Seeing as Gordon Brown is stonewalling efforts from both MPs and journalists to find out who he has invited to Chequers for dinner, I thought we could help him out by suggesting some suitable guests. I’m thinking Larry Summers for some economics and US politics, Amartya Sen for a bit of development talk and Linda Colley and Simon Schama if Brown wants to talk to Britishness.
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SJH
November 14th, 2007 2:36pm Report this commentLarry Summers could also cover "diversity".
DavefromLuton
November 14th, 2007 4:55pm Report this commentI suggest Ann, rather than Larry Summers. for greater transparency
Abdullah
November 14th, 2007 6:26pm Report this commentWhom should he invite, surely.
Max Kaye
November 14th, 2007 7:10pm Report this commentSurely his favourite pop-combo, the Arctic Monkeys.
MJH
November 14th, 2007 7:44pm Report this commentTony Blair, to learn how to be a decent PM
That cannibal chap off Channel 4.
Thomas R.K. Fry
November 14th, 2007 8:41pm Report this commentTony and Cherie Blair, surely, so they can laugh and chat about old times. And Margaret Thatcher seeing as she's such a welcome guest.
CCP
November 14th, 2007 11:16pm Report this commentGerri Halliwell, Gerry Adams, David Beckham, Jerry Lewis, Martin McGuiness, Ian Paisley, Iain Dale and The Pope.
Pat
November 14th, 2007 11:30pm Report this commentAdmiral West. He could sing a few sea shanties and tell a few stories of how he used to be a man of principle and dignity and what life was like as a 'simple sailor' rather than a puppet on a string.
Lee Jakeman
November 15th, 2007 2:14am Report this commentSwampy. He can announce his intention to thwart Gordon's house-building plans for England's green belts.
Norwegian Conservative
November 15th, 2007 11:58am Report this commentMargaret Thatcher. Maybe he could learn a thing or two from her.
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