The other Davos: inside the Anglo-Swiss parliamentary ski week where Labour and Tory MPs pretend to be friends
Every year, the global elite descends on Davos for the World Economic Forum. But few people know that the twee town in the Swiss Alps also plays host to another political powwow: the All-Parliamentary Anglo-Swiss Ski Week.
Once a year, MPs and lords from across the divide try to put party politics behind them for seven days of merriment up the mountain.
The week ends in a giant slalom race, where British politicians are pitted against Swiss MPs. Dubbed the world’s oldest parliamentary sporting