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Good work Nek - I like the characteristic B Munro-style witty observations 
What with Walpole losing his influence with the royals (and perhaps a more proactive Prussian monarch soon coming along), I wonder if after he falls from grace/dies there will not be another 'prime minister', with power being divided once more between several ministers. That would have important implications for the proliferation of the British system and how it is viewed elsewhere.
I tend to think all this would spark a war of succession (let's face it, in 18th century Europe the Landgrave of P couldn't cough lightly without sparking a war of succession
) but if you say the War of the Polish Succession has already started...even so, Hanover might turn into another front for it, with the French turning out their pockets to find pliable alternative candidates for the electorate...
What with Walpole losing his influence with the royals (and perhaps a more proactive Prussian monarch soon coming along), I wonder if after he falls from grace/dies there will not be another 'prime minister', with power being divided once more between several ministers. That would have important implications for the proliferation of the British system and how it is viewed elsewhere.
I tend to think all this would spark a war of succession (let's face it, in 18th century Europe the Landgrave of P couldn't cough lightly without sparking a war of succession