If the Republic Blog’s reporting of Andrew Windsor’s speech about Bankers’ Bonus’ is accurate, then his words simply beggar belief:
“I was brought up to do this sort of work. It is training, experience and genetics. We offer consistency and regularity. We have been around for a long time and will be around for a long time. We are not going to disappear. I have a family pedigree that allows me time to build up relationships”.
So speaks the Government’s ‘Special Representative’ on Trade & Industry: strategic business development should be based on breeding and ‘pedigree’.
Citizen Renaissance has frequently called for a fundamental reformation of the institutions of monarchy and government – and their radical realignment to ensure relevance, accountability and citizen-centricity in the Digital Age. There can be no room in a truly civic society for anachronistic ramblings such as these from a pointless Prince.
