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  1. Lord Roem

    AH Vignette: Chienlit

    La patrie en danger! May 24th, 1968 Richard Mayne for The Times It has been several weeks since anyone in the centre of Paris has had an uninterrupted night’s sleep. Students, ensconced in their university faculties that dot the capital, have been at the heart of the riots that have drawn the...
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    AH Vignette: “Will there be a time it can be grasped?”

    NOTE: This is very much an in-joke. People are under absolutely no obligation to 'get' this, nor comment. ___________________________ When six of the most important people in the country are all looking at the same television screen with varying levels of distress, it is never a good idea...
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    TLIAW: A Bone To Pick

    ... ... ... ... ... ... ...that's, that's Peter Bone isn't it? Why yes. Yes it is. And that's him looking menacing. To be fair, he always looks like that. Right, so you're doing a thinly veiled parody of Basically Jeremy Corbyn happening to the Tories aren't you? That may be the...
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    AH Vignette: "The Mirror of the Past"

    "Democracy cannot be imposed by atom bombs. Democracy can only grow in an atmosphere of friendship and security." - Konni Zilliacus, (January 22, 1948) --- Buffeted by crosswinds, the de Havilland Dove came in for a rather ungainly landing, bumping twice, before dropping down for an...
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    AH Vignette - "A Silly Little Business"

    “In Europe, democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age." - Klemens von Metternich *** “Owing to the storms presently occurring within the north Atlantic,” the Counting Officer was saying amidst Cornish-tinged catcalls, “the arrival...
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    "A Cybernetic Ecology"

    “I like to think (it has to be!) of a cybernetic ecology where we are free of our labors and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, and all watched over by machines of loving grace” __________________ Applause. The Comptroller was...
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    AH Vignette: “The Slow Tube”

    (From, “Mind the Gap: A History of London Transport” by Christian Wolmar, Puffin, 2004) The decline of the London Underground following the Second World War not inevitable. Amongst the chaos of the Blitz, thousands of Londoners had sought refuge from the Luftwaffe in the Tube’s numerous...
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    AH Vignette: "Paint It Black"

    AH Vignette: "Paint It, Black" “Action Today - Satisfaction Tomorrow!” The Prime Minister waved a hand dismissively, prompting his fresh-faced Private Secretary to turn the radio off. The Foreign Secretary signed inwardly, aware of the fact that many of the young man’s predecessors had been...
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    TLIAW: The UK Presidential Election - 2015

    Oh hello! Hey Jack. Are we still doing this again? I think we have to. He still sounds like he’s mental. Yeah, he took that whole Jack Straw thing pretty hard. Ah, that is a shame. Anyway, what are we up to at the moment? It’s a Timeline in a Week, Tom. Neat idea, although it’s a bit...
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    Better Drunk

    George Brown had “an untutored mind of the highest speed and quality” - so wrote Roy Jenkins in his tribute of 1985. On the big issues, “he nearly always showed wisdom, verve and foresight [...] In a Cabinet with an unusual and excessive Oxford predominance, he had at least as good a brain as...
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    TLIAD: La Isla Blanca

    Ah - now this is different! Cheers! Yeah, it's a new format that I'm experimenting with that will hopefully bridge the gap between... No, I mean the Sub-Forum. You've put it in 'Before 1900'. What do you mean? For once, finally, it means that you aren't going to do something about...
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    TLIAD: "Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee?"

    Wheear 'ast tha - what?! It's Yorkshire. Yeah, but you're not really from Yorkshire are you - even if you do sound like Alan Bennett after a stoke. I lived there until I was eighteen - and I still pop up for Christmas. Anyway, shouldn't you know that already? You are my internal monologue...
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    TLIAD: The Limpid Stream

    Oi! Aren't you supposed to be at work? Yes, but I have just done a cracking speech about why we need to re-invest in the Royal Navy, so I am giving myself a couple of hours off. So, what is the deal with this one then? Well, I wanted to show people that I know about something other than...
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    TLIAD: Cain and Unable, A Tragedy

    “But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”- Genesis, 4:5 22nd September 2010 It will be just like taking off a plaster, the Shadow Foreign Secretary thought to himself. Fair enough, it will hurt like hell to start with, but...
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    Agent Lavender: The Flight of Harold Wilson

    A new production, coming soon from Lord Roem and Meadow.
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    "Use Your Loaf!"

    The Chamberlain Dynasty represents one of the most influential in British Parliamentary history. In contrast with 'Radical Joe' and his heirs, the Brothers Miliband, the Sisters Eagle and the Cooper-Balls seem dour and insignificant. It is hard indeed to imagine what it would have been like to...
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    For the Sake of a Shower: Mk. II

    The alter neo-liberalism timeline is back and rebooted! A re-write of earlier parts of the timeline, some tightening up of plot-holes and some ret-conning coupled with some nice stock footage as well. Also-with-superfluous-hyphens. Please let me know what you think! This is to be the...
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    Just a Little Something, the Gunpowder Plot Succeds?

    Dear all; After a rather well received synopsis of "For the Sake of a Shower" in my student newspaper (spoilers, so I'm not going to post) I've been asked to do another one for our weekly alternate history column (yes, the LSE is really that cool!) Alas, while the editor liked my typical...
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    Charles James Fox as Prime Minister?

    While I am aware that Thande gave this fantastically larger than life individual a starring role in LttW, I would be interested in seeing your views on a Fox Premiership under more normal circumstances. Given the fact that he was a radical Whig and that this made him such an anathema in the view...
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    For the Sake of a Shower: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

    For the Sake of a Shower: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher The bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton on the eve of the 1984 Conservative Party Conference failed in its primary objective of killing the Prime Minister of the day, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher. Despite destroying her...
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