Why BP is ditching renewables
Among the big, bad oil companies in borstal for environmental offenses, BP has long been the relatively benign one, the…
Is Britain’s ‘net zero economy’ really booming?
If you live opposite the vacant site in Northumberland that was supposed to become the Britishvolt ‘gigafactory’ pumping out batteries…
The Apple encryption row has come at the worst time for Keir Starmer
I am not sure about the capacity of AI to take over the world and suppress humanity, but big tech…
The online shopping boom is well and truly over
So much for ‘dry’ and ‘no buy’ January. The UK public seems to have thoroughly rebelled against efforts to persuade…
The shame of Big Energy’s £3.9 billion profit windfall
It is one of the world’s great mysteries: if wind and solar energy are supposed to be so cheap then…
Why did Starmer rush the ennoblement of Poppy Gustafsson?
Hereditary peers are for the chop, but life peers still have their uses. Last October the process of ennoblement allowed…
Does Trump want to strike an Arctic oil deal with Putin?
The decision by Donald Trump to hold peace talks with Russia on ending the Ukraine war – without Ukraine actually…
Are 3.1 million Brits really too sick to work?
Is it any wonder that the economy is struggling in spite of an apparently booming jobs market, with employers finding…
Britain’s banks never cared about net zero
Several weeks ago, just in advance of Donald Trump’s second presidency, there was a mass withdrawal of US financial institutions…
Will Ed Miliband see sense and drill British gas?
The government says it wants to stop the ‘blockers’ which are holding back Britain’s economy. It also says it wants…
Sorry Nigel, but Rayner is right to delay local elections
I am sure that Nigel Farage would love the opportunity to embarrass Labour and the Tories as much as he…
Why should the NHS employ any diversity officers?
Wes Streeting is offended by NHS staff promoting ‘anti-whiteness’ – as should any taxpayer who has not succumbed to the…
Asda and the absurdity of ‘work of equal value’
At last, some news of an industry in Britain that is flourishing. Unfortunately, it is one that is helping to…
Starmer is falling into the EU’s trap
No doubt Keir Starmer wants us to think he is being ‘grown up’ in accepting an invitation to dinner at…
Liz Kendall’s benefits crusade could make or break Labour’s fortunes
Could Liz Kendall turn out to be the most significant figure of Keir Starmer’s government, and a Chancellor in the…
Sacrificing farmland for net zero is a big mistake
Yesterday it was a court ruling to invalidate licences for oil and gas extraction in the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields.…
Britain is not ready to give up North Sea oil and gas
Ed Miliband seems to have gone missing since Rachel Reeves announced her ambition for a third runway at Heathrow yesterday.…
Will public sector workers return to their desks for Donald Trump?
So much for the theory that Covid would change working practices for good: that we would divide our time between…
Is Rachel Reeves right that there is no trade-off between growth and net zero?
Why is it that some lies get endlessly repeated without ever being challenged, even though they are quite obviously wrong?…
Labour will regret extending the BBC licence fee
The BBC licence fee is dying as millions of Britons realise that they do not need a television; they can…
Councils shouldn’t be allowed to raise tax by 25%
It is easy enough to trace the point at which local authorities embarked on the sad, downwards journey which has…
Heathrow’s third runway won’t improve London’s air quality
Is Rachel Reeves really correct that her new-found enthusiasm for a third runway at Heathrow would be consistent with the…
Why won’t Britain take the Covid lab leak theory seriously?
The CIA report concluding that Covid most likely originated from a laboratory leak of a man-made, or man-enhanced, virus raises…
Skiing is ghastly
Is anyone else getting a bit fed up of reading weepy newspaper stories about how the skiing industry is being…
Rachel Reeves’ tinkering won’t rescue Britain’s economy
The news just seems to get worse for Rachel Reeves. After the slight relief of last week’s inflation and GDP…
