Virtual British government goes online

A SIM British government game, which is designed to get kids interested in politics, has been released for free online.

In the game you can play Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, David Cameron, Alistair Darling and Des Browne or two characters including Keira Knightley and Paris Hilton, in otherwords the greats of British politics.

You can be enthralled as you watch the star of Pirates Of The Caribbean welcoming Browne to Downing Street as he seeks Treasury approval for a multi-million pound fighter plane for the RAF.

Be wowed by Paris Hilton releasing her latest position which aims to bring the Israelis and Palestinians together and work toward bi-lateral and economic harmony.

Be agog as the Defence Secretary strides into Mr Darling's office, declaring: "Let's get straight to work. There's a new generation of jets available that could enhance our peace-keeping missions."

According to the Daily Mail, players are presented with options, including asking the Prime Minister to rule on whether the project should go ahead or be "put out to public consultation" or put in the waste paper basket as it is know in the trade.

SeriousPolicy has been made by PlayGen, who normally make "training simulations to government, the military and corporate organisations". It is free to download from the website www.seriouspolicy.com.

Creator Kam Memarzia told the Mail that the idea was to get teenagers involved in the political process by presenting political ideas to them in a medium with which they feel confident and at home.

David Cameron was included to show that the game makers were not taking sides although the Liberal Democrats were not. Maybe the future leader of the Lib Dems should recruit Paris Hilton after all they can only go down on the polls, Paris has expertise going down on lots of things.

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