Does the UK need a British equivalent of Vladimir Putin?

Question

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071219/tts-uk-time-ca02f96_4.html

Answer 1

No way.  I'm not sure if you know what the KGB was, but lets just say it was worse than the police in Heartbeat, and Putin was a general in it....

Answer 2

deffinately not!

Answer 3

like a bullet in the brain eh.... then we could all live on raindeer meat and vodka eh oh and drive round in lada's too?

Answer 4

We could certainly use someone with his apparent integrity. He may not be good for the UK but he does put his own people first and stuff international opinion!

Answer 5

Nope just go rid o one.

Answer 6

Clearly Time magazine think he is right for Russia, but this isn't Russia.

Answer 7

Only if you want to live in a one-party, so-called managed democracy which suppresses opposition and imprisons opponents.

Answer 8

It is amazing that Putin did not apply for the England manager's job. We certainly need someone of his ilk but regrettably democracy would be thrown out of the window.

Answer 9

no... we have vladmir vodka and look at what that does to millions of 13y/olds every weekend

Answer 10

be very careful,your wish may become reality......