Time for change at 10 Downing Street

Presumably in response to Gordon Brown’s misguided moment in calling a pensioner who raised the issue of immigration "bigoted,” recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark have launched a campaign inviting the UK public to vote for whether Gordon Brown should become an author, university lecturer or perhaps launch an anger-management consultancy if he fails to win the next election.

But it’s not just gaffe-prone Gordon that’s in the spotlight: voters will also be able to suggest what David Cameron and Nick Clegg should do after the election, as well as Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Vincent Cable.

So far, suggestions for Cameron have included becoming the editor of The Daily Mail or going back to his public relations roots and setting up Cameron Communications. Nick Clegg has also been tipped to become a children’s TV presenter or a work for a leading charity, such as the RSPCA.

Heralding the launch of the campaign, Andy Powell, Director at Badenoch & Clark, said: “With post-recession career prospects at the forefront of many people’s minds at the moment, we wanted to give the UK public a chance to vote for the future careers of public figures who may be considering alternative employment following the general election.”

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But how about turning the tables on this one? Rather than voting on what we’d like Brown, Cameron and/or Clegg to be doing after the election, why not start with a blank sheet of paper and consider who out of all the leaders of industry, sport, media and the arts in the UK we’d like to see being given the key to 10 Downing Street? Richard Branson? Alex Ferguson? Bono?

All suggestions welcome!