Labour is not anti-business and the Tories are definitely pro-business – well, if you’re the right type of business person …
In his eagerness to show how much Labour loves business, Ed Miliband somehow forgot to accept his invitation to talk at the British Chamber of Commerce’s annual conference. Small business is not Labour’s natural homeland and Ed Balls did not look entirely overjoyed to have been asked to step in at the last minute. His lack of enthusiasm was entirely reciprocated.
“Thank you for that introduction, Adam … Marshall,” the shadow chancellor said, trying to lighten the mood with a gag at his own expense about his Newsnight appearance. No one laughed.