Companies don't have votes, so they should be flattered at the attention they receive in elections. On April 25th, Gordon Brown, the Labour chancellor of the exchequer, and Michael Howard, the Conservative leader, addressed the annual conference of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). Both used the occasion to spell out why their party deserved the support of executives. Mr Brown made much of his record in the past eight years, claiming that Labour reforms had delivered economic stability and prosperity. He signalled there would be no rush to join the euro, a policy for which enthusiasm has waned in business circles. He restated his commitment to tackle the burden of regulation, a particular bugbear of executives.
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