Complains...
The following extracts from the speech of Sir Douglas Waring, president of the Council of the British Overseas Mining Association to its 19th AGM are of great interest. His remarks throw light on the function of the Government of the day — Labour or Tory — as seen by big business. In the eyes of Sir Waring and his ilk, Westminster only exists to facilitate the earning of the biggest possible profits. Another point which is illustrated is that of British big business adapting itself to a new world where “overseas profits are no longer earned under the protection of the guns of the British Navy.” All emphasis has been added.