They told me that it is normal, and I trusted them and believed that it must be OK. Passengers were not told the identity of the driver, and their reactions were recorded as they complained about government, discussed politics, eventually learned that the cabby they had been speaking with was really the head of their government.
Stoltenberg is serving out his second consecutive term as Prime Minister. In , he made international headlines for his stoic response to the Utoya massacre: a grisly killing spree perpetrated by right-wing extremist Anders Breivik that resulted in the deaths of 77 people.
We must show that our open society can pass this test too. That the answer to violence is even more democracy. But his governing Labour-led coalition isn't popular.
The wheeze was dreamed up "in collaboration with" their advertising agency. So how did his passengers react? Oh it varied. Some thought it was funny. Some did a lot of weird high-fives and hand-rubbing. In most cases they just had a short mental breakdown. I mean how would you react if you got into a cab and saw that David Cameron was driving? Hard to say. It might not bring out my best side.
Wasn't Stoltenberg nervous that someone might take the opportunity to throttle him? He was nervous, he says, but not for that reason. It was, " because I haven't driven a car for many years , because I've been prime minster".
Yes, you'd expect him to be rather busy. You wouldn't expect it for much longer. Most pundits think he'll lose his job in a few weeks.
At least he's got something to fall back on. I'm sure that will be a great comfort. Do say: "You'll never guess who I had in the front of my cab the other day. Don't say: "It's the politicians I blame. They come over here, they take our jobs Jens Stoltenberg: the Norwegian prime minister and sometime cab driver. The head of state has become famous for a short stint driving an Oslo taxi during which he listened to the views of ordinary people.
Stoltenberg takes on the job of a taxi driver in Oslo.
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