As we leave the EU and start a new chapter in the history of financial services in this country, we want to renew the UK’s position as the world’s preeminent financial centre
Rishi Sunak (via The Guardian)
Really means
We totally shot ourselves in both feet over Brexit, and completely f***ed up our handling of Covid-19, so we could really use a crutch now that Biden has replaced Boris’ tangerine misogynist racist buddy over in the good old US of A. To that end we will provide massive tax breaks to financial institutions who stick with us because as a government, we tories Totally suck at everything and need something to make us look slightly less incompetent. Please. Help.