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…
Shrinking pizzas and pies isn’t the way to tackle obesity
From 30 March next year, of course, we will no longer be subject to all those silly EU laws on…
The gay cake row verdict is a victory for common sense – finally
I imagine that Daniel and Amy McArthur, owners of Ashers bakery in Northern Ireland, may well want to celebrate their…
Good news: we now have until 2030 to save the earth
Phew! The dangers of global warming are receding. Admittedly that is not how most news sources are reporting the publication…
Unilever’s U-turn is another blow to Project Fear
How funny. Remember how, when Unilever announced back in March that it had decided to move its headquarters from London…
Why is the BBC blaming falling car sales on Brexit?
Congratulations once again to the BBC’s anti-Brexit propaganda unit, for its news website headline this morning: “Car sales plunge as…
What the rise of the middle class reveals about the global poverty myth
According to a Vienna-based think tank, the World Data Lab, a remarkable milestone was reached this week – for the…
Why didn’t the Tories back down over civil partnerships earlier?
Much as I deplore the integration of the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law there are some battles…
Why Trump’s new trade deal shouldn’t be a surprise
The news that the US, Canada and Mexico have agreed a new trade deal, USMCA, may have caused a little…
The problem with the Brexit migration report
Farming out the development of post-Brexit UK migration policy to a professor from the LSE was a political masterstroke by…
Naz Shah needs to make up her mind about abortion
There are a couple of things I just don’t get. Maybe someone of liberal mind can explain them. Didn’t equalities…
Why should we listen to the IMF’s Brexit warning?
Why are we so addicted to economic forecasts? We’ll know they are going to turn out to be wrong because…
Why GDP growth has nothing to do with the World Cup or the warm weather
We don’t hear much of the phrase ‘despite Brexit’ any more – it is just a little too obvious. Instead,…
Donald Trump’s WTO threat shows he is becoming predictable
The obvious reaction to Donald Trump’s threat to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is that it…
Hugo Chavez is as much to blame for Venezuela’s woes as Nicolas Maduro
Hugo Chavez’s apologists are at it again. Venezuela’s little local economic difficulties are nothing to do with him, you’ll understand.…
The government’s no-deal Brexit plans aren’t scary enough to satisfy Remainers
The government was always onto a loser whether or not it published the 24 technical notices laying out what would…
The England team is no place for Ben Stokes
I had never heard of Sam Curran when I took my seat at Edgbaston a couple of weeks ago. Four…
Falling unemployment marks another black day for Project Fear
It is another black day for Project Fear. The latest employment figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show…
The Roundup case exposes the hypocrisy of the green lobby
I am a bit confused: are scientists supposed to be the folk heroes of environmental activists or not? When the…
The UK economy is now growing faster than the Eurozone. Isn’t this good news?
Maybe I should really give it a few more hours, but I can’t help noticing the lack of headlines this…
Britain needs a party for the ‘gammon’ vote
News comes this morning, after much speculation, of an organised attempt to create a new British political party, called United…
Another £43bn for HS2? How about some austerity instead
There is a big glaring problem for anyone trying to accuse the government of ‘austerity’ – a charge that is…
The interest rate rise is better late than never
When interest rates were lowered to an ‘emergency’ level of 0.5 per cent in 2009, the market consensus was that…
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