Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

British Politics

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  1. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    20:54Designing defence institutions to withstand disagreementNotable Point
  2. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    34:10British union politics and protest votesNotable Point
  3. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    35:35Reform UK and political parties' naval policiesQ&A
  4. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    18:54Was Churchill's postwar premiership considered successful?Q&A
  5. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    2:50:54Churchill and the path to the Clean Air ActChapter
  6. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    3:08:30Why did Eden resist the Clean Air Act?Q&A
  7. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:39:14The gold standard and the case for Churchill in 1940Notable Point
  8. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    1:13:30Churchill's political position becomes contingentQ&A
  9. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:44:20Why defence budgets are less secret than intelligence votesQ&A
  10. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:08:38Employment politics can protect an interwar carrier programmeNotable Point
  11. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:42:10The Alternative Vote referendum and a two-chamber compromiseNotable Point
  12. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:22:36Why Britain would resist restoring union with HanoverQ&A
  13. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    2:40:52Why the healthcare comparison turns to postwar BritainQ&A
  14. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    2:58:04Clarke's argument against restricting the franchiseNotable Point
  15. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    3:00:43Clarke's account of pragmatic conservatismNotable Point
  16. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    6:22:00Why Neville Chamberlain resigned but remained in governmentQ&A
  17. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    10:14:30Why a trainer's production location enters the procurement debateQ&A
  18. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    10:16:01Why doorstep campaigning matters in British local electionsNotable Point
  19. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    10:22:38A council campaign discovers voters excluded by an access assumptionNotable Point
  20. What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?
    1:10:40Fisher turns treaty limits into a public political battleChapter
  21. What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?
    1:21:18Fisher makes himself more dangerous outside governmentNotable Point
  22. Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy
    7:44Why Churchill remained Britain's strongest wartime choiceNotable Point
  23. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:25:08An anecdote about ministers renaming naval ranksQ&A
  24. Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:53:14Why Churchill lost the 1945 general electionNotable Point
  25. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    1:20:41How Britain's uncodified constitution depends on conventionNotable Point
  26. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:34:16The 1832 Reform Act and the end of rotten boroughsQ&A
  27. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:32:02Why replacing Churchill with John Buchan is underspecifiedQ&A
  28. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    35:58A reservist prime minister and the chain-of-command paradoxNotable Point
  29. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    1:21:53Why extremist movements looked smaller before the London treatyNotable Point
  30. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    38:10Newfoundland service and Admiralty influence in ParliamentChapter
  31. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:15:48Debt, Parisian exile, and Rodney's returnChapter
  32. Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes
    1:40:24A political recall collides with Rodney's victoryChapter
  33. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:40:30Why the 'We want eight' campaign workedQ&A
  34. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    1:22:54Why a policy needs someone who can explain itNotable Point
  35. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    55:41A Blackshirt and a peer's caneNotable Point
  36. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:09:29Why the Royal Navy needed visible wartime victoriesNotable Point
  37. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    2:13:48The 'We Want Eight' compromise shows Admiralty leverageNotable Point
  38. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    4:26:06Why primaries and local party selection matterNotable Point
  39. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:10:39Could a victorious Beatty become prime minister?Q&A
  40. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    16:48Putting Churchill's wartime role in contextQ&A
  41. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:38:50Churchill's prewar influence was smaller than hindsight suggestsNotable Point
  42. HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 2
    57:53Stanley Baldwin and steady interwar governmentNotable Point
  43. Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    52:47Plain English as a test for defence policyNotable Point
  44. Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    3:01:28Keeping local government within its competenceNotable Point
  45. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:25:43Royal-family convention, Parliament, and naval MPsQ&A
  46. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:50:28British drug regulation and the limits of American soft powerNotable Point
  47. Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 3
    1:53:31A Jutland victory may keep Asquith in officeNotable Point
  48. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    23:17Political attacks on Battenberg's Dreadnought appointmentChapter
  49. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    32:20Choosing an executive officer amid attacks on nationalityChapter
  50. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    42:17Battenberg's entry medical certificate debateNotable Point
  51. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    2:02:17Churchill's political future after alternative victoriesNotable Point
  52. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    1:55:58How a successful Gallipoli could change Churchill's political careerNotable Point
  53. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:38:15Political oratory as a route to statesmanshipNotable Point
  54. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:52:01What Yes Minister gets right about political skillNotable Point
  55. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    2:37:43Extreme quotations can distort wartime British-Polish relationsNotable Point
  56. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    47:33Why a British military coup is institutionally unlikelyNotable Point
  57. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:40:02Without the invasion of Belgium, Britain might remain outside the warQ&A
  58. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:57:00A British regency normally follows the succession before seeking a guardianQ&A
  59. The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response
    57:36Why Britain avoided a larger Bolshevik breakthroughQ&A
  60. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:32:20Would a British foothold in Norway keep Chamberlain in office?Q&A
  61. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    59:43Treaty accusations masked a dispute over spending prioritiesNotable Point
  62. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:03:12European distances distorted Britain's Far East debateNotable Point
  63. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    1:10:05Would Churchill still become prime minister?Q&A
  64. Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!
