Donald Trump is impeached again – now what?
Today Donald Trump became the first president in United States history to be impeached twice. He was first impeached in…
Trump’s social media ban sets a dangerous precedent
Facebook and Twitter’s decision to suspend Donald Trump is, legally speaking, fairly clear-cut. Both are private companies which set the…
Wealth taxes are not the answer to our financial woes
Today the Wealth Tax Commission, an initiative involving the LSE, has recommended a ‘one-off’ 5 per cent levy on the…
Boris’s clash over masks
‘Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government programme,’ the free market economist Milton Friedman famously noted. So just how…
Denmark is creating a roadmap for mandatory vaccination
Could British residents be forced to have a Covid-19 vaccine? Yesterday Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to rule out mandatory…
Britain's economy has been bouncing back – but there's a major caveat
Britain’s economy rebounded by a record 15.5 per cent between July and September, reflecting the relaxation of lockdown measures and increased consumer…
Joe Biden wins the election
Four days after a (much closer than predicted) election, American networks have called the race for Joe Biden, who has secured more…
The Trump riddle is still unsolved
American expats have a conundrum on election night: do you stay up to watch the results come in or do…
Trump doubles down on unfounded election claims
Tensions over the election outcome are escalating in the United States, as President Donald Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. Nearly…
The good and bad news for Trump about the US economy
With voting day finally here, what can the state of the US economy tell us about tonight’s result? While the United…
Backsliding on a lockdown end-date has begun already
Will England’s lockdown end on 2 December? Even before this morning’s media round there was good reason to suspect it…
Europe’s long Covid: things aren’t getting better any time soon
Are we looking at a W-shaped recovery?
Why this lifelong Republican has to vote for Biden
Why I’m voting for Biden
How new Covid restrictions are stalling the economy
The theory behind a V-shaped recovery relied on the assumption that the economy would open up almost as quickly as…
Kamala Harris forgot who she was debating
Perhaps Senator Kamala Harris would have performed better last night if she had remembered who she was debating. It was…
Sunak warns of hardship
When Rishi Sunak was appointed Chancellor in February, he must never have imagined that his first address to the Conservative…
Will the economy recover enough to help Trump win?
It’s rather difficult to dissect or analyze policy areas from last night’s horrendous debate. But Freddy Gray and I attempt…
Rishi Sunak prepares UK economy for 'permanent adjustment'
The UK economy is no longer hibernating; it is ‘adjusting’. Today’s measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak are designed to…
The vaccine goalposts have shifted
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock provided a vaccine update this morning London time, reporting that the chances of the Oxford…
Will the next U-turn be on face masks at work?
There’s a new trend emerging when it comes to Covid-19 policy: where Scotland leads, England follows. In recent weeks, decisions…
Public Health England scrapped over handling of Covid crisis
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to scrap Public Health England (PHE), according to the Sunday Telegraph – the body that was…
In the race to recovery, Britain is losing
Britain is losing the race to recovery
Has Sweden been vindicated?
Sweden has released growth figures for the second quarter – a contraction of 8.6 per cent – and two narratives…
No, Trump can’t delay the election
While cries of ‘authoritarian dictator’ have been lobbied at the President by America’s progressives over the past three and a…
The Prime Minister's plan for ‘significant normality’
Normally Fridays are spent thinking about how to unwind from work. Today though Boris Johnson announced changes to government guidance…
