Scottish nationalists.
[21] Fox's Conservatives would narrow clinch the election, but was still forced to form a coalition with the Scottish Nationalists. This came at the expense of a promised referendum on independence in 2014 and the strengthening of the Scottish devolved parliament - something the rightist Tories would find hard to swallow. Fox was also concerned with cutting the bureaucratic tape of the PD years and the reinstatement of some grammar schools.
[22] Following months of scandal and corruption revelations, the coalition is brought down by its own backbenchers and forced into an early election. The Ecologists emerge as the biggest of the ten parties in Parliament, and are able to form a majority with the third-largest, Labour.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

John Ewington's Move

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.

OOC: In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Here, John Ewington (the source of the employees' angst) was moved to a different station and the unions were forced to back down without compromise. Whilst I don't doubt for a minute that another Labour-analogue will rise up to represent the left, the pride of its members' has been severely dented.

 

[Gregg]

OOC: In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Here, John Ewington (the source of the employees' angst) was moved to a different station and the unions were forced to back down without compromise. Whilst I don't doubt for a minute that another Labour-analogue will rise up to represent the left, the pride of its members' has been severely dented.

Huh? Ewington was moved in OTL, and if there's no compromise then there will just be a longer-running strike and more sabotage. I think you'd get the POD you want if the company decided not to sue - it just compromised and swallowed the loss from the sabotage. No Taff Vale judgement, and fewer trade unions feel the need to push for direct representation in Parliament. It's nothing to do with the pride of its members - it was a judgement that undermined the right to strike.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

Huh? Ewington was moved in OTL, and if there's no compromise then there will just be a longer-running strike and more sabotage. I think you'd get the POD you want if the company decided not to sue - it just compromised and swallowed the loss from the sabotage. No Taff Vale judgement, and fewer trade unions feel the need to push for direct representation in Parliament. It's nothing to do with the pride of its members - it was a judgement that undermined the right to strike.

OK, then. That's kinda' what I tried to create, but I agree that your angle is far more practical! In that case, we have the Company taking the hit for a resolution on the strike and a delayed rise of angry unionism in parliament. That's cool.

 

[Gregg]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade, brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservative falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party, ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue. The Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats, whilst the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2 seats.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Here, the Company accepts its losses and doesn't sue, stiffling Labour's growth.
[2] OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party, founded on less revolutionary socialist principles; as more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out in OTL by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.

 

[Justin Pickard]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]
1912: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal)

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

I'm going to add some points for Asquith's second term if that's OK.

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]
1912: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [4]
1915: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative) [5]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.
[4] Asquith's second government was a disaster. With the outbreak of the Second Franco-German War in 1914 (and Germany avoiding provoking Britain by stunting France away from Belgium) the Liberals narrowly passed the Home Rule Bill of 1914. Ireland collapsed into civil war, and after the assassination of Edward Carson the Conservatives demanded the government be held accountable. The Liberals fell victim to a vote of no confidence, and Austen Chamberlain formed the new government.
[5] Chamberlain's new government sought to resolve the Irish Crisis as quickly as possible. A policy of army-intervention combined with uncompromising talks with Irish rebel leaders was largely unsuccessful, and was hindered by the refusal of Irish MPs to co-operate with the government.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.

 

