What a stupid mistake by BT. Not only was Huit incompetent in her jobs, but her put on sincerity is sickening. What IT experience does she have--remember every government IT move has ended in monumental failures & vast cost over runs.
Maybe she will instruct BT on how to drink from Brown's gravy train.

Clive Kitchener, Storrington, UK

This is so wrong. How can any serving MP, let alone one as dire as Ms Hewitt, be permitted to take on so many extra-curricular roles?

Can we get a rebate if she is now just a part-time MP?

Yet another reason to avoid BT.

Chris K, Cheltenham, UK

I have endeavoured to stay with BT as my service provider resisting all those offers of cheap calls, better broadband deals etc... I've now changed my mind!

DickW, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

If anyone from BT is reading this they should realise that this appointment has just prompted me to seek another telcoms supplier just as soon as i can

TrevorH, OXON,

I cannot believe that BT are so bereft of ideas that they need to take this failed minister - this surely is the best indicator of a sell on BT shares - to choose Hewitt is to advertise incompetence - fund managers - sell!"

George, chelmsford, UK

Quelle surprise!

Andy, France,

Ornamental cabbages have always made my garden look good !

Wills, Soton, UK

She is still an MP which means she still has influence. THIS IS SO WRONG!!! Do you think BT would employ her if she had not been a minister or a current sitting MP. Did BT advertise the post or was she just given the job?

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

Yet another example of falling upwards

Gaston de Dada, Leeds,

It comes as no surprise that BT with its appalling customer service has hired the incompetent, condescending Hewitt and sees this has something to be proud about. As the previous Health minister she is solely responsible for leaving the NHS in the unmanageable crisis it’s now in and her spell at the then DTI was instrumental in its demise.
Also as the “Special Consultant” to Boots the Chemist, we can see how she’s now helping the once great and successful British company be brought to its knees.

Martin, Warcs, uk

Oh. Extraordinary. All this horror exhibited in her period as a minister was that she is unsuited to any sort of job with responsibility.

Jeremy Poynton, Frome, Somerset

Its not just a waste of £60,000 on a total failure - the eventual cost to the company (*and I am a pensioner and shareholder) will inevitably be a lot higher!

Mike Bibby, St ALbans, England -not EU

Do you remember the 'Fat Cats' cries from NuLabor? So what is the difference? 'Events, Dear Boy; events!'

S. Barraclough, Huddersfield, W. Yorkshire