What he describes is the lack of education and life experiences in our political class.
Only 17% of MPs were STEM graduates in 2021. The rest of them with degrees are in humanities, marketing, finance and public relations etc. Let’s assume half of these are in heavy industries.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/stem-mps-pmbs/
Just 7% of all MPs can be considered to be working class, of which half (say) would have heavy industry background.
https://www.dumptheguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/24/just-one-in-100-tory-mps-came-from-a-working-class-job-new-study-shows
Not conducive to rational industrial policies.
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