Between Paralysis and Pestminster: As the government grimaces, nothing gets done
“…the political world exploded and, as a result, everything stopped”
I’ve never started an article with a quote but these are the words of Sir David Lewis, executive chair of energy start-up Xlinks.
Some reading may ask the question, ‘Who?’ but actually I discussed former Tesco chief executive Sir David Lewis in a previous article:
In Autumn 2021, when Britain’s supply chains were on the brink of collapse, Lewis [nicknamed “Drastic Dave”] was hand-picked by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and brought in by the government for the purposes of “future proofing our supply chains” - and essentially saving Christmas ‘21 .
Skip forward a year later and in his role as executive chair of energy start-up Xlinks, Lewis hopes to eventually provide around 8% of the United Kingdom’s energy supplies through underseas cable linking the North of Africa with Britain as part of the Morocco-UK Power Project.
But there’s a problem according to Dave.
And it reveals much about the current state of government.