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Article: Business still finds Labour unattractive
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 1, 1995
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JUST five per cent of business leaders would vote Labour if
there were an election tomorrow. So says a survey that suggests
Tony Blair still has a mountain to climb to win hearts and minds in
the business community. Sixty-three per cent would vote
Conservative and six per cent Liberal Democrat.
According to a Mori poll conducted for Management Today
magazine, 43 per cent of captains of industry say a Labour
government would be detrimental to British business, while 42 per
cent say it would make no difference.
The overwhelming reason for the anti-Blair stance among the
directors of Top 500 companies was the fear of adverse changes to
personal taxation. Half the 103 respondents cited this ...