Is business really that bothered by the prospect of May’s departure?
The world of business is, apparently, appalled by the actions of the 48 or more Conservative MPs who have triggered…
May’s delay has made a leadership challenge more likely
How painfully clear it is what happens next. Theresa May returns from her European travels with some kind of non…
The ECJ Brexit ruling hands power back to Britain
The “People’s Vote” is celebrating the judgement by the European Court of Justice that Britain could unilaterally revoke Article 50…
The ‘People’s Vote’ campaign’s latest struggle with the truth
Given how Remainers have lost no opportunity to accuse the official Leave campaign of telling porkies about how much money…
Are we heading for a recession? If so, don’t just blame Brexit
So will those Remainers seemingly hoping for a Brexit-related recession get what they want after all? This morning Purchasing Managers’…
The Article 50 ruling is good news for Remainers – and hard Brexiteers
How Remainers are feasting on the ruling (although not final judgement) from the European Court of Justice suggesting that Britain…
The real railway rip-off isn’t the soaring cost of season tickets
I don’t know how the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Dr Andrea Coscelli, gets to work,…
Philip Hammond has exposed the problem with the Treasury’s Brexit forecast
It is the decimal point which really gets me. If we have a ‘no deal’ Brexit, according to Treasury forecasters,…
How Macron became the modern day Marie Antoinette
Imagine if David Cameron, at the height of the riots in August 2011, had abandoned London to embark on a…
The Brexit political declaration confirms we are heading to a blind Brexit
With the leak of a 26-page political declaration this morning – an enhanced version of last week’s briefer document –…
Extinction Rebellion is a wannabe Marxist revolution in disguise
Anyone trying to get about London over the past few days may have come across the activities of a group…
Why do we care what the CBI thinks about May’s Brexit deal?
Big UK business is often guilty of short-termism and the CBI’s response to Theresa May’s draft withdrawal proposal is no…
Only a ‘people’s vote’ can save the Tories now
Brexit is, as we know, the most important issue facing the government and the country. Except it isn’t. For the…
Donald Trump isn’t wrong about the California wildfires
Another day, another case of Donald Trump ignorantly tweeting from the hip. Or maybe not quite so much. On Saturday,…
The conundrum of Britain’s continued growth
The conundrum of economic growth continues. The withdrawal process from the EU is, even by the admission of the most…
Why shouldn’t I be able to identify as a younger man?
Just when you thought identity politics couldn’t get any more confusing, along comes along Emile Ratelband. Mr Ratelband, who is…
Did the Lib Dems sell data to the Remain campaign?
The rearguard Remain lobby, which has far from given up on its ambition to reverse the Brexit vote, has put…
The good news about the developing world you probably haven’t heard
The world’s poor are, as we know, suffering under the yoke of capitalism, getting ever poorer as we rich grab…
Have the Labour moderates forgotten how elections are won?
Labour, as we know, is a party which has fallen into the hands of a dreamy left-wing idealist who is…
The simple solution to the V&A’s Brexit fears
Now it is London museums bleating about Brexit. A memo from the V&A released under Freedom of Information laws, warns…
Hammond may regret breaking his promise to eliminate the deficit
As Nick Clegg, George HW Bush and many other politicians have proved to their cost, manifesto promises matter. How damaging,…
Why James Dyson isn’t a hypocrite for manufacturing in Singapore
Remainers’ first response to the news that James Dyson will build his new electric car in Singapore was to accuse…
Is William Hague to blame for the Tories’ troubles?
If Britain crashes out of the EU with no deal and the Conservatives plunge to a defeat against Labour in…
Philip Hammond must not use rising wages as an excuse for hiking taxes
In two weeks’ time, Philip Hammond is expected to declare an ‘end to austerity’. Today’s figures on wage growth are…
The return of fracking is a victory for common sense
Now that fracking has resumed in Lancashire after a seven year hiatus, the green lobby which sought to frustrate it…
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