The EU's Brexit bill doesn't add up
A dozen hospitals. A hundred million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and a lot more of the Oxford one. Or…
Branson vs Bezos: In praise of the billionaire space race
They are rich boys with some very expensive toys. As Richard Branson completes his first space flight, it would be…
Why has the EU let German car manufacturers off the hook?
Two billion? Five billion? Perhaps ten billion to make it a nice round number? For colluding on diesel emissions you…
Labour’s disastrous switch to economic nationalism
The government will ‘Buy British’ whenever possible. A new law would force every public body to publish the percentage of…
Has the Bank of England just blown its chance to stop inflation?
The economy is growing at a blistering pace, and likely to recover all its Covid losses by the autumn. Labour…
Is lockdown’s tech bubble about to burst?
The tech industry is braced for the post-pandemic blues
The EU's debt bondage expansion
In the global market for government debt, worth an estimated $92 trillion (£66 trillion), it amounts to little more than a…
We don't have to swap sovereignty for trade
A new court will be established with powers over both countries. Labour and product laws will be harmonised. Flags with…
Two reasons why Andy Haldane is right to worry about inflation
Companies are facing critical shortages of staff. Commodity prices keep spiking upwards. Central banks are printing money on an unprecedented…
The German takeover of the EU is accelerating
Vetoes should no longer be allowed. Smaller countries should not be able to block the will of the ‘majority’. And…
Brexit Britain can capitalise on the breakdown in EU-Swiss talks
It is a leading player in finance, and it’s companies are giants in life sciences and consumer goods. There were…
France is paying a heavy price for Macron's vaccine catastrophe
The United States is growing at such a blistering pace the Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates. In…
Inflation is the biggest threat to Boris
The vaccines are rolling out. Lockdown is easing, the EU has been forgotten about, and the Labour party has returned…
Boris must stand up to farmers – and back the Australia trade deal
Farms will be devastated. The countryside will be ruined. And we will all be forced to eat weird food that…
Why the EU keeps losing against big tech
They shift revenues around. They create endless shadowy shell companies. And they undermine the social model by dodging taxes. To…
Merkel is right to reject Biden's vaccine patent plan
She handed the vaccine procurement process over to the European Union. She didn’t invest much in new production. And she…
Ireland’s low-tax miracle is over
Okay, in fairness it might be the weather. Or the craic in the bars. Or the rugged coastline, golf courses,…
Money to burn: shoppers, not the state, will lead our recovery
Consumers, not ministers, will lead the recovery
The UK’s vaccine roll-out has ended the Brexit debate
The country would remain implacably divided for a generation, with Remain and Leave replacing class and geography as the new…
The economic cost of the EU’s vaccine catastrophe
It didn’t order enough vaccines, spent too little money, dithered over authorisation and then lashed out at the companies making…
The next stage of the EU’s coronavirus meltdown
Debts would be shared. The strong would offer a helping hand to the weak. Money would be raised at incredibly…
Europe’s panic: the meltdown over vaccines
Europe’s vaccine meltdown
The EU's ugly vaccine nationalism
We have to rid the world of vaccine nationalism. No one is protected until we are all protected. And we…
Can the EU be trusted to introduce vaccine passports?
The contracts were badly drafted. The orders were late. Too few resources were made available for the scale of the…
Up Crash: why are markets soaring as the economy tanks?
The economy is tanking but stock markets are soaring. Why?
