Fantasy Cabinet

[Flyingfox]

Who would you have in yours?

Sir Alan Sugar - Prime Minister
Stephen Fry - Minister for Education
Joanna Lumley - Minister for Immigration
Carol Vorderman - Chancellor of the Exchequer

 

[dellzeqq]

oh - I think you've got to restrict it to Cycle Chatters

Prime Minister - Flying Monkey
Minister of Culture - theClaude
Foreign Secretary - Aperitif (no private jet required!)
Chancellor of the Exchequer - srw
First Secretary of the Treasury with responsibility for cracking down on tax evasion - Adrian C
Minister for Transport - jonesy and dom1979 jobsharing
Minister of Sound - Zimzum42
Minister of Agriculture - Bonj (six years of working on a farm has left scars...)

 

[TVC]

I'd have Myleene Klass as Europe Minister it would drive Berlusconi and Sarkozy mental and a major diplomatic incident would be a certainty.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I know it's a game, but here's some serious suggestions for a really progressive cabinet...

PM: Caroline Lucas - former director of policy at Oxfam: young, female, Green Party leader and MEP
Exchequer: Vince Cable - simply the most knowledgable politician in this area
Environment: George Monbiot - committed, intelligent and a UN Global 500 winner (also knows the details of things like rural issues).
Energy (back to cabinet level): Jeremy Leggett - fromer Greenpeace scientist and now solar energy advocate and businessman
Justice: Shami Chakrabarti - Director of Liberty, lawyer
Home Office: Peter Tatchell - radical human rights activist, who is also charming and intelligent
Foreign Office: Susan George - author of 'A Fate Worse That Debt', Fellow of the Transnational Insitute and global anti-poverty and justice campaigner.
Defence: Paddy Ashdown - has enough respect from the forces whilst also being committed to the defence of human rights and liberties.
Trade and Industry: Simon Zadek - former fellow of the New Economics Foundation and now advocate of corporate social and environmental responsibility.
Culture: Benjamin Zephaniah - a brilliant poet and communicator.
Transport: Meyer Hillmann - green transport guru
Science and Technology (should be back to cabinet level): but not sure who...
Education: don't really know...

PS: Alan Sugar shouldn't be allowed to manage his own wardrobe, let alone a country...
PPS: shouldn't this be in politics and life.

 

[Haitch]

Culture: Benjamin Zephaniah - a brilliant poet and communicator.

Has he turned down the position of Poet Laureate in perpetuum? No disrespect to Carol Ann Duffy, but if not it was a missed opportunity. Again.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Has he turned down the position of Poet Laureate in perpetuum? No disrespect to Carol Ann Duffy, but if not it was a missed opportunity. Again.

I think he probably has ruled himself out. He'd be much better in the cabinet!

 

[Aperitif]

I'm happy to be in the drinks cabinet.

Formidable list there FM - of which I have little knowledge. I will endeavour to get up to speed, particularly given that dell's 'Cabinet of Wisdom' includes you as PM.
Holy s***! - the ministers better do their homes up work.

I'm off to study some Afro-American Music @ Waterstones + a bit of Nero - fiddling me out of 1.65 while my mouth burns....

 

[accountantpete]

I'd include every current MP and then hold the Cabinet meetings in Mexico - bit unfair on the locals I know but there you go.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

oh - I think you've got to restrict it to Cycle Chatters

Prime Minister - Flying Monkey
Minister of Culture - theClaude
Foreign Secretary - Aperitif (no private jet required!)
Chancellor of the Exchequer - srw
First Secretary of the Treasury with responsibility for cracking down on tax evasion - Adrian C
Minister for Transport - jonesy and dom1979 jobsharing
Minister of Sound - Zimzum42
Minister of Agriculture - Bonj (six years of working on a farm has left scars...)

i ain't gonna work, on bonj's farm no more…

 

[Speicher]

We might need a Pie Minister - should that be Noodley or Pie Master?

 

[Headgardener]

Spiecher I think that should be Minister of the Pies, sounds better also Noodley should have the post as Piemaster is away at sea for long periods so wouldn't be able to get back for cabinet meetings.

 

[Aperitif]

I think Piemaster would make an ideal Prime Minister if he's all at sea.

 

[Dave5N]

Minister for Science - Steve Jones or Richard Dawkins

 

[Dave5N]

In fact Jones might make a pretty damn fine Education Minister in FM'c Cabinet

 

[Flying_Monkey]

In fact Jones might make a pretty damn fine Education Minister in FM'c Cabinet

I would chose him for science & tech but not education.