{"id":370,"date":"2007-06-05T16:40:18","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T15:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pouringbeans.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2007-06-05T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T15:40:18","slug":"forming-a-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Forming a Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think everyone would agree that the government is a bit naff. I mean, they&#8217;ve been at it for centuries now, and are things really any better than when they started?<\/p>\n<p>So it seems to me that it would be much better if we started our own government and just, you know, got on with it. Therefore I suggest that, with effect from Thursday 7th June 2007, we launch the Pouring Beans Governmental Committee (PBGC) which will start issuing edicts, declarations, statutes and prophecies immediately for the betterment of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>I see the governmental hierarchy looking like this, from least powerful to most powerful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parish Councils<\/li>\n<li>County Councils and Unitary Authorities<\/li>\n<li>Regional Assemblies<\/li>\n<li>Individual Ministries<\/li>\n<li>The House of Commons<\/li>\n<li>The House of Lords<\/li>\n<li>HM the Queen (ceremonial head of state)<\/li>\n<li>Pouring Beans Governmental Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the PBGC will be above all other elements of the government, I don&#8217;t see why we should have to bother asking the rest of them. We should just set it up and get on with it, and they can adjust to it as necessary.<\/p>\n<p>As a starting point, I have been carrying out detailed negotiations with the existing ruling party, and I have arranged for Tony Blair to stand down from office towards the end of this month. I think this will make our job significantly easier. I hope this is OK with the rest of the PBGC.<\/p>\n<p>We need titles for ourselves, and possibly specialised areas. I suggest that Ian is best placed to look after Legalness, the Law and all things related. Kev is best places to be in charge of Technology and Defence (because he&#8217;s in IT and the scouts) and I could probably look after Infrastructure &#8211; things like transport and housing and stuff. Because we&#8217;ll be above ministers, we also need a decent title. I think &#8220;god&#8221; has a nice ring to it. This would make Ian, for example, God of Law.<\/p>\n<p>Your thoughts please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think everyone would agree that the government is a bit naff. I mean, they&#8217;ve been at it for centuries now, and are things really any better than when they started? So it seems to me that it would be much better if we started our own government and just, you know, got on with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chris","category-great"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pouringbeans.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}