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Bob Mortimer for PM

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Luckygirl3 Fri 04-Mar-22 09:25:05

Following on from a thread on Mumsnet, where they were discussing the president of Ukraine having been a comedian, it set me wondering which comedian/actor I might like to see leading the UK - I immediately thought of Bob Mortimer. He is a qualified lawyer and seems to be an all-round good egg to me.

Who would you choose?

albertina Sun 06-Mar-22 13:13:18

I would vote for Bob Mortimer any day.

I definitely would not vote for Billy C as I remember Ken Bigley.

bee123 Sun 06-Mar-22 12:56:04

Love Bob Mortimer, he'd be great! Just finished reading his book "And Away" v funny! I'd also suggest Eddie Izzard...

Bossyrossy Sun 06-Mar-22 12:23:40

Sandi Toksvig would get my vote. She founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015, so has a political side as well as being a very clever woman with a great sense of humor.

Jess20 Sun 06-Mar-22 12:17:51

Or Ricky G smile

Jess20 Sun 06-Mar-22 12:17:00

Yes, Misadventure, Cathy Burke for pm

GraceQuirrel Sun 06-Mar-22 12:16:22

Ricky Gervais every time.

Jaylou Sun 06-Mar-22 12:16:08

Eddie Izzard would be my choice, Bob M would be a good candidate too.

icanhandthemback Sun 06-Mar-22 12:05:51

We’ve got a comedian as PM. Look how well that’s worked. grin

djgmpg Sun 06-Mar-22 12:00:14

We already have a ‘comedian’ at the helm, an unfunny one! Let’s’ not put the lovely Bob up there.

Dylant1234 Sun 06-Mar-22 11:55:00

Zelensky has a law degree but I don’t know if he ever practised as a lawyer before becoming a comedian.

Alioop Sun 06-Mar-22 11:52:09

Peter Kay for PM for me. He's so down to earth and would know what the everyday man (or woman) needs.

Bluecat Sun 06-Mar-22 11:46:38

I should have said, as long as he is not a Tory...

Bluecat Sun 06-Mar-22 11:45:13

If he hadn't died a couple of years ago, I would have nominated Jeremy Hardy - clever, funny and always on the side of the downtrodden. I would nominate Mark Steel for the same reasons. Showing my socialist colours, I suppose.

I used to love Billy Connolly but went off him a bit as he got older, as he seemed to get less funny and more grumpy. Maybe he had started to feel unwell. There was also that incident in 2004 when he said that if the captors of Ken Bingley, taken hostage in Iraq, were going to carry out their threats to decapitate him, he wished they would "get on with it." Which, of course, they did, poor man. Maybe Billy isn't meant for international diplomacy.

Bob Mortimer is hugely likeable, unlike Vic Reeves, who really irritates me for some reason. Yes, let's all pledge to vote for Bob!

spabbygirl Sun 06-Mar-22 11:44:38

I'd love Bob Mortimer too, but I need to know about someone's values I want someone who is going to look after the poor, disabled and refugees too, so I'd go Eddy Izzard or Billy Connolly but my best choice of all would be Emma Thompson, who I think is just fab but she isn't really a comedian. Basically, and I am really going to do this, I'll vote for anyone who isn't a Tory or other right wing person, so cos I live in a Tory safe seat I'm going to vote Lib Dem in a Progressive Alliance get rid of Tories vote

JaneJudge Sun 06-Mar-22 11:06:26

He'd have to take a towel grin

Nannabumble70 Sun 06-Mar-22 11:06:14

Or Miriam Margolyes

MissAdventure Sun 06-Mar-22 10:59:41

Can you imagine Lee Evans doing a press conference? grin

Aveline Sun 06-Mar-22 10:56:03

Yes Dara would be good (although he might do awful things for a laugh!)
Mickey Flanagan is lovely. Might be hard to get PMs of other countries to understand him though.

MissAdventure Sun 06-Mar-22 10:55:26

I wouldn't mind Ricky Gervais.

MissAdventure Sun 06-Mar-22 10:53:55

Mickey Flanagan would have been good at the Brexit slogan.
We're only going out. Not out out.

Mummer Sun 06-Mar-22 10:45:59

I wouldn't DO that to dear Bob! I think perfect PM material from comedy world would be Dara O'Briain.genius clever wit Irish (ok bit of bias here) with a presence and wit second to none.

Grantanow Sun 06-Mar-22 10:38:18

Johnson's new line as a comedian is pretending to be Churchill.

MayBee70 Sat 05-Mar-22 12:06:26

JaneJudge

I really like Deborah Meaden

Me too. Over the past few years I find that I now have a lot of unexpected heroes. Deborah is one of them. Her tweets are the stuff of legend. For PM I want Adam Hill ( pity he’s Australian ) with Gary Lineker as deputy.

Deedaa Sat 05-Mar-22 11:57:34

I can think of a few people I would like to see as PM. Obviously none of them are politicians.

PamelaJ1 Sat 05-Mar-22 11:49:14

TerriBull

I love Bob Mortimer too, I knew he was a lawyer in a previous life and a do it yourself dentist, which came to light on "Would I Lie to You". I think, extracted a tooth himself has a dentist's chair grin

I read somewhere that those who want to become politicians shouldn't, I don't think it was part of Zelensky's life plan. Having said that would gentle Bob want such a job, I think not!'

Can you imagine the queue for dental treatment outside No.10?