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?
Selling out for thirty pieces of silver, eh?
“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.
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.
It shows how successful the Department of Trade and Industry can be when it runs a concerted and ruthless campaign to get someone fired.
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.
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.)