KALLAS – DIARY
March 1st, 2005
Keith NuthallIT is good to know that Accountancy Age is required reading for European Commissioners, even when researching jokes for their usually dry speeches. Administrative affairs Commissioner Siim Kallas shamelessly plundered our wry linking of his job title with the ministerial moniker of Yes Minister's hapless Jim Hacker. Speaking in Nottingham to the European Foundation for Management Development, his speech was peppered with references to the classic sit-com, comparing Sir Humphrey's keeping the public (and his minister) in the dark to his own courageous ...
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