Sooner or later this problem is going to hit the Tories – hard – due to the demographics the party needs to attract at the next election.
The leader is encouraged by where the party made gains in the UK.
The miscarriage of justice was technically caused by technology – but actually came down to human greed and arrogance.
“We need much greater transparency as Cameron himself once called for”, says the Lib Dem leader.
“Some of them have had to sign contracts for accommodation – so it’s quite a complicated issue, and I don’t see the Government talking about it at all.”
For decades, Governments allowed British nuclear expertise to atrophy, and refused to make decisions about new capacity.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the UK must build a more rigorous review process – for security concerns – of foreign firms linked to authoritarian regimes.