Botham: Trade envoy for Australia, whatever next?

Exactly. Does our government not realise that the biggest trade bloc in the world is actually on our doorstep?

We obviously need to boost trade with the likes of Cameroon and Lichtenstein and need special envoys for those places , why not one for the biggest trading bloc in the world?

jaylucy

Sometimes those with no expertise can do the best job!
Australia sets great store by sports stars and many will remember him from the Ashes.
He could probably do a much better job than many politicians or bods with letters after their names could do.
His passion for his country and probably belief that some items produced can't be beaten. Let him have a go !

Couldn’t agree more!

We could debate who appears to have fewer brain-cells - Liz Truss or Botham?. Hard to tell.

GillT57

It is rumoured that the main reason for this questionable appointment is so that Liz Truss can say that Botham Bats for Britain, oh and that he is a staunch Brexiteer.

It's so that Liz Truss can cram as many cliches possible into as few words.

Botham said Australians were just like their country "big and empty" Does anyone think that will help us to trade with Australia?

MayBee70

Mind you, Boycott would make a good name for a sales envoy.

Good one hehe.?

Mind you, Boycott would make a good name for a sales envoy.

and talking of jobs for ex cricketers; what about Geoffrey Boycott as envoy for women's rights? This is a joke........but you never know. Irony is dead at the moment, reality has overtaken it.

And Eamon Holmes and Carol Vordemann….

I’m waiting to hear of Anne Widdecombe being offered a trade envoy job….

A business opportunity to promote those circulation machines he puffs on daytime TV. 400 people held captive travelling London-Sydney for over 20 hours.

Maybe - my thoughts exactly!

NotSpaghetti

This is something he tweeted about enjoying being in the House of Lords!

Well, the way this government operates they probably read the last sentence and realised they had to sign him up for something he had absolutely no knowledge or interest in. Isn’t that the way things work these days?

Ian Botham was knighted for his services to sport and charity.
He has raised 12 million pounds for charity.

I believe he will be a good envoy.

This is something he tweeted about enjoying being in the House of Lords!

varian

Wasn't Prince Andrew supposed to be a trade envoy? I wonder what sort of trade he discussed with his good friend Epstein?

Was he going to use Boris’s boat? When it’s eventually made.

Lesley60

I don’t even understand why he’s a lord

He was a brexiter, that was enough.

Wasn't Prince Andrew supposed to be a trade envoy? I wonder what sort of trade he discussed with his good friend Epstein?

I don’t even understand why he’s a lord

Hoey has been appointed to deal with Ghana. This is just a bad dream isn’t it?

I doubt very much that he will be involved with the actual talks.
He will be there for the Meet &Greet aspect.
I don’t know what he’s like now but my daughter spent time with him in the Himalayas some years ago. She found him very sociable ?

He owns Beefy’s restaurant at the Ageas Bowl near us, nice little link up? ?

Speculation, three months ago, that Australia's beef exports to the UK could rise tenfold as a result of the free-trade agreement? Let's chose someone whose nickname is Beefy as out trade envoy? Sounds about right.
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Lots of celebs are getting wines named after them; it's the in thing, perfumes are so passé now

Kyley Minogue, Drew Barrymore, Andrea Bocelli, Sam Neill to name a few
Actually, Graham Norton's Sauvignon Blanc was sent in our order as a substitute and it was rather good.

NotSpaghetti

Good article here if anyone's interested.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/voices/ian-botham-trade-envoy-australia-b1907148.html%3famp

He has wines named after him there. I actually thought he had a vineyard but not sure now.

He does have something to do with wines, we were recently given a bottle with ‘Botham’ in the name.