[Gregg]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]
1912: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [4]
1915: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative) [5]
1917: Lord Kitchener (Coalition) [6]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.
[4] Asquith's second government was a disaster. With the outbreak of the Second Franco-German War in 1914 (and Germany avoiding provoking Britain by stunting France away from Belgium) the Liberals narrowly passed the Home Rule Bill of 1914. Ireland collapsed into civil war, and after the assassination of Edward Carson the Conservatives demanded the government be held accountable. The Liberals fell victim to a vote of no confidence, and Austen Chamberlain formed the new government.
[5] Chamberlain's new government sought to resolve the Irish Crisis as quickly as possible. A policy of army-intervention combined with uncompromising talks with Irish rebel leaders was largely unsuccessful, and was hindered by the refusal of Irish MPs to co-operate with the government.
[6] Chamberlain proved incapable of ending the civil war in Ireland or preventing German hegemony across Europe. Locked out of key European markets, Britain plunged into a Great Depression. Economic woes were soon compounded by widespread strikes, rent protests, pacifist and suffragette rallies, and terrorist outrages by anarchists and Irish nationalists. As news of The Chaos reached the empire, indigenous populations in Britain's colonies in Africa, India and the far East, began to rise up. The 1916 general election had failed to give Chamberlain a majority and the Liberal opposition refused coalition; approaches to the 19 LRC MPs were equally unsuccessful, though they spoke against the growing insurrection. Meanwhile, the 68 MPs from the SDF openly supported the strikers and protestors, as did the Irish Parliamentarians. After Chamberlain's resignation the King appointed Viscount Kitchener as Prime Minister in a coalition between the Conservative and a rump of Liberal Imperialists, hoping he could restore peace.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]
1912: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [4]
1915: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative) [5]
1917: Lord Kitchener (Emergency Coalition) [6]
1919: Lord Kitchener (Conservative-dominated Coalition) [7]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.
[4] Asquith's second government was a disaster. With the outbreak of the Second Franco-German War in 1914 (and Germany avoiding provoking Britain by stunting France away from Belgium) the Liberals narrowly passed the Home Rule Bill of 1914. Ireland collapsed into civil war, and after the assassination of Edward Carson the Conservatives demanded the government be held accountable. The Liberals fell victim to a vote of no confidence, and Austen Chamberlain formed the new government.
[5] Chamberlain's new government sought to resolve the Irish Crisis as quickly as possible. A policy of army-intervention combined with uncompromising talks with Irish rebel leaders was largely unsuccessful, and was hindered by the refusal of Irish MPs to co-operate with the government.
[6] Chamberlain proved incapable of ending the civil war in Ireland or preventing German hegemony across Europe. Locked out of key European markets, Britain plunged into a Great Depression. Economic woes were soon compounded by widespread strikes, rent protests, pacifist and suffragette rallies, and terrorist outrages by anarchists and Irish nationalists. As news of The Chaos reached the empire, indigenous populations in Britain's colonies in Africa, India and the far East, began to rise up. The 1916 general election had failed to give Chamberlain a majority and the Liberal opposition refused coalition; approaches to the 19 LRC MPs were equally unsuccessful, though they spoke against the growing insurrection. Meanwhile, the 68 MPs from the SDF openly supported the strikers and protestors, as did the Irish Parliamentarians. After Chamberlain's resignation the King appointed Viscount Kitchener as Prime Minister in a coalition between the Conservative and a rump of Liberal Imperialists - hoping he could restore peace.
