Business is under attack – the CBI must get political to defend it

The Confederation of British Industry CBI needs to stand up for business, says Matthew Lynn. And if that means being political, then so be it.

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Paul Walsh: too Tory for the CBI?

A former chief executive of one of the UK's most successful companies. An adviser to the prime minister. A non-executive at a series of global multinationals. Articulate and more than able to put across a persuasive point of view. Paul Walsh's qualifications to be president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) look exemplary.

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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.