A tariff alliance won’t stop Britain’s steel industry collapsing
The British steel industry has been staggering from one crisis to another for the whole of this year. Half of…
Reform is right to give up on ‘fag packet economics’
As Nigel Farage prepares to abandon pledges of up to £90 billion in tax cuts, there will be plenty of…
Don’t blame Trump for the crypto crash
Hundreds of billions have been wiped off the value of the crypto currencies. A prominent Ukrainian blogger and influencer on…
Why gold is at an all-time high
Gold is in the middle of what looks like an unstoppable bull run. It has already punched through $4,000 an ounce.…
Britain’s steel industry must die
It already faced tariffs in the United States, and it has been struggling to cope with some of the highest…
Britain can’t afford to lose AstraZeneca
It has already cancelled investments in Liverpool and Cambridge, while muttering darkly about moving its listing to New York and…
Ed Miliband can’t ban fracking forever
He wasn’t able to announce the £300 off household energy bills that was promised during the election campaign. Nor could…
Will Trump turn Gaza into the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’?
There are plenty of legitimate questions to be asked about the Trump-Blair peace plan for ending the conflict with Israel.…
Reeves needs to save the London Stock Exchange
Flutter, the gambling giant that owns Paddy Power, has already London, and the British chip designer ARM decided to float…
Why Trump shouldn’t bail out Milei
At the OECD, the IMF, and at Davos, there will probably be a few wry smiles, and a sense of…
Rachel Reeves’s ‘taxi tax’ plans show how desperate she is
It will at least give the cabbies something to genuinely complain about. Amid all the wheezes that Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
Trump’s steel tariffs will make Britain suffer
Over the course of President Trump’s state visit, we can expect lots of investments by the giants of American industry…
Elon Musk’s Tesla investment is a big gamble
Tesla does not look like a great investment right now. The competition from better and cheaper Chinese electric vehicles is…
Can Trump force Nato to get tough on Russian sanctions?
The pipelines would be sealed off. The supertankers would be left in the ports, and the wells would have to…
Even John Lewis is struggling in this Labour economy
It is a worker’s cooperative. It promotes sustainability, emphasises its social responsibility, invests in its people, and, of course, has…
Brits are fed up with overpriced coffee
We don’t lead the world in Artificial Intelligence. We can’t keep up with the Chinese in making electric vehicles, and…
The markets don’t trust Keir Starmer
The pound is starting to slide. Gold is punching through record highs, and long-term gilt yields are hitting levels that…
Topshop’s return doesn’t mean the high street is safe
You probably won’t see Kate Moss gossiping with a Spice Girl or two by the changing rooms, but for anyone…
Can India’s economy survive Trump’s tariffs?
President Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on India kicked in yesterday. The timing could not be worse: in May, India…
Is France about to trigger the next financial crash?
Its debts are out of control. There is very little space left to raise taxes any further. And the political…
What’s the point of nationalising our steel plants?
We already have Great British Energy, and of course Great British Rail. It now looks as very soon we will…
Why is Dale Vince comparing Tesla to the Ku Klux Klan?
Perhaps its cars automatically run down people of the wrong colour? Or its batteries will only charge if you put…
Free money is back – but don’t get excited
There is not a lot of good news on the British economy at the moment: prices are rising rapidly, job…
Does no one care about Britain’s soaring gilts?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is threatening a round of tax rises. RMT is on strike over the bank holiday. And…
Trump may regret investing in Intel microchips
When President Trump unveils a massive investment in the microchip manufacturer Intel on behalf of the American people it will…
