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I'm not the first person to speculate on this by any means, but I figure it's an interesting enough subject to warrant some more discussion here. Just a bit of recap: Heath was, of course, a One Nation Tory through and through but the 1970 manifesto, A Better Tomorrow, was a sort of a proto-Thatcherite one - leading to Heath's being dubbed 'Selsdon Man' and all that - or at the very least monetarist platform. Heath quickly veered away from it as soon as Iain Macleod died, inasmuch as he was never really on board. So, then, what if Heath had stayed the course and stuck to the manifesto?
The only POD I can think of is Macleod living longer or someone other than Barber replacing him, but it's a bit difficult to butterfly away Macleod's health problems, which were persistent since the '40s, and certainly weren't helped by his chain smoking, and even if you do, it's going to change more than just Heath post-1970, but it's still an interesting scenario. I'm not quite sure how to achieve it, though.
Thoughts, anyone?
The only POD I can think of is Macleod living longer or someone other than Barber replacing him, but it's a bit difficult to butterfly away Macleod's health problems, which were persistent since the '40s, and certainly weren't helped by his chain smoking, and even if you do, it's going to change more than just Heath post-1970, but it's still an interesting scenario. I'm not quite sure how to achieve it, though.
Thoughts, anyone?
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