Michael Spicer, online satirist extraordinaire, is bringing his acclaimed video creations from screen to stage for the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 with a limited run of Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door. Given Michael's knowledge of politics, and all that's going on in Parliament right now, we thought he'd be the ideal person to suggest who our next Prime Minister should be. Here's Michael's list of five people he'd like to be leader...

Tim Key

The UK would be chaos, but enjoyable. I can imagine him posing at the G7 with the other leaders, in a scruffy suit with discarded poems by his feet. Most of the time he wouldn't address the nation in any other way than through his poems actually. Most of his poems would be govt policy too.

Pennywise the Clown

Because who'd mess with us? Plus the rest of the world doesn't like us anyway so let's give them a definitive, unifying reason.

A Wheelie Bin with Googly Eyes Stuck on It and the name 'Liz Truss' written on the side with a Sharpie

This would be better than Liz Truss.

A Man I Saw Yesterday Wearing a Big Medallion Over a Black Polo Neck

I was bowled over by his outstanding confidence despite evidence that would suggest otherwise. That's leader material right there.

Christopher Nolan

The UK would be rich, multi-layered, fascinating and largely incomprehensible. Also Michael Caine would pop up all the time which would be nice.