He's practising for his Oscar acceptance speech

The head of the Confederation of British Industry has announced he's retiring next year:

"Now is the right time in the political and economic cycle for me to hand over to a new director general," he said, adding that new government policies would bring fresh challenges for the organisation, "The economy is moving into a new phase, in which business and trade will be the essential engines of recovery."

What a pretentious twat. But if you want really pretentious:

The CBI has yet to announce Mr Lambert's replacement, but the lobby group said it had appointed headhunters Saxton Bampfylde to begin the search.