Matthew Lynn

Is the EU sacrificing net zero to protect its electric car industry?

15 September 2023 2:32 am

They are too expensive. There are not enough of them on the market. It’s too much hassle to charge them.…

Why is the EU forcing Apple to change its charger?

12 September 2023 9:07 pm

When the iPhone 15 is unveiled later today it will no doubt come with an array of flashy tweaks and…

It’s time to get on with the Indian trade deal

23 August 2023 9:27 pm

The trade secretary Kemi Badenoch will be in India this week for a meeting of G20 trade ministers. The Prime…

Working from home is the new British disease

16 August 2023 1:14 am

Over mighty trade unions. Short-termist management that prioritises profits over investment. And an education system that doesn’t produce enough scientists…

Sunak can’t blame landlords for not stopping illegal immigration

7 August 2023 11:34 pm

Small companies will face massive fines for not checking the papers of everyone they hire. Landlords will be put out…

Britain’s growing army of pensioners should be delivering pizza

3 August 2023 8:30 pm

Over-50s could deliver pizza. They could try their hand at Uber driving. Or they could put in the occasional shift…

Why the CEO of Coutts had to go

28 July 2023 1:15 am

In the end, the only real surprise was that it took so long. The chief executive of NatWest, Dame Alison…

NatWest needs radical change after the Farage scandal

26 July 2023 7:32 pm

There are probably worse things a senior banker could do. Taking all the money and running off to the Bahamas,…

Elon Musk has launched X to kill Twitter

24 July 2023 10:51 pm

It will trash the brand. It will alienate its core users. And relaunching and rebranding a failing business almost never…

Britain should place a big bet on the petrol engine

12 July 2023 11:02 pm

Ministers should be hailing it as a major vote of confidence in the economy. King Charles should be clearing his…

Jeremy Hunt’s City reforms are far too timid

10 July 2023 11:01 pm

There will be some tweaks to the way that pension funds are allowed to invest their money. There will be…

Will Threads tame Elon Musk’s Twitter?

4 July 2023 9:35 pm

We will need tighter regulation. We will need new laws and controls. And we will have to organise boycotts of…

Labour must resist jumping on the mortgage bail-out bandwagon

22 June 2023 8:39 pm

Millions of potential voters in marginal constituencies face punishing rises in their mortgage repayments over the coming months and years.…

Rishinomics isn’t working

21 June 2023 11:55 pm

Tax rises would bring debts under control. The Bank of England would bring inflation back down again. The government would…

Keir Starmer is clueless about energy security

19 June 2023 10:48 pm

It will create lots of well-paid jobs, especially in Scotland. It will reduce our electricity bills. And it will make…

Is France finally changing its tune on Brexit?

16 June 2023 8:59 pm

The waiters can sometimes be a little surly. That holiday villa you booked in the Loire may not always be…

Sunak has hitched a ride on Biden’s climate gravy train

9 June 2023 8:26 pm

Sometimes it helps to have a banker as Prime Minister. They have plenty of faults. They can be dry, calculating,…

Britain should get out of the electric vehicle business

18 May 2023 10:56 pm

A frantic round of last-minute lobbying is already underway. Officials are trying to stitch together a deal. And the Prime…

Will the Fed torpedo Joe Biden’s re-election?

28 April 2023 3:44 am

Hollywood will be backing him en masse. The major newspapers will be rooting to put him back in the White…

The UK’s treatment of Activision shows it is closed for business

27 April 2023 3:07 am

It was, admittedly, not quite as thrilling as an action sequence from Call of Duty. Even so, the statement put…

London’s stock market risks sinking into irrelevance

18 April 2023 1:50 am

The chip maker ARM decided against listing its shares in London, despite plenty of arm twisting from the government. The…

The CBI has outlived any useful purpose

11 April 2023 9:48 pm

The director-general has been forced to stand down amid allegations of misconduct. There are allegations against others inside the organisation of harassment…

Deutsche Bank’s collapse would be a threat to the whole eurozone

25 March 2023 3:10 am

It could be next month. It might be next week. Or it might well happen over the weekend. But today’s…

Rishi Sunak was wrong to publish his tax returns

23 March 2023 9:21 pm

He has plenty of money. He earns a substantial amount from his investments. And he gets a City firm to…

What can save Credit Suisse now?

18 March 2023 8:42 pm

It would be enough to buy Tesco twice over. Or Barclays, with almost enough change left over to buy Lloyds…