Unite! Let us determine Britain’s future together

WE LIVE in extraordinary times in which we have a paralysed Government and a disintegrating Opposition. With David Cameron reduced to the role of temporary caretaker and Jeremy Corbyn humiliated by his Shadow Cabinet, cynics might well conclude that with two political leaders sidelined the country is in safer hands.

But Britain needs resolute men and women to quickly band together with a joint purpose that will give confidence to the City, bring harmony to the people and show the leaders of the EU that we mean business.

During the early days of the war, when Britain and the Commonwealth stood almost alone to fight for the freedom of Europe, we formed a government of national unity with Churchill as its inspiring figurehead and the boldest and best from political and business life at its core.

Today, with Britain negotiating its own liberty from the European Union, we need smart leaders and wise counsel who understand that after Thursday the game has changed for ever.

We need a government of differing shades united in one goal: delivering the new deal.

That means enlisting experienced business people to advise on the negotiations, because they are too important to be left to the Sir Humphreys of Whitehall.