The Brexit
was the Tory's biggest nightmare. As it had come true, the government continues
to try and plug the sinking ship that is Britain.
UK Finance
Minister George Osborne has travelled from London to New York and would be
travelling to China and Singapore to help convince investors to stay with the
UK.
The upsell
comes after immense pull-outs from investors after the Brexit's decision had
come to pass.
The vote had sent the pound to a 31-year-low as uncertainty looms
in the background.
“While
Britain’s decision to leave the EU clearly presents economic challenges, we now
have to do everything we can to make the UK the most attractive place in the
world to do business,” Osborne, who backed staying in the EU, said in a
statement.
“Pursuing a
stronger relationship with our biggest trading partners is now a top priority …
my message to the world is that Britain may be leaving the EU but we are not
quitting the world. We will continue to be a beacon for free trade, democracy
and security, more open to that world than ever.”
Mr Osborne
said tying up with the United States, Canada and Mexico would give the UK the
leverage it needs to buoy itself off of stormy waters.
“As I will
tell Wall Street, we want more finance in London, not less,” Osborne wrote,
adding Britain and the United States were the biggest foreign investors in each
other’s country.
