Although former Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested he may go into charity work if he lost the election, the British public believe he would be better suited to lecturing or anger management, according to a poll by recruiters Badenoch & Clark.
More than a quarter (27.4%) of those polled believe Brown should return to university lecturing, while a further 24.6% have said that he should consider setting up his own anger management consultancy. However, others felt he would be better suited to work as a traffic warden, a taxidermist or perhaps even a football manager.
Also in need of a new job, Alistair Darling should return to the legal profession (43.3%), or consider a career as a mortician (29.2%), according to the results of the poll.
While becoming Deputy Prime Minister is a good career move for Nick Clegg, it seems he will be depriving the public of Britain’s next children’s television presenter, after almost a third (32.4%) of those polled suggested he should pursue a career in entertainment. A further one in four (27.7%) voters believed that Clegg would also be well suited to a role within a leading charity, such as the RSPCA, or return to the EU and advise on policy (24.3%).
Equally, although David Cameron has managed to secure the role of Britain’s new Prime Minister, almost half (47.7%) of those polled felt that he should go back to his public relations roots and set up Cameron Communications, while one in four people (27.3%) felt that he should become editor of the Daily Mail.
Andy Powell, director at Badenoch & Clark, said: “Many people up and down the country are weighing up their future prospects and considering when might be the best time to move jobs or start new careers.
“With a new coalition government, some MPs, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, find themselves in the position of having to think about their skills and career prospects right now. That’s why we wanted to give the British public the opportunity to vote on the future careers of the party leaders – and there have certainly been some interesting suggestions!”.
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