Lol, a writer with Dailymail do not seem to agree with this. Read what he wrote about the new appointment below.
To great fanfare, David Cameron has announced his latest Government tsar. This time, the role involves being an ambassador for entrepreneurs, with the aim to inspire a new generation of shopkeepers and small businesses.
So who has he chosen for such a crucial role, at a time when the British High Street is in dire straits? A glamorous — some might say brassy — blonde, who made her name in lingerie and likes to be photographed in her underwear.
We are told that 43-year-old former model Michelle Mone, founder of lingerie label Ultimo, will travel the country looking into the barriers that disadvantaged young people face in setting up their own companies.
To great fanfare, David Cameron has announced his latest Government tsar. This time, the role involves being an ambassador for entrepreneurs, with the aim to inspire a new generation of shopkeepers and small businesses.
So who has he chosen for such a crucial role, at a time when the British High Street is in dire straits? A glamorous — some might say brassy — blonde, who made her name in lingerie and likes to be photographed in her underwear.
We are told that 43-year-old former model Michelle Mone, founder of lingerie label Ultimo, will travel the country looking into the barriers that disadvantaged young people face in setting up their own companies.
Brought up in Glasgow’s East End, Michelle herself left school at 15 — with no qualifications — to become a model. She started her lingerie firm in her 20s, was awarded an OBE in 2010, and sold an 80 per cent stake in the firm last year in a multi-million-pound deal.
In her autobiography, released earlier this year, she revealed how she hired a private detective to spy on her husband. When she discovered he was with another woman, she trashed his £100,000 Porsche, put laxatives in his coffee, and cut up his clothes.
So is Ms Mone entirely suitable to represent the Government?
Explaining the appointment, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said: ‘There’s no one I can think of who’s better qualified to help young entrepreneurs from deprived backgrounds to turn a good idea into a flourishing business.’
Really? No one? An internet search of the leading female entrepreneurs in Britain would seem to suggest there are several other choices.
And to play devil’s advocate, I wonder how many of these meetings we’re told about will actually take place. If I sound a little cynical, it’s only because we have heard this story so many times before.
Here’s how it usually plays out. A glamorous businesswoman or female celebrity is appointed as a ‘tsar’, ‘ambassador’ or ‘envoy’ to advise Mr Cameron.
She does not have a clear job description as such, but is simply tasked with ‘going round the country’, or perhaps even the world, meeting people. She might head a task force, or be leading an inquiry or review.
Since Mr Cameron has been in office, and in the years running up to his time as Prime Minister, he has drawn into the corridors of power a long list of such characters.
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