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14 March 2013updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

“We have a political class in the tradition of the interested amateur”

Business quote of the day.

By Raymond Doherty

John Longworth, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, voicing his concerns at their annual conference this morning.
 
“We have a political class in the tradition of the interested amateur, in many cases having little or no experience of business, and who have generally never run anything.”

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