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Choose your own cabinet!
BillieTheBot
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Since the so-called "silly season" is starting in the media - though no one seems quite sure whether it's a reference to there being very little domestic political news, or to it being a reference to John Prescott running the country - I've decided to start a "silly season" thread. As Peter Snow used to say when playing with his swing-o-meter on Election nights, "this just a bit of fun, remember".
This was partly inspired by the "Tony Blair gets sacked. You get the job..." thread. Now, let's imagine that, due to circumstances, Tony Blair and the rest of the Cabinet have all resigned. Blair's gone back to California to find a lucrative job, whilst Prescott's gone back to playing croquet. You have been chosen as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and First Lord of the Treasury. Who would you choose from TheSite.org boards to put in your new cabinet?
I haven't listed every single Cabinet job in here - finding 23 different names would take forever, for God's sake - so these are just the main ones to play with. My choices...
Prime Minister: Stargalaxy
Deputy Prime Minister: Turlough
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Disillusioned
Foreign Secretary: Aladdin
Trade & Industry Secretary:
Home Secretary: Bongbudda
Health Secretary: Piccolo
Culture Secretary: Erm... can't think of anyone for this job!
Minister for Constitutional Affairs: Renzo
International Development Secretary: MoonRat
Education Secretary: Morrocan Roll
Minister for Communities & Local Government: **Helen**
Work & Pensions Secretary: Blagsta
Defence Secretary: Skive
Transport Secretary: Kermit
The Chief Whip: Jim V (to make sure we all behave ourselves, of course)
Over to you, and your choices. Give us a job...
This was partly inspired by the "Tony Blair gets sacked. You get the job..." thread. Now, let's imagine that, due to circumstances, Tony Blair and the rest of the Cabinet have all resigned. Blair's gone back to California to find a lucrative job, whilst Prescott's gone back to playing croquet. You have been chosen as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and First Lord of the Treasury. Who would you choose from TheSite.org boards to put in your new cabinet?
I haven't listed every single Cabinet job in here - finding 23 different names would take forever, for God's sake - so these are just the main ones to play with. My choices...
Prime Minister: Stargalaxy
Deputy Prime Minister: Turlough
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Disillusioned
Foreign Secretary: Aladdin
Trade & Industry Secretary:
Home Secretary: Bongbudda
Health Secretary: Piccolo
Culture Secretary: Erm... can't think of anyone for this job!
Minister for Constitutional Affairs: Renzo
International Development Secretary: MoonRat
Education Secretary: Morrocan Roll
Minister for Communities & Local Government: **Helen**
Work & Pensions Secretary: Blagsta
Defence Secretary: Skive
Transport Secretary: Kermit
The Chief Whip: Jim V (to make sure we all behave ourselves, of course)
Over to you, and your choices. Give us a job...
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I cant decide whether thats an inspired or very dangerous choice. I'm not sure how I'd be with that much power to play with.
As for Bongbudda, if you couldn't find a solution to the issue of drugs, I'm not sure anyone could. You can appoint LadyJade to work in the Home Office with you if you wanted.
I think that we should either force a leadership election, or form our own party...
Not that I'm bitter about being overlooked for the Health job or anything :angel:
Proportional Repressentation it will be then
You do know that the Tories would be in power if that was the case?
Prime Minister: Well duh, that would be me.
Deputy Prime Minister: Clandestine, always good to have someone you disagree with to act as your conscience.
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Would be a mate in my Finance team, sorry guys but I'd have to have someone I trust with finances.
Foreign Secretary: Aladdin, but working to the PM's plans, natch. Will let him break the US lapdog relationship though.
Home Secretary: Kermit - now thatwould be funny
Health Secretary: Me again, it's my area of expertise anyway - although I might let Goaway be my figurehead
Culture Secretary: Surely drug culture secretary, in which case Mr R.
International Development Secretary: Kentish, after his questions to the MP the other month
Education Secretary: Blagsta's missus
Minister for Communities & Local Government: klintock!
Work & Pensions Secretary: If it wasn't for the drugs culture job, the clearly this would be a job for Mr R. Perhaps I should give him both...
Defence Secretary: NQV
The Chief Whip: Of course Jim V, he knows everything about us.
Of course if I was really in government we would have to reasess the logistics and compatablity of a new electoral system with the people of the country. We would have to figure out how to make a transition from a first past the post constituency based voting system to one of a national proportional representation system of voting. Of course all of this would take a considerable amount of time to finalise and a lot of money would have to be spent on educating the public as to how to use the new system. Of course, this would included a course in what parties not to vote for, namely her majesties* official opposition, the Conservative/New Labour party. In order to combat either of these possibilities becoming an actual reality it may be neccessery to ban any political party that may perform consitutional crimes against our country. This may lead to our party being the only party, but of course it will be the right party to lead the United Kingdom.
* Going back to the point about Her Magesty the Queen, of course the Royal Family will be abolished. The tax that goes into their upkeep can fund the costs of changing the voting system in this country to one of proportional reprsentation.
Deputy Prime Minister: Job dropped - because its a useless position
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Toadborg (cos he's done economics)
Foreign Secretary: Dis (yep we're following a hardline foreign policy)
Trade & Industry Secretary: JimV (had to give him a job somewhere or risked being banned)
Home Secretary: Bongbudda (the drugs debate should be interesting)
Health Secretary: MoK (expertise)
Culture Secretary: Aladdin (because I had to give hime something and DCMS isn't too damaging)
Minister for Constitutional Affairs: klintock (once he's got over the fact country's exist he should settle in fine)
International Development Secretary: Kentish (seems to have a vague idea on this)
Education Secretary: Wheresmyplacebo (because spelling and grammar is off no improtance)
Minister for Communities & Local Government: GWST (has worked in LG)
Work & Pensions Secretary: Luke88 (for amusement value)
Defence Secretary: Teh Gerbil (but we're not buying Russian kit, because its crap)
Transport Secretary: Kermit (to sort out the railways)
Secretary of state for Northern Ireland: Turlough (should be interesting trying to argue the case for the continuance of the Union in South Amargh)
The Chief Whip: Blagsta (the site Rottweiler)
That's fine
Swedish anal sluts on BBC2 perhaps?
While I don't agree with the FPTP system then you have to consider the culture of the UK, which is completely class dominated, which probably means that PR would be difficult to impose.
I appoint on competence not gender :razz: (oh and amusement value)
Rest in the fact that most people discussing politics (forums and real life) are twats and don't deserve to be listened to. The same goes for the majority of people studying it at uni level