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1963- Harold Macmillan has retired. With his Premiethisp rocked by the Vassall and Profumo affair, and after weeks of indecision as he hoped to hold out to the next election, prostate trouble has forced him into hospital. Whilst not fatal, his tumor has given him a credible and honorable reason to exit high office, even though he could carry on if he desired. Leaving his successor to the Party. The Magic Circle, hoping to ensure that Deputy Prime Minister Rab Butler wouldn't take over the Premiership, led a series of soundings on Macmillan's advice, controversially choosing Macmillan's Foreign Secretary, Alec Douglas-Homes, who would go on to lead his premiership for 364 Days before being defeated in '63 by Harold Wilson.

However, what if instead of old Alec, the 'Magic Circle' chose Winston Churchill's son, Randolph Churchill? And if so, what would his premiership, if it were as brief as Douglas-Homes or longer, look like?
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