I think that more would happen between a CP victory and now to shake up the post-war settlement. Germany probably becomes extremely powerful for the next few decades, but it would still have a million different problems to contend with. There is the potential for another war with former Entente...
I think Thatcher is most likely gone in this scenario. Her handling of the economy had already left her historically unpopular to this point, so the deaths of most likely hundreds of service men and women and national humiliation would most likely make things untenable. If she goes, the Tories...
It would be interesting to see if he maintained his public opposition to Iraq. Clarke was never one to shy away from expressing his views, so my guess would be that he still speaks against the war, but grants his MPs a free vote on the issue. That in itself might be enough to trigger a coup...
Benn would probably challenge Healey for the leadership instead of the Deputy position, and he could well win and trigger an even bigger breakaway from the right of the party..
Otherwise, Labour would still have the four years of civil war that we got IOTL. Healey would be harder on the left...
If you have a UK political class that is sufficiently secular to support disestabilishment, then they might also be a bit more pro-Catholic too, but I dont think the act of disestabilishment itself would change much itself. Even changing religious attitudes in the UK isn't going to have a huge...
My understanding of the Whigs is that they were (relatively) socially liberal as well as economically liberal, which is something Thatcher decidedly wasn't. So either her views change to the point that she is no longer the same as OTL Thatcher, or she is a marginalised figure who is unlikely to...
Maudling was second in 1965, and is generally a pretty common AH PM. I wonder how far-fetched a return to Douglas-Home would be at this point.
It's the most common starting point for Enoch Powell leadership TLs, 'If Banks had Played' perhaps being one of the best examples. Whilst I think it...
1979-83 was always going to be a poisoned chalice, regardless of leader. Even if the PLP votes Healey in, the hard left would still hold significant power among the membership. Benn would challenge Healey for the leadership rather than the deputy role, and he could even win. There wouldn't be as...
As has been said, it's difficult to see the UK going fascist, and you'd need some pretty dramatic PoDs to achieve it. The closest plausible thing would be Mosley never joining the BUF and rising to become a Labour (or even Tory or Liberal) Prime Minister instead. He'd be kicked out by his own...