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Maybe he has some aspiration to move into public life in the future, such as standing for to be an MP for instance, he is a strong supporter of one particular party, were he to do that say at the next election, and had he done this task, then the media would have had a field day going on about it and re-printing it.

So,maybe the career he was worrying about was one he hoped to achieve in the near future rather than what he currently does for a living.