The POD is after the formation of the coalition government on 25 May 1915, when Lloyd George became Minister of Munitions in the cabinet. A condition of this challenge is that he cannot die or resign from the government because of illness. Asquith can continue in office from December 1916 onwards or another man becomes Prime Minister.
AHC: Lloyd George does not become Prime Minister
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Neither Bonar Law nor Asquith had the numbers in the House of Commons to muster a majority. Lloyd George had supporters (willing or not) in both the Liberal & Unionist parties. You might find a wartime election is considered necessary, unless the King can bring together the leading politicians to form a new National Government - which would probably still be Lloyd George. George V managed that in 1931 with MacDonald's Labour ministry becoming the National Government.
Could AJ Balfour make a comeback as a national figure?
Could AJ Balfour make a comeback as a national figure?
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Interestingly, one of those assets sold later in the war was British Petroleum, with offices in Fenchurch Street, London. Ironically this company was the marketing arm of the German Europäische Petroleum Union in Britain, until the assets were seized by the British Government and sold to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1917, which later assumed the company’s name and became BP.
Hmm, I have seen it speculated before that the Conservatives would win an election during the war but I haven't seen a lot of information to support the hypothesis. If so, or if they gain enough ground to be the dominant player in the coalition, then I suppose Boner Law or Balfour seem the most likely candidates for PM.