Anthony Crosland (PJW)

Anthony Crosland was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1973 to 1975.

Following the French Civil War and nuclear strikes during the Franco-German War, Prime Minister Richard Crossman resigned. The Labor Party had turned away from the Bevanites in favor of the Gaitskellists led by Crosland, who won a leadership election and was then appointed Prime Minister. Crosland faced an economic slump as well as rising nationalist movements in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Island. The British army was deployed across the Isles, meaning little support could be sent to the rebuilding continent. As such, Crosland worked closely with Belgian forces who were conducting peacekeeping operations in northern France.

As the nationalist and continental violence mounted, Crosland was seen as weak and ineffective at combating it. After a particularly bloody summer of 1975, Crosland's support was dangerously low; the final blow came in late 1975 when a coup by Belgian officers placed a euro-communist government in power. A vote of no confidence passed, and Crosland found himself ousted in favor of the Conservatives and Edward Heath.