Jeremy Hunt

We've got these amazing companies.

And the reason I just want to give you a note of optimism because all the books that I write, I want to give people hope.

And this is what I would say.

My kids are 11, 14, and 15.

You've met them, Robert.

And if I was saying, you know, which country do you want to make your fame and fortune in?

Which is the most exciting country in the world?

Well, of course, economically, America is very exciting, but it's also a very polarised country.

I would say outside America, I can't find anywhere where the opportunities are as good as they are in the UK.

Well, it's –

It's the most important question to ask because people, not just in Middlesbrough, but actually all over the country are losing confidence in capitalism.

And actually some of them are losing confidence in democracy.

They're saying this system is bust.

It doesn't work for me.

And what you realise is that over my political lifetime...

It's not that globalisation is a bad thing, that free trade is a bad thing, that London being super successful international city is a bad thing.

It is that we have not been good at spreading opportunity.

And I think it relates back to what we discovered, what we talked about right at the start, which is that we haven't given regions the power to sort out their own problems yet.

But these are solvable problems.

And if you're talking about, let's call it the Middlesbrough issue.