Suspect the other London editors are really pissed off. They've had to learn skills and climb a greasy pole, and Gideon saunters in, smiling smugly, in as if he's been invited to join the local PTA.
Then he implies it's a job he can do part-time.
Ex ministers are often given directorships. They turn up to board meetings every couple of months and earn their keep because they are well connected. Their role is "advisory". They may not know a thing about the industry in question, or the skills of being a director. But they are not the chief executive.
Any suggestions for a job for David Cameron?
(the only one I've heard of is running a charity that he invented himself, also President of a charity (an honorary role) househusband and auto-biographer.)
But who knows what he's being lined up for. (assuming that there are some powerful people who either owe him a favour, or are prepared to overlook his massively bad judgement)