Is the EU sacrificing net zero to protect its electric car industry?
They are too expensive. There are not enough of them on the market. It’s too much hassle to charge them.…
Why is the EU forcing Apple to change its charger?
When the iPhone 15 is unveiled later today it will no doubt come with an array of flashy tweaks and…
It’s time to get on with the Indian trade deal
The trade secretary Kemi Badenoch will be in India this week for a meeting of G20 trade ministers. The Prime…
Working from home is the new British disease
Over mighty trade unions. Short-termist management that prioritises profits over investment. And an education system that doesn’t produce enough scientists…
Sunak can’t blame landlords for not stopping illegal immigration
Small companies will face massive fines for not checking the papers of everyone they hire. Landlords will be put out…
Britain’s growing army of pensioners should be delivering pizza
Over-50s could deliver pizza. They could try their hand at Uber driving. Or they could put in the occasional shift…
Why the CEO of Coutts had to go
In the end, the only real surprise was that it took so long. The chief executive of NatWest, Dame Alison…
NatWest needs radical change after the Farage scandal
There are probably worse things a senior banker could do. Taking all the money and running off to the Bahamas,…
Elon Musk has launched X to kill Twitter
It will trash the brand. It will alienate its core users. And relaunching and rebranding a failing business almost never…
Britain should place a big bet on the petrol engine
Ministers should be hailing it as a major vote of confidence in the economy. King Charles should be clearing his…
Jeremy Hunt’s City reforms are far too timid
There will be some tweaks to the way that pension funds are allowed to invest their money. There will be…
Will Threads tame Elon Musk’s Twitter?
We will need tighter regulation. We will need new laws and controls. And we will have to organise boycotts of…
Labour must resist jumping on the mortgage bail-out bandwagon
Millions of potential voters in marginal constituencies face punishing rises in their mortgage repayments over the coming months and years.…
Rishinomics isn’t working
Tax rises would bring debts under control. The Bank of England would bring inflation back down again. The government would…
Keir Starmer is clueless about energy security
It will create lots of well-paid jobs, especially in Scotland. It will reduce our electricity bills. And it will make…
Is France finally changing its tune on Brexit?
The waiters can sometimes be a little surly. That holiday villa you booked in the Loire may not always be…
Sunak has hitched a ride on Biden’s climate gravy train
Sometimes it helps to have a banker as Prime Minister. They have plenty of faults. They can be dry, calculating,…
Britain should get out of the electric vehicle business
A frantic round of last-minute lobbying is already underway. Officials are trying to stitch together a deal. And the Prime…
Will the Fed torpedo Joe Biden’s re-election?
Hollywood will be backing him en masse. The major newspapers will be rooting to put him back in the White…
The UK’s treatment of Activision shows it is closed for business
It was, admittedly, not quite as thrilling as an action sequence from Call of Duty. Even so, the statement put…
London’s stock market risks sinking into irrelevance
The chip maker ARM decided against listing its shares in London, despite plenty of arm twisting from the government. The…
The CBI has outlived any useful purpose
The director-general has been forced to stand down amid allegations of misconduct. There are allegations against others inside the organisation of harassment…
Deutsche Bank’s collapse would be a threat to the whole eurozone
It could be next month. It might be next week. Or it might well happen over the weekend. But today’s…
Rishi Sunak was wrong to publish his tax returns
He has plenty of money. He earns a substantial amount from his investments. And he gets a City firm to…
What can save Credit Suisse now?
It would be enough to buy Tesco twice over. Or Barclays, with almost enough change left over to buy Lloyds…
