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They grew apart because they are far apart.

I really should just do some reading, but it's late. What was the debate within Nato and the US on the issue of intervention like? Any chance it could be swung in the favour of not getting involved?

I have been pondering this in light of the recent events in Libya, what would a: allow this to happen and b: be the results of this?

What if Brazil joins the Axis powers in WW2?

Labour splits over similar issues as per OTL, Gaitskill takes over the party whilst it's in power instead opposition and ascends to the throne alá Brown. He's probably beaten in the next election. I seriously don't see the Labour government implementing radically different policies to the...

I wouldn't say that 'New World' is outdated given the context of this discussion.

Edward's abdication was because of public opinion and largely due to the actions of the Stanley Baldwin, who convinced the king that moral standards could not allow to marry her. Marrying a divorcee is not a sin of any calibre in the CoE. Equally I think you are making a category mistake by...

To the state of the United States it was a treason. Whether it was to democratic principles etc. is a different question.

Smashing update, a break-off Northern Pacific Russian remnant state in the future perhaps

They s=wanted to start a bidding war between GB and the US, friends had nothing to do with it, it was strictly business. Unfortunately no one cared enough.

But everyone wanks them in the period 1800-1950, when they arn't the underdog, but the inevitable rising power.

Yeah what's with that? Why does everyone want to wank Germany all the time? And why is Ireland partitioned in the map?

Exactly, that's what needs to change. College sports only developed the in the early 2oth Century in America in their present form, so having that get exported in the 30s, perhaps by some European graduates of American schools, isn't too hard.

I imagine it'd be called Gridiron football. To get it to spread, well It spread in the US through the College Football system, so get Universities around the world playing each other in the same manner as the NCAA in the US, and you have a result.

I'm so sorry, I was out of town unexpectedly on Thursday-Friday, so heres Thursday updates, apologies again. Chapter 13: The Oxford Movement Cardinal James Ranson, 1965 Interview "The most important religious event of the nineteenth century was of course the Oxford Movement. Those men changed...