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** On the other hand, one senior civil servant tells a colleague one day as winter approaches, "What we need now is a nice long miners' strike." There had been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike several major miners' strikes]] in Britain before, but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984%E2%80%9385) the most famous, most recent, and most sustained one]] was yet to come even when the novel was published. No miners' strike happened in ''Coup'' but had it happened, it would have been [[UnwittingPawn engineered]] to help destroy Perkins -- whereas UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's RealLife strike experience ended with her fighting successfully against it.
** In the novel and series, Queen Elizabeth II is prematurely dead. In our timeline, she lived until 2022.

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** On the other hand, one senior civil servant tells a colleague one day as winter approaches, "What we need now is a nice long miners' strike." There had been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike several major miners' strikes]] in Britain before, but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984%E2%80%9385) the most famous, most recent, and most sustained one]] was yet to come even when the novel was published. No miners' strike happened in ''Coup'' but had it happened, it would have been [[UnwittingPawn engineered]] to help destroy Perkins -- whereas UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's RealLife strike experience ended with her fighting successfully against it.
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** In the novel and series, Queen Elizabeth II is prematurely dead.UsefulNotes/ElizabethII has relatively recently died. In our timeline, she lived until 2022.
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** In the novel and series, Queen Elizabeth II is prematurely dead. In fact, 30 years later she is still alive.
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** In the novel and series, Queen Elizabeth II is prematurely dead. In fact, 30 years later she is still alive.
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** After his victory, Perkins arrives in London from Sheffield on an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train Advanced Passenger Train]]. The APT would never enter full passenger service and the St. Pancras to Sheffield line is ''still'' not electrified.

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** After his victory, Perkins arrives in London UsefulNotes/{{London}} from Sheffield on an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train Advanced Passenger Train]]. The APT would never enter full passenger service and the St. Pancras to Sheffield line is ''still'' not electrified.

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* HilariousInHindsight: A number of aspects of the novel would prove ''not'' to be prescient:
** In 1981 when it was being written, the hard-left Tony Benn looked likely to be the next deputy leader of the Labour Party. Benn narrowly lost and in 1983 actually lost his own seat in the House of Commons (though he came back in a by-election within a year).
** Labour overall lost the 1983 election ''very'' heavily and not return to power until 1997, under the very un-Perkins-esque UsefulNotes/TonyBlair.

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* HilariousInHindsight: A number of few aspects of the novel would prove ''not'' to be prescient:
** In 1981 1981, when it was being written, the hard-left Tony Benn looked likely to be was challenging strongly for the next deputy leader leadership of the Labour Party. Benn narrowly lost that contest to Denis Healey, a heavyweight of Labour's right wing, and in 1983 actually lost his own seat in the House of Commons (though he came back in a by-election within a year).
** In fact, Labour overall lost the 1983 election ''very'' heavily and not didn't return to power until 1997, under the very un-Perkins-esque UsefulNotes/TonyBlair.


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** Foreign Secretary Newsome helps secure an urgent foreign loan from Libya's military strongman -- ''not'' UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi. The colonel in this book "had succeeded Gaddafi in a bloody coup two years before [i.e., in 1987]." Gaddafi stayed in power until [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya he was killed in 2011]].
** On the other hand, one senior civil servant tells a colleague one day as winter approaches, "What we need now is a nice long miners' strike." There had been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike several major miners' strikes]] in Britain before, but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984%E2%80%9385) the most famous, most recent, and most sustained one]] was yet to come even when the novel was published. No miners' strike happened in ''Coup'' but had it happened, it would have been [[UnwittingPawn engineered]] to help destroy Perkins -- whereas UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's RealLife strike experience ended with her fighting successfully against it.
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** In 1981 when it was being written, the hard left Tony Benn looked likely to be the next deputy leader of the Labour Party. Benn narrowly lost and in 1983 actually lost his own seat in the House of Commons (though he soon came back in a by-election).
** Labour would in fact lose the 1983 election ''very'' heavily and not return to power until 1997, under the very un-Perkins-esque UsefulNotes/TonyBlair.
** When Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership election, the party went one step further than Perkins - who has Cabinet experience. Corbyn has never held a ministerial brief.

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by-election within a year).
** Labour would in fact lose overall lost the 1983 election ''very'' heavily and not return to power until 1997, under the very un-Perkins-esque UsefulNotes/TonyBlair.
** When Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour Labour's 2015 leadership election, the party went one step further than Perkins - -- who has (scanty) Cabinet experience. Corbyn had spent the previous 32 years on the backbenches and has never held a ministerial brief.



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** When it was being written, the hard left Tony Benn looked likely to be the next deputy leader of the Labour Party. Benn narrowly lost and in 1983 actually lost his own seat.

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** When In 1981 when it was being written, the hard left Tony Benn looked likely to be the next deputy leader of the Labour Party. Benn narrowly lost and in 1983 actually lost his own seat.seat in the House of Commons (though he soon came back in a by-election).
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*** Chris Mullin credited Corbyn for a [[https://twitter.com/chrismullinexmp/status/667646103374979072 2015 reprint of his novel]].

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** If Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership election, the party will have gone one step further than Perkins - who has Cabinet experience. Corbyn has never held a ministerial brief.
** After his victory, Perkins arrives in London from Sheffield on an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train Advanced Passenger Train]]. The APT would never enter full passenger service and the St. Pancras to Sheffield line is ''still'' not electrified.

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** If When Jeremy Corbyn wins won the Labour leadership election, the party will have gone went one step further than Perkins - who has Cabinet experience. Corbyn has never held a ministerial brief.
** After his victory, Perkins arrives in London from Sheffield on an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train Advanced Passenger Train]]. The APT would never enter full passenger service and the St. Pancras to Sheffield line is ''still'' not electrified.electrified.

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* HilariousInHindsight: A number of aspects of the novel would prove ''not'' to be prescient:
** When it was being written, the hard left Tony Benn looked likely to be the next deputy leader of the Labour Party. Benn narrowly lost and in 1983 actually lost his own seat.
** Labour would in fact lose the 1983 election ''very'' heavily and not return to power until 1997, under the very un-Perkins-esque UsefulNotes/TonyBlair.
** If Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership election, the party will have gone one step further than Perkins - who has Cabinet experience. Corbyn has never held a ministerial brief.
** After his victory, Perkins arrives in London from Sheffield on an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train Advanced Passenger Train]]. The APT would never enter full passenger service and the St. Pancras to Sheffield line is ''still'' not electrified.

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