EVEN though it makes pretty awful viewing, it’s a good thing Paris Hilton is on a mission to find a British best friend in her latest reality TV outing.

Her knowledge of the UK isn’t the best, to put it mildly.

When the heiress/ socialite/not sure what else she does was asked if she knew who the Prime Minister was this week, she replied that it was none other than Gordon Ramsay.

Now admittedly that would make politics rather more interesting, but I think it must have been another Gordon she was thinking of.

She also failed under intense questioning on what Essex and a pint were.

Surely she must be kidding or at the very least doing it as a publicity stunt for her latest TV howler, but it did get me thinking.

What would it be like with the foul-mouthed TV chef at the helm?

I have a feeling he would fall out with everyone in the House of Commons, wouldn’t mince his words when dealing with badly-behaved foreign leaders and would try to spend the country out of the recession with some fine food.

It would certainly be entertaining, that’s for sure. I’d be first in the queue for dinner at Downing Street.