We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain's probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we've done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another.
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“According to the papers, I'm miserable, alienated, and on the brink of resignation. But that's simply not where I am.”
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