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The Wilson line is a retooled 1990s CrossRail proposal (which at one point proposed stops at Pinner and Northwood) and would have involved a taking over of the Metropolitan Line to Chesham and Amersham as well as the Chiltern line to Aylesbury, and sadly involve the very very early (in relative terms) discontinuation of the A60/62 stock. That is all part of the OTL proposal, except here it becomes a subsurface London Underground line, the first new one at that for over 100 years.
 
At the 1986 local elections, Latham was again elected to the London Borough of Havering as a councillor, representing the Brooklands ward in Romford.[5] He was once again Leader of the Labour Group, holding this title from 1986 to 1998. From 1986 to 1990, he was Leader of the Opposition, and then, from 1990 to 1996, Leader of the Council. Latham was also was Vice-President of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities.[1]

Latham was challenged over his leadership in 1995 and 1997. On the latter occasion, it followed discussions over the effect on the party of Liberal Democrat activist Terry Hurlstone's conviction for assaulting Latham. This incident occurred in March 1996, during an argument over Latham's friendship with Hurlstone's estranged wife, Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Caroline Hurlstone. At the time, Latham was running a minority administration and was dependent on the votes of Liberal Democrat councillors. In May 1996, Hurlestone defected to the Labour Party.[6]

That month, rumours of an affair between Hurlstone and Latham were said to have led to other defections on the council, which eventually led to the end of the ruling Lib-Lab coalition. In December 1996, Terry Hurlstone, a former Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, was convicted of common assault, but cleared of theft, having been accused of stealing a notebook from Latham.[7][8]

Caroline was an English teacher who had won Channel 4's Fifteen to One quiz show twice, and appeared as a contestant on the BBC's Mastermind.[9] In January 1997, Hornchurch Constituency Labour Party passed a motion of no confidence in Latham; however, in May that year, the Labour Group voted him back in as Group Leader. Latham resigned as Group Leader in December 1997, leading to Labour regaining control of the council. Latham stood down as a councillor at the 1998 local elections.[10] He later married Caroline, who had become known as Caroline Warren. At the 1998 elections, she stood for re-election as a Labour candidate in St Edward's ward, but was not elected.[11][12]

During his career, Latham was Vice-President of Labour Action for Peace, and a member of the British Campaign for Peace in Vietnam and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. In keeping with these left-wing stances, he resigned from the Labour Party in May 2003 over the Iraq War (instigated by a Labour government) and other issues. However, he rejoined the party in 2007.[1]

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Ken Livingstone (1981-2021) during his successful protest to stop the closure of the North London Line to Broad Street, which still operates today. The 'King of London' as he was referred to in his time in office (though he distanced himself from the name), outlasted six prime ministers and outlived half of them during his term. Prone to swinging fluctuations in his popularity, he stepped down as leader of the Greater London Council in 2021, along with his seat, having announced his retirement in 2020. Shortly after this, he was expelled by the Prime Minister, Jon Trickett, for antisemitism, for instances dating back many decades following a thorough investigation called after his retirement.​
 
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