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You wake up this morning and find yourself Prime Minister. What do you do?

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 06:25 (eighteen years ago)

And please don't just say 'resign' or 'kill myself'.

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 06:25 (eighteen years ago)

Drive to military base and demand to speak to the alien.

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 06:46 (eighteen years ago)

Two chicks at the same time.

marmotwolof, Thursday, 28 June 2007 06:50 (eighteen years ago)

Buy a ranch and go there for a 4 month holiday. Then work for a week, then go on holiday for 4 months again. (it works for that other G(w)B, so why not?)

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 06:51 (eighteen years ago)

OMG
Gordon Brown : G.B.
George Bush: G.B.

Goo Blar for ILX presidetn?

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 06:52 (eighteen years ago)

George Bluth! But which one?

marmotwolof, Thursday, 28 June 2007 06:59 (eighteen years ago)

OK, apart from the aliens and the chicks and the ability to take long holidays (none of which I think will appeal to the new PM - ok maybe the aliens) there's a whole lot of problems to deal with. How to deal?

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 07:14 (eighteen years ago)

Dammit, I wanted to say "kill myself".

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 June 2007 07:15 (eighteen years ago)

I knew you would, that's why I said it.

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 07:16 (eighteen years ago)

Anyway, not least of his problem's, is this one. Which may well make him feel like killing himself.

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 07:18 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe if he had a soul.

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 June 2007 07:23 (eighteen years ago)

Introduce a bill in the Commons to bring sexy back.

King Boy Pato, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:01 (eighteen years ago)

C4 news have had a number of "experts" addressing this v question recently.

One said never ever use the phrase "war on terror". I think that's a good start....

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:08 (eighteen years ago)

Get out of everything Europe-related or completely join in, but quit this "we're in, but we need exceptions to every rule" crap.

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:10 (eighteen years ago)

Also nobody say "call an election" like everyone on Have Your Say is saying. I'm so tired of the whining about that.

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:39 (eighteen years ago)

lol tories

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:40 (eighteen years ago)

Call an election

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:49 (eighteen years ago)

(He'd win one if he held it now, he won't two years from now)

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:51 (eighteen years ago)

He might yet. Cameron's peaked. It's Brown's to lose now.

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:52 (eighteen years ago)

An early election would be great though, catch the fuckers unawares, sharp toecap in the goolies, LOSERS! LOSERS! *make 'L' shape on forehead*

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:54 (eighteen years ago)

My Grandad used to theorize that if we'd hung the fuckers in 1964 we wouldn't have this problem any more.

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:56 (eighteen years ago)

An early election would force some or all of the Tories to show their colours.

Ed, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:56 (eighteen years ago)

Gordon's a smart cookie when it comes to elections too

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:57 (eighteen years ago)

Dear Gordy

Bent backwoods Tories jumping ship /= good thing

kthxby

Noodle Vague, Thursday, 28 June 2007 08:58 (eighteen years ago)

Added: Wednesday, 27 June, 2007, 06:48 GMT 07:48 UK

I would like Gordon Brown to resign and take all the other Scottish members of parliament out of my governing body immediately.

Peter, Kegworth

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Dom Passantino, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:01 (eighteen years ago)

I think Gordon should make his entire cabinet Scottish, just to annoy people

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:10 (eighteen years ago)

have a wank. go back to sleep.

grimly fiendish, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:11 (eighteen years ago)

Increase spending on Trident, rename it Tetradent.

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:34 (eighteen years ago)

and also have a wank, obv.

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:34 (eighteen years ago)

he said Gordon Brown, not Gordon Sumner.

marmotwolof, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:36 (eighteen years ago)

That would be a tantric wank, that lasted 8 hours.

aldo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:36 (eighteen years ago)

aye, well. you'd need to go back to sleep after that.

grimly fiendish, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:38 (eighteen years ago)

Doesn't a PM get, like, servants for that kind of thing? (not the going back to sleep afterwards part)

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:39 (eighteen years ago)

No, just royalty ALLEGEDLY.

aldo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:42 (eighteen years ago)

(He'd win one if he held it now, he won't two years from now)

-- Tom D., Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:51 AM

there you have it. still think spring is the more likely

if mclarens distancer from erikson was beckham, then what do you think browns distancer from blair will be?

iraq? but such a fuck you to bush so early on seems unlikely

696, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:45 (eighteen years ago)

It has to be Iraq, what else is there?

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:50 (eighteen years ago)

Hunting?

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:58 (eighteen years ago)

Relations with the US, if not a complete Iraq withdrawal there'll be something of a symbolic "fuck you" to America.

