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October 29, 2003
Wednesday
 
 
Sad loss
Samizdata Illuminatus (Arkham, Massachusetts)  UK affairs
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Ruth Lea, the head of policy at Britain's Institute of Directors (IoD), has been fired. What a pity. Lea put forward views that truly took account of the needs of business, even though the government did not like them.

On an unrelated point, I wonder if George Cox, the IoD's Director General, is now in line for a knighthood?

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Selling out for thirty pieces of silver, eh?


Posted by James Richards at October 29, 2003 05:17 PM

"Lea put forward views that truly took account of the needs of business, even though the government did not like them."

Heaven forbid that business should get a fair hearing in the Labour Party's nascent People's Soviet of Great Britain.


Posted by Kim du Toit at October 29, 2003 05:27 PM

Hmm... not good news. I've become quite a fan of Ms. Lea.

Let's hope she winds up somewhere where her impressive understanding of reality gets even wider notice.


Posted by G Cooper at October 29, 2003 07:56 PM

It shows how successful the Department of Trade and Industry can be when it runs a concerted and ruthless campaign to get someone fired.


Posted by CS at October 29, 2003 08:57 PM

CS... of course we are in no position to suggest that is what happened and we wouldn't dream of making such a connection ourselves with the evidence available to us. Public commenter's opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial views of Samizdata.net.


Posted by Samizdata Admin at October 29, 2003 09:16 PM

Is it possible to defame the DTi? In whose estimation could it be lowered? (Apart from its own. Only abolition is likely to damage that opinion.)


Posted by Guy Herbert at October 30, 2003 05:16 AM
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