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The ill fated R101 airship crashed in November 1930, heralding the end of the British airship programme. In 1929 a group of 100 MP's were scheduled to take a flight on the ship, but it was cancelled due to bad weather.

What if they had rescheduled the flight and taken it later (around mid 1930) - and the ship crashed? In the actual crash itself the only survivors were the crew, so we can assume there'd be none from amongst the MP's who would. I couldn't find a list of those scheduled to take it, but I imagine it'd be rather cross party, with some govt. ministers (certainly Lord Thomson, Secretary of State for Air). What sort of effect would it have on British politics to lose 100 MP's all in one day?
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