British foreign secretary William Hague yesterday told business to stop complaining about the government, insisting the only answer to Britain’s economic woes was hard work.
“There’s only one growth strategy: work hard,” he told the Sunday Telegraph.
“I think they should be getting on with the task of creating more of those jobs and more of those exports, rather than complaining about it.”
Asked if his comments could be compared to Lord (Norman) Tebbit’s “on your bike” message to the unemployed in the 1980s, Mr Hague said: “It’s more than that.
“It’s ‘Get on the plane, go and sell things overseas, go and study overseas’.
“It’s much more than getting on the bike, the bike didn’t go that far.” – (PA)