Dom Passantino, Thursday, 28 June 2007 09:59 (eighteen years ago)

but such a fuck you to bush so early on seems unlikely

Bush is on his way out anyway, so everyone's saying fuck you to Bush these days - well apart from Bum Boy Blair

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:03 (eighteen years ago)

1. Call election like RIGHT AWAY. They're always on a Thursday, you've got one week fuckers. Vote me!
2. Do something about education other than say the word "education" repeatedly.
3. Stop letting budget managers tell me how to run services (this will be a tough change in philosophy for Big Budget Manager 97-07 but I think I can pull it off).
4. Provide detailed and comprehensive answer to the West Lothian Question, suggest something along the lines of "Fuck you you English wankers we've suffered under English rule for fucking ever! Get it right up ye!"
5. Offer George Galloway a square go.
6. Introduce performance related pay and incentives for MPs, see how they fucking like it.
7. Have a wank.

onimo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:15 (eighteen years ago)

What is the West Lothian Question? I do not know coz I am not Scottish.

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:17 (eighteen years ago)

You're English, so you should know about, it's you bastids who are always on about it

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:18 (eighteen years ago)

FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lothian_Question

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:22 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lothian_Question

Basically saying that Scottish MPs shouldn't be able to affect English constituencies by voting on England only issues. This is growing legs now that the Secret Scottish Cabal has taken over government.

Funny how the Poll Tax Question (how can Thatcher (English) and Howard (English) impose an unfair and divisive tax *only* in Scotland?) was never an issue for these cunts.

onimo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:22 (eighteen years ago)

make all work experience kids to go work on nuclear missiles for no money.. thus vastly decrease spending.

Trident for Trident.

ken c, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:25 (eighteen years ago)

solution to WLQ: abolish House of Lords and use chamber for an English parliament.

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:26 (eighteen years ago)

Also funny how it's (so-called) Unionists who are forever bringing up the WLQ - don't they believe in a British parliament then?

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:28 (eighteen years ago)

Also: he should block the Spice Girls reunion.

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:28 (eighteen years ago)

An English Parliament (if it had the same devolved power as the Scottish one) would kind of make the Commons redundant on a whole lot of issues. I don't think Brown's too keen on doing himself out of a job he's waited a lifetime for.

onimo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:29 (eighteen years ago)

Also: he should block the Spice Girls reunion.

There's a new post for Margaret Beckett there surely

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:29 (eighteen years ago)

It's fairly obvious that "Unionist" these days means "Happy to stay in it as long as the English are in charge of it" - maybe it always did.

onimo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:30 (eighteen years ago)

Also: he should block the Spice Girls reunion.

OTM KEY ISSUE

blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:31 (eighteen years ago)

It's fairly obvious that "Unionist" these days means "Happy to stay in it as long as the English are in charge of it" - maybe it always did.

In England it did. It was those stupid fuckers in Scotland and Norn Iron who thought it meant something else.

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:32 (eighteen years ago)

There's a new post for Margaret Beckett there surely

Wrinkly Spice?

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:33 (eighteen years ago)

Have Carole Caplin permanently deported to Tristan de Cunha.

Just got offed, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:33 (eighteen years ago)

have anyone making 'Golden Brown' jokes in 2007 executed.

blueski, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:34 (eighteen years ago)

...and Jilted John jokes?

Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:34 (eighteen years ago)

and any flashers?

ken c, Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:36 (eighteen years ago)

pick out your next door neighbour on the basis of eyebrows.

Ed, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:02 (eighteen years ago)

So this what he's doing first off...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6247502.stm

Prime minister: Gordon Brown
Chancellor: Alistair Darling (tipped)
Foreign Secretary: David Miliband
Home Secretary: Jacqui Smith
Health: Alan Johnson
Schools and children: Ed Balls (tipped)
Justice: Jack Straw (tipped)
Commons leader: Harriet Harman (tipped)
Defence Des Browne (tipped)
Int Development: Douglas Alexander
Work and Pensions: Peter Hain
Northern Ireland: To be confirmed
Cabinet office minister: Ed Miliband (tipped)
Culture: James Purnell (tipped)
Transport: Ruth Kelly
Lords leader: To be confirmed
Environment: Hilary Benn (tipped)
Chief Whip: Geoff Hoon (tipped)
Industry: John Hutton
Duchy of Lancaster: To be confirmed
Communities: To be confirmed

Blears for Communities apparently?

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:09 (eighteen years ago)

We're discussing that over here: TEEBEE->GEEBEE Clockwatch

Ed, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:10 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks Ed.

