RFK/JFKfan Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 In one of the most famous elections ever, Clement Attlee defeated Winston Churchill's Tory party by a landslide majority. This would be a great scenario to make in my opinion. Labour party - Clement Attlee Conservative party - Winston Churchill Liberal party - Archibald Sinclair Other parties Commen Wealth Communist Plaid Cymru National Liberal Nationalist (NI) Commonwealth Labour National Goverment Independent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 It's an interesting idea. I dunno though- it would basically be a guaranteed Labour Party landslide. Plus the issue positions might be a bit rough, since there wasn't much of a difference between the Tories and the Liberals. Plus, the other parties all performed extremely poorly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graemp Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 It's an interesting idea. I dunno though- it would basically be a guaranteed Labour Party landslide. Plus the issue positions might be a bit rough, since there wasn't much of a difference between the Tories and the Liberals. Plus, the other parties all performed extremely poorly. A lot would depend on how you set the scenario up. If you set the voting data as the actual 1945 data then GOP is right. If you set the voting data as an average of 1935 and 1945 you would get an interesting scenario. Without wishing to turn this into a political post, I disagree with GOP regarding the party issue positions. The Liberal position on most key issues was more similar to that of Labour than the Conservatives. I started a 1945 scenario but left it for more interesting UK historical scenarios. If anyone would like to progress such a scenario, you are welcome to my files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanwisdomii Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I don't think it was guaranteed. Churchill could have done better but he ran a poor campaign. It is worth making I think. If there are plans to do one I'd be happy to lend a hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrotsky Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 this scenario ever made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I am thinking of doing a New Britannia election set in 1945 or 1914. Would you guys rather see 1914 or 1945? Please feel free to make party leaders and post them here. PARTIES: Conservative (1914, 1945) Labour (1914, 1945) Liberal (1914, 1945) Celtic (1914, 1945) Communist (1945) Issues (so far, 1914) Alcohol Church and State Defence Foreign Policy Irish Question Lords Reform Prohibition Social Security Tax and Budget Trade Workers' Rights Issues (so far, 1945) Commonwealth Devaluation Economic Recovery Education Empire Housing Shortage Micro World War II Nationalisation NHS Rationing Soviet Relations Tax and Budget Trade Unions Welfare State 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanwisdomii Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Welfare state v. high I'd say. Public opinion very much to the left on this. Leadership would be Churchill's great strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopprogressive Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Welfare state v. high I'd say. Public opinion very much to the left on this. Leadership would be Churchill's great strength. Right. I do need 12 more issues for 1945, and 8 more for 1914, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treasurer Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'd prefer 1945. Are the issues based on 1945 reality or fiction? Other issues could be: Decolonisation Devaluation Education Housing Shortage Indo-Chinese War Rationing Rearmament Tax and Budget Trade Unions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCA Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Have "Communism/USSR" as one of the issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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