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Praying for Mazda

Looks like the OP posted it in the map thread first.

Mussolini was a pragmatist and believed that overt racist rhetoric and laws would alienate foreign markets and allies, and potentially stir domestic dissent. He was particularly conscious of this around the time of Hitler's rise to power and feared being tarred with the same brush, so he made a...

The public works/infrastructure investment (including autobahns) had already started before the Nazis came to power; Hitler had actually wanted to cancel them, although he was rapidly persuaded to U-turn after he took office.

I mean, there's nothing to stop the Guardian interviewing some brawny crime-solving Malaysian lifeguards for their views on a win for In.

I don't think he was ever in the orbit of the NILP (except possibly in 1971, when he and a couple of other Unionists crossed the floor to join Vivian Simpson in the Official Opposition after the SDLP walked out of Stormont, but that was just to keep Stormont functioning), and if he had been he'd...

No worries - I didn't realise I'd buggered the italics up, hopefully fixed now.

Yes, February 1960 based on the timing of 1950 and presumably 1955, that's what I followed. Hence votes to prolong Parliament at the start of January 1960 and in the following years (the same annual process as during the War). Democracy postponed at home as well as in the colonies.

New Democracy- The Liberals agree to an electoral alliance with the Conservatives, Unionists, UUP and National Liberals, resulting in the foundation of the New Democratic Party. 1950: Winston Churchill (New Democratic) [1] 1955: Winston Churchill (New Democratic) [2] 1957: Rab Butler (New...

Protectionism was a left-wing position in American politics? The US never ceases to amaze me.

Significantly weaker levels of economic growth, and inflation would be even more of a problem with greater upward pressure on wages than in OTL.

A good question. As I said, Parliament can always vote to change the law, and what happened in both World Wars is that Parliament passed laws to prolong the term of the Parliament. It did that repeatedly, each extension only adding 7 (in WWI) or 12 (in WWII) months at a time to the life of that...

Fundamental issues in law: 1) Legally, the dissolution of Parliament occurs automatically every 5 years, and the proclamation summoning a new parliament and writs for election to that parliament must be made/issued when that dissolution happens. That was also the case before the 2011 Fixed...

I never realised how close together David Miliband's eyes are. Very excited to see how this develops. Also: Literally Michael Foot.

I'm not at all convinced about that. I think history suggests that the more elections a party loses, the more moderate its leadership gets; and a Tory loss in 1970 will probably be blamed on the proto-Thatcherite "Selsdon Man" platform - I'd say Reggie Maudling is the most likely successor if...