Disaster planning

[bunn]

If Great Cthulhu devours the Houses of Parliament during, say the State Opening of Parliament, and removes at a stroke all Members of Parliament, all members of the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Monarch and all the senior Royals...

Who is left in charge?

Comments

[anna-wing.livejournal.com]

Once they saw the satellite feeds, not long. And don't forget the Indians and the Pakistanis and the Chinese.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I wasn't, but perhaps erroneously, I felt that China being a fair distance away might hesitate to see what closer powers might do first, and that it would be a particularly tough decision for India because so many family links. For some reason I see the Indians being a little more sentimental about that.

I'm guessing at Russia to hit the button first, but they might hesitate in case that might provoke US retaliation, so I have a side bet on France...

(In case you, or indeed the intelligence services, are wondering, I'm not actually growing Cthulhu in some sort of giant tank in the Tamar in order to carry out the experiment :-D).

[bunn.livejournal.com]

... I do have three cats, but really, none of them are the Bond-villain kind of cat.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Of course, if you were growing Cthuhu, that's just the sort of thing you *would* say ...