Oh FFS

[AtW]

I agree, I think he should have aimed higher, head of the IMF perhaps.

He could not because the current chief of IMF is much less likely to get involved in a sex scandal.

HTH

[alluvial]

No-one would nominate him.

Cast your eyes around the wreckage of the UK economy and banking system. Would you?

Irony dear boy, irony.

IIRC, wasn't it Call Me Dave that blocked his appointment?

[Gordon Brown]

Off the bench! Off the bench!

[Doggy Styles]

I agree, I think he should have aimed higher, head of the IMF perhaps.

No-one would nominate him.

Cast your eyes around the wreckage of the UK economy and banking system. Would you?

[wobbegong]

I have a mate with a £100k+ job in the city who I'm constantly correcting on Facebook because he doesn't know the difference between there, their and they're.

I think you're right.

God bless fleetwood.

Your spot on their.

[alluvial]

Pretty pathetic follow up for a former Prime Minister of Great Britain.

You don't see Major or even Thatcher the Milk Snatcher chasing such tulip.

I agree, I think he should have aimed higher, head of the IMF perhaps.

[Zippy]

I have a mate with a £100k+ job in the city who I'm constantly correcting on Facebook because he doesn't know the difference between there, their and they're.

I think you're right.

God bless fleetwood.

A'men brother.

[gingerjedi]

Can't say I agree with the sentiment, except for a minority, but he's doing it unpaid. Seems to me education leaves people in mega debt and in no better position than anyone else similarly loaded with debt. Having a Magna Carta/Cromwell moment is probably better and it doesn't hurt to have shed loads of coal or oil and a couple of hundred years head start either.

I have a mate with a £100k+ job in the city who I'm constantly correcting on Facebook because he doesn't know the difference between there, their and they're.

I think you're right.

God bless fleetwood.

[TimberWolf]

"Education breaks the cycle of poverty and unlocks better health and better job prospects."

Can't say I agree with the sentiment, except for a minority, but he's doing it unpaid. Seems to me education leaves people in mega debt and in no better position than anyone else similarly loaded with debt. Having a Magna Carta/Cromwell moment is probably better and it doesn't hurt to have shed loads of coal or oil and a couple of hundred years head start either.

[Doggy Styles]

I'm sure some Scots are very proud of him.

[ctdctd]

Pretty pathetic follow up for a former Prime Minister of Great Britain.

You don't see Major or even Thatcher the Milk Snatcher chasing such tulip.

I think dearest Maggie is no longer up to it - and Major never was

[AtW]

Pretty pathetic follow up for a former Prime Minister of Great Britain.

You don't see Major or even Thatcher the Milk Snatcher chasing such tulip.

[Cliphead]

Linky

Former prime minister Gordon Brown is to become a global education envoy to the UN secretary-general

Gordon Brown has been appointed as the United Nations secretary-general's special envoy for global education. Since leaving office the former UK prime minister has produced a series of reports on education in developing countries.

Earlier this year he launched a campaign for an international fund to bring education to all children.

Mr Brown said his new role would be a "great privilege". "Ensuring that every child in the world has the opportunity to go to school and to learn is a longstanding passion of mine," said Mr Brown.

"Education breaks the cycle of poverty and unlocks better health and better job prospects."