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In a post-Brexit, pre-dystopian Britain, the traditional political system has collapsed and Tony Blair is back in Number 10. Only this time, he is tied to a chair in the kitchen under the watchful eye of the accidental Prime Minister’s mother.
Following several years of instability, Britain is more divided than ever. The country has devolved into a ragtag assembly of self-governing provinces, each with their own unique and particular arrangements. Elected to the position of Prime Minister of East Anglia by lottery (considered the only true method of democracy by some drunk Cambridge scholars), Lucy Wastell comes to power with the intention of reuniting her beloved country, establishing Cambridge as the new capital city and giving her chums all the top jobs. Which – considering she was a receptionist until last week – shows remarkable political nous.
When ex-Prime Minister and all-round war monger Tony Blair is captured by the Cambridge Militia, the new government see an opportunity to finally put him on trial for war crimes and strengthen their position in this brave new world. Unfortunately, no one in the newly-formed Cabinet has the first idea about how to execute such a task and so decide to lock him in the kitchen while they have a think about it.
Meanwhile – Boris, King of Oxford, has similar designs for his own city to become the capital and the ancient rivalry between the two municipals is reignited. But this is far removed from the good-natured jousting of old – previously played out on rugby fields and academic league tables – and a violent outcome seems very much on the cards. And with interfering travelling salesman and sometime spy Nigel Farage keen to stir up tensions wherever he can, the job of Prime Minister is looking less attractive by the day.
On the verge of war and with the world’s most wanted man locked in the kitchen of Number 10 (Downing Street, Cambridge – naturally), can a randomly-selected bunch of citizens really make a better job of it all than governments past?
The people really do have the power. Which is what we all wanted… right?
Lucy Brazier 
This was awesome! Now can you come to the US and fix our political system? That Dan character for the US President nailed the role, by the way. Too funny!
Aw thanks! I shall be right over, just as soon as I have put King Boris in his place 🙂 Isn’t Dan brilliant? A fellow blogger I managed to talk into it. He did a great job and will be appearing as the President in future episodes, I hope!
Hahahaha! Brilliant!! Do you need a trial though? Just stick Boris, Nigel and Tony in the same kitchen for a month – that’d be punishment enough for anybody! The President of the USA is a charming fellow, but a little on the moderate side for the position – he seems far too sane! Will there be other episodes?
Cheers, FF!! As you can guess from the title, Blair doesn’t last very long anyway, which is handy as I have no idea how I would write the trial – far easier to just have people shot! 😉 Dan did a fabulous job as POTUS but you’re right – far too moderate. Perhaps they learned their lesson from Trump…
It now seems quite likely that there will be further episodes as the response has been good and the cast and crew are keen to get together again. The website will be up next week and I intended to run it like PorterGirl, but I can see the multimedia aspect is popular. Give the people what they want!
Haha! You’ve been listening to Trump for too long… 😉 That’s great – I’ll look forward to it. Is it going to turn into a book at some point?
Haha!! This was supposed to be a fun side project to keep me amused before I launch into the next book, but if it turns out any good I might have to consider doing a book or something. It might be rubbish!