Fantasy government

Pick your own members of a fantasy British cabinet. The rules of the game are that the individuals must be at least semi plausible as holders of a senior post i.e. politicians or at least those who plausibly could have joined/been nominated to join a government. They do not have to be contemporaries of each other, nor members of the same party, nor UK nationals.

A brief justification/explanation would be helpful in most cases, although some individuals may speak for themselves. You can of course choose someone who has been in the British government, including in the job that you nominate them for. The fantasy can be the idea of these individuals being in the same government, or even the implied notion that they were in any way to be admired in the job that they did actually do. Of course it is more fun and more of a fantasy to pick those who did not actually hold such a post.

To get things started, here are some of my suggestions from a recent chat with my mate “A”. They are however a bit tame and very 20th century.

PM: Jim Callaghan (in a Labour government that had successfully reined in the unions as it intended in the late 60s)
Foreign Secretary: Shirley Williams
Chancellor: Roy Jenkins (held this post under Wilson 1967-70)
Home secretary: Barbara Castle (Wilson cabinet member)
Education secretary: Rab Butler (Tory chancellor 1955-9(?))
Defence: Denis Healey (held this post 66-70)


Having written this, I now propose some radical changes:

PM: Lloyd George
Foreign Secretary: Bevin or Lord Curzon
Chancellor: Healey
Home secretary: Anthony Crossland (briefly foreign secretary under Callaghan)
Defence: Malcolm Rifkind


Suggestions will be considered for inclusion if you email me, or of course you can post any comment you feel is (in)appropriate