Dashwood: Clare Salmon swims against the tide with "Braveheart" rebrand

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The Government’s Universal Jobsmatch website is proud to have contributed to the record number of Britons getting back into work.

Unfortunately, not all its job ads are legitimate – unless the Sicilian Mafia really is recruiting for an “international courier” at Cosa Nostra Holdings.

As Lord Freud, the work and pensions under-secretary, confessed last week, the Government’s official jobs site has been hit by a “small amount of fraud” – around one in every 1,000 posts are bogus.

“We clear them off,” he said.

A shame, because Dashwood was dusting off her CV for the exciting opportunity of “MI6 Target Elimination Specialist”.

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Goldman Sachs chief becomes a peasant

What will the Goldman Sachs board make of the bank’s former chairman, Stephen Friedman, traversing a fantastical realm populated by bloodthirsty warriors and screeching dragons?

They can tune in to the next series of HBO’s fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, in which Friedman has a small cameo, to find out.

Dashwood hears George W Bush’s former aide will be the character dressed in peasant garb, who walks down a dirt path carrying a basket with a stern look on his face.

It’s a masterful acting debut from Friedman, albeit helped by the fact that his son, David, is the show’s co-creator.

But Friedman, currently chairing the private equity firm Stone Point Capital, knows his artistic limits.

He said in a statement: “I have been advised not to give up my day job.” Wizard.

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