Between the highest levels of politics in the u. K. And the highest levels of some of the Biggest Companies in the u. K. Delivering for the government and shooting the Prime Minister that all is fine when all was not fine we see the pieces line in front of us huge questions political questions have to be answered and what was the Prime Minister she didnt do diligence that was you just take in a friends word is everything will be fine lets have another jenin tonic is this going to act this way of putting lives over government yet again another version of it ok i want to get on to the philosophical implications of this as regards the economy but there will be people in this country wondering whether in your country wondering about what happens in the aberdeen western peripheral road what happens is that will scotlands Railway Electrification whatever to edinburghs waverley platforms the capital of scotlands rail stations are in trouble because of really well having governments have to do
Mainstream media now center on whether its time to rethink capitalism after decades of thought right from the labor outsourcing joining me now is angus mcneil hes the chair of Britains International trade select committee as well as being on the u. K. S National Security Strategy Committee and the s. N. P. Shadow spokesperson for the environment and Rural Affairs analyst thanks so much for coming back on before we go into the iraq other issues surrounding this debacle are your only National Security Strategy Committee what implications for defense of the realm given that karelian is in charge of certain facilities around britains Nuclear Deterrent in scotland and a naval base well that the tentacles of cotillion seem to be what they are there tarmac in the past a company that i was a very weird if i did a degree in Civil Engineering they built some of the floating docks. And they would undoubtedly be still be. Delivering for the ministry of defense its a concern in defense as to its a
Government a two fold question theyve taken away their code in order to the current representative i should say who who kept an eye in companies quite closely in what closely with these companies that didnt happen also when the give the profits warning the u. K. Government kept pushing money in the direction of clearly and which could only mean they were putting taxpayers money at risk public money at risk whereas the Scottish Government at that point was trying to manage and move are we and being aware of the difficulty that could arise that no hazardous and because i was and what a Prime Minister whos Corporate Responsibility czar top adviser on called responsibility up until recently was the person who then became chairman personal of caribbean Village Green here sure do you have the regular phone calls saying these are normal profit warnings you just cyclical nature of the economy nothing to do with the systemic existential threat to the got raises huge questions though about the r
The same with the banks its the same with many other things. The near liberal experiment is just about falling apart i dont i dont adhere to the we have delivering public contracts well you take short term profits and you have new viewer no responsibility and no worry about the long in the medium to longer term has to be of concern and i think there is this penny has dropped both from the conservatives and liberal benches in the house of commons that there is adriel problem with that we Companies Look very short term and our companies ive known have gone on the stock market holders sometimes have got themselves off it quite quickly again the betting i think we did drop with Jeremy Corbett all his political life in the few of his supporters the bottom of the labor party are any pennies going to drop for the Scottish Government because youre saying youre giving these commitments is london already talking with the scottish pollin saying theyre going to give you the money to continue these
Government to full question if taken away their current auditor or the other current representative i should say who who kept an eye in companies quite closely in what closely with these companies that didnt happen also when the give the profits warning the u. K. Government kept pushing money in the direction of clearly and which could only mean they were putting taxpayers money at risk public money at risk whereas the Scottish Government at that point was trying to manage and move or we and being aware of the difficulty that could arise that no hazardous and because i was and i were Prime Minister whose corporate responsibilities zala top adviser on corporate sponsor will be up until recently was the person who then became chairman personal of caribbean Village Green here sure do you have the regular phone calls saying these are normal profit warnings you just cyclical nature of the economy nothing to do with the systemic existential threat to the got raises huge questions though abou