The digital economy should be at the centre of the General Election debate
(World News UK)

What are people thinking going into the General Election on 8 June? Chances are it is not about how to make the UK the best place to start and grow a digital business. The Conservatives want to talk about Brexit and Theresa May’s leadership. Jeremy Corbyn wants to talk about anything other than Brexit, ideally the NHS. And Tim Farron wants to talk only about Brexit or how to reverse it. That leaves little room for bits and bytes. But this issue is more important than it might seem. The sense of dissatisfaction and disenfranchisement, which so many citizens across the West feel and which has fuelled the emergence of populists in the US and Europe, is not unrelated to the nature of the...