We Did It 5 Years Ago . . .

[Buenchico]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question893423.html
. . . so let's do it again.

Yes, while we're waiting for the politicians to see if they can form a government, let's create our own!

Here are some of suggestions to get you started:

For Prime Minister we need a steady hand and a clear head. So that's obviously a task for SandyRoe.

We need a Chancellor of the Exchequer who can actually get the books to add up, so there's a job for Jim360.

The Secretary of State for Health ought to be someone who's (frequently) seen the system from the inside; Mrs_Overall clearly fits the bill but she might need some expert advice, so we'll have Sqad as Chief Medical Officer as well.

Using the same 'experience + expertise' argument sees Nailit get the job of Home Secretary, with NewJudge as Attorney General.

The Minister for Families can be SherrardK, for obvious reasons.

Mushroom25 can be Secretary of State for Transport, as he clearly knows a great deal about it. He can be assisted by Dzug2 as Minister for Railways, with David H as a special advisor tasked with recording the locations of all the old road signs in the UK.

Factor-Fiction seems like a good choice for our Education Minister.

Methyl can have the Technology job, so that when his civil servants try to baffle him with technicalities he'll be able to out-baffle them in return!

I've struggled to work out who could be Foreign Secretary but it's definitely NOT going to be AOG! (He'd probably have us at war with the rest of the EU within a week, and with the rest of the world shortly afterwards!). Perhaps Khandro would be a more EU-friendly choice?

The Minister with Responsibilty for 3rd World Matters can be Gavmacp because he lives in Norfolk, so he's used to living in an under-developed part of the world ;-)

Ann can be the new Director of the Office of National Statistics because she's good at keeping records.

Waterboatman can be Minister for the Environment because he knows about waterways and hedgehogs (which is probably a great deal more knowledge about the environment than most of his predecessors have ever had!).

JoggerJayne gets the job as Minister for Sport and Culture so that she can:
(a) get all of the clubbers listening to classical music ;
(b) get all of the classical music fans out clubbing ; and
(c) get football replaced by netball on the telly.

I'm sure that you'll all have lots of revisions and additions to my list, including (of course) nominating yourselves for jobs that you'd like. (If you don't I'm wasting my time posting all this lot anyway!). Remember that you're free to create new ministries and departments. For example, I'm giving well-paid advisory roles to both myself and Tonyav with DoRA (which is, of course, our Government's newly-created Department of Real Ale).

So suggest away, please!

[sherrardk]

I'm in - as long as I don't have to pretend to actually like anyone else's kids.

[Buenchico]

I'm sure that you're very good at pretending exactly that, Sherr. I bet that you smile sweetly at the offspring of the parents sitting next to you at school concerts, even though you're actually trying to work out whether it's the parents or their kids that you find the most repulsive ;-)

[sherrardk]

It's a close run thing - not keen on either.

[Zacs-Master]

Awww Gawd. It's this sort of Q that gets the 'clique' accusers lighting their torches and waving their pitchforks.

[jim360]

Hah! To be honest my arithmetic is sloppy, especially when it comes to finances. Although I do tend to earn more than I spend so I suppose I have that going for me. I'd rather do Science and/ or the environment, although be warned that I'd be pushing for nuclear power!

[joggerjayne]

Apparently we haven't had a Ministry for Information since 1919.

Perhaps we should revive that department, because ...

Buenchico would be such a good Minister for Information.

[Buenchico]

>>>It's this sort of Q that gets the 'clique' accusers lighting their torches and waving their pitchfork

Which is why I took care to open it up to anyone to suggest themselves for jobs ;-)


>>>To be honest my arithmetic is sloppy

Ah, the sign of a good mathematician! In my teaching days it was always said (in the staffroom) that you should never ask an English teacher to speel anything or a Maths teacher to add anything up ;-)


>>>be warned that I'd be pushing for nuclear power

You definitely get the job then, Jim360!


>>>Buenchico would be such a good Minister for Information

How does one blush online? (Thank you, JJ!)

[boxtops]

I nominate TWR as Minister for Transport.

Buenchico must be Minister for Railways, since I am always impressed that he knows railway timetables :-)

[elliemay1]

Agree with Zacs-Master.

[Zacs-Master]

Chris it was the 'we' bit that I thought might get then stirred up. Not to mention the '5 years ago'. :-)

[Baldric]

Sandyroe has a far too pro-immigration stance for my liking, would not be a good PM based on that!

[Prudie]

Well I didn't get nominated 5 years ago nor now and probably not in 5 years time so I'm certainly not putting myself forward. Pffft.

[Buenchico]

So what job would YOU like in our newly-formed government, Z-M?
(and, indeed, EM?)

[Prudie]

PS Naomi for PM

[Zacs-Master]

I wouldn't have a Ministerial post if it were the last job on earth.

[Buenchico]

>>>Sandyroe has a far too pro-immigration stance for my liking, would not be a good PM based on that!

As someone who wants to see the UK fully adopt the provisions of the Schengen Treaty, Baldric, I feel inclined to disagree!

So:
(a) which ABer do you want for PM ; and (assuming that it's not yourself)
(b) which job do you fancy?

Prudie:
We just need to know what you're good at!

[Buenchico]

>>>Naomi for PM

Well we'd certainly get strong leadership - of one type or another!

[joggerjayne]

Naomi? Surely Minister for Religious Affairs?

[Zacs-Master]

Ant religious affairs, surely?

[Zacs-Master]

Anti. Tut.