Ross Clark

Britain needs more honesty about unemployment

18 October 2022 4:30 pm

Is low unemployment causing us more problems than we realise? The suggestion might seem absurd, offensive even. It’s reminiscent of…

What's wrong with Shell sponsoring British Cycling?

12 October 2022 3:46 am

If I were boss of Shell I would be tempted to take the company overseas and live a quiet life.…

Truss is foolish to block Rees Mogg's energy saving campaign

7 October 2022 9:48 pm

When you have defined yourself against the nanny state and scorned the idea of limiting supermarket ‘two for one’ offers,…

Oil giants aren’t government cash cows

6 October 2022 10:30 pm

According to Labour, solving the energy crisis is really very simple. Rather than funding an energy price cap through borrowing, as…

Scrapping inheritance tax is a terrible idea

5 October 2022 1:10 am

There is no hole deep enough that a Conservative minister cannot muster the spadework to excavate it to even greater…

How to stop a blackout

3 October 2022 10:54 pm

Will the lights go out this winter? A letter from the energy regulator Ofgem reveals just how seriously it is taking…

The problem with nationalising energy

28 September 2022 5:52 am

Is nationalisation the vote-winner which Keir Starmer believes it to be? We will find out in due course, but my…

Can we trust the official employment figures?

13 September 2022 10:43 pm

In this week of mourning, much of the news which would normally get covered has sunk without trace. Even so,…

Tory ministers shouldn’t fall for these purity tests

7 September 2022 9:51 pm

Liz Truss’s ministers had not even got their feet beneath the cabinet table before they were treated to a barrage…

What Boris should do next

6 September 2022 5:25 pm

Just what do you do with the rest of your life if, aged 58, you have been prised out of…

Are the markets scared of Liz Truss?

6 September 2022 12:02 am

Look at the chart for interest rate expectations in isolation, and you might come to the conclusion that Rishi Sunak…

Putin’s closure of Nord Stream 1 has left Britain exposed

3 September 2022 6:19 pm

Few will be minded to believe Russia’s explanation for cutting off Nord Stream 1 pipeline – that it is a…

It’s time to kickstart North Sea oil

30 August 2022 9:00 pm

It is reported this morning that one of Liz Truss’s first acts as prime minister, assuming she wins the Conservative…

The four-day working week is a sham

27 August 2022 5:00 pm

The challenger bank sector has been such a graveyard in recent years that I don’t hold out much hope that…

Could Macron trigger British blackouts?

26 August 2022 7:55 pm

‘We are living the end of an era of abundance,’ according to Emmanuel Macron, ‘the end of the abundance of…

The problem with Biden's student debt plan

25 August 2022 6:02 am

In Europe it is handouts to help pay our energy bills – even for people who could easily afford to…

Are Russian sanctions working?

24 August 2022 8:19 pm

Soaring gas and electricity prices are giving us an idea of the cost of imposing sanctions on Russia – a…

What's to blame for the crash of the euro?

23 August 2022 10:52 pm

Since June 2016 we have settled into a pattern. Whenever the pound plunges, it is followed by cries of ‘I…

My holiday from the news

20 August 2022 9:00 am

My holiday from the news

What’s to blame for the surge in excess deaths?

19 August 2022 9:52 pm

From the beginning, the debate over lockdowns was skewed by the fact that Covid deaths were imminent – and any…

Is the housing bubble about to burst?

18 August 2022 8:51 pm

There are so many house indices that they can create confusion. Last week, the Halifax house price index showed a…

Tony Blair's Covid grift

17 August 2022 10:39 pm

Have we yet seen the end of Covid restrictions? It is tempting to think so. For many people, Covid and…

Can inflation be brought under control?

17 August 2022 6:16 pm

That today’s inflation figures would come as an immense shock to anyone who has returned from a year in the…

Why the City made a mistake in writing off coal

17 August 2022 5:31 pm

For anyone tempted to believe warnings from Mark Carney and other City figures about ‘stranded assets’ in the fossil fuel…

Water woes: who’s to blame for the shortages?

13 August 2022 9:00 am

Who’s to blame for the shortages?