The armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire was sunk when it was struck by a German mine on 5 June 1916. It was sailing to Russia. Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War was one of the many hundreds who died from drowning or exposure. What could have been the consequences if David Lloyd George and John Maynard Keynes had been on the Hampshire? Lloyd George was Minister of Munitions and Keynes was employed by the British Treasury.
This question is the subject of Chapter one of the book Prime Minister Boris and other things that never happened by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale.
This question is the subject of Chapter one of the book Prime Minister Boris and other things that never happened by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale.