It was hard not to feel some sympathy for the business secretary last week as he prepared to unveil the government’s long-awaited industrial strategy. For months Greg Clark, the softly spoken, methodical minister, had toiled away at piecing together a plan to supercharge Britain’s economy. The aim would be to seize the opportunities created by new technologies to position the UK as a cutting-edge hub of entrepreneurial endeavour and to boost investment and growth over the decades ahead. For those who claim that politicians think only about tomorrow’s headlines, this was to be the definitive answer — a thought-out strategy stretching far beyond the immediate political needs of a fragile minority government and instead forging a vision for Britain for generations ahead.

Source: The Times December 04, 2017 00:02 UTC