About Downing Draft

Downing Draft is a UK political simulation game where you build your own fantasy government from real British politicians. Choose your priorities, appoint your cabinet and discover whether your government can deliver its promises and stay together.

It is easy to criticise from the outside. Whatever your politics, the answers always look obvious when someone else is in charge. Cut this, fund that, stand firm, change course. Simple.

Then you sit in the chair.

Suddenly every choice has a cost. Every priority you pick means something else gets less. Back one thing and you upset the people you needed for another. Even a genuinely capable government can run out of road, lose its nerve, or fall out with itself long before the work is done.

Quick Play drops you into that seat for about five minutes. You inherit a country in trouble, decide what kind of government you want to be, draft your cabinet from real figures across modern British politics, and find out how long you would actually last.

You can play Quick Play free in your browser, with no sign-up. For a longer career, the mobile app includes In Office, where you govern through decisions, crises and elections. Read how to play or explore our guide to UK government for the real-world background.

Build your fantasy government. Can you win the full confidence of the public and your own backbenchers? Prove it.

See Downing Draft in action, including a minister’s funding request that becomes a public dispute.