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I don't know that it would affect it directly that much, but obviously the EEC provides a means for regional integration in the West Indies via the metropole. Indirectly, I guess there will be consequences. The UK has made it clear "integration means integration" - if you want to integrate then...

A few comments to respond to this afternoon :) I would imagine the Falkland Islands are seriously contemplating it, but it felt a little too soon to do it. Probably not; either there's no benefit in switching for the same level of autonomy, and I can't imagine Australia taking in new...

There'll still be a Scottish Office (despite devolution), Welsh Office (no devolution there), and NI Office (again despite devolution). Probably a West Indies Office as a high'ish population, but you're right there would probably be a combined Overseas Office for Malta, Gibraltar & Seychelles...

Margaret Thatcher Conservative Premiership, 1983-1986 The Conservative Party continues to be a supporter of British membership of Europe despite some ideological differences,. (*1) Thatcher was the seemingly unlikely winner of the leadership election to succeed Heath as Conservative Party...

There's tons of abandoned routes in the UK, you can take your pick of any of them really. Bing maps has an ordnance survey overlay which shows operational rail routes, but also shows dismantled/abandoned rail routes too where they still "exist" (ie. not marked if built over), so you can easily...

Cameron and Sarkozy sign treaties between UK and France. Following the events of the 1950s and Egypt's forced nationalisation of the Suez Canal, the United States and United Kingdom continued to drift in their approach to international relations. The two countries had been some of the closest...

Apologies for misunderstanding, but I think we're talking about the same thing. OTL the UK shrunk it's military down and down to just act as part of NATO. Here, it's not shrunk quite so far; the overseas regions demand a UK presence east of suez and in the Caribbean, but the Falklands is still a...

Roughly speaking agree - a more stable Anglophone Africa (ie. East Africa) will undoubtedly have more trade deals, but at the same time Apartheid South Africa is still there which will throw some spanners in the work. Privatisation wise, I see Heath as withdrawing from the "free market"...

Ted Heath Conservative Premiership, 1978-1983, won election 1978 and 1982 Ted Heath led the United Kingdom in to Europe with support from both sides of the House of Commons The Heath Premiership came to power as Labour fractured into splinter Labour and Socialist parties at a crossroads for...

....and back from Easter holidays. Broadly speaking, you're correct. The first two are broadly speaking the same as OTL; the big difference is the third option (integration) being available for some places. I can't see any territory not on an island being welcomed in to the UK. Independence...

The simple answer is that we have separate league systems as they largely predate modern sport - the English football league system dates from 1888. And once it was in place, it wasn't getting changed easily, and there's not been any real requirement to merge the leagues. There's some scope for...

I still flick forwards and backwards about Mauritius, but otherwise I think the only other viable prospects are the other British Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies. Jamaica is perhaps possible, but it would be hugely expensive. Also, with a population the size of Jamaica, you have the...

I think in the long run, and post airline-deregulation, there'll be a lot more holiday makers going to Malta, Seychelles, and the West Indies on holidays instead of Spain as you say. On the flip side; Spain & Portugal are still going to be interesting destinations for lots of families on price...

James Callaghan Labour Premiership, 1973-1978, won election in 1973 Callaghan began to forge closer relations with European nations outside of France, such as West Germany, following further actions in the USA such as the Nixon Shocks which continued to alienate allies. James Callaghan came...

Should have qualified my comments better! 1981 unequivocally mentions that the Channel Islands and Manx are entitled to UK citizenship, but pre-1981 I wasn't sure of their status. I've found that the 1948 act mentions the Channel Islands and Manx as basically part of the "United Kingdom...