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The Liberal Democrats are now the natural party for business

By Richard Pym | Fri 8th December 2017 - 11:54 am

On Thursday, in the City of London, Vince Cable launched the Liberal Democrat Business and Entrepreneurs Network. This network is in response to the growing interest of business leaders in joining up with the Liberal Democrats.

The overwhelming issue the new members raise is Brexit.

Whilst the Government had a mandate from the electorate to leave the EU they adopted an“ultra-Brexit” approach apparently driven by local Tory constituencies, not by economic logic. That alarms many business people, but it also alarms young people whose future is being stolen.

The average age of a Conservative Party member is reported as 71 with the younger members deserting and we believe the Liberal Democrats now with 100,000 members is the larger party.

The only established national party campaigning for an exit from Brexit is the Liberal Democrats and the party’s demand for a referendum on the final terms is attractive now that the British public can see clearly that they will not get what they were promised in the referendumcampaign.

There is a global economic upturn and the eurozone is recovering fast. Yet, the recent UK budget showed how the British economy is slowing and the consequent adverse effects on the public sector deficit. Britain limps along in the relegation zone, a low growth economy in a sea of prosperity.