The Role of Judges In The Success of UK PLC

"This evening I want to address a subject that I feel very strongly about. It is the question of what can be done to promote the aspects of British business and professional life that are thriving and, in short, often the envy of other countries.

We in the UK are very good at self-criticism. We are always the first to say what is bad about our society; to say, for example, that the August riots exemplify the problems in society about which nothing is being done, rather than to say, as they probably would in France or Germany, that such unrest was the one-off product of a long summer and some disruptive elements. When double dip recessions are predicted, we write prolix articles about the impossibility of economic recovery, or even survival. I was struck recently, on the day that the FTSE 100 dropped 5% amidst yet another attack of global economic paranoia, by an article explaining that Deloitte (if I dare mention that name in these hallowed halls) had announced record world-wide revenues of US$28.8bn - up 8.4%..."