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Are the Welsh and Irish not a bit miffed that they have to share days?

Minor thing - wasn’t Cameron’s primary challenge in 2014? Otherwise really great updates.

How does the split of competencies between the Commonwealth and regional governments work? Seems like the Commonwealth has a large latitude to act in these areas but with things like higher education they arent bound. Or is it an American thing of not technically having jurisdiction but getting...

Plus EU membership is entrenched, so you no longer need a simple majority in the Commons but a 2/3 majority in both houses plus the Prime Minister Plus the President just to get the ball rolling.

Ah, so patterned after Norway? Either way, if the referendum happens and no wins - well, we thought we had a constitutional crisis OTL...

This makes me wonder, is there an entrenched Commonwealth constitution, and if so does it mention the EU and what’s the amendment mechanism?

Given how opposed Osbourne was to having a referendum OTL I’m not sure I can see him acquiescing to one when he’s leading the party, unless he’s particularly nervous about his job security given his loss of the last election.

Well I’m always interested to see what’s going on in the UK and Germany if you’re asking. And great work so far, really enjoying the timeline.

Well presumably the cross the line votes will depend on the party structure and just how cohesive they are. Definitely true though that it leads to a looser Cabinet system. I can also see leaders having to give even more weight to balancing their top team and keeping factions on board - so maybe...

I feel like in practice this will devolve into a parliamentary system once a party system establishes itself - the Speaker becomes a Prime Minister, and if as a party you already have an acknowledged leader who will take that slot, you’ll probably start having slates of candidates for the other...

Assuming the vast majority of UKIP voters have Conservative as second preference then this should be a comfortable Howard win.

Think there’s a small typo in the box - you have the Republican/Prohibitionists as winning 1 seat.

On whether it would be the existing Westminster Parliament, depends on the timeframe. If we’re talking a post 1900 PoD I would think almost certainly a new institution - by that point the Dominions are too far down the sovereignty/co-equal status path to allow for the appearance of Westminster...

This is the key thing really - why is there no right to buy? To say what the effects are you need to know what the rest of housing policy is. If we’re going for a minimal change that keeps it in line with the general neo-liberal approach, maybe they decide they still want to really support home...

Very minor nitpick - constitutional amendments are done as joint resolutions rather than bills and don’t go to President for signature. But really, really enjoying the timeline and look to the 1900 election with baited breath.