The Prime Ministers Who Never Were: A collection of counterfactuals is published today. In honour of this, we generous folk at Biteback have decided to give copies of it away. Copies of The PMs Who Never Were are up for grabs.
To classify as a Prime Minister who never was the candidates must have been close to the top job, and indeed, could have attained it had things turned out just a little different.
We have an ardent Enoch lover in the office who goes by the name of Grant Tucker. In all honesty, things would have had to be quite a lot different for it to happen but nonetheless he's come up with an elaborate series of circumstances that could have taken place and brought about a government headed by Enoch Powell. He even has a chapter heading: "Opportunity Enochs". Gold star.
So that's what I'm looking for, just 100-150 words on who would be your Prime Minister who never was, you could mention how it would have come about, what would have been different under their leadership, or what would have happened to other key figures at the time as a result. Be as creative as you like. And email me your ideas at katy.scholes[at]bitebackpublishing.com
I'll announce the winners next week (so you won't have to wait too long for your copy if you win).
Fear not, Grant can't apply - besides, I reckon he's already nicked one.