residency and other rights of an attacker s family members. the memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking. he s the man who leads the organisation which represents britain s biggest employers talking the country down. or is he simply speaking up for the policies needed to get the country growing again? my guest on political thinking this week is tony danker. he is the director general of the cbi, or what we used to call the confederation of british industry. he s gone from selling menswear on the shop floor in his home city of belfast to being an adviser, first for the chief rabbi and then a treasury minister during the banking crisis. it is thejob he does now, though, which led the times to argue in an editorial this week that he, as the leader of the cbi, should n
saying everything is going to pot and you cannot sound optimistic like boris. yet last week, i sounded a warning and i am talking britain down. i am not blaming you, nick, but i might suggest. is it the media s fault? it is not the media s fault, but it is more interesting to say he is for britain, he inspired the prime minister than a more nuanced approach. but i m delighted to give you the reasons why i said such strong words. you don t sound very regretful. the times editorial i read, i quote, danker dampener, it says. perceptions matter. and an overly pessimistic assessment by the supposed champion of 190,000 businesses can do little good for attracting foreign investment. it s a proper slap on the wrist, that. yeah, it is a little bit. let me tell you about it because i had a long chat with kemi about it in davos, where we were both selling britain. i spend every week in this job talking to a global chief executive about britain.
danker dampener and it was a proper slap on the wrist? let danker dampener and it was a proper slap on the wrist? slap on the wrist? let me have a chat about slap on the wrist? let me have a chat about it, slap on the wrist? let me have a chat about it, because slap on the wrist? let me have a chat about it, because i - slap on the wrist? let me have a chat about it, because i had - slap on the wrist? let me have a chat about it, because i had a i slap on the wrist? let me have a i chat about it, because i had a long chat about it, because i had a long chat to people about it. i spend every week in this job talking to a global chief executive about britain. what is the terrible truth about the last few months, even though the government wish it were not so, britain got a bit of a knock to its reputation from what happened last autumn. i promise you, global boardrooms notice. i am telling you they have voted with their feet. not for ever, not for ever but a lot have turned round