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:13 (eighteen years ago)

Balls (tipped)

onimo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:24 (eighteen years ago)

What is all this "tipped" business? Is this an ancient initiation ritual where new ministers have to be held upside down and dunked in a bucket of custard and/or shaving foam?

Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:28 (eighteen years ago)

ancient = every student halls election ritual ever.

ken c, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:33 (eighteen years ago)

is that true, just got tipped?

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:35 (eighteen years ago)

offed, surely?

Tom D., Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:38 (eighteen years ago)

Department of Poppage

Dom Passantino, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:38 (eighteen years ago)

Brown Balls Darling is an unfortunate front bench methinks.

NickB, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:52 (eighteen years ago)

There's a new post for Margaret Beckett there surely

Wrinkly Spice?

-- Grandpont Genie,

Mark, come on! You missed the most obvious joke in the world!
[Anna performs Public Service Joke]

There's a new post for Margaret Beckett there surely

Old Spice.

Anna, Thursday, 28 June 2007 11:52 (eighteen years ago)

This should really be a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book

tissp, Thursday, 28 June 2007 12:34 (eighteen years ago)

Dammit Gordon, not a good start.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6246448.stm

StanM, Thursday, 28 June 2007 12:50 (eighteen years ago)

Should the Spice Girls reform?

Yes, spice up our lives!
40.54%
No, zig-a-zig-argh!
59.46%

10045 Votes Cast

Come on Gordon, the people have spoken!

onimo, Thursday, 28 June 2007 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

lol digby jones

remember when it was like 'when brown gets in i'll be back to real labour' rofl.

That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 12:14 (eighteen years ago)

I suspect one of Brown's early actions as PM will be something that symbolically plays well to the old Labour crowds though, possibly making Alistair Darling cut taper relief for private equity firms. Despite this being a policy Brown initiated in the first place.

Matt DC, Friday, 29 June 2007 12:32 (eighteen years ago)

did john cruddas get any crumbs?

acrobat, Friday, 29 June 2007 12:53 (eighteen years ago)

he turned down a job, apparently.

Ed, Friday, 29 June 2007 12:55 (eighteen years ago)

Taking out the bins at No. 10 is not that much of a job to turn down

Tom D., Friday, 29 June 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)

It seems it was housing.

Ned Trifle II, Friday, 29 June 2007 12:59 (eighteen years ago)

This is what the Guardian suggested as Brown's cabinet last september.

Prime minister Gordon Brown
Deputy leader and leader of the house Alan Johnson
Chancellor Alistair Darling
Foreign Office David Miliband
Home Office Des Browne
Lord chancellor Jack Straw
Party chairman and Scotland Douglas Alexander
Trade and industry Ed Balls
Health Harriet Harman
Environment Hilary Benn
Northern Ireland Ed Miliband
Wales Kim Howells
Leader of the Lords Lord Kinnock
Education Yvette Cooper
Communities Dawn Primarolo
Work and pensions John Denham
Defence Stephen Timms
Transport Ruth Kelly
Culture Geoff Hoon
Cabinet office minister Andy Burnham
Chief whip Nick Brown
Chief secretary to the Treasury John Healey

Ned Trifle II, Friday, 29 June 2007 13:04 (eighteen years ago)

So how is Mr. Brown going to perfrom the delicate operation of detaching US Iraq policy from where it is joined to the UK at the hip? The Oregonian newspaper has not showed much interest in covering this question.

Aimless, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

seven months pass...

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44436000/jpg/_44436100_comedians_get.jpg

Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

In an interview with Jeremy Vine for the Radio Times, Mr Forsyth said: "Prime minister's questions, that's two guys getting it on there. At times it's pure variety, pure vaudeville.

"It's all the people I used to work with, Frankie Howerd and Les Dawson. I love it, that's why I tape it. Last week I forgot, and I was furious for the rest of the day."

Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

You wake up this morning and find yourself Prime Minister. What do you do?

look in the mirror and thank God I'm not David Cameron.

Thomas, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

8. Stop doing that thing my with lower jaw.

onimo, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:20 (eighteen years ago)

yep, the "here's where I'm really taking the piss" expression.

Thomas, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:33 (eighteen years ago)

look in the mirror and thank God I'm not David Cameron.

....but Cameron's better looking than Brown *ducks*

Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:37 (eighteen years ago)

Is he?

Tom D., Tuesday, 19 February 2008 15:38 (eighteen years ago)

I would sit in my office eating Wheat Crunchies all day listening to "Damn, it Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" by the Geto Boys.

Bodrick III, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 19:12 (eighteen years ago)


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