The only decision is indecision.

A week ago we were in the midst of the build up to the first general election that would genuinely be contested since the labour government came to power in 1997. The excitement of having the leadership debates was still fresh in our minds as we all trooped off to the polling stations to mark our X on the local and national ballot papers.

And now here we are a week later and we’re no further closer to knowing which party will be in power and who will be leading us onwards to a brighter economic future.

All of this made me wonder what on earth would happen if we all tried to run our businesses this way? Can you imagine your employees voting on whether the MD or the FD was offering the right pay rise and then when the votes are tied calling in the part time 16 year old trainee post room clerk to make the decision?

Whilst the three parties try and buy the favours of each other in order to either cling onto power or move into the power hot seat; the economy bounces around like an infant on a 1970’s space hopper. As with any business, whether it’s public sector, privately owned or a PLC, decisions and tough decisions at that, have to be made. For all our sakes, let’s hope that this mess is resolved.

And resolved quickly.