The real EU - this is a good example of why we voted to leave

[VectraMan]

Pig.....Trough.......Snout

Dedicated to those who claim our issues are unfounded.

He's to advise Goldman Sachs on the fallout from Brexit. You and your ilk are the ones responsible for creating this trough.

[BrilloPad]

Seems to have been. The GS appointment doesn't sound that fishy, though, or even part of a "gravy train" - Barosso seems genuinely to be an expert on EU affairs, so why wouldn't a company like GS seek him out for expert opinion?

"Experts" seem to have as much chance of getting it right as Mystic Meg. Who would have seen a Brexit vote?

[meridian]

And, unlike Junker, he was actually quite good, if a bit controversial.

Seems to have been. The GS appointment doesn't sound that fishy, though, or even part of a "gravy train" - Barosso seems genuinely to be an expert on EU affairs, so why wouldn't a company like GS seek him out for expert opinion?

Barroso is now a policy fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University[3] and the Frederick H. Schultz Class of 1951 Visiting Professor of International Economic Policy at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Woodrow Wilson School, where he teaches with Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber on the EU in International Affairs. Barroso also teaches at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and at the University of Geneva.[4] At Católica Global School of Law, he teaches since 2015 the seminar on “The Dynamics of European Union Institutions”, for both LL.M. programmes – Law in a European and Global Context and International Business Law.

[m0n1k3r]

No worse than MEP's earning up to £250,000 pa for basically not doing very much at all, not even turning up to vote or take part in the committees they sit on.

Yes. Definitely a bit fishy.

[m0n1k3r]

Yawn.

"Politician in non-executive gravy train shocker". Happens to any elected politician, including those in the UK parliament. Mr T Blair ring a bell?

Barrosso was elected as president of the commission by the European Parliament. Which includes your hero Farage. So it was a democratic appointment supported by the UK. Not sure what your point is, to be honest.

And, unlike Junker, he was actually quite good, if a bit controversial.

[NotAllThere]

It certainly appears as a COI to the EU. That's why they are embarrassed by it.

If you consider a main criticism of many is that the EU is a gravy train for those who work within it, it doesn't help when a former senior exec gets a juicy job advising a corporation with massive interest in the EU on how to get the most from it. Very similar to the criticism of Blair.

Very similar to what civil servants and politicians at all levels do. It's not EU specific.

[xoggoth]

Leaders can be corrupt at any level but the more removed they are from oversight by voters the more likely they are to get away with it. More likely with these leaders you have never heard of, who have been placed in power by others you have never heard of, than with your local MP. Many sayings are bollux but the absolute power one ain't.

[DaveB]

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No worse than MEP's earning up to £250,000 pa for basically not doing very much at all, not even turning up to vote or take part in the committees they sit on.

[GB9]

It certainly appears as a COI to the EU. That's why they are embarrassed by it.

If you consider a main criticism of many is that the EU is a gravy train for those who work within it, it doesn't help when a former senior exec gets a juicy job advising a corporation with massive interest in the EU on how to get the most from it. Very similar to the criticism of Blair.

[meridian]

Wh would it be a conflict of interest? He left the presidency over 18 months ago.

[GB9]

Good to see the anti big establishment brigade turn turtle.

No conflict of issue to be seen?

And why anyone would be envious of someone else's salary is beyond me.

[Bee]

Can't see a problem - he pbviously knows a lot about subject area, very useful for GS.

Of course there is a problem... the envy of his salary.

[meridian]

The real EU - this is a good example of why we voted to leave

Pig.....Trough.......Snout

Dedicated to those who claim our issues are unfounded.

Yawn.

"Politician in non-executive gravy train shocker". Happens to any elected politician, including those in the UK parliament. Mr T Blair ring a bell?

Barrosso was elected as president of the commission by the European Parliament. Which includes your hero Farage. So it was a democratic appointment supported by the UK. Not sure what your point is, to be honest.

[AtW]

Can't see a problem - he pbviously knows a lot about subject area, very useful for GS.

[GB9]

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