How Hunt’s Budget could put Starmer in a bind
Time was when a chancellor had to resign for leaking the Budget – Hugh Dalton famously lost his job after…
John Kerry has unwittingly exposed the climate change wheeze
Here’s a good wheeze: prod every last inch of your own country, open the taps and become the world’s largest…
Can the EU survive another five years of Ursula von der Leyen?
Ursula von der Leyen came to the post of President of the European Commission five years ago with a less…
Unreliable renewables will make energy more costly
It is of course good news that the Ofgem price cap for a dual fuel household bill will fall from…
The failed Trident missile launch is a big embarrassment for Britain
With Keir Starmer having rid the Labour party of its Corbynite doctrines, Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent would not be expected…
Andrew Bailey: Britain’s recession may already be over
We’re not cutting interest rates because we think the recession may already be over and we’re not even sure we…
Michael Gove’s holiday let crackdown could trash the tourist industry
Just why did Michael Gove campaign for Brexit? I thought he was selling us a future with a more entrepreneurial…
Did lockdowns cause more harm than good?
The question of whether lockdowns caused more problems than they solved will be picked over for years to come, even…
Shoppers are falling out of love with online shopping
Maybe the Office for National Statistics should stop seasonally adjusting its data. That is the lesson from today’s retail sales figures,…
Britain’s unemployment figures can’t be trusted
Britain’s unemployment statistics are unreliable, and the Office of National Statistics is experimenting with a new method of counting the…
Trump’s madness will strengthen Nato
‘Appalling and unhinged’ was Joe Biden’s (or at least the White House’s) verdict on Donald Trump’s remarks that he might…
The renewables bubble has burst
It wasn’t so long ago that Orsted was being held up as an example of how oil and gas companies…
Fact check: Tim Spector’s frightening climate claims
The BBC just can’t seem to stop itself trying to frighten people over climate change. On Tuesday morning it was…
Will Londoners fall for Sadiq Khan’s election bribes?
Taxpayers are being treated to a clutch of pre-election bribes from a politician who only a few months ago was…
The housing crash that never was
So is that the end of the property ‘crash’? Nationwide reported this week that its house price index was up…
Rugby isn’t child abuse. But it is dangerous
Why is no one only slightly wrong any more? We don’t say or do things that are foolish or ill-thought out…
No, Brexit checks won’t push up food prices
It is one of those occasions when you don’t need to wait for tomorrow’s newspapers to know what will be…
Rishi Sunak lacks the courage to take on the rail unions
So, what was the point of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act? What is happening today and for the rest of…
Do French farmers really have it so bad?
What a shame we are not still in the single market, seamlessly exporting our lamb and whisky so it can…
Why is Britain acting like a mini-EU?
The collapse of talks to renew a trade deal between Britain and Canada is a reminder that there is nothing…
The Covid Inquiry is finally hearing some enlightening evidence
The Scottish leg of the Covid-19 inquiry has, like the hearings in London, become bogged down in matters such as…
Hinkley C and the rising cost of net zero
Should we be bothered that Hinckley C nuclear power station has run even further over budget (the latest estimate is…
The madness of the Port Talbot closures
Hurrah! The UK is just about to reduce its carbon emissions by a further 1.5 per cent. As for Wales,…
