Peace in Our Time! - A TRO Inspired Franco-British Union Quest

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1957 - General Election Results
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In a shocking turn of events, Labour won a majority of seats. The split in the party failed to hinder Labour as harshly as it expected. The Social Democrats in fact mostly competed with the Radical Liberals for left and center left voters turned off by Bevan's "extremism." The Tories got washed, suddenly on the back foot as formerly safe seats went to the Radical Liberals instead. In several cases they barely hung onto seats by less than a hundred votes. In Algeria and Corsica the National Rally won a tidy amount of seats, while the Radical Liberals maintained a strong showing.

Despite the electoral changes supposed to make it harder for a majority government to form, one did. It however did not mean they won a majority of the votes nor was it a clean uncontested election. In many constituencies Tories had strong showings, but were unable to win. In fact Labour seemed to benefit the most, winning edge cases and smaller seats against the odds. Meanwhile the Social Democrats failed to split the voters, at least enough to stand as their own party. They quickly negotiated a party merger with the Radical Liberals, intent on avoiding political death by shoring up the left wing of the party.

There were calls by commenters that the election may have been rigged by Labour. Numerous recounts were had following the election, watched closely on all sides. No sign of voter fraud or electoral tampering appeared. Undeniably to all observers, Labour had won, however that did not mean everyone laid down and accepted it. The voters had seemingly been convinced that Labour would keep delivering results that increased the quality of life. London received a cold attitude from French MPs. The lack of an official French coalition partner, aside from a few independent MPs, meant Bevan oversaw the first almost exclusively British government in the Franco-British Union. Those few independent MPs received positions previously held by French ministers in Attlee's government. It was hoped that it'd show that Labour wasn't ignorant of the concerns of its French citizens.

In the weeks following the formation of the government the military and intelligence services acted with cold hostility towards Bevan. The military made a point of conducting a training exercise in Heathrow Airport without notifying the government ahead of time. French officers met with their British counterparts without ministers present. MI5 and MI6 were slow to deliver reports, stonewalling the government's request for documents for security reasons. Rumors that Number 10 was bugged spread through the cabinet. Attlee had been tolerated by the establishment, Bevan was loathed.

In very short order they'd made their distaste for the Labour politician clear. There was mounting tension and paranoia in London. Generals and Admirals cracked one too many jokes about removing "the Soviet regime in London." It remained to be seen if the punchline would be delivered or not.