[KevS]

How about we go completely left field and don't have an MP?

And let's be honest, a former PM would be ideal. Certainly not the previous two, and Blair is too toxic.

So that leaves us with Major and Brown. Two relatively steady hands.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I like this idea.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... eal-brexit

Caroline Lucas calls for emergency female cabinet to block no-deal Brexit

Being all women would be a nice bit of symbolism. But you can't really have the "top 10" because some of those will be on frontbenches. This has to happen, as far as possible, away from whips. And I think it would be helpful for this "Cabinet" to be led by somebody without ambitions to high office. So Margaret Beckett makes more sense than Emily Thornberry.

[youngian]

Lucas is the new Ramsey MacDonald says Diane ‘Why am I not in the top 10?’ Abbot

[Tubby Isaacs]

Because Lucas, Soubry, Swinson, Lady Hermon, Kirsty Blackman and co are going to suddenly think "You know what, we actually all agree on the major issues!" And hundreds of backbenchers are going to say- "We never realised before but we all agree too! You gals knock up a budget, sure we'll vote for it!"

Abbott seems like one of these people who knows a couple of bits of history that she shoehorns into everything.

[Abernathy]

I suspect Caroline was only half serious. Nice idea, though.

Abbott just resents the idea of national unity.

[Tubby Isaacs]

The Cult show up BTL. Can some of them explain how Jez takes over when there are 311 Tories and 10 DUP, plus Charlie Elphicke?

[Boiler]

I like this idea.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... eal-brexit

Caroline Lucas calls for emergency female cabinet to block no-deal Brexit

Being all women would be a nice bit of symbolism. But you can't really have the "top 10" because some of those will be on frontbenches. This has to happen, as far as possible, away from whips. And I think it would be helpful for this "Cabinet" to be led by somebody without ambitions to high office. So Margaret Beckett makes more sense than Emily Thornberry.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49321430

Warning: contains BTL bRaneSpeKe.