So what role is Stephen Byers playing in this election campaign, now that he is stepping down as an MP, and following the exposure by Channel Four that he is in the market for lobbying work at up to Β£3-5,000?
A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ colleague spotted him on a flight to Dubai this morning - in business class (though my colleague was in economy).
No doubt Mr Byers is canvassing ex-pat Labour voters out in the Gulf.
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Comment number 1.
At 14th Apr 2010, DebtJuggler wrote:I wouldn't have thought there were many Labour supporters over there as most of them left the UK for the very reason of escaping from New Labour in the first place.
He will need to remember not to kiss any of the ex-pats in public though...mustn't upset the locals you know.
Come to think of it, I thought prostitution was not tolerated in Dubai either!
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At 14th Apr 2010, NickBloggins wrote:There are a lot of them
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