Boris Johnson has been facing increased pressure to resign over allegations of multiple lockdown breaching parties in Downing Street.
In a long-lasting scandal that has now been dubbed Partygate, we’ve heard of garden parties, alleged Christmas parties, suitcases of wine, and even an incident involving Wilf Johnson’s swing...
Voters haven’t loved the stories, safe to say, and Johnson and the Conservative party have tumbled in the polls, with even some of his own MPs calling on the PM to resign.
So if he goes, who could be the next PM? Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are both popular in the party but when the question was put to a group of primary school children by teacher George Pointon, they offered some slightly different political analysis.
Once child reckoned The Hulk had the credentials needed for the job.
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Jack - 'The Hulk'
— George Pointon (@GeorgePointon_) January 14, 2022
Strong, powerful leader with a slight temper issue. I would imagine he's not best suited to parliament. Jack said "He could smash bad people away" Which would ease the backlog on the police. Also, The Avengers could be on his backbench. Have Thor as chancellor
Whereas another thought bringing back Henry the 8th could be a good idea.
Lola - 'Henry the 8th'
— George Pointon (@GeorgePointon_) January 14, 2022
I had to break the unfortunate news to Lola that henry the 8th is dead. She gasped as if this was breaking news. I did explain he died over 470 years ago. She gasped again. I left her to process this huge information.
Another child alarmingly thought Donald Trump would do well in the UK.
Belle - 'Donald Trump'
— George Pointon (@GeorgePointon_) January 14, 2022
Please Belle, anything but this! Could you even imagine the uproar this would cause? Replacing a wet blond mop with an orange one. Belle is entitled to her views so I respectfully accepted the answer. Although the shudder down my spine lingered for hours.
And one thought Big Ben - which is obviously a clock - would do better than any human prime minister, and fair enough.
Zahra - 'Big Ben'
— George Pointon (@GeorgePointon_) January 14, 2022
I squinted. Confused. Does Zarha believe that Big Ben is a person or does she actually want a clock to run the country? I suppose the timekeeping in the UK would be immaculate. Problem is he's always covered in scaffolding. No, she thinks Big Ben is a person.
Finally, one child thought that the only person suitable for the job would be “someone kind”.
Ravi - 'Someone Kind'
— George Pointon (@GeorgePointon_) January 14, 2022
A very political answer from the Ravster. Not giving specific names just characteristics. I think he is subtly throwing his hat into the ring. Which might cause a stir because he genuinely would get my vote. He fights for justice and peace. A real leader.
Sounds like a good idea to us.
