Front bench dream team

I'd rather have Tim Farron as PM. (youngish, charismatic leader of centre / left party).

Yvette Cooper could be DPM (I'm sure her hubby would be happy to appear on tv with her)

Vince Cable for Chancellor of the Exchecer. (PhD in Economics, Glasgow)

Chukka Umumma for Business Secretary. (Very smooth looking city type)

Sorry, not Farron for PM, as much as we can say personality doesn't come into it, it does

And Yvette is quite capable of standing in her own two feet, pity mocking has come into a good thread

Tim Farron definitely lacking in charisma for me...

I wasn't mocking Yvette, Annie. I actually like her. I just thought that I might already have seen her hubby on the One Show, so he'd have no problem with that.

I have another suggestion you might prefer -Theresa May for Leader of the Opposition. She might be better at asking questions than she is at answering them.

I doubt Ed Balls would have a problem with tv, he was shadow chancellor , yes oposition best place for May ?

I liked keir starmer as dpp and thought he was very 'sensible' but he seems to have come over all dreary lately.

Steven kinnock
Dan Jarvis

Not forgetting Ed did Strictly as did cable ?

kitty, I hove hopes for Stephen, he was honest the day of the local elections results to say it was a disaster for labour

How about a few more women ladies

Jo Swinson (LD) Minister for JUstice - she doesn't want to build new prisons.

Rachel Reeves, where's she gone these days? keeping a low profile, I really like her, Liz Kendall, Chukka and of course Ed, Balls, that is, all love him now I don't feel qualified to suggest which Ministry should be assigned to them, other than Chancellor for Ed I imagine.

There are some characters of our generation that it would be a shame to lose.

I did toy with the idea of Dennis Skinner for Speaker as he has a loud voice and is not afraid to speak up, but then again, he might have a problem with being politically impartial, so perhaps not.

Dennis could not and would not be impartial ?

I'm another fan of Rachel Reeves, TerriBull. I really rate her and in fact had a £1 bet on her to be the next PM after Cameron (100/1). It was foiled by his resignation of course and as you say, she's not been in the national news much lately.