When I wrote yesterday of the possibility of a “July date with political destiny” I did not expect to be proved right within hours.
But now the gun has been well and truly fired on an election campaign that will bring to an end one of the most turbulent five-year periods for business in living memory. Polls of business leaders suggest they are pretty relaxed about the prospect of Keir Starmer moving into No 10. And in truth most are fed up with a Conservative administration that delivered political chaos, soaring costs, and acute labour shortages.
