The housing crash that never was
So is that the end of the property ‘crash’? Nationwide reported this week that its house price index was up…
Rugby isn’t child abuse. But it is dangerous
Why is no one only slightly wrong any more? We don’t say or do things that are foolish or ill-thought out…
No, Brexit checks won’t push up food prices
It is one of those occasions when you don’t need to wait for tomorrow’s newspapers to know what will be…
Rishi Sunak lacks the courage to take on the rail unions
So, what was the point of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act? What is happening today and for the rest of…
Do French farmers really have it so bad?
What a shame we are not still in the single market, seamlessly exporting our lamb and whisky so it can…
Why is Britain acting like a mini-EU?
The collapse of talks to renew a trade deal between Britain and Canada is a reminder that there is nothing…
The Covid Inquiry is finally hearing some enlightening evidence
The Scottish leg of the Covid-19 inquiry has, like the hearings in London, become bogged down in matters such as…
Hinkley C and the rising cost of net zero
Should we be bothered that Hinckley C nuclear power station has run even further over budget (the latest estimate is…
The madness of the Port Talbot closures
Hurrah! The UK is just about to reduce its carbon emissions by a further 1.5 per cent. As for Wales,…
Are kids starting to see through the climate cult?
Should it really be any surprise that not all teenagers are on the same page as Greta Thunberg? According to…
Is Germany the sick man of Europe?
There must be a slight flaw in the IMF’s crystal ball, causing the future prospects for the German economy to…
eBay side-hustlers deserve to get taxed
There will be people outraged by the latest initiative of HMRC: to demand that the likes of Airbnb, eBay, and…
House prices aren’t falling any time soon
Economic forecasts rarely survive far into the New Year. Just look at last year’s prophecy by the IMF that the…
Fact check: the truth about the asylum backlog
When is a backlog in asylum applications not a backlog? When it is made up of ‘complex cases’ and of…
Why is it so hard to leave the country?
This should have been the year when we could finally put Covid behind us and return to normal. But as far…
What James Daly’s parenting jibe says about the Tories
I am guessing that Tory MP James Daly has given up trying to defend his majority of 105 in Bury…
The Conservatives are indulging in fantasy economics
Finally it seems to be dawning on many Conservative MPs that abolishing – or seriously cutting – inheritance tax at…
The foul truth about wood-burners
My first instinct is to rush to the attack against any think tank which calls for stuff to be banned.…
Is Britain heading for a recession after all?
Are we going to end 2023 with a recession after all? The great non-arriving recession of 2023 has so far…
Are Red Sea ship attacks the start of a crisis for the global economy?
Covid provided a revelation of the vulnerabilities of the global supply chain, but now war in Yemen has provided another.…
Is the cost of living crisis over?
This morning’s inflation figures are good news. The fall in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) to 3.9 per cent, from…
A Trump presidency could be good for Britain
Donald Trump may be offensive in many ways. He may have defiled his office during his previous stint as president…
Cop’s pledge to move away from fossil fuels is a farce
So, a deal has been reached. The world has agreed on what Cop 28 president Sultan al-Jaber has called a…
Does a fifth of the population think we should still be in lockdown?
That shutting people away in their homes for weeks on end was going to have a bad effect on mental…
