The fatal flaws in Trump’s crypto reserve plan
President Trump was very bullish about his decision over the weekend to create a ‘crypto reserve’. It will legitimise crypto…
Will Labour MPs scupper a US-UK trade deal?
A UK-US trade deal is on the table. On a surprisingly successful trip to Washington, US President Donald Trump made…
Will Trump’s ‘golden visas’ threaten Rachel Reeves’s tax plans?
Fed up with Rachel Reeves’s tax rises, with the calls for wealth and mansion taxes, and the loss of non-dom…
Trump is doing us a favour by targeting our dreadful tech laws
It will be an unacceptable intrusion on our sovereignty. And it will pave the way for American domination of the…
How France killed its start-up culture
It would encourage digitally savvy entrepreneurs. It would be a hub for artificial intelligence. And it would encourage a wave…
Is X still worth £38 billion? Elon Musk thinks so
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, his many critics gleefully predicted a catastrophe. We were told that everyone would…
Does it matter if Rachel Reeves fibbed on her CV?
Rachel Reeves is in the headlines again, for all the wrong reasons. The Chancellor’s entry in Who’s Who lists her…
Does Rachel Reeves’s industrial strategy even exist?
The Labour government was pinning everything on an ambitious industrial strategy to boost growth. It was meant to make the…
Cheaper mortgages won’t save Britain from recession
Electricity bills are going up. Netflix is adding a couple of pounds a month to the price of a standard…
Vance is right, Europe is smothering AI
They won’t have liked the message or the messenger. With characteristic bluntness, the American vice president J. D. Vance tore…
Starmer should split from the EU if it hits back at Trump on tariffs
The European Union has hit back against Donald Trump’s decision to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel imports. “Tariffs…
Trump’s tariffs could kill Europe’s steel industry
So, it seems that Donald Trump wasn’t bluffing after all. On his way to the Superbowl, the president made time…
What Trump’s tariff ‘opening salvo’ will teach him
Mexico and Canada have been given a last-minute reprieve from Donald Trump’s tariffs. China has offered only the most half-hearted…
Europe can’t win a trade war against the US
It will hit back immediately. It will target the industries that will hurt the most. And it won’t be bullied…
Why Rachel Reeves’ growth plan is doomed to flop
The wait is over. After six months in government, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided that today is the day…
Britain is on track for a ‘Reeves recession’
Business confidence is falling. Companies are warning that profits will be lower than expected, and they are already planning to…
Unmade in Britain: we’re becoming a zero-industrial society
The French sociologist Alain Touraine coined the term ‘post-industrial society’ in 1969. By the 1980s it had become shorthand for…
Two big problems with the Sainsbury’s job cuts
You won’t be able to get a cup of coffee. Nor will you be able to pick up something from…
Why would Trump give Starmer a trade deal?
As President Trump takes office later today, Keir Starmer has assembled his top team, tasking them with landing a trade…
Rachel Reeves tries deregulation, but she’s bad at that too
If it was a Netflix mystery series, it would be the moment for the ‘big reveal’. After months of boasting…
Spain will regret its 100 per cent expat property tax
They drive up prices. Rents go through the roof. And the locals can no longer afford a home. The Spanish…
Where is Rachel Reeves?
Bond yields are soaring to their highest levels in almost 30 years and sterling is sliding. The government’s economic strategy…
Mark Carney is not fit to be Canadian PM
He has global experience. He has proven his leadership. And he has the management skills needed to turn around a…
Mark Zuckerberg could regret Nick Clegg’s Meta departure
When Donald Trump won the US election, the writing was on the wall for Nick Clegg at Meta. Now, just…
Will taxpayers get their satellite bailout money back?
When the British government spent £400 million on the satellite internet start-up OneWeb back in 2020, it was seen as…
