 for indefinitely close \(\phi_1\)-worlds may be \(\neg \psi\)-worlds while all of the much closer \(\phi_2\)-worlds are \(\psi\)-worlds. However, the counterfactual if Thorpe or Wilson were to win the next General Election, Britain would prosper does seem to imply if Thorpe were to win the next General Election, Britain would prosper. (Fine 1975a: 453)