Search results

Would there be above-OTL outflow of the Irish rural poor? 1 - SA is next door, could more Irish go there? How vehemently would the Boers and local Anglos protest? 2 - South Rhodesia? Would the people in charge of SR allow inflow? Would London help enforce immigration bans or encourage Irish...

You mentioned shipping distances - an interesting point. Europe and North America to UK now uses more hulls due to larger distances involved, hence round trips take much longer. I assume that neither the shortened India/Far East/South America/Australia to UK trips nor the shift in trade patterns...

Oh, I'm aware that sailships were on the brink of extinction at this point. The windjammers were niche, running specific cargoes and with tiny crews of cheapo Scandinavians :) But with the Howing Forties being strong and rather reliable, and the UK accessible without having to exit the "around...

Good point about the fishing - I also had a vision of hungry British fishermen making call in Dutch or French ports a week or two after the Event. There is fishing in the area, but AFAIK not to the level of Grand Banks, maybe replacing North Sea only. I remembered something - yet another stake...

Maybe not a big money maker ... but all the transatlantic cables running from Ireland to North America - be it directly or by way of Azores - are cut. In WWI the UK used control over those cables as part of the blockade and to spin its propaganda in the USA.

South America was the true Jewel in the Crown of British investments abroad. Here it will become even more so, due to proximity. E.g. Argentinian beef and wheat will now gain a competitive edge versus USA. Australia/NZ - same. BTW - there could be a spectacular depression in the USA, with less...

Stolen from AH-com. https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1906-britain-and-ireland-relocated-se-of-madagascar.536069/#post-23749173 I wonder how much the UK economy will collapse at the New Better Location (NBL TM). E.g. the UK exported over 90M tons of coal, about 40% of its...