London biz warms to Livingstone

[Chris Burford]

At 20:46 08/09/00 +0000, you wrote:
>>[from the weekly MORI digest]
>>
>>>London business warms to Ken
>>>
>>>London's businesses have become more confident in the effects of Ken
>>>Livingstone's performance as Mayor since he was elected
>
>It is of course important for someone like KL to take steps to ensure that 
>business doesn't sabotage him, but beyond a certain point business's 
>"warming" to a politician doesn't bode well for anyone else.  What 
>specifically is KL doing to win over the London business community?
>
>Carl

He is prepared to campaign against popular opinion and argue that the Euro 
is good for London.

The Labour government appears to be poised to go on the offensive about 
this, with the Conservative Party having slipped back even further in the 
opinion polls despite the fact that they are against the Euro as is the 
great majority of people as measured by opinion polls.

Ken could give a populist voice to what is also in the interests of finance 
capitalism.

Such alliances are strange but from time to time true.

Chris Burford

London