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Make Me Prime Minister

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Doodledog Fri 07-Oct-22 08:48:49

They won’t really come to power though grin. The point of it is to show the thought processes that go into policy making, and that when we think ‘Oh, I could do better than that lot’ the truth is that we probably couldn’t. It’s entertainment not a serious political programme.

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yggdrasil Fri 07-Oct-22 08:21:02

I watched half the first show and switched off. Just hearing how some of the contestants thought of themselves put me off. I am sure there are many people who could be a better PM than what we really have, but a reality tv show is a travesty

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Doodledog Thu 06-Oct-22 23:41:53

Let me know what you think?

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Apricotdessert Thu 06-Oct-22 08:23:02

Thanks for the recommendation. It sounds worth a watch and I'll have a look at the weekend.

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Doodledog Wed 05-Oct-22 21:35:51

Is anyone following this?

It's on Ch4/4OD, and yesterday's was episode 2.

It's a bit like The Apprentice, but the hopefuls are people who think they could do a better job than the current politicos (no comment!) and are set political tasks in teams, each with a leader acting as PM for a week (a bit like the Project Managers in The Apprentice). They come up against real journalists and company owners etc who are relevant to their tasks. The first one was education and the second about the obesity crisis.

Alistair Campbell and Baroness Warsi are the judges. The contestants are all unknowns (I think) apart from Jackie Weaver of 'you have no authority!' fame.

I'm enjoying it so far.

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