I have been reading A Walk-On Part: Chris Mullin's Diaries 1994-1999. In his entry for 12 May 1994 - the day John Smith died - Mullin writes that sometime after 9pm he met Cook in a gloomy corridor in the House of Commons. "We chatted briefly about the succession. He says he hasn't made up his mind to stand, but I think he will. And why not?"
So what if Cook stood for the Labour Party leadership and was elected. Labour would still have won the May 1997 general election and most likely the following election in 2001 or 2002. How would the domestic and foreign policies of a Cook government differ from those of Tony Blair's government in OTL? If he is Prime Minister in the winter of 2002/2003 and the spring of 2003, what would be his policy as regards Iraq?
Assuming he died from a heart attack on 6 August 2005, as in OTL, who would succeed him as leader of the Labour Party, and Prime Minister, if he is still Prime Minister?
So what if Cook stood for the Labour Party leadership and was elected. Labour would still have won the May 1997 general election and most likely the following election in 2001 or 2002. How would the domestic and foreign policies of a Cook government differ from those of Tony Blair's government in OTL? If he is Prime Minister in the winter of 2002/2003 and the spring of 2003, what would be his policy as regards Iraq?
Assuming he died from a heart attack on 6 August 2005, as in OTL, who would succeed him as leader of the Labour Party, and Prime Minister, if he is still Prime Minister?