Gordon Brown for the day

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Okay, so at the moment it seems like every Bob, Richard and Harry wants to post on here having a go at the UK. If it's not out of control children, it's increasing petrol prices, if it's not the war in Afghanistan it's multiculturalism.

Rather than moaning all the time, I pose you a challenge. I'm promoting you, for the day, to Prime Minister, within this time you can enact three major (or minor) changes to the UK, subject to them being realistic. By realistic I mean anything that does [A] Cause so much up-roar that a real government would have to back out of the decision and is financially viable.

Let's see if those of you that continually moan can actually suggest something constructive:D

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Good idea for a topic, but I think ZanuLabour have sort of painted themselves into a corner. The economy's so severely screwed thanks to their mismanagement that the funds just aren't there to enact change without major cutbacks elsewhere. And given that the current government are as popular as a fart in a spacesuit right now, it'll be hard if not impossible to persuade the populace to swallow cutbacks to free up funds.
 
If I was Gordon Brown for the day (as in him) I would call a general election, resign then kill myself.

Not to be a pooper, but there is NOTHING anyone could do as a Prime Minister in a DAY. Things take weeks if not months to action.
 
1. Invest heavily in high speed rail across the UK.
2. Remove the bureaucracy in the planning system.
3. Have an equal NHS throughout the UK.

If I'm allowed more:

4. Protect the "Engineer" status and get more people into studying Science and Technology.
5. Scrap General Studies and Critical Thinking from the A Level curriculum.
6. Begin to plan a more sustainable major UK airport that will be open 24 hours. In turn, planning the downsize of Heathrow.
7. Compulsory learning of the UK national anthem in music lessons at school.
8. Compulsory to carry on a language if going into college or sixth form.
9. Compulsory teaching of lane discipline during driving lessons.
10. Strict 2 strike system on immigrants. Break the law, a caution and yellow card. Break the law again a red card and you get sent back.
11. Life sentence actually being a life sentence with no release.
12. Legalise and control cannabis and prostitution in areas where their use is high.
 
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In a single day ? wouldn't be much I'd be able to achieve, I could probably set things in motion that would come through in a while.

A day ? there aren't enough hours in the day to sort this country out.
 
Anyone admitted to A&E with an injury linked to loutishness and alcohol is levied with a £100 surcharge. If they are not working deduct it at source / benefit reduction and put it straight back into the NHS. This as an answer to problems of alcohol abuse and associated town ventre violence and the knock on effect cost to the NHS and taxpayer.

Those than can work but won't work are made to work and if not they receive benefit cuts or are issued with food stamps in their name and not cash to scoit up the wall. Those that need a social safety net I have no problem with at all but those that can but won't work should be slammed hard.

Royal Commissions set up on both government waste / streamlining and policing. Both are in need of a shake up.
 
1) bring in a law to make it easy to forcefully remove ******, make it easy for police to confiscate and crush ***** vehicles on site and remove the kids into care.

2) instigate a review of laws, advertising and policy to bring back personal and parental responsibility.

3) give councils and police more powers to remove trouble households and street "hooligans" make it both easier to arrest and charge. Both parents and kids, again removal of kids if needed from parents. House eviction and prison. But also help and enforce parental training schemes.
 
Have myself shot.
Have myself shot again.
Have myself shot again.

On a serious note, do what is ever necesary to deter people from crime and fear the police/justice system as opposed to see them as a joke. Crack down on benefit thieves. Ensure parents do a good job of raising their children and not have them run riot and generally be a pain in the arse for other people.
 
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1.) Stop the armed forces paying tax whilst serving.
2.) Print another £50bn
3.) Abolish the road vehicle tax (instead putting duty on fuel). -much more efficient, and those with bigger cars or who drive more pay more, those with small cars, less.
 
True, given a day is a very short amount of time for a government to act, I'd consider having Harriet Harman killed as slowly and painfully as possible a good day's work.
 
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True, given a day is a very short amount of time for a government to act, I'd consider having Harriet Harman killed as slowly and painfully as possible a good day's work.
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My post really meant that your three decision would be implemented immediately as long as they met the conditions
 
1. Introduce a 3 strike = life imprisonment law for any crime like in America.
2. Bring back the death penalty.
3. More power to police, to include carrying a gun.
 
I'd put all bin collecting back to weekly, instead of fortnightly.

I'd make sure all police are armed, for their own safety.

I'd give community service to anyone requiring medical attention because of alcohol/drug use.

I'd remove job seekers allowance, and instead offer jobs.
So rather than paying people for nothing, I'd make them build roads.
Maximum of 4 days work a week, to leave time for them to find other employment.
Then I'd decommission the rail network.

I'd offer free first-aid training for all.

I'd move schools over to the International Bacheloriate.

I'd adopt the Euro.

I'd recall all troops.

I'd firmly set the drinking age to 18, regardless of whether you're in your own home or having food.

I'd restrict drivers under 21 to cars with no more than 1.6 ltr engines, and drivers under 18 to 1.4 ltr.
Of course this would only apply to people buying cars after the policy's introduction.

I'd create a new national holiday, on this particular day, in tribute to myself - for being leet.
 
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1. Massively reduce police bureaucracy.

2. Create an offshore prison to handle extra prisoners. (as a result sentences can be harsher)

3. Launch an investigation into the original trial and capture, and then release of the Libyan man who was found guilty of terrorism.
 
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