Peter
Junior Chimp
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« on: February 09, 2004, 10:31:43 PM » |
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If you are into this sort of thing you ought to read "Prime Minister Portillo and other things that never happened" edited by Iain Dale.
One of the stories considers this possibility; Thatcher wins but only just in 83 and carries to 86 where she is ousted by Heseltine. Blair has run for the Alliance (a feasible possibility with Labour way out left) and has a seat. In 88, Heseltine goes into coalition with the Alliance led by Shirley Williams. In 92 leadership of the coalition handed to the Alliance, with Ken Clarke as Tory leader and Chancellor. In 97 Blair becomes PM (still in coalition because the Alliance have changed the electoral system) against Labour leader Gordon Brown. Also at some point in this story (and most of them in fact), Portillo becomes PM.
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