Boris Johnson Pledges Transformed Economy for U.K.
The New York Times
The prime minister sketched a vision of Britain on the cusp of change, but barely mentioned the spate of fuel and food shortages that have afflicted the country in recent weeks.
MANCHESTER, England — Declaring that Britain would not go back to the “same old broken model” of the past, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Wednesday to lead a radical transformation of the country’s economy to a future defined by highly skilled workers earning higher wages.
In a speech to a cheering crowd at his Conservative Party’s annual conference, Mr. Johnson said, “We are going to deal with the underlying issues of our economy and society — the problems that no government has had the guts to tackle, the long-term structural weaknesses in the U.K. economy.”
Projecting optimism but offering few details, Mr. Johnson sketched a vision of Britain on the cusp of historic change. He barely mentioned the spate of fuel and food shortages that have afflicted the country in recent weeks, raising them only as evidence of a rapidly recovering economy in transition.
