LIKE many of us, I have been digesting the results of our UK General Election and, with my Scottish Engineering hat on, considering the opportunities this might bring for our industry in Scotland and across the UK. As an insufferable optimist, I find it hard not to see some reasons for optimism.

The UK’s new Labour government starts with a strong majority – across the UK and in England, Scotland and Wales – and they appear to be a stable group, mostly devoid of the kind of infighting that has hampered the outgoing government. Certainly, they face a tough challenge in the fiscal reality that the UK faces, but there appears to be no imminent constitutional challenges to face.

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Whatever plays out on the global stage, stable, inspired and engaged leadership from our UK Government will be key to the future prosperity of our sector and wider economy. In other words, a potential for stability, an essential ingredient for industry to recover and grow, may be a good enough reason to be cheerful.

In a bid to compare and contrast what a stable platform might look like, I found an interesting timeline analysis outlining that in the years........

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