Beneath the crinkled - up photograph of a lanky, blank -
faced hipster kid, hilariously bare - chested under a leather jacket with cartoonishly - oversized boxing gloves hanging down like lobster claws over his spread - apart skinny - jeans in the pose of a would - be, rough - trade, rent - boy, sat the amusing
invitation: «
Meet CHARLIE.»
Prior to Thursday's
meeting, all the expatriate businesses invited to
face the committee, in - camera, had failed to honour their respective
invitations.