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About this book
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if …
Britain had lost the Falklands War?
Scotland had voted 'Yes' in 2014?
German reunifi cation had never happened?
the Conservatives had won an overall majority in 2010?
Lyndon Johnson had been shot down in 1942?
David Miliband had beaten Ed Miliband to the Labour leadership?
Lynton Crosby had changed sides in 2015?
or Boris Johnson had become Prime Minister after the European referendum?
Welcome to the world of political counterfactuals, where scholarly analyses of possibilities and causalities take their place beside enthralling fictional accounts of alternate political histories - all guaranteed to enlighten and entertain (or make you shudder at the thought).
From a permanent union between France and the UK in 1940, to a 'Yes' vote in the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, to Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister in 2020, get ready to see a century of political history turned on its head with twenty-three expert examinations of things that never happened (or likely never will) - but easily could have if events had so conspired…
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction and Acknowledgements
- Authors
- 1: What if Gladstone had died in 1885?
- 2: What if Britain and France had unified in 1940?
- 3: What if Lyndon Johnson had been shot down in 1942?
- 4: What if Michael Wedgwood Benn had survived World War Two?
- 5: What if the British government had decided to float the pound in 1952?
- 6: What if Britain had voted to leave the EEC in 1975?
- 7: What if Britain had lost the Falklands War?
- 8: What if German reunification had never happened?
- 9: What if Britain had joined the euro?
- 10: What if Primakov, not Putin, had become Russian President in 2000?
- 11: What if the Iraq War had split the Labour Party?
- 12: What if Tony Blair had sacked Gordon Brown in 2004?
- 13: What if Chris Huhne had beaten Nick Clegg to the Lib Dem leadership in 2007?
- 14: What if George Osborne had resigned as shadow Chancellor in 2008?
- 15: What if the Conservatives had won an overall majority in 2010?
- 16: What if David Miliband had beaten Ed Miliband in 2010?
- 17: What if Ed Balls had won the Labour leadership in 2010?
- 18: What if Scotland had voted ‘Yes’ in 2014?
- 19: What if Lynton Crosby had changed sides in 2015?
- 20: What if Andy Burnham had won the Labour leadership election in 2015?
- 21: What if Boris Johnson had become Prime Minister after the European referendum?
- 22: What if Jeremy Corbyn became Prime Minister? (I)
- 23: What if Jeremy Corbyn became Prime Minister? (II)
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