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No miracle on the Marne?
I'll do a write up at a more sociable hour.
No miracle on the Marne?
I forgot about Christmas.I'll do a write up at a more sociable hour.
Love? Actually,
1990-1995: John Major (Conservative)
def. 1992 (Majority): Neil Kinnock (Labour), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats)
1995-1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative)
1996-2003: Tony Blair (Labour)
def. 1996 (Majority): Michael Portillo (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrats), James Goldsmith (Referendum)
def. 2000 (Majority): Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats), Ken Clarke (Conservative), Jeffrey Titford (New Britain)
2003-2012: David MacLean (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2003 (Majority): Tony Blair (Labour), William Hague (Conservative), Jeffrey Titford (New Britain)
def. 2007 (Majority): Jack Straw (Labour), Mike Nattrass (New Britain & Anti-Europe Conservative), Frances Curran (Left List), William Hague (Conservative, Pro-European)
2012-2017: Hilary Benn (Labour)
def. 2012 (Minority): David MacLean (Liberal Democrats), Robin Birley (People's), Tim Collins (Modern Conservative)
2017-20??: David MacLean (Liberal Democrats)
def. 2017 (Modern Conservative Coalition): Hilary Benn (Labour), Tim Collins (Modern Conservative), Robin Birley (People's)
Ah- see for me, the 2001 Fuel Crisis is a bit too chaotic a PoD for Richard Curtis-land, and while David (Maclean, because Hugh Grant's mothers maiden name) is obviously not Labour and succeeds Blair (or at least is heavily hinted to be), I've always taken away that the PM was meant to be Blair without Blairism; he's not managing peace, but he's also not at war, rather it's a bland majority government of the mushy centre in which Britain doesn't really face much issue, or at least it's placid enough that David can go about fucking his house cleaner and making speeches about how jolly good love is.oooo i was considering doing something with this myself
my POD was the fuel crisis in 2001 kicking off earlier, hague and kennedy substantially slicing blair's majority in the election that year so that the government could actually fall over iraq
1997-2003: Tony Blair (Labour)
1997 (Majority) def. John Major (Conservative), Paddy Ashdown (Liberal Democrat), David Trimble (Ulster Unionist), Alex Salmond (Scottish National)
2001 (Majority) def. William Hague (Conservative), Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrat), David Trimble (Ulster Unionist), Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist), John Swinney (Scottish National)
2003-2003: Gordon Brown ('War' Labour minority, with de facto 'War' Conservative confidence and supply)
2003-2003: Robin Cook ('Peace' Labour leading Caretaker Government)
2003-2008: Matthew Taylor (Liberal Democrat)
2003 (Peace Coupon majority, with Labour Democrats) def. Jack Straw (Labour), William Hague (Conservative), Alex Salmond (Scottish National), Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist), Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
2008-2014: John McDonnell (Labour)
2008 (Coalition with Liberal Democrats) def. Edward Leigh (Conservative), Matthew Taylor (Liberal Democrat), Alex Salmond (Scottish National), David Miliband (NewLabour), Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
2009 AV referendum, NO 52%, YES 48%
2009 (Majority) def. Edward Leigh (Conservative), Julia Goldsworthy (Liberal Democrat), Alex Salmond (Scottish National), Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
2014-2016: John Baron (Conservative)
2014 (Minority coalition with Liberal Democrats, with SNP confidence and supply) def. John McDonnell (Labour), Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat), Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National), Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
2015 Scottish independence referendum NO 58%, YES 42%
2016-2017: John Baron (Conservative minority, with Scottish National confidence and supply)
2017 EU membership referendum REMAIN 51%, LEAVE 49%
2017-2017: Nicky Morgan (Conservative minority, with Scottish National confidence and supply)
2017-2022: Matthew Taylor (Liberal Democrat)
2017 (Coalition with Conservatives) def. Graham Stringer (Labour), Nicky Morgan (Conservative), Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
Ah- see for me, the 2001 Fuel Crisis is a bit too chaotic a PoD for Richard Curtis-land, and while David (Maclean, because Hugh Grant's mothers maiden name) is obviously not Labour and succeeds Blair (or at least is heavily hinted to be), I've always taken away that the PM was meant to be Blair without Blairism; he's not managing peace, but he's also not at way, rather it's a bland majority government of the mushy centre in which Britain doesn't really face much issue, or at least it's placid enough that David can go about fucking his house cleaner and making speeches about how jolly good love is.
Choice 80's democrat candidates
Gov. Paul Simon of Illinois
Fmr. Gov. Reubin Askew of Florida
Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana
Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado
Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachussetts
Fmr. Gov. Jerry Brown of California
Sen. and Fmr. Gov. Cliff Finch of Mississippi
Gov. David Pryor of Arkansas
Sen. Dick Clarke of Iowa
Fmr. Gov. Edwin Edwards of Louisiana
Rep. and former V.P. candidate Mo Udall of Arizona
This is a great list- alternate devolution is always fun.Domine Dirige Nos
I've not come across the attitude re. Labour funding Benn espouses there but there are a few things that were Common Wisdom to a few Brits in the Know back then that turned out to be complete fantasy. There are quite a few in (unsurprisingly) Boris Johnson's articles from the 1990s which could also be used for similar scenarios.More timelines tailored to my fantasies please @Mumby
Interesting idea though, I've never seen Labour and the Lib Dems (or Liberals) get worn out so late in the game, it's usually set decades earlier
I've not come across the attitude re. Labour funding Benn espouses there but there are a few things that were Common Wisdom to a few Brits in the Know back then that turned out to be complete fantasy. There are quite a few in (unsurprisingly) Boris Johnson's articles from the 1990s which could also be used for similar scenarios.
Makes sense on the face of it, we know the membership did decline, but the bankruptcy never arrived.In Heffernan and Marqusee’s book on the whole period one of their major criticisms of Kinnock was that the membership had been depleated and the party was bankrupt. Seems to have been a popular left wing criticism in the 90s