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Post by justiniano on Sept 22, 2022 21:03:38 GMT
Shortly before the 1951 election Clement Attlee publicly announces that if he wins the election, he will expand welfare in Britain. Winston Churchill, feeling as though Clement's decision alienated more voters than it won over, thinks this is an opportunity to have even more of the free-market policies he wanted, so announces that he will end the NHS and other welfare institutions if he wins the election, Churchill loses this election. After a while into into Clement's second term as prime minister, due to Britain still recovering from ww2, is unable to expand welfare in Britain without Greek style fiscal irresponsibility, so he encourages public sentiments causing a push towards the English resenting the government subsidizing the church, or wanting to nationalize the crown estates, leading to a separation of church and state, perhaps the Monarch retains their previous state power but relinquishes all religious responsibility to Anglican bishops, or maybe specifically the archbishop of canterbury.
What would happen next?
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Post by stevep on Sept 23, 2022 16:01:27 GMT
Shortly before the 1951 election Clement Attlee publicly announces that if he wins the election, he will expand welfare in Britain. Winston Churchill, feeling as though Clement's decision alienated more voters than it won over, thinks this is an opportunity to have even more of the free-market policies he wanted, so announces that he will end the NHS and other welfare institutions if he wins the election, Churchill loses this election. After a while into into Clement's second term as prime minister, due to Britain still recovering from ww2, is unable to expand welfare in Britain without Greek style fiscal irresponsibility, so he encourages public sentiments causing a push towards the English resenting the government subsidizing the church, or wanting to nationalize the crown estates, leading to a separation of church and state, perhaps the Monarch retains their previous state power but relinquishes all religious responsibility to Anglican bishops, or maybe specifically the archbishop of canterbury. What would happen next?
You seem to be eager to find a way for the government to have a major fight with both the monarchy and the Anglican church. This is pretty much impossible in the former case because it would be politically suicide for Labour and the party, definitely including Attlee as well as against what I know of his views. The Anglican church has some status but by this time no great power and other than the lands the churches are on no real assets so there would be no point to such a move. I suggest you give up on this idea please as its not practical.
Steve
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Post by justiniano on Sept 23, 2022 17:04:36 GMT
This is pretty much impossible in the former case because it would be politically suicide for Labour and the party, definitely including Attlee as well as against what I know of his views. I'm still curious to see what would have happened |
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