Q: Why is this poor chap going to jail? A: Because he’s not a member of parliament

Some poor bloke who ripped off his employer for half a million quid to keep his wife happy has gone to jail for 4 years.

Why? He’s paid the money back. Anyhow he worked for KPMG, the monster accountants. I thought it some kind of poetic justice.

The House of Commons is awash with people who’ve stolen money – and have absolutely no intention of paying it back. Actually most of them are unaware they’ve even done anything wrong.

P.S. A man called Nick Stoate whom I have never spoken to but has the right kind of name emails me to sell his email list, starting with “Further to our earlier conversation”. Berk.

About the Author

In 2003, the Chartered Institute of Marketing named Drayton one of 50 living individuals who have shaped today’s marketing.

He has worked in 55 countries with many of the world’s greatest brands. These include American Express, Audi, Bentley, British Airways, Cisco, Columbia Business School, Deutsche Post, Ford, IBM, McKinsey, Mercedes, Microsoft, Nestle, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Unilever, Visa and Volkswagen.

Drayton has helped sell everything from Airbus planes to Peppa Pig. His book, Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing, out in 17 languages, has been the UK’s best seller on the subject every year since 1982. He has also run his own businesses in the U.K., Portugal and Malaysia.

He was a main board member of the Ogilvy Group, a founding member of the Superbrands Organisation, one of the first eight Honorary Fellows of the Institute of Direct Marketing and one of the first three people named to the Hall of Fame of the Direct Marketing Association of India. He has also been given Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Caples Organisation in New York and Early To Rise in Florida.

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