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I think most of us here are familiar with the standard scenario - Ford wins in 1976, a Democrat wins in 1980, thus very different 1980’s. What I’m particularly interested in here is how this affects Britain - since I think it’s fair to say the premiership of Margaret Thatcher still happens - her election to the Conservative Leadership predates our PoD, and Labour was most probably screwed in the next election in any event.

So Thatcher is the UK PM, while a (fairly liberal) Democrat is POTUS. What does this mean for British Foreign Policy and for the legacy of Thatcherism more generally? Is the Falklands War affected? What about South Africa? What about Europe? Do Conservatives still win the subsequent three elections? Or is Thatcher as boldly neoliberal?

And given how the 1980’s are changed for Great Britain, what does this mean for them in subsequent history?

(Surprised this question hasn’t been touched on in over eight years; only thought of it now reading a comment by @Politibrit in another thread.)
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