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Rishi Sunak’s Budget was a masterclass in delusion

NOW THAT the dust has settled and we can reflect on it calmly and in more detail we can see that Rishi Sunak’s recent Budget

November 10, 2021

Today's Thinking

After all the hypocrisy what would be a good outcome for COP26?

IN THE THEATRE of the absurd, in Glasgow, an extraordinary degree of self-congratulation and virtual signalling is on display with the great and good outdoing

November 4, 2021

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Vacuous ‘apple pie’ slogans don’t put food on the table

“I’ve got the guts to make this a high wage economy.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson WELL THAT IS MARVELLOUS. Put up the minimum wage, berate

October 11, 2021

Think Business

The price of lockdowns, not Brexit, is causing the shortages

IS A WINTER OF DISCONTENT really ahead? That’s what the usual suspects and doom-mongers are telling us – with smiles from left-leaning think tanks and

October 2, 2021

Today's Thinking

This is not what the country voted for

THERE ARE of course many different reasons why the British people voted against the siren advice of almost the entire Establishment to leave the EU

September 20, 2021

Today's Thinking

Higher taxes and central planning are a toxic recipe

THE GOVERNMENT is digging a hole. Yes, another one. The rising cost of care of the elderly is not a new issue. It has been

September 9, 2021

Think Politics

Will China overtake the US to dominate the world?

MUCH has been written about the symbolism of the fall of Kabul. The perception seems to be growing that a mediaeval army has overcome American

September 1, 2021

Today's Thinking

Inside China’s Silk Road glove is an iron fist

WAS PRESIDENT CLINTON right? He thought by enabling China to join the World Trade Organisation in 1999 they would cease their authoritarian ways and become

August 20, 2021

Today's Thinking

How pro-Britain supporters can avoid becoming over-confident Remainers

THREE significant things have happened recently for those interested in preserving the integrity of the United Kingdom. Firstly, Nicola Sturgeon failed by a whisker to

August 10, 2021

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Covid Lockdowns? Now comes the price tag – £372bn and rising

THE NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE has estimated additional public spending directly attributable to Covid-19 to May 2021 to be a staggering £372bn. As we are now into

August 2, 2021

Think Business

Hard economic reality: How might the Bank of England respond to inflation?

IN PART FIVE of this series (link here) I wrote about the growing inflationary risk fuelled primarily by a perfect storm of massive fiscal expansion

July 20, 2021

Think Business

No more Mr Nice Guy desperately needed on Furlough

RISHI SUNAK has been lauded generally by the media. Many ascribe him with an economic and fiscal sureness of hand which is hard to fathom.

July 5, 2021

Ewen Stewart

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Rishi Sunak’s Budget was a masterclass in delusion

After all the hypocrisy what would be a good outcome for COP26?

Vacuous ‘apple pie’ slogans don’t put food on the table

The price of lockdowns, not Brexit, is causing the shortages

This is not what the country voted for

Higher taxes and central planning are a toxic recipe

Will China overtake the US to dominate the world?

Inside China’s Silk Road glove is an iron fist

How pro-Britain supporters can avoid becoming over-confident Remainers

Covid Lockdowns? Now comes the price tag – £372bn and rising

Hard economic reality: How might the Bank of England respond to inflation?

No more Mr Nice Guy desperately needed on Furlough

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