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  1. WI Michael Martin doesn't resign in 2009

    The recent fracas over Bercow has got me to thinking about the circumstances in which he became Speaker in 2009 (I appreciate that this is a WI which will very much appeal only to the PoliBrits). Speaker Martin misjudged both the mood of the public and the mood of MPs by getting het up about...

  2. WI the Lords don't reject the 1909 Budget?

    Up until Lloyd George presented the People's Budget in 1909 the Conservative/Unionist leadership in the Commons and the Lords took a very sensible and adept approach to Liberal legislation. Bills which embodied traditional Liberal bugbears such as temperance reform, land reform and education...

  3. A Different Tory Leader in 1997

    When someone asks this question one's mind immediately leaps to two possibilities - Ken Clarke and Michael Portillo. V-J has already done a splendid job of covering the latter, and, for various reasons not least his enthusiastic support of European integration, Clarke is very unlikely unless he...

  4. Suez 1956

    The Suez Canal Crisis was the death knell for the British Empire, and to a great extent the French too. British influence in the Middle East was damaged hugely, with two of the consequences being the Iraq Revolution of 1958 and the Americans taking over the role as protectors of the Shah of...

  5. Britannia rules the waves

    Here's a challenge for you - with a PoD after the Suez Crisis, bring about a situation in 2006 whereby Britain still has a major Fleet, and large military forces around the globe. You can have the British Empire carrying on if you want, but other than the guidlines laid out above, it's up to...

  6. King of Scots doesn't marry Tudor

    What if James IV of Scotland hadn't married Margaret Tudor? Obviously the Union of Scotland and England wouldn't have come about, at least not in the same way, but what effect does this have on history from then on? Does Scotland grow into a colonial power? Do the Tudors concentrate more on France?

  7. Battle of Phillippi

    In 41 BC, Brutus and Cassius faced off Marcus Anthony and Octivian at Phillippi in Macedonia. Brutus and Cassius (the Liberators) had a larger army, much more supplies and the better position. They could have afforded to starve out the army of Octivian and Anthony (the Caesarians). Instead they...

  8. Bar in Berlin, 1928

    You are having a drink in a Berlin bar in 1928. You are from all over the German speaking world - Prussia, Bavaria, Austria, Sudetenland - and from all classes. Your conversation turns to the future. What do you make of Hindenburg? Who is going to form the next government? What of that weird...

  9. Poland

    Is there any way that we can get a non/anti-communist Poland during the Cold War? The only way that I can think of is that: a)the Warsaw Uprising succeeds - perhaps because the Home Army delays a bit, get more troops into the uprising and capture Warsaw airport? Enabling the British to land...
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