What does the IMF want from the UK economy?
Just what is a UK government supposed to do to keep the IMF happy? This morning it has issued a…
Could Britain cope without Taiwanese microchips?
So now we know what Britain’s great green economy looks like. First, the good news: construction of electric cars in…
It’s no surprise Britain’s manufacturers are struggling
Every month, we are bombarded with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), the main inflation measure. It is currently running at…
The retirement age should be 70
Remember the Waspi women, who used to leap up and down outside Tory conferences for the right to continue to…
The unhinged environmentalism of Al Gore
Lucky old Americans. They only had to put up with one fruitcake as president, in Donald Trump. It could have…
The strikes have lost their power
How strikes lost their bite
Food price inflation hits 16.8 per cent
Oil prices are down, wholesale gas prices are down, so why isn’t inflation falling a lot faster than it is?…
Do we truly know the cost of net zero?
Just why is Chris Skidmore’s review into the government’s target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 called an…
Could Britain avoid recession altogether?
The idea that we face a certain recession has been drummed into our heads for months. The Bank of England…
How likely is a global recession this year?
The best thing that can be said about global economic growth prospects for 2023 is that no-one is expecting very…
Putin has failed to bring Europe to its knees
Unforeseen events which provoke global crises – such as Covid — have come to be known as ‘black swans’. By…
Is global warming behind America’s snowstorms?
Is there any weather condition which cannot be blamed on anthropogenic global warming (AGW)? No, it seems, judging by the reaction…
How Britain’s economy might bounce back in 2023
Whatever happened to the economic boom that was supposed to follow the Covid pandemic? The 2020s, some argued, would be…
Britain’s worrying industrial decline
Economic growth is the third quarter was known to be depressed, but the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has this…
Could 30,000 Britons really die of flu this winter?
Could flu really kill 30,000 people in Britain this year as our immune systems, rendered naïve after two years of…
The Bank of England’s interest hike shows the worst is to come
After a faltering start in its programme of rate rises, the Bank of England is catching up. Today’s half-point rise…
Inflation slows to 10.7% – and may have passed its peak
Has inflation peaked? The Consumer Prices Index fell to 10.7 per cent last month, down from 11.1 per cent in October.…
The fall of FTX is just the beginning of the crypto collapse
It will come as no comfort to those who have already lost fortunes, but it is remarkable how resilient the…
Oxford’s highwayman campaign against motorists
Oxford councillors are feeling rattled by opposition to their proposal to divide the city into six districts and to limit…
John Kerry gets an easy ride from the climate establishment
For climate campaigners, Donald Trump was the anti-Christ, pooh-poohing climate change and withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement.…
Striking railway workers can’t avoid reality for ever
Rail strikes on a couple of days when no trains would be running anyway might not seem the biggest inconvenience…
Prince William’s Earthshot prize won’t save the planet
I hate to pour cold water on the Prince of Wales’ big night out in Boston on Friday, where he…
Why is the US economy doing better than ours?
The US entered recession earlier than the UK and Europe, and suffered its inflation surge earlier too, so it was…
It’s time we stopped subsidising the railways
Rail travel has never been cheap, but should we really each be paying £500 a year even if we never…
Britain isn’t ready for onshore wind
Staging rebellions against their own government has become a way of life for many Tory MPs – but why choose…
