Brian May started it in Britain.
The Queen axeman is apparently “seriously considering” entering politics with a campaign for Common Decency.
Disillusioned with corrupt politicians, May could run for a seat in the next general election in Britain later this year.
With that in mind we look at our own Irish music scene and select a cabinet made of pure rock’n’roll. The OiROCKtas if you will.
Taoiseach: Bono – Who else could we start with? Politically motivated already and well versed on economics here in Ireland (and outside), the U2 front man would not be the worst choice as Taoiseach in a new rock ‘n’ roll government.
Positives: Would probably get our debts written off using charm, oxymorons and some heart-felt singing.
Negatives: Likely to bring in the compulsory wearing of shades at all times, indoors or outdoors.
Tanaiste: We’d need someone who would get on with Bono, with them being second in command and all that, so we are going to opt for Bob Geldof here. He’s another who is very knowledgeable on how governments work.
Positives: Taxes would be collected no problem as he’d be on the telly every night saying ‘For God sake, there are people actually living in houses with poor quality street lighting outside, give us your money now! For f**k sake, we need your money now!’
Negatives: Would probably remove Mondays from our calendars, rendering us out of sync with the rest of the world and to our inevitable demise.
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Hozier – If only because the name Hozier is French and will immediately give us a certain gravitas abroad. Hozier is ripping up the global music scene and we reckon the man from Bray is the perfect man to represent us on the world stage. His backroom team would be made up of the lads from Delorentos obviously.
Positives: He could use his influence to ensure that all Victoria Secrets’ gigs take place here in Ireland. For free.
Negatives: Asking people to worship like dogs at the shrine of life would confuse and anger a lot of people.
Minister for Health: Shane McGowan: the man who has defied medical science and all laws of nature is the obvious man for the job of looking after our health service. His secrets for survival could be the medicine holy grail for our top doctors.
Positives: The Irish Rover would become our national anthem rendering even the Haka almost childlike and innocent before any international sporting event.
Negatives: The Irish dental services would be shut down.
Minister for Justice: We’d need someone not afraid to challenge the establishment, someone with ideas and not afraid to be unpopular. We nominate Sinead O’Connor for this challenging role and reckon she could shake up the policing and court services in this country.
Positives: Nobody, but nobody is going to mess Sinead about. She would have instant respect and dare we say it, a little bit of fear.
Negatives: Might make it harder to track down wanted criminals as she has a penchant for tearing up pictures and in this case, photo-fits.
Minister for Education: We’d be looking for someone who is universally liked and who has the dulcet tones to ensure all who are listening take in everything he says, regardless of its message. We think there is no better man than lead singer with Something Happens and now national broadcaster, Tom Dunne.
Pic via Newstalk
Positives: His positive demeanour and general good vibe-ness would undoubtedly trickle down to the teachers making school a very cool and nice place to visit on a daily basis.
Negatives: Would takes ages greeting people. Hello, hello, hello, hello etc…..
Minister for Finance: We’d want someone who is dripping in money, but who doesn’t like to hog the limelight, someone almost mystical and carefree. In this case there can only be Enya. The Donegal songstress would be the ideal candidate to shake up the financial sector using ancient Celtic rituals and financial savvy.
*We could not locate any pictures of Enya from the last few years, so this is the best we can do.
Positives: In top meetings with financial institutions, unlike Tom Dunne, it’s not quite clear what she is saying which can be a good thing with these people. That way we cannot be tied down to any outrageous financial plans designed to save banks. ‘Excuse me Enya, did you say sail away or was it sale of weigh?’ Negatives: The term ‘revenue stream’ would become obsolete and replaced with the ‘Orinoco flow’.
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