VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
All the following are anagrams of past and present UK politicians - take the initial letters of their first names and mix them up to find another politician:
ALIBNTORY
HELIUMAILWAG
TELEVISEDAD
LETOMOREILLY
VIDEOWAND
SHALLWINDOOR
FURRHATLABOUR
TANNEDHONEY
POWERBALLOTER
MOLDALLCHAIRMAN
HELLOCOWPEN
Find the correct synonym for the first word - then add or subtract the letters given to find anagrams of the surnames of some more politicians: Rowers - S + C (7)
Idle talk + H (8)
Journals + L (8)
Observer + C (8)
Extended - E + S (9)
Bankrupt + I +G (11)
ANSWERS:
TONY BLAIR, WILLIAM HAGUE, DAVID STEELE, ELLIOT MORLEY, DAVID OWEN, HAROLD WILSON, ARTHUR BALFOUR, ANTHONY EDEN, ROBERT WALPOLE, HAROLD MACMILLAN, ENOCH POWELL.
Initials E, T, W, D, E, D, H, A, A, R, H give EDWARD HEATH.
OAR(S)MEN + C = CAMERON
CHATTER + H = THATCHER
DIARIES + L = DISRAELI
SPOTTER + C = PRESCOTT
ELONGAT(E)D + S = GLADSTONE
INSOLVENT + I + G = LIVINGSTONE