1930 POD, or 1945 for a bonus. By "major" I don't mean kingmaker, I mean un des deux.
The only way I see it happening any time in the 20th century is if the Conservatives implode and the Liberals become the dominant right-wing party1930 POD, or 1945 for a bonus. By "major" I don't mean kingmaker, I mean un des deux.
New Democrats should never be satisfied with third or fourth place, he said, and ultimately defied widespread conventional wisdom in proving that it was, in fact, possible for them to be something else. His boundless enthusiasm for a cause and party that so many had written off during the 1990s played a huge role in changing minds; the NDP seemed more viable as a political option simply because Layton wouldn’t stop telling people it was.
Could Lloyd George do something in the '20s or '30s? From a quick Genocidal scan, they need a popular vote at least in the upper 20s to hit 3-digit seat counts. Getting there would be a start- balance of power in a minority Parliament. Hitting the next step would require pushing Lab below 25%.
That's more or less what I've got outlined in a TL I've been working on. At some point though, I figure that PR is the only way to ensure the Liberals retain their position without simply being consumed by their counterparts.
Perhaps a reverse of the original process that saw Lab cannibalize Lib. How to do that I haven't the faintest idea...