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You still haven't passed my pipe
- Location
- Pinner, Middlesex
- Pronouns
- he/him
I haven't posted any of the infoboxes that I have made over the last ten months, and as 99% of them are British infoboxes, they should hopefully be of interest to many members of this forum.
To start with, here's a Thatcher comeback.
Going against doctor's advice, Margaret Thatcher wants to have an active role in politics again and decides to renounce her peerage in 2001 in order to take a seat in Parliament.
John Major, who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, was standing down from the House of Commons in the 2001 election, and so Thatcher wants to become the next Conservative Party candidate for Huntingdon. She manages to get the candidacy and wins the seat with a higher Conservative vote count than IOTL.
William Hague, the Conservative Party leader from 1997 who succeeded Major, resigns the leadership after only managing a net gain of one seat in the election. The Conservatives elect Iain Duncan Smith to succeed him, as they do IOTL. Just like our timeline, the Conservatives soon realise that Duncan Smith will fail to win the next election so badly that the Tories may end up losing seats.
The vote of no confidence in Iain Duncan Smith passes, and he is forced out of his position, but not before the next leader is elected. Michael Howard runs for the Leadership of the Party, but so does Mrs Thatcher. Against all the odds, by the final ballot, Margaret Thatcher wins the leadership for the second time, regaining the leadership 30 years after she was first elected.
She becomes the Leader of the Opposition for the second time, and despite stating that "The Prime Minister has shown strong, bold leadership; standing strong together with President Bush', she pledged that she would strike harder against opposition forces.
Surprisingly, these words seemed to work in the environment of a massively Labour dominated Parliament, and in 2005 the Conservatives managed to win a majority of 6. Tony Blair attempts to stay on as Labour Leader and Leader of the Opposition, but he is soon replaced by John Prescott.
Thatcher becomes one of the oldest elected Prime Ministers in history at the age of 79, and, after leading the Conservatives to a shock second victory in 2009 by a majority of 30, she becomes the oldest elected British Prime Minister, at the age of 83. It is worth mentioning after this election result John Prescott resigns as Labour leader and is replaced by David Miliband. A year after this victory, Thatcher appoints George Osborne as her Deputy Prime Minister.
Thatcher was preparing for the 2013 General election, where, just a month before the election, in April 2013, she suffers a fatal stroke at the age of 87. If elected, she would have been one of the oldest democratically elected leaders in history. An emergency leadership election is held, with George Osborne becoming Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister the day after, unopposed.
To start with, here's a Thatcher comeback.
Going against doctor's advice, Margaret Thatcher wants to have an active role in politics again and decides to renounce her peerage in 2001 in order to take a seat in Parliament.
John Major, who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, was standing down from the House of Commons in the 2001 election, and so Thatcher wants to become the next Conservative Party candidate for Huntingdon. She manages to get the candidacy and wins the seat with a higher Conservative vote count than IOTL.
William Hague, the Conservative Party leader from 1997 who succeeded Major, resigns the leadership after only managing a net gain of one seat in the election. The Conservatives elect Iain Duncan Smith to succeed him, as they do IOTL. Just like our timeline, the Conservatives soon realise that Duncan Smith will fail to win the next election so badly that the Tories may end up losing seats.
The vote of no confidence in Iain Duncan Smith passes, and he is forced out of his position, but not before the next leader is elected. Michael Howard runs for the Leadership of the Party, but so does Mrs Thatcher. Against all the odds, by the final ballot, Margaret Thatcher wins the leadership for the second time, regaining the leadership 30 years after she was first elected.
She becomes the Leader of the Opposition for the second time, and despite stating that "The Prime Minister has shown strong, bold leadership; standing strong together with President Bush', she pledged that she would strike harder against opposition forces.
Surprisingly, these words seemed to work in the environment of a massively Labour dominated Parliament, and in 2005 the Conservatives managed to win a majority of 6. Tony Blair attempts to stay on as Labour Leader and Leader of the Opposition, but he is soon replaced by John Prescott.
Thatcher becomes one of the oldest elected Prime Ministers in history at the age of 79, and, after leading the Conservatives to a shock second victory in 2009 by a majority of 30, she becomes the oldest elected British Prime Minister, at the age of 83. It is worth mentioning after this election result John Prescott resigns as Labour leader and is replaced by David Miliband. A year after this victory, Thatcher appoints George Osborne as her Deputy Prime Minister.
Thatcher was preparing for the 2013 General election, where, just a month before the election, in April 2013, she suffers a fatal stroke at the age of 87. If elected, she would have been one of the oldest democratically elected leaders in history. An emergency leadership election is held, with George Osborne becoming Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister the day after, unopposed.