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PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Seeming inaction over July unrest deters investment
The lack of justice being done, or seen to be done, shows a shocking lack of leadership
21 November 2021 - 18:08
I have been called out for something by someone I respect and it worried me. After the conclusion of my usual client webinar with some top fiscal experts after the medium-term budget policy statement in which we were stuck in the geekery of buoyancies and the politics of grants, said person asked why I hadn’t mentioned or quizzed my panellists on the July unrest.
I did a double-take, trying to work out how I could have made such a slip. My knee-jerk conclusion was that it was in the past and people had moved on, which worried me more...
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