Not too long ago our Enterprise and knowledge editor Ed Conway broadcast dwell from the World Financial Discussion board, held in Davos, Switzerland this week, and caught up with Labour’s shadow enterprise secretary Jonathan Reynolds, who dropped by for a fast chat.
Requested why Labor was coming to Davos, Mr Reynolds advised Sky Information: “Properly, there’s numerous work to do right here.”
“Once you have a look at the financial wants of the UK, the necessity to entice funding, the necessity to work with different international locations… and most significantly the duty of bringing good jobs and funding to the UK.”
“There’s a dialog taking place right here and naturally we wish to be a part of it.”
Requested if he felt comfy among the many plutocrats and billionaires attending the summit, Mr Reynold replied: “It is my first time right here and it is a very completely different setting.”
He mentioned it was not dissimilar to celebration conferences, however “the folks listed here are clearly very completely different.”
He argued that financial stagnation was a key drawback for Britain and that “you should be on the market promoting the advantages of the UK”.
He added that there was apparent curiosity within the elections going down later this 12 months and in constructing relationships.