[7] Kitchener's government successfully controlled the rise of nationalism across the Empire, but Ireland still remained a stubbornly dangerous issue. With the complete disintegration of the Irish Parliamentary Party and the rise in distrust regarding Irish parliamentary members, the Conservative Party rose in strength. Kitchener would form another government in 1919 to reflect this - he remained an independent leader of a Conservative-dominated government. This term, however, would see the rise of "Red Clydeside" - arguably the most dangerous threat Britain would face in recent years.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]
1912: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [4]
1915: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative) [5]
1917: Lord Kitchener (Emergency Coalition) [6]
1919: Lord Kitchener (Conservative-dominated Coalition) [7]
1921: Lord Kitchener(Conservative-dominated Coalition)
1921: John Robert Clynes (British Labour Assembly) [8]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.
[4] Asquith's second government was a disaster. With the outbreak of the Second Franco-German War in 1914 (and Germany avoiding provoking Britain by stunting France away from Belgium) the Liberals narrowly passed the Home Rule Bill of 1914. Ireland collapsed into civil war, and after the assassination of Edward Carson the Conservatives demanded the government be held accountable. The Liberals fell victim to a vote of no confidence, and Austen Chamberlain formed the new government.
[5] Chamberlain's new government sought to resolve the Irish Crisis as quickly as possible. A policy of army-intervention combined with uncompromising talks with Irish rebel leaders was largely unsuccessful, and was hindered by the refusal of Irish MPs to co-operate with the government.
[6] Chamberlain proved incapable of ending the civil war in Ireland or preventing German hegemony across Europe. Locked out of key European markets, Britain plunged into a Great Depression. Economic woes were soon compounded by widespread strikes, rent protests, pacifist and suffragette rallies, and terrorist outrages by anarchists and Irish nationalists. As news of The Chaos reached the empire, indigenous populations in Britain's colonies in Africa, India and the far East, began to rise up. The 1916 general election had failed to give Chamberlain a majority and the Liberal opposition refused coalition; approaches to the 19 LRC MPs were equally unsuccessful, though they spoke against the growing insurrection. Meanwhile, the 68 MPs from the SDF openly supported the strikers and protestors, as did the Irish Parliamentarians. After Chamberlain's resignation the King appointed Viscount Kitchener as Prime Minister in a coalition between the Conservative and a rump of Liberal Imperialists - hoping he could restore peace.
[7] Kitchener's government successfully controlled the rise of nationalism across the Empire, but Ireland still remained a stubbornly dangerous issue. With the complete disintegration of the Irish Parliamentary Party and the rise in distrust regarding Irish parliamentary members, the Conservative Party rose in strength. Kitchener would form another government in 1919 to reflect this - he remained an independent leader of a Conservative-dominated government. This term, however, would see the rise of "Red Clydeside" - arguably the most dangerous threat Britain would face in recent years.
[8] Like the Bolsheviks in Russia, the Reds rose up in Britain, starting in Clydeside, and the popular support for them was disturbingly high, since Kitchener's government was seen as authoritian. Will Britain go Red, or will it remain under Kitchener's iron fist?

