Scumbag Mandelson gets his reward

[Paddy]

Scum Bag

Senior adviser… What TF does he know about banking? It’s payback for services rendered.

Britain's Mandelson joins investment bank

Former British Labour politician Peter Mandelson, a senior cabinet minister in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has joined New York investment bank Lazard as a senior adviser, the bank said Friday.

[DimPrawn]

BBC NEWS | Business | Tony Blair joins investment bank


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[minestrone]

BBC NEWS | Business | Tony Blair joins investment bank


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My contract was not renewed about 2 weeks after that.

[NickFitz]

That's capitalism for you - I can see why you don't like it

[hyperD]

That's capitalism for you - I can see why you don't like it

Not government free market capitalism though...

The Dark Lizard goes to Lazard as a thank you for Kraft.

[Green Mango]

That's capitalism for you - I can see why you don't like it

Wheras good old socialism gets you to Venezuala where the President Chavez has
just been granted "extended powers" so he can run the country down faster or
North Korea were you get to starve to death .... nice ...

[xoggoth]

I always thought Mandelson was one of the sanest members of the previous government. Much more of an asset to any company than twats like Harriet harman, Ed Balls or Gordon Brown could be.

[RichardCranium]

I always thought Mandelson was one of the sanest members of the previous government.

That's the first time I've seen someone use an adjective about that bag of slime that isn't negative, and I cannot dispute it.

You're right. The lying, scheming bastard is indeed not mad.

(Ignoring any sociopathic tendencies of course, because he is a politician so that's in the job description.)

[xoggoth]

Indeed. I think corruption goes with the job too. I just prefer workable policies to idealistic crap.

[Fred Bloggs]

When I opened the thread, I was hoping it was going to say he'd got AIDS or something else equally unpleasant and terminal.