Immigration Minister Mark Harper quits over cleaner's visa

[grahamw48]

Of course the old boys network only applies to those perceived as 'toffs'.

It never happened in the mining industry did it...or many other blue-collar occupations, trades, small businesses, farms ?

Most of us use 'contacts'. It's the way of the world. Sometimes it's good to have friends and relations.


Wherever would that game of marbles for grownups...GOLF be, if not for such social interactions for the sole purpose of furthering careers and business interests ?

[Dedworth]

Of course the old boys network only applies to those perceived as 'toffs'.

It never happened in the mining industry did it...or many other blue-collar occupations, trades, small businesses, farms ?

Most of us use 'contacts'. It's the way of the world. Sometimes it's good to have friends and relations.

That's why the socialists climb up the greasy pole via publicly funded quangos, regulatory authorities, NGO's, councils, race relation boards etc

[joebloggs]

That's why the socialists climb up the greasy pole via publicly funded quangos, regulatory authorities, NGO's, councils, race relation boards etc

Is that how your hero Bob Crow started out, Dedworth

[Dedworth]

is that how your hero Bob Crow started out dedworth

No like that comical Defence Minister Bungling Bob Ainsworth in the dying days of the Brown Govt Beach Bum Bob decided the world of honest paid employment didn't suit him and became a full time paid union official at the earliest opportunity. I think bloated Tom Watson took the same fast track route to becoming an MP