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Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver
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Author:  captain cab [ Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver
Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver


Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, he has revealed.

Mr Stoltenberg said he had wanted to hear from real Norwegian voters and that taxis were one of the few places where people shared their true views.

He wore sunglasses and an Oslo taxi driver's uniform for the shift in June, only revealing his identity once he was recognised by his passengers.

His exchanges with his passengers were captured on a hidden camera.

The footage - made in collaboration with an advertising company - has been posted on the prime minister's Facebook page and made into a film which will be used as part of his campaign for re-election in September.

"It is important for me to hear what people really think," he told Norwegian media.

"And if there is one place people really say what they think about most things, it's in the taxi."

Driving errors

Some of the passengers who appear in the film had been told to wait for the taxi - without being told who would be driving - while others were picked up randomly and from taxi ranks.

Most of them appear to realise very quickly that there is something different about their driver, with one saying: "From this angle you really look like Stoltenberg."

Another says she was lucky to meet him as she "wanted to send a letter".

The conversation turns to politics in most cases.

Still from video Most of the passengers realise quickly there is more to the driver than meets the eye
Mr Stoltenberg engages one passenger on education, saying: "The main point is to make sure good students have something to stretch for, and to give those who struggle extra help."

None of the passengers was charged for the ride.

Mr Stoltenberg told the VG newspaper: "I'm pretty well known in Oslo, but I tend to sit in the back seat."

The Labour prime minister came in for criticism for his driving, at one point jolting the car abruptly when, he said, he mistakenly applied the brake pedal on the automatic car, thinking it was the clutch.

He said he had not driven in eight years.

Mr Stoltenberg is popular in Norway, but opinion polls suggest he is lagging behind the opposition ahead of the election.

But asked by VG whether he would consider becoming a taxi driver full time if he lost the election, Mr Stoltenberg replied: "I think the country and the Norwegian taxi passengers are best served if I'm the prime minister and not a taxi driver."

source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23655675
Author:  tangarinearmy [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver
fair play i say
Author:  captain cab [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:14 am ]
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tangarinearmy wrote:
fair play i say



yeah - except in this country some daft LO would attempt to prosecute him for driving a licensed vehicle whilst unlicensed
Author:  tangarinearmy [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:29 pm ]
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except in this country we dont have a p.m. who cares enough.
Author:  Sussex [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 6:35 pm ]
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tangarinearmy wrote:
except in this country we dont have a p.m. who cares enough.

Not a nice thing to say about Salmond.
Author:  gusmac [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:07 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
tangarinearmy wrote:
except in this country we dont have a p.m. who cares enough.

Not a nice thing to say about Salmond.


Salmond isn't a PM #-o
Author:  Sussex [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:13 pm ]
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gusmac wrote:
Salmond isn't a PM #-o

And some say never will be.
Author:  gusmac [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:22 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
gusmac wrote:
Salmond isn't a PM #-o

And some say never will be.


Your right. Scotland has no plans to change the FM's job description, regardless of next year's outcome.

As for this country's PM, we all know what he and his neo-liberal friends listen to -

Image
Anyone with lots of this.

Joe Public, they just see as sheep to be fleeced. :shock:
Author:  edders23 [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:49 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
tangarinearmy wrote:
fair play i say



yeah - except in this country some daft LO would attempt to prosecute him for driving a licensed vehicle whilst unlicensed



I'm sure some council somewhere would issue him with a temporary badge

I tell you what would be good and that would be to make all the party leaders drive a cab for a week on the run up to an election or better still a tuk tuk :lol: I can see the news coverage now as they overturn it with passengers on board :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  bloodnock [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:33 pm ]
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gusmac wrote:
Sussex wrote:
tangarinearmy wrote:
except in this country we dont have a p.m. who cares enough.

Not a nice thing to say about Salmond.


Salmond isn't a PM #-o


Naw....he's a [edited by admin]
Author:  gusmac [ Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:41 am ]
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bloodnock wrote:

Naw....he's a [edited by admin]


You two related then? :badgrin:
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