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.

 

[Gregg]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]
1912: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [4]
1915: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative) [5]
1917: Lord Kitchener (Emergency Coalition) [6]
1919: Lord Kitchener (Conservative-dominated Coalition) [7]
1921: Lord Kitchener (Conservative-dominated Coalition)
1921: John Robert Clynes (British Labour Assembly) [8]
1922: Lord Derby (Constitutional Coalition)
1922: John Maclean (People's Revolutionary Alliance) [9]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.
[4] Asquith's second government was a disaster. With the outbreak of the Second Franco-German War in 1914 (and Germany avoiding provoking Britain by stunting France away from Belgium) the Liberals narrowly passed the Home Rule Bill of 1914. Ireland collapsed into civil war, and after the assassination of Edward Carson the Conservatives demanded the government be held accountable. The Liberals fell victim to a vote of no confidence, and Austen Chamberlain formed the new government.
[5] Chamberlain's new government sought to resolve the Irish Crisis as quickly as possible. A policy of army-intervention combined with uncompromising talks with Irish rebel leaders was largely unsuccessful, and was hindered by the refusal of Irish MPs to co-operate with the government.
[6] Chamberlain proved incapable of ending the civil war in Ireland or preventing German hegemony across Europe. Locked out of key European markets, Britain plunged into a Great Depression. Economic woes were soon compounded by widespread strikes, rent protests, pacifist and suffragette rallies, and terrorist outrages by anarchists and Irish nationalists. As news of The Chaos reached the empire, indigenous populations in Britain's colonies in Africa, India and the far East, began to rise up. The 1916 general election had failed to give Chamberlain a majority and the Liberal opposition refused coalition; approaches to the 19 LRC MPs were equally unsuccessful, though they spoke against the growing insurrection. Meanwhile, the 68 MPs from the SDF openly supported the strikers and protestors, as did the Irish Parliamentarians. After Chamberlain's resignation the King appointed Viscount Kitchener as Prime Minister in a coalition between the Conservative and a rump of Liberal Imperialists - hoping he could restore peace.
[7] Kitchener's government successfully controlled the rise of nationalism across the Empire, but Ireland still remained a stubbornly dangerous issue. With the complete disintegration of the Irish Parliamentary Party and the rise in distrust regarding Irish parliamentary members, the Conservative Party rose in strength. Kitchener would form another government in 1919 to reflect this - he remained an independent leader of a Conservative-dominated government. This term, however, would see the rise of "Red Clydeside" - arguably the most dangerous threat Britain would face in recent years.
[8] Like the Bolsheviks in Russia, the Reds rose up in Britain, starting in Clydeside, and the popular support for them was disturbingly high, since Kitchener's government was seen as authoritian. Will Britain go Red, or will it remain under Kitchener's iron fist?
[9] Six years of war in Ireland and the Colonies, repression at home with summary justice and mass interment, and economic turmoil with mass unemployment and famines, had spilled over into Civil War between the Revolutionaries and the Constitutionalists. As the conflict dragged on, Clynes' attempts to accomodate the Revolutionaries with Parliamentary democracy through the rump LRC (urging the Revolutionaries to put down their arms and negotiate with the King) ultimately failed to hold. Freed after the storming of Barlinnie prison, John Maclean of the much larger SDF emerged as leader of the Revolutionary side, consolidating the insurrectionary movements across Great Britain as the People's Revolutionary Alliance. On the Constitutional side, the more concilliatory Earl of Derby replaced Viscount Kitchener but too late to seize the olive branch that Clynes had offered.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.

