I'm just a humble Yank, but thanks to reading a bit many Politbrit vignettes I've been thinking about ideas for different 1950s PMs and wondering how the Conservative dominance of the decade could be changed. For a POD: What happens if the often ill Anthony Eden gets a bad case of the William Henry Harrisons and dies almost immediately after becoming Prime Minister?
Which Conservative is likely to come to the fore in such a badly timed power vacuum - Rab Butler, Harold Macmillian, Lord Kilmuir or someone else? Is the sudden switch of leader likely to harm Conservative chances in the 1955 general election? (Correct me if I'm wrong but having been called by Eden is it still going to occur?) And of course is a different Prime Minister going to handle the Suez Crisis better or worse than Anthony Eden?
Which Conservative is likely to come to the fore in such a badly timed power vacuum - Rab Butler, Harold Macmillian, Lord Kilmuir or someone else? Is the sudden switch of leader likely to harm Conservative chances in the 1955 general election? (Correct me if I'm wrong but having been called by Eden is it still going to occur?) And of course is a different Prime Minister going to handle the Suez Crisis better or worse than Anthony Eden?