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.
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Nationality: British Type: Politician Born: May 9, 1943 |
“Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.”