I know I've said I'm not working today, but I have written a Comment is Free piece suggesting that Cameron's speech at Davos is fine, but that if it's going to have any credibility he's got to start walking the talk here in the UK.
I won't reproduce it. Read it here.
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Get well soon, the 2015 Election Campaign is now under way, it is going to be a long long two years. Promises, promises…………
The Robin Hood Tax people sent me an email saying 23 EU countries had agreed to a FTT.
The UK is one of the four saying ‘NO’.
Get well soon, Richard, and make sure you are better before you start working again.
I’d love to say I thought that the PM is serious about this, and that his party, or even a majority of it were with him on this, but I don’t think he is for a minute. As Demetrius says, here starts the 2015 election campaign, and as you note Ian, this government doesn’t want an FTT.
Always remember, Cameron’s background is as a PR man; words are cheap, let’s see some action behind it, like the adoption of a GAAR with real teeth, or a reversal of the endless cuts to HMRC.
Has no-one spotted the irony of the fact that this speech was delivered in Switzerland?
Few Davosians would argue that this event, or any big conference for that matter, can really jolt the needle on mammoth issues like China’s growth problem, global warming, or the grand mission of “improving the state of the world” (which is the conference’s stated goal). But seasoned Davos-goers in the business world tend to justify the $40,000 price tag of attending as the cost of efficient networking. “I can meet with half my CEO clients here in half a day. At home that would take me at least half a year,” one executive told me.
Read more: http://business.time.com/2013/01/25/is-the-scene-at-davos-getting-old/#ixzz2JN9ZlFNe