article_snippet.sent: Mr Allan, who described his political leaning as being 'pretty close to the centre', was not among the more than 100 senior business leaders who signed an open letter last month praising the Tory Government and warning that Labour could 'put the recovery at risk'.
article_snippet.sent: his said his did not think it was advisable to 'choose sides' as firms will have to work with whichever party or parties form the Tory Government.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Allan also warned the political parties to be careful in the political parties approach in dealing with the issue of immigration, saying the political parties had been 'spooked' by Ukip into making declarations on the issue of immigration. '
article_snippet.sent: In an interview with The Observer Labour leader Ed Miliband said: 'I am a politician of the left, but I am positioned where the mainstream of politics is positioned.
article_snippet.sent: I am on the centre ground of politics,' 'I want to reach out to Tory voters, to Liberal Democrat voters, to Ukip voters, to non-voters ... to people who feel that David Cameron can't answer the challenge of our time, who worry about our place in the European Union, who really think to people who feel that David Cameron can't answer the challenge of our time, who worry about our place in the European Union, who really think to themselves, 'people who feel that David Cameron can't answer the challenge of our time, who worry about our place in the European Union, who really think to themselves can do a lot better as a country'.'