Through The Black Door: A British Political TL

Chapter One: It Begins


"Even now, it was never clear why Heath chose to declare a three day week. There wasn't a shortage of coal, simply a shortage of communications and unwillingness to change.

It was Heath's remark about the upcoming holiday and the comparison to the dark days of the war that I believe was the catalyst for what was to come"

(John Cole, As It Seemed to Me)
 
"I got a phonecall from a friend who even now I won't name for their safety who was in a hell of a state

'McGahey's gone mad"

"What are you talking about"

"He's...he's in London. They're marching

"Marching where"

"Downing Street, they're armed... they're going to fucking kill Heath"

(Joe Gormley, "Battered Cherubs" 1982)
 
BBC Continuity Announcer "We interrupt this programme to bring you a newsflash"

Kenneth Kendall: "The Prime Minister, Mr Edward Heath has been shot dead during an incident at Downing Street, early reports say that a mob broke down the door and bundled their way inside...
 
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