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February 1991. In the two months since his election as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major had already left his mark on the British political scene. His government had formed a coalition with the United States to defend Kuwait from Iraqi invasion, and had entered the Gulf War upon...

As said in the title, the challenge of this thread is to make a plausible scenario having the UK Conservatives win in 1929 over Labour and tank due to the Great Depression, allowing Labour to take over the government by 1931.

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...

Good day. So the AHC starting from the Labour Party's formation in the 1920s and 1930s is to have the Labour Party to become socially conservative on abortion, sex, etc. whilst becoming the natural governing Party of the United Kingdom. Like the UK Labour Party becoming dominant with Richard...

November, 1990. Margaret Thatcher and her Conservative government have been in power for over eleven years, presiding over the end of the post-war consensus, industry privatisation, a war in the Falklands, and battles with the trade unions, and have been mired in equal controversy for roughly...

"We do not want to enter the age of abundance, only to find that we have lost the values which must teach us how to enjoy it." Hey everybody, this is my new timeline - as a forewarning this will probably be very sporadically updated as I fully intend on going on another, substantially longer...

I suspect this won't get much interest outside of UK political bods, but I was just reading Iain's alt-1992 timeline. As a Wallasey lad, I saw Lynda Chalker's name, grunted and went to find out how long she'd been an MP before Angela Eagle took over. I was then shocked to discover that since...

How could there be an electorally successful Labour Party in Northern Ireland in 2016? One that could appeal to both unionist and nationalist communities? Either from a home grown party, from the UK Labour Party, or from the Labour Party in the Republic? Home grown Northern Irish Labour Party...

Essentially serving as a continuation of one of my previous Labour-related questions, how would it be possible for Bevanism to remain as part of the internal factions of the Labour Party (UK) into the 21st Century? Bevanism had its last hoorah IOTL with the election of Michael Foot as party...

So this is- Yeah. But it’s not a- No. But we’re- Old habits. … … Are you worried about- Not really. Even though- They’re smart people. But can y- I can manage. … … Shall we? Let’s.

The premise of this WI is quite simple: Roy Jenkins stays in Labour, becomes leader and then wins a general election in the early 1980s. How we achieve this through PoDs is up to you, but an idea I've seen in a TL before was that Labour wins in 1970, someone else (Callaghan? Castle?) leads the...

Right - I'm working on a new version of my Comrade Cripps timeline (new POD, new direction, generally greater coherence) and I have found that my knowledge of the military side of Britain's war effort is generally lacking. This is causing me quite a few headaches and I thought, with nothing to...

With the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader last September and the possibility (No comment on how likely/unlikely) of him remaining so until the next general election, many are seeing this as the great victory of the Bennite faction within Labour that have been diminished in numbers &...

What's the deal here? This is a timeline focusing on British politics from 2001 onwards, specifically surrounding Tony Blair's government What do you mean by 'New Blair, New Britain' ? You'll have to wait and see... Isn't that a play on 'New Labour, New Britain' ? Yep Does this mean Blair...

Preface I remember how pleased he was on General Election night back on 2015. It was a massive majority we secured in Leigh, Andy's constituency seat. Over 14,000 votes! While it was always a safe seat, Andy thought that we would be able to gauge Labour's national strength by on how we...