Sometimes I worry I’m the only person in Britain who’s not been asked to a breakfast meeting with Jonathan Reynolds. That I tend not to eat before noon and have little of value to offer the shadow business secretary is beside the point: it’s always nice to be invited.
You see, Labour is on a charm offensive to woo the City. This is because it hopes to form the next government and having good relations with big business and major investors will prove helpful. These efforts may also serve to blunt traditional weaknesses, notably the charge that the party is ‘anti-business’. Remember David Cameron’s ‘Bill Somebody‘, a rare funny joke at PMQs?
