Imran Khan

[The Red Baron]

To change the subject from Brexit, I see the former cricketer Imran Khan is likely to be the next Prime minister of Pakistan.

It got me thinking - which former England cricketer would you like to see as PM? Mike Atherton for me. I think he'd do a far better job than May.

[Bentley Bullet]

Phil Tufnell

[Filo]

Geoffrey Boycott

[Ldr]

Mike Brearley

[hoolahoop]

Mike Brearley

Me too .

[drfchound]

To change the subject from Brexit, I see the former cricketer Imran Khan is likely to be the next Prime minister of Pakistan.

It got me thinking - which former England cricketer would you like to see as PM? Mike Atherton for me. I think he'd do a far better job than May.

Peter May?

[RedJ]

Michael Vaughan. Shame he's an Owl.

[rtid88]

Any Ex England player could do a better job than Theresa May even David Warner would do a better job than that useless bint.

However, congratulations to Imran Khan, hopefully he can turn around a country that is in a complete mess and unite the people of the country.

[The Red Baron]

Any Ex England player could do a better job than Theresa May even David Warner would do a better job than that useless bint.

However, congratulations to Imran Khan, hopefully he can turn around a country that is in a complete mess and unite the people of the country.

I could just imagine David Warner's first speech as PM. "Rub it with a bit of sandpaper and she'll be right."

[Boomstick]

give it to Boris or jrm 

[BillyStubbsTears]

I’d give it to Boris too. It’s his f**king mess. He should be made to deal with it.

[GazLaz]

Michael Vaughan. Shame he's an Owl.

Can’t stand Vaughan, quality player and captain but a dubious bloke.

[The Red Baron]

Michael Vaughan. Shame he's an Owl.

Can’t stand Vaughan, quality player and captain but a dubious bloke.

He was an outstanding captain of England but I have never forgiven him for the way he tried to publicly crucify Jonathan Trott. He has some personal issues with Trott, although Trott himself claims he doesn't know what Vaughan's beef is with him.

[Boomstick]

I’d give it to Boris too. It’s his f**king mess. He should be made to deal with it.

It's a mess, it shouldn't be.
is it his? no.
can he sort it? Maybe, certainly better than may.

the sooner EVERYONE accepts brexit is happening, and pulls in the right direction for Britain and the commonwealth, the better.

trying to derail brexit, is boarder line treasonous.

[RedJ]

Treason? Christ

[BillyStubbsTears]

I’d give it to Boris too. It’s his f**king mess. He should be made to deal with it.

It's a mess, it shouldn't be.
is it his? no.
can he sort it? Maybe, certainly better than may.

the sooner EVERYONE accepts brexit is happening, and pulls in the right direction for Britain and the commonwealth, the better.

trying to derail brexit, is boarder line treasonous.

If that's the case, what level of treason is conspiring with a hostile Govt to try to bring about Brexit?

Just a hypothetical question. For now at least...

[The Red Baron]

I think we've got a 2018 update on Godwin's Law, only for "Hitler" read "Brexit." Amazing how quickly we got back to that.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Fair point TRB. For what it's worth, I'd suggest a pissed up Freddie Flintoff could probably do a better job than the current set. On a pedallo.

[Ldr]

Well unless you are planning to slip Camilla one I think treason is out of the question. Treason in the UK is against the Sovereign not the people

High treason today consists of:

Treason Act 1351 (as amended – last amended by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013):
compassing the death of the sovereign, or of the sovereign's wife or eldest child and heir
violating the sovereign's wife, or the sovereign's eldest unmarried daughter, or the sovereign's eldest son's wife (only if the eldest son is also heir to the throne)
levying war against the sovereign in the realm
adhering to the sovereign's enemies, giving them aid and comfort, in the realm or elsewhere
killing the King's Chancellor, Treasurer (an office long in commission) or Justices
Treason Act 1702 and Treason Act (Ireland) 1703:
attempting to hinder the succession to the throne under the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701
Treason Act 1708:
killing the Lords of Session or Lords of Justiciary in Scotland
(in Scottish law only) counterfeiting the Great Seal of Scotland
See the English History section below for detail about the offences created by the 1351 Act.

In addition to the crime of treason, the Treason Felony Act 1848 (still in force today) created a new offence known as treason felony, with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment instead of death (but today, due to the abolition of the death penalty, the maximum penalty both for high treason and treason felony would be the same—life imprisonment). Under the traditional categorisation of offences into treason, felonies, and misdemeanours, treason felony was merely another form of felony. Several categories of treason which had been introduced by the Sedition Act 1661 were reduced to felonies. While the common law offences of misprision and compounding were abolished in respect of felonies (including treason felony) by the Criminal Law Act 1967, which abolished the distinction between misdemeanour and felony, misprision of treason and compounding treason are still offences under the common law.

According to the law in force, it is treason felony to "compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend":

to deprive the sovereign of the Crown,
to levy war against the sovereign "in order by force or constraint to compel her to change her measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon or in order to intimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament", or
to "move or stir" any foreigner to invade the United Kingdom or any other country belonging to the sovereign.
Northern Ireland
In addition to the Acts of 1351, 1703, and 1848, two additional Acts passed by the old Parliament of Ireland apply to Northern Ireland alone. The following is also treason:

Treason Act (Ireland) 1537:
attempting bodily harm to the king, queen, or their heirs apparent
attempting to deprive them of their title
publishing that the sovereign is a heretic, tyrant, infidel or usurper of the Crown
rebelliously withholding from the sovereign his fortresses, ships, artillery etc.
Crown of Ireland Act 1542:
doing anything to endanger the sovereign's person
doing anything which might disturb or interrupt the sovereign's possession of the Crown
(Note that although the Irish Act of Supremacy (Ireland) 1560 is still in force,[3] it is no longer treason to contravene it.

[drfchound]

Mmmmmm, not sure you could get a conviction of treason against the PM for any of those.