We clearly lack people of talent to be our senior politician. The recent post holders evidence this. The current field is sparse – there’s nobody in Labour or Conservative parties at the moment that you could commend. Extreme right and left have dubious, or unproven at best, leaders, with various questionable packages of potential policies.
There is an alternative way forward. The English football team, one of our key ‘patriotic’ symbols, has appointed a German manager, as the best available.
I would suggest we approach an international head hunter to recruit the best of the best, globally, as our Prime Minister.
Our country is clearly in crisis, rudderless, decling rapidly, and needs a government of national unity. Parliament needs to unite, and agree to recruit the best as a Prime Minister to lead us, say for five years. Given that it is successful, they could then stand for election for a further term.
Who might fit the bill? Donald Tusk or Justin Trudeau would have quality and experience to offer. Maybe we could pursuade Barack Obama, ideally supported by Gavin Newsom. Possibly Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish leader.
I like the idea of agreeing a merger between the UK and Ukraine. This would also show our commitment to democracy, standing up to thugs. Bring back to life some great British qualities. Join NATO as merged country. Get on war footing, put troops in to Ukraine.
This would enable the appointment of Zelensky as our leader. Given the guts he has shown, he should be able to sort our problems, and tackle our vested interests without too much difficulty. I toyed with suggesting that we then send Kier Starmer to Kiev as deputy leader – but they would need and deserve better.
A personal choice would be Bruce Springsteen – he has some liking for our nation as the site of his first concerts outside of America.
He understands patriotism, he has great values. A man with integrity. I’d try to pursuade him to do the job, jointly with Patti Scialfa (they are strong together) and supported by George Clooney.
The final, and obvious choice, would be Jurgen Klopp. He’s good at tactics, he knows how to engage with and motivate people, he’s driven. We could ask him to bring his philosophy of gegenpress to bear: to push forward relentlessly, tackle the problems early, with a winning mentality.
Clearly some would need supportng expertise, but like Ronald Reagan, the skill is not in doing everything yourself, but in recruiting good people.
Any of the above would be infinitely better than the post Kier apocalypse that we face……..
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