How to stop a blackout
Will the lights go out this winter? A letter from the energy regulator Ofgem reveals just how seriously it is taking…
The problem with nationalising energy
Is nationalisation the vote-winner which Keir Starmer believes it to be? We will find out in due course, but my…
Can we trust the official employment figures?
In this week of mourning, much of the news which would normally get covered has sunk without trace. Even so,…
Tory ministers shouldn’t fall for these purity tests
Liz Truss’s ministers had not even got their feet beneath the cabinet table before they were treated to a barrage…
What Boris should do next
Just what do you do with the rest of your life if, aged 58, you have been prised out of…
Are the markets scared of Liz Truss?
Look at the chart for interest rate expectations in isolation, and you might come to the conclusion that Rishi Sunak…
Putin’s closure of Nord Stream 1 has left Britain exposed
Few will be minded to believe Russia’s explanation for cutting off Nord Stream 1 pipeline – that it is a…
It’s time to kickstart North Sea oil
It is reported this morning that one of Liz Truss’s first acts as prime minister, assuming she wins the Conservative…
The four-day working week is a sham
The challenger bank sector has been such a graveyard in recent years that I don’t hold out much hope that…
Could Macron trigger British blackouts?
‘We are living the end of an era of abundance,’ according to Emmanuel Macron, ‘the end of the abundance of…
The problem with Biden's student debt plan
In Europe it is handouts to help pay our energy bills – even for people who could easily afford to…
Are Russian sanctions working?
Soaring gas and electricity prices are giving us an idea of the cost of imposing sanctions on Russia – a…
What's to blame for the crash of the euro?
Since June 2016 we have settled into a pattern. Whenever the pound plunges, it is followed by cries of ‘I…
My holiday from the news
My holiday from the news
What’s to blame for the surge in excess deaths?
From the beginning, the debate over lockdowns was skewed by the fact that Covid deaths were imminent – and any…
Is the housing bubble about to burst?
There are so many house indices that they can create confusion. Last week, the Halifax house price index showed a…
Tony Blair's Covid grift
Have we yet seen the end of Covid restrictions? It is tempting to think so. For many people, Covid and…
Can inflation be brought under control?
That today’s inflation figures would come as an immense shock to anyone who has returned from a year in the…
Why the City made a mistake in writing off coal
For anyone tempted to believe warnings from Mark Carney and other City figures about ‘stranded assets’ in the fossil fuel…
Water woes: who’s to blame for the shortages?
Who’s to blame for the shortages?
Who is Gordon Brown to pose as the voice of fiscal sanity?
Gordon Brown is demanding Parliament be recalled for an emergency budget. By October, he says, quoting a study he commissioned…
Are we already in recession?
The Bank of England recently raised hackles by predicting that the economy would shrink in the final quarter of 2022,…
Europe’s looming energy wars
This summer marks a truce. But if, as expected, Liz Truss becomes prime minister, it is almost inevitable that tensions…
Is cash back?
Whatever happened to the great surge towards a cashless society which the pandemic was supposed to bring about? As I…
What a coral reef misconduct claim says about climate science
On Monday, I wrote here about how the Great Barrier Reef is defying predictions of its own demise, bouncing back…
