a reliable source of support in the business community? i wonder in your dealings with the business community and i know that it represents lots of different businesses, in different areas and so on, is there a sort of view about this government and has it got a defined relationship? oddly, for a conservative prime minister, he has actually got. quite a fractious relationship. with the business community. a lot of that started l with obviously brexit, they were not sure about the direction, they did i not like uncertainty, - and there was plenty of that, when they expressed their- concerns, there was the famous four letter epithet he sent in their direction- about their concerns, - so that kind of set a tone and you have got to remember, also, that also the business - community have seen a massive increase in taxes, which is- going to kick in in april. they have whacked corporationl tax up, from 19 to 25% undoing, in a stroke, what the previous conservative policy, in trying to get t
of conscience, one might even call it. the prime minister must be feeling a lot less like a roman emperor, a lot less like a french president, a lot less like oliver cromwell right now. what are the communities that in like previous prime ministers have always been a reliable source of support in the business community? i wonder in your dealings with the business community and i know that it represents lots of different businesses, in different areas and so on, is there a sort of view about this government and has it got a defined relationship? oddly, for a conservative prime minister, he has . actually got quite a fractious. relationship with the business community. a lot of that started with obviously brexit, they were | not sure about the direction, theyj did not like uncertainty, and there was plenty of that, . when they expressed their concerns, there was the famous four letter epithet he sent in their direction about their i concerns, so that kind of set a tonel and you have
minister, he has actually got. quite a fractious relationship. with the business community. a lot of that started l with obviously brexit, they were not sure i about the direction, they did not like uncertainty, i and there was plenty of that, and when they expressed their concerns, there - was the famous fourl letter epithet he sent in their direction- about their concerns, so that kind of set a tone - and you have got to remember, also, that also the business - community have seen a massive increase in taxes, . which is going to kick in in april. they have whacked corporation tax up, from 19 25%, - undoing, in a stroke, - what the previous ten years conservative policy, - in trying to get taxes low, and the other thing i think, is that he genuinely, - borisjohnson, i have seen- plenty of speeches that he has given to business, he finds- business people quite tedious, i think. i think that he thinks. that their world of risk analysis and spreadsheets and, i you know, financial commitm