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The totty quotient, pink champagne, and free trade for Africa Last night, I snapped photos at the Globalisation Institute gathering at the Foreign Press Association, Carlton House Terrace, just off Trafalgar Square. Alex Singleton used a few of the snaps I took at the GI Blog, and several more of my snaps have also already appeared at Guido Fawkes.
Said Guido:
The totty quotient was high . . .
Indeed it was. Here are some further snaps that Guido might have used, but didn’t.
It was an impressive gathering, high both in quantity and quality of attendees, all chatting away merrily and sipping pink champagne.
Also. a bloke spoke:
The bloke, a Conservative Shadow Minister, spoke about how free trade in Africa would be a good thing. NGO persons and other enemies prowled about, gnashing their fangs and wondering how to denounce this well-disposed and well-organised event. Potential donors also mingled, impressed. The GI is definitely going places.
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The first one, top left… Oooh, definitely 😉
Not entirely sure about the quotient being ‘high’, though.
I think Our Dave’s party a couple of weeks ago probably fared better. Still, nice to see the GI going places…
Is that what passes for poon tang in the UK?
Sigh,
How shockingly sexist. The PC police WOULD NOT approve.
Do you have a licence to hold those views?
HisHineness –
1. You must be drunk or blind.
2. That Aussie charm never fails to work its magic, eh?
When I worked in London I was surprised by the number of pretty girls from affluent families who worked for charities or NGOs. They seemed to enjoy the London or Geneva lifestyle, with which their jobs didn’t seem to interfere too much. I sometimes wondered if these organisations had a policy of recruiting only the young, pretty and well-off for certain jobs.