also lets trade. business - this. let s go to stage two? yes, also lets trade. business people | also lets trade. business people trade, they don t do politics. it was an interesting point you make, it was just business. the criticism michael gove and boris it was just business. the criticism michael gove and bori5johnson made of big business was essentially arguing you are part of the problem. you were the reason so many people, not you personally, but you, corporate britain was the reason people felt they had been left behind, that people felt that westminster didn t repre5ent behind, that people felt that westminster didn t represent them, that people felt there was this great divide between the rich and the poor. do you think there has been enough reflection in corporate britain of what people were telling you in that referendum, notjust the politicians? you in that referendum, not ust the oliticians? , ., ., politicians? there is a lot there. let me begin politicians? there is
think boldly about childcare and all those policies. i think boldly about childcare and all those policies. think boldly about childcare and all those policies. i want to come back to what you those policies. i want to come back to what you said those policies. i want to come back to what you said about those policies. i want to come back to what you said about tribalism. . those policies. i want to come back| to what you said about tribalism. do you fear that modern politics, not just brexit, we could talk about jeremy corbyn or we donald trump and boris jeremy corbyn or we donald trump and bori5johnson, but the modern politics fuelled by social media has to much become what you remember as a child, whose tribe are you in? ii a child, whose tribe are you in? if you look at some of the tragic events with members of parliament in the last few years, you would say so, wouldn t you? and if you read social media, every time i say the word brexit, it goes mad. so to some degree, yes.
conversation with bori5johnson. i tried this line on him, which was a bit boldly, but he could get away with it with paris. thi5 bit boldly, but he could get away with it with paris. this whole brexit thing, for us it was just business. foryou, it was brexit thing, for us it was just business. for you, it was bigger than that, personal, 5overeignty wa5 than that, personal, 5overeignty was a massive idea you had worked your whole life. the business people, it was bu5iness. would you like to wa5 bu5iness. would you like to reduce free trade and do more paperwork to which the answer was, no, why would we say yes to that? to my predecessor s credit and everybody at the cbi s credit, the moment the vote was over, they said let s get the best brexit. that moment the vote was over, they said let s get the best brexit. let s get the best brexit. that is what business let s get the best brexit. that is what business people let s get the best brexit. that is what business people say? i let
in saying one of the drivers of brexit wa5 in saying one of the drivers of brexit was that the economy did not work for everyone. that is absolutely right. i take that very, very seriously. and therefore, now that we all are po5t brexiteers, i would like to suggest, we need to work out how the economy can work for everyone. i don t want economic policy to be driven about a brexit debate about 5overeignty policy to be driven about a brexit debate about sovereignty and get rid of any rule that has a blue flag with gold 5tar5 of any rule that has a blue flag with gold stars from brussels. i want the economy that works for everyone, creates opportunity for everyone. i think bori5johnson wa5 everyone. i think bori5johnson was completely right to talk about levelling up. that is what business can do for britain and those are my politics. can do for britain and those are my olitics. ., ., ., ~ ., politics. you have talked about boris johnson politics. you have talked about boris johnson onc