Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
Britain is doing brilliant things around the world and that is why I described as a 'superpower on development.'
The 'Best of British' is a positive thing that's bandied around, but also it's applied pressure to our country in terms of economic growth. I think we've always felt the rest of the world is so much more powerful in terms of being commercially viable, but we can take great pride in our level of creativity.
In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.
The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world.
British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.
If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country.
It's important to remember that Britain was the first country to industrialize, so I think there's a strong argument to say this is where my profession was founded.