So I've long had this itch for a soft but-not-as-soft-as-some AH where it's the classic Axis victory, but Britain just threw in the towel and had a cease-fire while remaining politically opposed to the Reich. The fear of invasion and attack becomes greater, and England increasingly becomes an armed camp (tons of fortifications and barriers in the south, National Service continues uncontroversially, the Home Guard isn't a tossed-aside anachronism but a current organization, etc...).
Now what I wanted to ask the people of this board far, far more knowledgeable about British politics than me is:
Now what I wanted to ask the people of this board far, far more knowledgeable about British politics than me is:
- The effects of moving the government and capital to somewhere north of London. Like Seoul near the DMZ, there's a fear London would be too close to bombs and missiles and giant cannons and all sorts of wunderwaffe. The seat of government would (for the sake of the story) move to Manchester. How out-there is this, and what ripple effects would this have?
- Finally, the real meaty British political question: How would the political demographics of Southern England change if it becomes a fortified bastion with the occasional clash and a giant army on the other side of the channel?