set up a new business called Britain Thinks, which will be trying to get under the skin of the contexts that our clients are operating in, in terms of the national mood, where ordinary members of the public are, and applying that to the business dilemmas that our clients have. We'll be doing focus groups, we'll be doing polling, we'll also be wanting to set up and have people sponsor debates around some of the big issues of our time, issues that will affect commercial clients. Would you work for Labour again? Possibly. To be honest with you I'm enjoying looking at stuff from the outside at the moment. But you never say never, do you? Deborah Mattinson's book, Talking to a Brick Wall: How New Labour, stopped listening to the voter and why we need a new politics, is published by Biteback at 17.99 Follow us on Have your say Please do not complete the following form field for security reasons. Please add your comment. You can include links, but HTML is not permitted. Your email address will not be displayed on the site. All comments are moderated.