Meanwhile, well before the new year, the administrative nightmare of Brexit preparations is producing five-mile queues of lorries outside Dover and chaos in other ports. Given its historic levels of underinvestment, it is astonishing that the UK will invest less than the international average of 3.5%. Private banks have a poor record in financing new investment, preferring instead to expand reckless consumption and casino-like speculation. It also concerns itself with the health of the City of London and financial services  the latter being a major employer, counteracting to some extent the terrible impact on employment that the running-down of British manufacturing has had over the years. The fact of the matter is that neither Johnson nor Sunak is, to use their in-vogue word, levelling with the British people.
Various banks have a poor record in zero of funding new investments.
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