tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post114009947391573526..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Keeping the UK CompetitiveIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1140119047957633712006-02-16T19:44:00.000+00:002006-02-16T19:44:00.000+00:00& of course, aside form the red tape, the increasi...& of course, aside form the red tape, the increasing tax grab isn't going to do much to attract investment to these shores.<BR/><BR/>Good article here on this,<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/86nu8 <BR/><BR/>Quote<BR/><BR/>David Smith, chief economist at Williams de Broë, said: <BR/><BR/>“These new figures show that Brown has resocialised the British economy and squandered the Thatcher legacy. The British political class must answer a simple question: why should Britain’s growth rate and structural rate of employment continue to be higher than that the pathetic rate of Germany or Italy now that we are adopting their tax and spending levels?”<BR/><BR/>snip<BR/><BR/>"“It is hard to see why any foreign investor would want to touch the UK economy with a barge pole.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com