fluttersky
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Let us say John Smith gets his fatal heart attack in 1998 instead of 1994.
Suddenly a relatively new and popular Labour government is faced with a leadership election, with Margaret Beckett presumably serving as PM on an interim basis. I expect it's quite possible Tony Blair still goes for the leadership if it's a contested race, but the dynamics of it would surely be pretty different with Labour already being in government. Also, I expect it would be quite a shock for the nation to go through the death of a prime minister so soon after the death of Diana. I'm wondering just how different the Labour government would be in this world, and whether it's still likely to last until 2010.
Suddenly a relatively new and popular Labour government is faced with a leadership election, with Margaret Beckett presumably serving as PM on an interim basis. I expect it's quite possible Tony Blair still goes for the leadership if it's a contested race, but the dynamics of it would surely be pretty different with Labour already being in government. Also, I expect it would be quite a shock for the nation to go through the death of a prime minister so soon after the death of Diana. I'm wondering just how different the Labour government would be in this world, and whether it's still likely to last until 2010.