*DURHAMGEN FOR PM ??*

Indeed it is!! A bit of light relief perhaps?!!! No one in their right mind these days would want to be in government never mind PM! If nothing else, economics gets in the way of just about everything, or the EU, or the Chinese, or anything/everything else you can think of!

I can see a lot of good in this suggestion - I just wonder if DJen is rather too wise to take it on.

I see we are following in the great tradition of misspelling the names of possible future PMs.

Djen for PM and Anniebach for chancellor of course? We couldn't possibly go wrong there!

Sorted.

Utopia, here we come!!

Come the revolution...

Gawd 'elp us!

ummmmm no - but thanks for asking :-)

Get a grip niggly

How about DurhamGem

I failed A level maths so no thank you , think I would choose Home Secretary please

Yet I wouldn't think of something as stupid as the pasty tax

I think anniebach should replace Nicholas Witchell as Royal correspondent.

Has someone been overdosing on their and ??

Sorry, I got carried away!!!

I've been out with my grandchildren since 11 a.m. and come home to this.

Thank you very much, gangy5, for your faith in me. The problem with being PM or MP is that I would have to spend most of my time in London. I know some on here like living there, but that's not for me. Of course, as Westminster Hall is falling to bits, they could move the commons to York. That would suit me.

I wouldn't even fancy being in charge of the Northern Powerhouse, as I think it's just a government scheme to pass the buck. Manchester is being given £3.5 billion less than it was promised. It is now being called the Northern Powersham, or the Northern Poorhouse.

I prefer just campaigning and trying to get things changed that way. So sorry, whitewave and Anniebach, one of you will just have to be PM.
Anyway, I would first of all have to oust my MP, and I think she is doing a brilliant job.
By the way, I like the new name. Perhaps I should get myself kicked off and come back under that name. I gen up on lots of things, getting my information from a variety of sources.Anyone with internet access could do the same, but many of you are not bothered.
I do appreciate it when my links are appreciated, so I'll just carry on as I am at the moment. However, the future - who knows? Maybe I should just persuade my grandson to stand. He'd definitely put Cameron in his place, although he would probably be banned from the House in doing so.

I would make a fantastic Royal corespondent , I would tell the truth and definitely be fired the same day

By the time your grandson's old enough to be an MP I think Cameron will be long gone, durhamj/gen!

Perhaps taking the "Pitt the younger" precedent a tad too far?

Cameron hasn't said he'll leave. He still needs his sinecure as it's the only money he's got, or so he's pretending at the moment.
How old do you have to be to be an MP? 18, I think.
My grandson will be able to vote at the next election, so he will be old enough to be an MP.

Annie, you'll have to stay in long enough to get a golden handshake. A month, possibly?

I would make a fantastic Royal corespondent , I would tell the truth and definitely be fired the same day

You probably wouldn't be fired though (Nicholas Witchell wasn't!)

Mhairi Black is 20, four years younger than Pitt was.

I failed A level maths so no thank you
I did do a book-keeping course about 52 years ago - could I be Chancellor (couldn't do a worse job than most of them anyway).
Pre-computers, all in ledgers boring boring boring
At least I know how to balance the books

Is there not an eighteen year MP?

Well yes, but you can't suddenly become an MP at 18 - it does take a bit of preparation. I doubt he'd be speaking in the house by 2020 - but dream on!