by Keith » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:52 am
Was chatting to Ken one time about The Philippines. We had a few Filipino staff on the unit I managed. I'd been considering visiting. Ken told me about his golf buddy, a Senator. He gave me the Senator's card, with personal number on it and said if I did go, keep the card on me as a literally 'get out of jail free' card.
I went in to work and was having a bit of craic with the staff. A couple of them made some 'cheeky' comments and I said 'be careful or I'll tell Senator 'X' about you'. They didn't believe I knew the Senator until I produced his card. Their faces dropped and I realised they were actually, genuinely scared! I had to convince them that I was joking. Apparently, after the President, he was probably the most powerful man in the country. What he said went, no questions asked. Moved in interesting circles did Ken.
“Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice - stability and strong Government with me, or chaos with Ed Miliband: ".
David Cameron. May 4th 2015.
So how did that work out then?