    48:58The Pitt and Chamberlain families in British politicsQ&A
  65. From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos
    1:04:36The NHS as an institutional design and management problemNotable Point
  66. From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos
    1:22:37How to influence a political party from withinNotable Point
  67. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    3:06:04Halifax was not a simple route to negotiated surrenderNotable Point
  68. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    26:03Why the Royal Navy had to argue harder for influenceChapter
  69. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    31:37Giving naval power a language for democratic politicsNotable Point
  70. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    47:24Writing naval strategy that civilians can useChapter
  71. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:00:56Treaty limits became a political funding floorNotable Point
  72. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    1:49:51A general-knowledge test for political candidatesNotable Point
  73. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    1:54:30Using confirmation to build ministerial expertiseNotable Point
  74. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    1:58:40How secure ministers could limit prime-ministerial powerNotable Point
  75. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    2:03:47Parliamentary government versus presidential driftNotable Point
  76. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    2:06:36Local candidates and parties in British constituency votingNotable Point
  77. Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build
    35:38An interpretation of Conservative spending before the 1980sNotable Point
  78. Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build
    3:29:00Could Thatcher still rise in an altered Commonwealth?Q&A
  79. Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build
    3:38:48Politicians' pay and the cost of political establishmentsNotable Point
  80. The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)
    46:01Coalition government and long-term state capacityNotable Point
  81. The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)
    48:55Media incentives and short-term politicsNotable Point
  82. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    5:29Why British entry in 1914 was not inevitableQ&A
  83. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    57:33Cabinet hesitation and the Channel Fleet problemChapter
  84. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    1:02:28Could King George V force Britain into war?Q&A
  85. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    1:41:36Would a short war delay women's suffrage?Q&A
  86. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    2:07:31Irish Home Rule without mass wartime mobilizationNotable Point
  87. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    25:29Why an American-backed coup in Britain was implausibleQ&A
  88. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    37:07Political image, reality, and the value of oppositionNotable Point
  89. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    20:11How a British monarch exercises informal powerQ&A
  90. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    42:42Monarchy finance and the head-of-state alternativeQ&A
  91. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:25:32Why a British republic requires a constitutional rewriteQ&A
  92. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:39:51How a British prime minister combines executive and parliamentary powerQ&A
  93. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:51:55Who ranks second in a British government?Q&A
  94. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    29:51The Honourable and Right Honourable in British public lifeQ&A
  95. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    41:49Why many Free Polish personnel remained in BritainQ&A
  96. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    13:26The policy choice behind the King George V class's 14-inch gunsNotable Point
  97. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    28:21The Royal Navy context of Britain's July 2022 leadership changeQ&A
  98. Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)
    38:34Daisy Greville, Lady Beresford, and royal interventionChapter
  99. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:12:55How the Royal Navy delegated press advocacyQ&A
  100. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    3:18:19Issue salience behind monarchy opinion pollsQ&A
  101. The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)
    45:11British politics, finance, and the Morocco-Congo settlementNotable Point
  102. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:23:05Keyes and MacArthur in a postwar political branchQ&A
  103. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:29:26Q&A: Hanover was not the same as Britain's empireQ&A
  104. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    29:17What a British election agent was responsible forNotable Point
  105. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    4:11:19Balancing constituency government with proportional representationNotable Point
  106. Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books
    40:36Replacing the House of Lords means designing a whole systemQ&A
  107. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    1:13:58Pitt the Elder and Pitt the Younger comparedQ&A
  108. Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities
    40:06Pitt and the coalition war economyNotable Point
  109. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    58:01Why Churchill was the practical 1940 choiceNotable Point
  110. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    1:19:41Why Lord Halifax was a weak alternative to Churchill in 1940Notable Point
  111. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    4:21Who could replace Churchill in 1943?Q&A
  112. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    1:49:08A hypothetical codified British constitutionQ&A
  113. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    49:15Labour, trade unions, and the domestic priorities behind 1966Q&A
  114. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:19:13Malta and the alternative of political integrationQ&A
  115. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    32:01Churchill's place in Britain's 1940 leadershipQ&A
  116. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    2:57:20If Churchill and George VI had been killed during D-DayQ&A
  117. Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword
    3:47:18Reading Churchill between hero and monsterNotable Point
  118. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    2:45:27Would Thatcher have lost without the Falklands War?Q&A
  119. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate
    10:20Salisbury and Granville debate naval expansionChapter
  120. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    6:54The act ended through its own program rather than a simple repealQ&A
  121. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    2:25:42Election results and one-note histories of ThatcherNotable Point
  122. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    22:13Eden and a political generation shaped by two world warsNotable Point
  123. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    41:41War-weary leaders and Britain's succession problemNotable Point
  124. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    43:47Thatcher and the Falklands as a generational contrastNotable Point
  125. Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty
    22:59Why British and French Leaders Saw Mussolini in NasserNotable Point
  126. Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty
    1:02:01Eden, Gaitskell, and the Politics of WarChapter
  127. An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)
    10:30British rather than EnglishNotable Point
  128. An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)
    16:31Information warfare reaches British politicsNotable Point
  129. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    42:17The Nore mutiny's political and strategic dangerNotable Point