 

[Premier Taylerov]

No Taff Vale Judgement

1902: Arthur Balfour (Conservative) [1]
1905: Henry Cambell-Bannerman (Liberal) [2]
1908: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [3]
1912: Herbert H. Asquith (Liberal) [4]
1915: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative) [5]
1917: Lord Kitchener (Emergency Coalition) [6]
1919: Lord Kitchener (Conservative-dominated Coalition) [7]
1921: Lord Kitchener (Conservative-dominated Coalition)
1921: John Robert Clynes (British Labour Assembly) [8]
1922: Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (Constitutional Coalition)
1922: John Maclean (People's Revolutionary Alliance) [9]
1924: Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (Constitutional Coalition) [10]

[1] Balfour's government was dominated with foreign policy, and with only the 1902 Education Act as a domestic achievement the resolution of hostility at the Taff Vale Railway Company was not noted as significant at the time. Instead, the signing of the Entente Cordiale signified a change in British foreign policy in which France was regarded as a potential asset rather than a certain threat.
[2] Balfour's resignation as his party split over free trade brought the Liberals back to power after a decade in Opposition. The subsequent general election saw a landslide victory for the Liberals with the Conservatives falling to around 170 MPs. The new Parliament had 82 members from the Irish Parliamentary Party (ensuring Home Rule would remain a crucial issue) whilst the Liberal-aligned Labour Representation Committee increased its representation to 9 seats and the Social Democratic Federation entered Parliament with 2.
[3] With the Liberals still maintaining the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party (although this was becoming increasingly fractious) Asquith was appointed their leader after Campbell-Bannerman's death. Asquith then called an election for his own mandate, which was won. The seat alignment of the parties surprisingly remained relatively unchanged for the new government, although the main winners were the LRC who gained an additional five.
[4] Asquith's second government was a disaster. With the outbreak of the Second Franco-German War in 1914 (and Germany avoiding provoking Britain by stunting France away from Belgium) the Liberals narrowly passed the Home Rule Bill of 1914. Ireland collapsed into civil war, and after the assassination of Edward Carson the Conservatives demanded the government be held accountable. The Liberals fell victim to a vote of no confidence, and Austen Chamberlain formed the new government.
[5] Chamberlain's new government sought to resolve the Irish Crisis as quickly as possible. A policy of army-intervention combined with uncompromising talks with Irish rebel leaders was largely unsuccessful, and was hindered by the refusal of Irish MPs to co-operate with the government.
[6] Chamberlain proved incapable of ending the civil war in Ireland or preventing German hegemony across Europe. Locked out of key European markets, Britain plunged into a Great Depression. Economic woes were soon compounded by widespread strikes, rent protests, pacifist and suffragette rallies, and terrorist outrages by anarchists and Irish nationalists. As news of The Chaos reached the empire, indigenous populations in Britain's colonies in Africa, India and the far East, began to rise up. The 1916 general election had failed to give Chamberlain a majority and the Liberal opposition refused coalition; approaches to the 19 LRC MPs were equally unsuccessful, though they spoke against the growing insurrection. Meanwhile, the 68 MPs from the SDF openly supported the strikers and protestors, as did the Irish Parliamentarians. After Chamberlain's resignation the King appointed Viscount Kitchener as Prime Minister in a coalition between the Conservative and a rump of Liberal Imperialists - hoping he could restore peace.
[7] Kitchener's government successfully controlled the rise of nationalism across the Empire, but Ireland still remained a stubbornly dangerous issue. With the complete disintegration of the Irish Parliamentary Party and the rise in distrust regarding Irish parliamentary members, the Conservative Party rose in strength. Kitchener would form another government in 1919 to reflect this - he remained an independent leader of a Conservative-dominated government. This term, however, would see the rise of "Red Clydeside" - arguably the most dangerous threat Britain would face in recent years.
[8] Like the Bolsheviks in Russia, the Reds rose up in Britain (starting in Clydeside) and the popular support for them was disturbingly high as Kitchener's government was seen as authoritarian. Will Britain go Red or remain under Kitchener's iron fist?
[9] Six years of war in Ireland and the Colonies, repression at home with summary justice and mass interment, and economic turmoil with mass unemployment and famines, had spilled over into Civil War between the Revolutionaries and the Constitutionalists. As the conflict dragged on, Clynes' attempts to accomodate the Revolutionaries with Parliamentary democracy through the rump LRC (urging the Revolutionaries to put down their arms and negotiate with the King) ultimately failed to hold. Freed after the storming of Barlinnie prison, John Maclean of the much larger SDF emerged as leader of the Revolutionary side, consolidating the insurrectionary movements across Great Britain as the People's Revolutionary Alliance. On the Constitutional side, the more concilliatory Earl of Derby replaced Viscount Kitchener but too late to seize the olive branch that Clynes had offered.
[10] The civil war continued for a year until the defeat of the Revolutionaries in the streets of Glasgow in the winter of 1923. Derby's government had been ruthless in the quelling of the rebellion but in turn the Revolutionaries had also jeopardized their cause by their violence. In 1923, a tentative attempt was made by Derby to form another government with the support for the Conservatives and Liberals. All forms of the socialist left were prohibited from contributing, although the vast majority advocated democratic processes - some even defected into the left-end of the Liberals to compensate. Derby was keen to resolve some of the issues that had triggered the Revolution of 1921, and this would dominate his second government. Incidentally, Derby agreed with most of his advisors that an election should only be held after the complete restoration of public order.

OOC:
[1] In OTL, the Taff Vale Railway Company case acknowledged that unions were to be held responsible for their picketing actions, and the outrage at the result was a prominent factor in the creation of the Labour Party. Instead of making a scene as in OTL, the company here covers the cost of picketing action - stiffling the Labour Party.
[2] In OTL, the Labour Party won 29 seats after the Taff Vale Judgement which more than tripled the LRC's membership and led to its re-organisation as a full-blown party. The growth of the LRC had seen it eclipse the organisations that had founded it, including the avowedly Marxist SDF. The SDF had already suffered from competition with the Independent Labour Party (which was founded on less revolutionary socialist principles). As more and more members simply joined the LRC/Labour, the SDF was soon wiped out by factional in-fighting. Here, this hasn't happened.
[3] Of note - Asquith usurped the influences of Sir Edward Grey and, more importantly, R.B Haldane to gain his position in the government. Haldane (who in OTL later became a Labour member) becomes more disillusioned with Asquith and the Liberals generally.