The CPTPP trade deal shatters the ‘little Englander’ Brexit myth
Britain’s acceptance into the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be presented by the government as a triumph,…
Rishi Sunak now sees a future for fossil fuels in Britain
The location of Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps’s net zero relaunch today shows there has been a change of emphasis…
It will take a lot for the dollar to die
The end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has been predicted so many times that it is tempting…
Scotland is better off without the Greens in government
Just who do the Scottish Greens think they are? They provide a mere seven seats to the SNP’s 64 and…
The Fed’s rate rise shows it is confident about the banks
So, things really are different this time. The US Federal Reserve has decided to raise its Federal Funds Rate (its…
Credit Suisse’s takeover delivers a shock to bond investors
If the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS was supposed to calm markets, it is not looking that way…
Credit Suisse has been bought out – but at what cost?
Another Sunday, another banking takeover swiftly arranged before markets open on Monday morning. This time Credit Suisse has agreed to be…
A morally simplistic kids’ film: Extrapolations reviewed
We are all, of course, pretty well doomed. We know that because Al Gore told us so in his documentary…
Can the UK economy outperform Russia?
First the good news. Unlike the IMF, which predicted in January that the UK economy would have a worse 2023…
Will Credit Suisse trigger a global banking crisis?
When your largest single shareholder decides that enough is enough, that it is no longer prepared to throw good money…
Is Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse a turning point for the markets?
What is it about March? October, the month of the 1929 Wall Street crash and the crash of 1987, is…
Is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank the tip of the iceberg?
On the face of it, the takeover of the UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank by HSBC is a triumph…
Could Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse lead to a financial crash?
Tech start-ups tend to involve taking big risks on ideas which are untested both in terms of technology and the…
Aukus is looking like a Nato for the Pacific
How big a deal is it that Australia has chosen a British design for its nuclear submarines rather than the…
Ministers can’t blame Putin for the disaster that is HS2
And I thought the SNP were destined to win the award for this year’s most pathetic excuse – after Scottish…
Why is Whitehall intent on burying the Covid lab leak theory?
Why does our government have so much trouble criticising China? It doesn’t seem to have had a problem calling out Vladimir…
Will Tony Blair ever give up on ID cards?
Is Tony Blair ever going to give up hope of foisting ID cards on us? As prime minister, he was…
The £5.4 billion government surplus masks a larger economic issue
There have been celebrations this morning about a government surplus of £5.4 billion last month, and people are even talking…
Why no one wants a Ford Fiesta anymore
The world of business has long been creative with feeble excuses. Even so, the explanation given by Tim Slatter, chairman…
Is Brexit really costing households £1,000 each?
They never give up, those Remainers. Like the Japanese soldier found on a Pacific island still fighting the second world…
Why central bank digital currencies are terrible
The government and Bank of England seem to have finally woken up to one of the many glaring problems with…
The dangerous myth of degrowth
The dangerous myth of degrowth
Why should under-productive civil servants get a pay rise?
We all know about the teachers and train drivers, but apparently there are 100,000 civil servants in 124 government departments…
Three years on, is Brexit worth celebrating?
Today, if you feel so inclined to celebrate it, is Brexit Day: the date on which, three years ago, Britain…
What does the IMF want from the UK economy?
Just what is a UK government supposed to do to keep the IMF happy? This morning it has issued a…
