I’d rather have Peter Capaldi.

Russell Brand?

No thanks. There are enough jokers and piss-takers in Parliament as it is.

CountZero - my reaction to the news was the same as yours. Surely that means we can now vote for Malcolm Tucker?

This Ukrainian business really boils down to one question.

Is he, or is he not, a ****?

Difficult to know until tested.

The Americans had their go at ‘we’re sick of the establishment’ and they got a ****.

I would vote for stuart Lee.

The Ukranian result might give some hope to Eddie Izzard...

His jokey demeanour is all a front. He'll turn into a monster now he's at the reins.

When to see him live years ago, he did have the best heckler put down:

"I don't know why you're shouting at me, you look like they shaved a monkey and threw it through a branch of TopShop"

Lee Evans, Parliament TV would be entertaining even with the volume off

Replace the lot of them with comedians! got to be worth a try.

Most comedians would make better politicians than boris, it's just some aren't as (unintentionally) funny.