It was billed as a big event. On February 1, Boris Johnson unveiled “a new cohort of business leaders to turbocharge the UK economy”. The latest in a line of No 10 initiatives, the creation of this new Business Council was to mark “the two-year anniversary of Getting Brexit Done”. It gained barely a mention in the media.
A City grandee recalled: “I happened to be with a senior Treasury person the day this Boris initiative was announced. He had heard nothing about it, which says all you need to know about its chances of success. Just dismal boosterism.
“Frankly, I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with this lot at the moment. They lack seriousness.”
It is not easy to find business enthusiasts
