Kanishka Narayan: “If it's going to hit us in a big way, you are going to want to be as ahead of the curve as possible.”

The best case for it is compelling beyond our dreams: a reindustrialised Britain, stronger national security, public services transformed for the better.

It seems likely, if not inevitable, that our own cyber defences will be breached.

It is right that the British public shares those worries, for jobs, for the pace of change.

But if that is our defining belief, we must be prepared to put it into swift action, and we must do so now, meeting this critical moment.