Your Majesty, I quit!

28/06/2007 by Lee.

Yesterday, Tony Blair formally resigned as Prime Minister to the Queen. Now I’ve known for some time now that this was coming, it has been all over the papers for a couple of months. So did this come as a shock to the Queen? Did she sit there and think to herself, “Why am I always the last to know these things?” This also means that he seemed to serve no notice period. I have to give my employer 3 months notice whilst Tony just pitched up at the palace and told Queenie that he was off. He also had to hand back the “seals of office”, I didn’t even know they had a pool in which to keep seals.

Within minutes Gordon Brown (always starts a Stranglers song going in my head when I hear his name) was summoned and invited to form a new government. So why him? I don’t know the man, he may be very nice, but why him? As I understand it, constitutionally the Queen could invite anyone to form the next government, so why not David Attenborough? Surely if any man is qualified to work with the “seals of office” it’s a naturalist. Maybe Jeremy Clarkson could have been asked along, it would be a popular move amongst motorists. David Beckham seems to be able to do no wrong, nor Lewis Hamilton at the moment.

These suggestions may sound a little off the wall, but there is a valid point. Mr Brown has always sought office, has always craved the power and position of Prime Minister. Surely, this and this alone makes him unsuitable for the role. People who crave power are those least suited to it. Look at the revered leaders of people around the world from today and the past. They have been brought to power by their people, they have not looked to attain high office, and have found themselves in high position based on their acheivements in the real world. Mr Brown and Mr Blair before him are part of a new generation of politicians that are “professional” politicians. They have never performed any other job or role in the real world. Without this experience, how can they hope to shape the world that the people they serve live in?

I’d still like to know who is going to feed the seals though.

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