Some people have all the luck, or at least the connections. After leaving his job as Conservative MP for Bracknell, Andrew MacKay, a former aide to David Cameron, will start work as an international consultant and strategic adviser for the firm, which lists HSBC and Danone among its clients in Britain. MacKay, who was forced to quit Parliament over his misuse of expenses.
Only last week he was asked to repay more than £31,000 in allowances, he will join Burson-Marsteller, one of the world's biggest communications firms. This news comes barely two days after Mr Cameron promised a crackdown on lobbyists in Westminster. David Cameron, the Conservative leader said the £2 billion lobbying industry "tainted" politics and was the "next big scandal" in Parliament.
So much for the new Conservative moral high horse - I wonder if there are any 'swords of truth' going cheap?
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