Politics - Your ideal cabinet members

Mick Parry
Matthew Robinson

Will Self
Stephen Fry
Charles Manson

Ayre_Gur

Anne Robinson

Bill Mahon

Tony Benn

Dawn French

Ken Livingstone

Alexi Sayle

I would select Voting Record - Dennis Skinner MP, Bolsover for his sound ideas and workrate. I would balance this with Voting Record - Michael Portillo MP, Kensington & Chelsea for his user-friendly acceptable face of capitalism persona and a sop to the mass of slightly left leaning tories now in power.

Roy

Ali G

Nick Griffin (To balance out the extreme of our Ken as it's a coalition
set up, innit)

Me mate Dave (Cabinet Maker)

Marha Stewart (Legal Section)

Joschka Fischer Inernational Relations US/China

Sir Cliff Richard

Derek Trotter Esq (Finance)

David Ike (PM)

Ken Dod (The Chancellor - think of the tax breaks)

Bernard Manning (Foreign Office)

Gordon Best (Health)

PC, Printer and Phone (The Home Office)
or being serious
Patrick Moore (read his book "Bureaucrats and how to annoy them" written under the pseudonym of R.T.Fishal and you'll know why)

The Jackass team (Education)

Dot Cotton (Arts and Culture)

Benny Hill (Minister for women)

Germaine Greer (Minister for men)

Pat Butcher (Minister for sport)

Jordon (DTI)

Peter Andre (Minister for the disabled)

The Queen (DWP)

Ruby Wax (The Speaker)

Geoge Michael (London Bubble) Gobshite Independant- Guardian reader Party.

Marcel Marceau (Spokesperson Conservative)

Keyhole Kate (PM'S Personal Advisor)

Steve G (Bikes & Funky Mopeds)

Ken Clarke, Ken Clarke and Ken Clarke. Oh, and that Alan Milburn.

Tim

Nicolas Parsons - PM
Nick Leeson - CofE
Bernard Manning - Foreign minister
Noele Gordon - Housing
Jenson Button - Transport
Julian Clary - Homo office
Emenem - Education
Jack Black - Arts

Ah, dear old Ken Clarke -- the acceptable face of Tory Twattishness

Mine would be: The Late John Smith (PM), Gordon Brown (Chancellor), Harold Wilson (Home Secretary), Aneurin Bevan (Health Secretary), Dennis Skinner (Foreign Secretary), James Brown (Minister for Funk).

Matthew

I wonder if John Smith would have invaded Iraq? I am reasonaby sure he wouldn't have dreamed of it. A great choice.
However, I remain to be convinced that Gordon Brown should be included in this imaginary cabinet for at least the following reasons:
1) He withdrew the dividend tax credit, which reduced income to charities and pension funds. Madness in light of the current pensions crisis.
2) He didn't resign when we invaded Iraq. Blood is on his hands too.
3) Like many government ministers he is another London hater.

Simon

Hugh Grant (Ministry of Haircuts)
Mao Tse Tung (Culture)
Wilkoe Johnson (Education)
Alf Garnet (Scottish Office)
HRH Prince William (Wombats)
Tony Blair (Music)
Purging Federal Agent (Don't affect integrity of this trial party)
Lenny Henry (Yoof)
Dame Janet Street Potty (Ministry of Works)
Jay Leno (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Seagull (Drinkin)
Reg Varney / Butler (Transport)
Stan Ogden (Health)
Jack Duckworth (Deputy Prime Minister - Yawn)
John Lennon (Imagine)
A Voter (Dry Weather only)

Richard Quest (Home Secretary)
Sting (Knitting)
Jack Straw (Hangin in there party)
J Marie Le Penn (Foreign Secrety)
Mat Robinson (Humour, Bikes. & Funky town bizz)
Lord Robinson (Marmelade & Jam Party)
Sir Dicky Branston (Pickles & Marmite)
Another Voter (P.M. though only with umbrella)
Berlin Fritz (Prisons & Loony Bins/ War Museums)
Redgel (Housing & Speculation - Greed Party)
Ian Hilsop (Airfix models & Glue sniffing Party)
99% UK Population (Watchin Telly Party)
HM QEII ( Nuvver cuppa tea Party)
Elvis Costello (Football)
David Beckham (Ambassador to Bhutän) (ex Vic-falls)
Tony Hart (Telly - Vision On Party)
Big Daddy (Fritz that's quite enough lad)
Sooty (Hand in glove)

PM – Winston Churchill

Chancellor – JK Galbraith

Health Secretary – Nye Bevan

Culture Secretary – Ernst Gombrich

Transport Secretary – Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Sports Minister – Sir Trevor Brooking

Defence Secretary – Brigadier Terry Thomas

Home Secretary – Roy Jenkins*

Foreign Secretary – Dennis Skinner

Housing Minister – Dave Gilmour

Minister for Lecherous Cackles & Having A Face Like A Walnut – Sid James



*He may have been bombastic, and he did join that traitorous scum David Owen in forming the SDP, but he was probably the most liberal/liberalising Home sec we've ever had. So there.

Adam Smith or JMK? Have you read their works?

Taking Rasher's suggestion of Nicolas Parsons we should add Tony Slattery (thinking in terms of Just a Minute).

Mike

Might find a place for old FF8282 as the cabinet Mr Fix-it.

Well I am surprised.Smith was a good micro man;his ideal post would be at the DTI.The Chancellor should be a macro man and whilst Keynes would have the brains (with plenty to spare) if he were alive he would not be a good choice.Keynes was a genius and knew it;he would drive his cabinet fellows mad even if they understood what he was on about.I can't see keynes accepting the notion of collective responsibility either.Galbraith is another man I rate very highly but he is too civilised for the bearpit.My choice must be David Ricardo-as well as coming up with original economic ideas,he could withstand pressure (he pissed his dad off when he left his faith) and he was truly international in his outlook.To make his case complete, Ricardo was an MP-not for very long and he did buy his seat.Cheers Tony

The Bank is given its target by the government;the divorce is not complete.Cheers Tony

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Adam Smith or JMK? Have you read their works?

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Yup.

Alex, BA (Hons) Economics and Accountancy

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Poor bastard

Iggy Pop - PM
Rab C Nesbitt - Chancellor
Wayne & Waynetta - Welfare
Michael Howard - Expedition to Saturn
Beyonce Knowles - Babe ministry (regional office at my place)
Austin Powers - Arts
Matt O'Connor - Home office
Gordon Ramsey - Education
Prince Charles - Agriculture

William Burroughs Health