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Labour’s nonsense about the cost of the state

Matthew Lynn 3 December 2019 16:24

Less than the cost of a Spotify subscription. Less than Netflix charges you every month. True, you might not be…

London’s Uber ban leaves us all worse off

Matthew Lynn 25 November 2019 12:26

It is unregulated, arrogant, unsafe and has destroyed the livelihood of the traditional black cabs. Ever since it was launched,…

Chaos and capital controls: the first 100 days of PM Corbyn

Matthew Lynn 23 November 2019 7:00

The morning of 13 December. A series of salacious revelations about his private life have sunk Boris Johnson’s campaign. A…

A British Broadband Corporation is Labour’s worst idea yet

Matthew Lynn 15 November 2019 12:04

If you wanted to completely destroy a modern twenty-first century economy there are various places you could start. You could…

Today is the day that Project Fear died

Matthew Lynn 11 November 2019 12:43

We were about to crash out of the EU without a deal. The political system was in deadlock. Businesses were…

The Lib Dems’ £50bn ‘Remain bonus’ is nonsense

Matthew Lynn 5 November 2019 13:09

The schools will all get new books. The hospitals will all be rebuilt. Long-suffering public sector workers will finally get…

Could ‘catastrophe Christine’ crash the euro?

Matthew Lynn 1 November 2019 12:16

As president Sarkozy’s finance minister, Christine Lagarde ran up one of France’s largest ever budget deficits and moved so slowly…

It’s time for economists to stop forecasting Brexit

Matthew Lynn 30 October 2019 16:25

The uncertainty will be lifted. Businesses will know where they stand. Our politics can return to something approaching normality, and…

Five reasons why the Brexit extension is bad news

Matthew Lynn 28 October 2019 14:28

Some fiddly amendments from Sir Oliver Letwin that no one quite understands. A legal action against someone or other from…

Pizza Express’s collapse would be no great loss

Matthew Lynn 9 October 2019 13:04

It was where we went on our first date. It was where we took our kids for meals out. And…

Here’s the flaw in the Boris hedge fund conspiracy theory

Matthew Lynn 30 September 2019 15:21

It is one of the most diabolical plots of all time, a conspiracy so vast, so deep, and so wicked…

Brexit is already changing the British economy – for the better

Matthew Lynn 11 September 2019 12:16

The government has lost its majority. The constitution has fallen apart. The country no longer has any idea whether it…

Sajid Javid’s free-spending spending review

Matthew Lynn 4 September 2019 14:36

Close your eyes, and you could have been listening to Gordon Brown in his pomp. Seven billion for schools. Six…

Macron’s no-deal Brexit gamble could backfire

Matthew Lynn 23 August 2019 13:23

The ‘Non’ was not quite as frosty as it might have been. When Boris Johnson met up with France’s president…

Boris’s ‘boosterism’ isn’t complete nonsense

Matthew Lynn 31 July 2019 12:15

Lots and lots of optimism. Some can-do spirit. A dash of hope, a sprinkle of belief, some added willpower and…

Get ready for a ‘Boris bounce’

Matthew Lynn 25 July 2019 13:12

Global trade would collapse amid a tariff war. The dollar would be in free-fall as investors fled the chaos. The…

The billionaire space race is the new dash to the moon

Matthew Lynn 20 July 2019 8:00

There will be exhibitions, television documentaries, and a gala concert organised by Nasa. Over the course of this weekend, the…

Is the OBR right about a no-deal Brexit recession?

Matthew Lynn 18 July 2019 12:39

Sajid Javid. Liz Truss. Dominic Raab, or perhaps even his old City Hall colleague Kit Malthouse. There are plenty of…

Is ‘because of Brexit’ the new ‘despite Brexit’?

Matthew Lynn 16 July 2019 14:55

Unemployment is at record lows. Wages are rising at the fastest rate in a decade. The gender gap is evaporating,…

Meet the car boss who has finally realised the truth about no deal

Matthew Lynn 11 July 2019 16:40

Most of us probably decided Aston Martin was by far the coolest car company in the world the first time…

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