Not business as usual
A rough ride for Britain’s bosses at the Tory conference
IT WAS a bracing experience for the captains of industry. Used to being feted at Conservative Party conferences, this week they were almost as scarce as Cameroons, and little more popular. Like the leaders of the ancien régime, they have been feeling the chill winds of change. The Tories used to be reliably business-friendly, yet under Mrs May things could be rather different.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Not business as usual”
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