The fall out of the Brexit referendum vote in the UK has been
"a disappointing episode in our country's great
history", according to one of the leading businesswomen in the
City of London.
Dame Helena Morrissey, one of the leading figures in the British
investment industry, who is now head of personal investing at Legal
& General Investment Management, was a supporter of Britain
leaving the European Union.
She told the Guernsey Funds Forum in London that she had wanted
"a proper discussion and debate and a diversity of
viewpoint" on the subject in supporting Vote Leave.
"It seemed to me that the way the world is moving we need
governance close to people and assets. People were very rightly
concerned about things that seemed very remote from them. I was
calling for a rethink of our relationship – I was
disappointed with my dealings with EU bodies and the lack of
democratic authority that they had, though they were still doing an
awful lot. I thought it was worth
