POLITICS


Our new Prime Minister faces big challenges


Within the next few weeks the UK will have a new Prime Minister. He won’t have been elected by public vote but


will assume the office by default as successor to Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party, Mrs May having been forced to resign over Brexit. Whoever ‘wins’ will inherit a poisoned chalice. Technically, they should pick up and try to


deliver the Conservative Party manifesto from the 2017 General Election – Forward Together: Our Plan for a Stronger Britain and a Prosperous Future. That means, in summary, delivering Brexit,


creating a strong economy that works for everyone, creating a strong and united nation in a changing world, establishing the UK as a meritocracy, restoring the contract between generations and creating prosperity and security in a digital age. If we were to put a RAG (red, amber, green)


analysis against each of those goals, many would argue that all are still showing red although, possibly, the second and sixth might just be hinting towards amber – the latter only by dint of publication of the Regulation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution white paper last month. The country has never been more divided, is


definitely not a meritocracy and would appear to have lost the contract between generations. Brexit has not been delivered. It has, in fact


become a debacle. That’s not a political ‘debacle’, nor is it the Chamber taking sides, it’s just an expression of frustration, shared by virtually everyone in the country, that three years after the EU Referendum, where a majority of voters gave a mandate to leave the EU, we’re no farther down the Brexit road than we were then.


The Conservative Party manifesto from 2017


52 business network July/August 2019


Will the next Prime Minister be able to unite a divided country?


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