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What if they found the Brighton Bomb

I think the failure of Maggie Thatcher goes back to the attempt to kill her by the IRA and the loss of a political right hand man of pure genius - Norman Tebbit who had to care for his wife after the disaster.

This could be the departure that even avoids the vote in the first place:

IRA Brighton Bomb Discovered.

"Ya. Hello"

"This is the Brighton Grand. We seem to have an overflow in one of our rooms."

"I'm going to have to strip out a lot of hotel. I've worked on the rooms before."

"We need this sorted. We got the Tory Party coming to stay here and we can't have the ceiling dripping on Willie Whitelaw."

"Ok I'll do it, but get a chippie to repair the damage I do."

That year the Tory party conference was held in the lesser Pavillion Hotel once the huge time bomb was defused by the Army. A series of arrest followed but the cell structure of the IRA meant that the monkey and not the organ grinder paid the price.

Norman Tebbit was viewed as the natural successor to Maggie. A possessor of a lightening sharp mind and a free market advocate despite his former trade union membership, he came to the fore in 1990 after the disasterous imposition of the poll tax.

Heseltine with his Lion's mane of hair threw down the challenge with a roar as Maggie resigned. He expected immediate elevation as the next pm, for in the OTL he only had to fight the Brixton bomber John Major. But in our ATL, the lightweight challenge was the side show to the heavyweight contender for the championship of Great Britain. Ladies and Gentlemen let me present to you...

Mr Norman Tebbit!

posted by gruad @ 8:15 pm