I Don't Feel Comfortable With Luxury, And

Our Workforce Is Very Co-operative, Very Flexible, Easy To Work With And One Of The Big Selling Points. The Idea That Britain Is Still Back In The Labour Market Of The '70s Is Utterly Bizarre.

The Degree Of Leverage Now Being Reversed Is On A Staggering Scale, And The Underlying Global Imbalances – Notably Between The Savers And The Spenders – Will Require Long And Painful Adjustment.

In My Job I Meet Many Outstanding, World Class, British Based Companies. But We Need More Companies And More Jobs In The Companies We Have.

When My Job Was Attempting To Predict Future Economic Developments For The Shell Oil Company, I Was Frequently Reminded Of An Arabic Saying: 'those Who Claim To Foresee The Future Are Lying, Even If By Chance They Are Later Proved Right.'

We Need A New British Business Bank With A Clean Balance Sheet And An Ability To Expand Lending Rapidly To The Manufacturers, Exporters And High-growth Companies That Power Our Economy. Today I Can Announce We Will Have One.