Britain still excites Jo Taylor, expert in the art of discovering a long-term winner

Eighteen months ago Jo Taylor was one of a select band of deep-pocketed overseas investors who were very publicly wooed and schmoozed by Boris Johnson at a bash at the Science Museum, and entertained by the Queen at Windsor Castle.

The boss of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) liked what he heard, saying at the time that Britain was politically stable, had predictable regulators he could do business with, had a largely steady exchange rate and was “a really attractive home for patient capital”.

Has he changed his mind, given the Truss chaos, the wobble in sterling and the decision by the Gambling Commission to deny Camelot, OTPP’s prize bauble in the UK, an extension to its national lottery licence? Add in moribund productivity