Europe’s coronavirus rescue fund is dead on arrival
Just imagine what would happen if real money was at stake. Over the last four days, the leaders of the…
Apple has struck a blow against the EU's out-of-control federalists
A massively profitable American technology giant that pays small amounts of tax on vast profits, while massively over-charging for products that quickly…
Britain's GDP figures are dreadful but Sunak must still hold his nerve
A five hundred quid shopping voucher for everyone. Five per cent off VAT across the board. Maybe suspending income tax…
The EU's new bond isn't as solid as it seems
Its rescue fund will bail out the poorer states. It will fuel a rapid economic recovery. And perhaps most of…
Germany is picking up the tab for Brexit
The car workers would pay a heavy price. The City would be muscled out of crucial markets. The Treasury would…
Unilever has shattered the great Brexit myth
Goldman Sachs is still operating out of London. Airbus is still making wings in Broughton, even if the order book…
Britain should demand a level playing field from the EU
It will receive €9 billion (£8 billion) in free money from the government. It will be protected from any threat…
How Macron gamed the EU Covid fund
There are not that many advantages to electing a former investment banker as president. They are often aloof. They don’t…
Britain should break the taboo on 'challenge vaccines'
So far, so good: the Oxford university trials on a potential vaccine for Covid-19 is reported to be going well.…
A German court has plunged the eurozone into fresh crisis
An epidemic has been raging across the continent. The economy is in lockdown, and GDP is in freefall. But, hey,…
It's no bad thing that the airline industry will never be the same again
British Airways is laying off 12,000 staff. Virgin Atlantic is desperately looking for a buyer. Air France-KLM is being bailed…
Macron talks grandly about Europe – and then cuts a deal with Germany
Emmanuel Macron is, for all his carefully polished image as a radical moderniser (and with the possible exception of not…
Coronavirus has again exposed the euro’s fatal flaw
Rising death rates. Economies closing down. People forced to stay at home. The coronavirus is a health, social and economic…
Rishi Sunak’s wartime economy
At least no one can say it isn’t bold. The United States is fiddling around with some possible cuts to…
Tory taboos must be broken in the fight against coronavirus
A £330 billion package of loans to business. A huge tax break to any company in the hospitality or leisure…
Three ways to stop a coronavirus recession
Supply chains are shutting down. Factories and offices are closing. Flights are being cancelled, conferences postponed and football and rugby…
Boris’s eco plans will end in tears
At least no one will be able to accuse it of not caring about the environment. The government has just…
Chaos and capital controls: the first 100 days of PM Corbyn
The morning of 13 December. A series of salacious revelations about his private life have sunk Boris Johnson’s campaign. A…
The Lib Dems’ £50bn ‘Remain bonus’ is nonsense
The schools will all get new books. The hospitals will all be rebuilt. Long-suffering public sector workers will finally get…
Brexit grifters are making a killing selling useless advice
Over the past three years, as we have torturously debated our departure from the European Union, we have heard a…
Boris-onomics is what Britain needs
A few jokes. A sprinkling of tax cuts. A few more jokes. A couple of flashy new buildings. And then…
Who decided that keeping money in ‘paradise’ is a crime? We should all thank havens
Maybe we should blame John Grisham. In his breakthrough best-seller The Firm, the young lawyer Mitch, played by Tom Cruise…
The madness of price caps
Better access to education. Tax cuts for anyone in the struggling middle. More affordable homes, and more money for the…
The real Brexit risk
At the Westfield shopping centre in east London, the queues started at 2 a.m. on Christmas night. In Wrexham, people started…
All the signs point to a new recession – a worse one
All the signs have been pointing to a new recession – and we’re much less equipped to weather it than last time
