More than anything, we need politics in which hard policy choices are made. We need the public service to be managed in a very effective way. Whoever is in Government faces a huge challenge in the daily business of politics to drive our public services, to take risks and to manage resources more effectively. From my vantage point as a Minister with responsibility for areas of economic development, I see real opportunities for development in the new digital economy, in a green economy, in our food industries and in our financial services industry. It is possible, but first and foremost it needs political change and political responsibility. As the Minister for Finance stated in his speech yesterday, it requires confidence in ourselves.

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