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Will Jeremy Hunt’s U-turns deepen recession?
Just two weeks ago, Liz Truss told the Tory conference that her priority was ‘growth, growth and growth’. But how…
Who would vote for the Conservatives now?
As the Labour party’s lead reaches 27 per cent or more, it would be easy to place the entirety of…
Can you feel sorry for Liz Truss?
It is not easy to feel sorry for Liz Truss. She has a deeply unattractive streak of vanity – when…
More mini-Budget U-turns coming today
In a sign of how nervous the government still is about the state of the gilts market, the Treasury has…
Nuclear power is the answer to our energy woes
America is about to spend $126.9 billion on renewable energy thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. When this is added…
The right’s dangerous embrace of soft isolationism
Traditionally, the GOP has been the favorite of those concerned with safety and national security. The party of Ronald Reagan…
The Raphael Warnock debate gaffe the media missed
Herschel Walker’s performance in Friday night’s Georgia Senate debate provided a good example of the benefits of lowered expectations and…
How long can Liz Truss hold on?
How much trouble is Liz Truss in? Just six weeks into her premiership, the Prime Minister’s economic plans are in…
Jeremy Hunt is the ‘unity’ leader the Tories need
Liz Truss is now prime minister in name only: Jeremy Hunt, her chancellor of the exchequer, now holds power. He…
Watch: first Tory MP calls for Truss to go
In office, Liz Truss promised to be the ‘disruptor in chief’. Unfortunately, most of that disruption has proved to be…
Does Joe Biden know what ‘super-wealthy’ Americans pay in tax?
Joe Biden, ice cream in hand as so often, yesterday pronounced on Liz Truss’s tax reform disaster. ‘I wasn’t the…
Who voted for Jeremy Hunt to run Britain?
Jeremy Hunt has no mandate to lead Britain. He couldn’t muster sufficient Tory MPs behind him to properly enter the…
Elon Musk should kill Twitter for good
Nothing would be better than for Elon Musk to buy Twitter and then kill it. Take it offline. Delete it.…
A history lesson for Donald Trump
I take a page from history. On Thursday, the Committee (you know which one) voted 9-0 to subpoena the former…
The plot to put Rishi Sunak in No. 10
When Rishi Sunak resigned over Boris Johnson’s leadership, he acknowledged that it might be the end of his political career.…
The misconception about Putin's big red nuclear button
There is a common misconception that the leaders of nuclear states have a ‘red button’ that can unleash Armageddon. As…
What if Jeremy Hunt's rebooted centrism doesn't calm the markets?
He will control spending, reverse the few remaining tax cuts that are still in the works, and bring in every…
Jeremy Hunt thought he was being pranked
When Jeremy Hunt received a message early yesterday morning from a ‘Liz Truss’ wanting to talk to him, he assumed…
The Chancellor could take the tax burden even higher
This morning on the media round, Jeremy Hunt followed in the footsteps of Tory chancellors before him warning about the…
We’re in dark days for market liberalism
If there is anything that the swift overturning of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s purported free market revolution has taught us,…
Why Liz Truss failed
The markets did not crash yesterday, so there was not a Black Friday in the way some had envisaged. But…
Jeremy Hunt: there are 'very difficult decisions' ahead
Liz Truss made two big moves on Friday in a bid to calm the markets and save her premiership. The…
Why boys fall behind
What do you know about Finland? That it is the happiest nation on earth? Correct. That the school system is…
Emmanuel Macron is facing a perfect storm
Contrary to popular myth, on the English side of the Channel, at least, the French can queue. Across the country…
‘In Russia, there’s just emptiness': An interview with a Putin draft dodger
Thousands of Russians are fleeing from Putin’s forced mobilisation. To escape from a call-up – and probable death sentence –…
