I Am A Bit Of A Lefty

Banks Operate Like A Man Who Either Wears His Trousers Round His Chest, Stifling Breathing, As Now, Or Round His Ankles, Exposing His Assets. We Want Their Trousers Tied Round Their Middle: Steady Lending Growth; Particularly To Productive British Business, Especially Small Scale Enterprise.

The Real Problem At The Moment Is That The Banks - Because Of Their Existing Culture, Which Is Frankly Anti-business, Obsession With Short-term Trading Profits, Not Focusing On The Long Term - Are Throttling The Recovery Of British Industry.

The Tories Are Now The Party Of Rural Areas And Labour Essentially Is In The Big Cities

Well, As I Said, You Know The Issue Of Greek Debt, They've Grasped The Principle Of Debt Reduction. I Think Most People Would Argue That Probably More Needs To Be Done On That Front, And They've Just Begun To Take The First Steps To Accepting That There's Going To Have To Be Much Closer Economic Integration In Europe.

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.'