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Davos.
Why is Boris at Davos! Why can't this attention seeking idiot realise he is no longer PM ,... What sort of dream world is he living in.
......Take his passport away .
......Take his passport away .
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As far as this particular gathering goes, Tora, I want nothing at all from it. It has no bearing on everyday policies which governments should be concentratin
13:11 Fri 20th Jan 2023
I thought she was LOLing at my droll post, LCG.
he was a poet and didnt know it
I think my one-liners - why is he at Davos and not Oviedo - because he cant spell ! are worthy of a titter or praise
and when I get a feeble - well done or foo!
I then find later the foo! is to some other mutt
I am a wasted talent
and Gully is not a troll - I think he is thweet.
he was a poet and didnt know it
I think my one-liners - why is he at Davos and not Oviedo - because he cant spell ! are worthy of a titter or praise
and when I get a feeble - well done or foo!
I then find later the foo! is to some other mutt
I am a wasted talent
and Gully is not a troll - I think he is thweet.
there is only one prime minister, ABers ( Margaret Thatcher: she is the best Prime minister we've got! what about neil kinnock? he isnt prime minister)
and the also rans and yesterday's men.
Gully being accused ot being a troll is a passing phase ( for ABers that is!). I went thro weeks of some saddo calling me "stalker, harasser and other names Ah never read in t he Bible ( winker)". They tire eventually and turn to someone else to.... tease
and the also rans and yesterday's men.
Gully being accused ot being a troll is a passing phase ( for ABers that is!). I went thro weeks of some saddo calling me "stalker, harasser and other names Ah never read in t he Bible ( winker)". They tire eventually and turn to someone else to.... tease
//TORATORATORA, why is the second last Prime Minister attending but not the current one//
Hopefully because the current one has decided his time can be better spent elsewhere (though I'm not quite sure how, but at least we don't have to pay his travel costs). Well over 100 billionaires attend this ridiculous beanfeast and quite what good it does to gather them all on a Swiss mountainside is difficult to fathom. For the record, I've nothing against billionaires - good luck to them. I just don't see why the world should give them a platform for their ramblings. More than that, I don't see the point of paying politicians to attend at all. The event has as much connection with reality as I have with the Spice Girls. But then again, most politicians are in a similar state of disconnect, so perhaps it's not so foolish after all.
Hopefully because the current one has decided his time can be better spent elsewhere (though I'm not quite sure how, but at least we don't have to pay his travel costs). Well over 100 billionaires attend this ridiculous beanfeast and quite what good it does to gather them all on a Swiss mountainside is difficult to fathom. For the record, I've nothing against billionaires - good luck to them. I just don't see why the world should give them a platform for their ramblings. More than that, I don't see the point of paying politicians to attend at all. The event has as much connection with reality as I have with the Spice Girls. But then again, most politicians are in a similar state of disconnect, so perhaps it's not so foolish after all.
As far as this particular gathering goes, Tora, I want nothing at all from it. It has no bearing on everyday policies which governments should be concentrating on. I won't bore you too much with the aims and objectives of the WEF - much of it is corporate-style waffle, the type of stuff at which John Birt excelled during his time at the BBC. But here's an extract from its "mission statement":
"We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change."
Well nobody from my walk of life (nor probably yours) is currently in Davos. Apart from the usual sprinkling of "world leaders" there are 56 finance ministers and 19 governors of central banks. There are also 1,500 business leaders, among them 600 chief executive officers of some of the world's biggest firms. These are not people from my walk of life.
Quite how it is possible to gain a consensus on anything that matters from so many people is difficult to see and quite how such a large number of business leaders and politicians can be said to be "bringing together people from all walks of life" is also a bit tricky to understand.
In the UK, small and medium sized businesses account for about half of the nation's private sector employment and 60% of its turnover. So who of those gathered in Davos is representative of people from those walks of life? Who is speaking for hairdressers, corner shopkeepers, tech start ups, small manufacturers, independent hospitality providers and all the rest. All of these will have priorities vastly different to the 1,500 business leaders currently quaffing it away in Switzerland.
I've no objection to business leaders getting together for a jolly. I don't really mind a few politicians getting in on the act. But for an enterprise that has, in its mission statement, a passage which says bringing together people from all walks of life is its preferred strategy, but who then goes on to promote a gathering which is anything but, is deceitful to say the least.
"We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change."
Well nobody from my walk of life (nor probably yours) is currently in Davos. Apart from the usual sprinkling of "world leaders" there are 56 finance ministers and 19 governors of central banks. There are also 1,500 business leaders, among them 600 chief executive officers of some of the world's biggest firms. These are not people from my walk of life.
Quite how it is possible to gain a consensus on anything that matters from so many people is difficult to see and quite how such a large number of business leaders and politicians can be said to be "bringing together people from all walks of life" is also a bit tricky to understand.
In the UK, small and medium sized businesses account for about half of the nation's private sector employment and 60% of its turnover. So who of those gathered in Davos is representative of people from those walks of life? Who is speaking for hairdressers, corner shopkeepers, tech start ups, small manufacturers, independent hospitality providers and all the rest. All of these will have priorities vastly different to the 1,500 business leaders currently quaffing it away in Switzerland.
I've no objection to business leaders getting together for a jolly. I don't really mind a few politicians getting in on the act. But for an enterprise that has, in its mission statement, a passage which says bringing together people from all walks of life is its preferred strategy, but who then goes on to promote a gathering which is anything but, is deceitful to say the least.
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