We're Alright - An Alternate History

I think the backlash over Black Wednesday is a bit too dramatic, there's also no real reason for the left to suddenly turn suicidal. Seven defections to the Lib Dems is a bit over the top as well.

The Government would face a drop in support, but the Conservatives would face part, if not most the blame. Kinnock would be shaken but he'd survive comfortably.

Really? I think the Conservatives would be blamed somewhat but Labour still had smudges of the "economically incompetent" stain and I think this would heavily damage them, especially with their majority size.
 
Really? I think the Conservatives would be blamed somewhat but Labour still had smudges of the "economically incompetent" stain and I think this would heavily damage them, especially with their majority size.

They've only been in power for 5 months by this point, it's going to be very easy to pin on the last Tory Government, and the Conservatives can't exactly defend themselves. I'm not saying that Labour will get through this unscathed or anything, just that the blame will be more or less equal, and won't be enough to topple the Government. In OTL Major's majority was even smaller, they'd been in Government for 13 years, and it was very obviously their fault, his Government survived, at least in the short term.
 
They've only been in power for 5 months by this point, it's going to be very easy to pin on the last Tory Government, and the Conservatives can't exactly defend themselves. I'm not saying that Labour will get through this unscathed or anything, just that the blame will be more or less equal, and won't be enough to topple the Government. In OTL Major's majority was even smaller, they'd been in Government for 13 years, and it was very obviously their fault, his Government survived, at least in the short term.

Topple a Prime Minister, not a government. Major wrote a letter of resignation IOTL so what stops Kinnock from doing the same and going along with it?
 
It's very interesting that the prime minister has chosen to announce their resignation in the House of Commons. Usually, like Thatcher and Blair, they speak to the media outside Number 10.
 
This looks worth watching, especially as the British (and Norn Iron) men have screwed up the 4x100m.

One minor nitpick, you appear to have Robin Cook in two cabinet positions.

I can't really comment with the same authority or knowledge as many others about economics or Tory party machinations in 1992, so I shall refrain from doing so.
 
I think the backlash over Black Wednesday is a bit too dramatic, there's also no real reason for the left to suddenly turn suicidal. Seven defections to the Lib Dems is a bit over the top as well.

The Government would face a drop in support, but the Conservatives would face part, if not most the blame. Kinnock would be shaken but he'd survive comfortably.

Agree with this; plus, real disappointed to see Kinnock's premiership cut so short...
 
Sadly, you never see enough well written UK political timelines on here, but this here is some real good stuff. Keep up the good work. *subscribes*
 
Thank you very much everyone for the comments and support. Unfortunately as i require more and more research as the TL continues I will probably be unable to post again for a little while. I have a lot of writing to do...

thanks

Alfie.
 
Also on the Robin Cook fiasco, i accidently put him as Minister of Health and a position which didn't actually exist in 1992 :D, but it has been fixed.
 
We're Alright - An Alternate History: Part VII

VII
THE NEW MAN
The First Months of the John Smith’s Premiership


“The work was horrendous for John; I suppose that is what really killed him”
- Neil Kinnock in a 2012 interview​

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The appointment of John Smith as Labour Leader and Prime Minister (essentially due to no challenges from anyone in the Party), was a shock to anyone. In just four months there had been three different Prime Ministers and still there was chaos, albeit at the stage of calming. Smith had begun a huge movement of reform, finally giving a fresh start for Labour, much to the dismay of the 14 rebels.

Immediately the 14 rebels were suspended of their whip and isolated to the backbenches. Modernizers called for them to be completely expelled, but Smith knew if someone like Benn, a radical and controversial but widely influential figure was kicked out of the party, he knew others would follow him and a complete schism would be certain. For now they would just have to put up with him.

In the first three months things were going well, Labour were beginning to come back to life after weeks of flat-lining at the bottom of the polls. The economy was finally seeing recovery, despite the events of Black Wednesday, the program had been a success and the initial panicked attack on Labour had calmed and more critical thinking had begun in the public over just who was to blame.

But still there was uncertainty. The left was speaking up, and speaking loudly.

The militants were gaining support again and those 14 rebels were gaining allies, it had become an elephant in the room. All was not well in the Labour Party.

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Over in the Conservative Party, Heseltine was still in trouble. The vote of confidence had done what it set out to do. Yet it sacked a Prime Minister, not a government. The Tory backbenchers still questioned whether Heseltine could lead the Conservative party to victory.

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Meanwhile in America, President H.W. Bush won a second term by the tiniest of margins, a huge embarrassment for the Labour Government following their endorsement of Clinton. It seemed that Black Wednesday was having profound effects on the rest of the world.

TO BE CONTINUED...
 
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