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About a month ago I made a post related to my brainstorming PODs for a timeline about pre and post-WW2 Britain. https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-possibility-of-a-change-in-british-government-during-ww2.552093/ In short that post’s idea ran aground in relation to the premise of...

Regardless I would still like to ask about and brainstorm any potential for changes of government in wartime Britain, seeing as I haven’t found any previous posts discussing that topic.

Reading Nick Smart's The National Government 1931-40, in the wave of optimism that followed the signing of the Munich Agreement Neville Chamberlain seriously considered calling a snap General Election, and both the press and Labour Party expected him to call a snap poll within months. Eventually...

Reading John Campbell's Lloyd George biography, and during the late summer of 1929 he was reportedly worried that MacDonald would dissolve parliament and call a snap election giving Labour an overall majority and removing his bargaining position. Made me think would it be possible for Labour to...

What if Attlee dies in 1953 just after the coronation. Who would win the Labour leadership election? Gaitskell won in the first round in the 1955 election quite handsomely, but would Morrison do better 2 years earlier? I assume he would still come third but will he secure enough votes to push...

What would the Attlee government do if it was elected in 1951? How would they handle Suez and the rest of decolonisation? Would they nationalise industries further?