Big business must take the fight to the 'Ukip of the left'

Companies do not just need to make a case against the extremists of the right, says Matthew Lynn. They need to tackle the Greens as well.

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Hardly a week goes by without business standing up to Ukip, and making the case for Britain to stay in the European Union (EU). Chief executives, the Confederation of British Industry, and big companies have all argued robustly that the UK should stick with the EU. A few have even been willing to make the case for free movement of labour, and high levels of immigration, especially from eastern Europe.

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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg, and writes weekly commentary syndicated in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, the Sydney Morning Herald, the South China Morning Post and the Miami Herald. He is also an associate editor of Spectator Business, and a regular contributor to The Spectator. Before that, he worked for the business section of the Sunday Times for ten years. 

He has written books on finance and financial topics, including Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis and The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031. Matthew is also the author of the Death Force series of military thrillers and the founder of Lume Books, an independent publisher.