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What advice would you give to someone running a big listed company or who's an entrepreneur
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someone who works in manufacturing, of what you can actually do to safeguard yourself against
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massive multipolar events happening on either side of the UK? It used to be people that had a domestic business that didn't do much trade abroad
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felt somewhat insulated. That's not the case anymore, because whether it's, you know, the security of shipping lanes, supply chains, the income of the median voter
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all of these forces are now more subject to global change than at least we thought they would be
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We have political leaders who have no experience outside of politics, and this is something fairly
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unique about the UK, that we have people who've never worked in the private sector or run their
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own business or really lived the way most people do, who have been able to manage with the policy
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incrementalism. Now, the UK and other middle powers in Europe and elsewhere are safe havens
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in many ways, but we're not comfortable talking about our advantages. We're also, I don't think
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very comfortable investing in the kind of competitiveness and growth agenda
