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The Little Britain show

• Tim Weber
• 28 Jan 07, 11:23 AM

Three UK jobseekers have been haunting Davos this week.

One wants to relocate, the other wants a promotion, and the third will soon be unemployed.

So did coming to Davos improve the chances of David Cameron to switch to the other side of the house and become prime minister, for Gordon Brown to prepare himself for the very same job, and for Tony Blair to find meaningful work once he becomes an elder statesman later this year?

One US newspaper was unkind enough to call it the .

Tony Blair certainly managed to make the best of it. A slightly sceptical businessman I talked to called the prime minister鈥檚 wide-ranging speech 鈥渢he longest job advert I鈥檝e ever seen鈥�.

But the majority in the Congress Hall just fell in love with the prime minister, who received the longest applause I鈥檝e heard here for quite some time, and a rare standing ovation.

It all felt very emotional. Was that the glint of a tear in Mr Blair鈥檚 eyes at the end of his speech?

But will he get that job? 鈥淣ot with Iraq hanging around his neck,鈥� sniffed a Davos regular.

Mr Brown, meanwhile, positioned himself to participate in sessions that gave him a chance to show that he is on top of what would be a prime minister鈥檚 brief.

If only his advisers would tell him to speak a bit slower when in Davos. Many people鈥檚 mother tongue here is not English.

And finally David Cameron. The Davos organisers love to invite up-and-coming politicians in opposition, just in case they really make it to the pinnacle of power.

It doesn鈥檛 always work. US senator John McCain was presented as 鈥減ossibly the next US president鈥� 鈥� yet again.

For Mr Cameron, the debutante, it was more a question of getting his face known, and he took to the stage in several of the biggest sessions.

It probably was not a breakthrough, but then he鈥檚 still got one or two Davos鈥� to attend before he gets his chance to apply for the top job.

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