What do ex Premiers/Presidents do upon finishing

What do ex Premiers/Presidents do upon finishing

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Pferdestarke

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7,185 posts

193 months

Friday 31st July 2009
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I know Tony's been in the news recently for his next task but what has George been up to since he completed his gardening leave and left Washington?

Going from a 70+ hour week to nothing must be tough?

Golf, maybe?

Zod

35,295 posts

264 months

Friday 31st July 2009
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I don't think GWB will have found it much of a hardship somehow.

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2,732 posts

242 months

Friday 31st July 2009
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Pferdestarke said:
I know Tony's been in the news recently for his next task but what has George been up to since he completed his gardening leave and left Washington?

Going from a 70+ hour week to nothing must be tough?

Golf, maybe?
George never did 70+ hours a week, he was a lazy tt, took more holidays than any other president. IIRC a third of his presidency was spent on holiday and most of that was spent at the ranch.

I suspect he does pretty much the same now with the rest of his time spent watching his back.

dreamz

5,289 posts

199 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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he's actually moved to a lovely ranch near a friend of mine in the states

before he moved there whilst he was president they had to fill in a declaration form and give consent to back ground checks - just because he was coming to the area and they wanted to make sure no one had the surname "bin laden"

Jimbeaux

33,791 posts

237 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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1 said:
Pferdestarke said:
I know Tony's been in the news recently for his next task but what has George been up to since he completed his gardening leave and left Washington?

Going from a 70+ hour week to nothing must be tough?

Golf, maybe?
George never did 70+ hours a week, he was a lazy tt, took more holidays than any other president. IIRC a third of his presidency was spent on holiday and most of that was spent at the ranch.

I suspect he does pretty much the same now with the rest of his time spent watching his back.
Well, not that it matters, but Clinton took the most time off....not including blowjobs on the clock.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

260 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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Our ex PM has a nice job at the UN. Seems to be standard for those still wanting to continue working.

M3333

2,265 posts

220 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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Wonder what Brown will be doing in 12 months, consultant to a bank maybe? hehe

glazbagun

14,430 posts

203 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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M3333 said:
Wonder what Brown will be doing in 12 months, consultant to a bank maybe? hehe
Don't know how I know this, but I'm sure I've hearsd he wants to go into either economics or teaching. Hopefully not teaching economics.

Halb

53,012 posts

189 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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Become directors of the Carlyle Group like John Major did.biggrin

paddyhasneeds

54,519 posts

216 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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M3333 said:
Wonder what Brown will be doing in 12 months, consultant to a bank maybe? hehe
Hopefully TV work, something that ends with "Should have gone to Specsavers"

GreenV8S

30,422 posts

290 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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dreamz said:
they had to ... give consent to back ground checks
How can you be obliged to give consent? That seems a contradiction in terms. Any idea what authority entitled them to do that?

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

223 months

Saturday 1st August 2009
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M3333 said:
Wonder what Brown will be doing in 12 months, consultant to a bank maybe? hehe
Hopefully something that allows me to throw a few bricks at him smile