Would you be willing to be Prime Minister?

octatonic · July 2016

Seems like a thoroughly shite job to have.

sinbaadi · July 2016

If you you can blame everything that might go wrong on a certain recent referendum result, then it might not be so bad.

Heartfeltdawn · July 2016

Only if the country was willing to put up with a Prime Minister who is pro-pornography, pro-legalisation of a number of narcotics, pro-decriminalization of the sex industry, and pro-being able to swear during PMQs.

I'd liken the job to being a member of the Royal Family. Material benefits are obvious but you have no real freedom. You have photographers following you night and day. You have to keep a tight lid on your personal life. Anything that can be used against you will be used against you.

fretmeister · July 2016

I would.

5 years of bollocks and then loadsmoney on the After Dinner speaking circuit

Heartfeltdawn · July 2016

sinbaadi said:

If you you can blame everything that might go wrong on a certain recent referendum result, then it might not be so bad.

Who different PMs would blame for failures during their time in office:

Theresa May as PM: it's all the fault of the Brexiters.
Tim Farron as PM: it's all the fault of the Brexiters
Russell Brand as PM: it's the fault of the banking industry
UKIP leader as PM: it's the fault of the EU and those Nigerian guys with AIDS coming to our country.
Corbyn as PM: it's Israel's fault.

Sporky · July 2016

I don't really want to live in London, so I'd make it a condition that parliament be moved somewhere nicer. Maybe Devon.

Also I don't much like having meetings, so that'd have to change.

fretmeister · July 2016

I would answer everything in PMQ in the medium of balloon models.

hobbio · July 2016

Only if I could be Optimus Prime Minister. That'd shake up politics.

Sporky · July 2016

hobbio said:

Only if I could be Optimus Prime Minister. That'd shake up politics.

Where do I vote for you?

RocknRollDave · July 2016

I wouldn't do it, as I am totally unsuited for the job and do not possess the necessary skills.

I would be interested in hearing from them why so many other people who also fit this description went ahead and did the job anyway.

lloyd · July 2016

I'm too pretty for that. Fame for ugmos politics innit?

eSully · July 2016

You really would have to have a very thick skin for it. I'm sure there are easier ways for Etonian elites to make their money than putting up with being drawn as a condom weekly. I'm not sure I'd want to put my family through crap like that.

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Strat_a_tat_tat · July 2016

fretmeister said:

I would answer everything in PMQ in the medium of balloon models.

Would these be naked models... dancing... with only a few strategically placed balloons hiding their modesty?

... or you - as Prime Minister - squeakily manipulating balloons into animal shapes?

The nation needs to know.

TheBlueWolf · July 2016

The ability to talk bollocks in exchange for money is rather tempting. I could cope with everything being my fault as PM too, how hard can it be to shift the blame?

fretmeister · July 2016

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

fretmeister said:

I would answer everything in PMQ in the medium of balloon models.

Would these be naked models... dancing... with only a few strategically placed balloons hiding their modesty?
... or you - as Prime Minister - squeakily manipulating balloons into animal shapes?

The nation needs to know.

Animal shapes made by me then using them preserving the modesty of some fine examples of the human form?

scrumhalf · July 2016

Maybe not PM, too much time spent with too many objectionable people.

I'd take a ministerial role. Minister for Biscuits. That'll do me.

octatonic · July 2016

HAL9000 · July 2016

Well, with the Tories imploding after the Brexit referendum, the LibDems being run by someone called Tim or Tom who is actually less distinctive than Nick Clegg, Labour fighting among themselves, and Screaming Lord Sutch long dead, now would be the perfect time for the FretBoard party to start fielding FB candidates for election. One of my priorities would be a meeting of the Cobra committee to review the current fret level. Any more?