Replacing democracy

[emordnilap]

Apologies, the_lyniezian - you mentioned it back on page 2 ('Randomocracy').

No worries. "Sortition" is a better word than "randomocracy".

Or we could just go for a benign dictatorship with Stephen Fry as supreme leader.

Much though I like him as a TV presenter/actor/coedian, and perhaps for his advocacy of free software, I fear I would not want him as dictator (perhaps because due to my Christian beliefs I would have issues with him for obvious, and various, reasons... and at the end of the day, being a celebrity doesn't automatically make one a good leader.)

A short but amusing clip here of Ireland's 'national treasure', the ironically-named-in-this-instance Gay Byrne, asking a loaded question of the UK's.

[Little John]

Not seen that before E. I fully intend to memorise that answer given by Fry and then shamelessly plagiarise it at the earliest opportunity.

Thanks.