You almost have to admire George Osborne’s cool. As the global economy melts around us, he has been pictured on, of all things, a roller coaster. If George is feeling queasy, you can’t tel... Read More
At the weekend I celebrated my 46th birthday but please don’t wish me any belated happy returns. Like many of you reading this I never imagined, looking into my future as a child, that the time... Read More
One of the more original theories advanced by the Office for National Statistics yesterday to explain Britain’s indifferent economic growth is the Olympic effect. It seems that we stagnated because ... Read More
There is no doubt that the Norwegian massacre is a truly dreadful story of the kind bound to dominate the headlines. Nor is there any doubt that all decent people would want to express their sympathy... Read More
Chris Huhne tends to reach reflexively for Nazi metaphors when confronted with dissenting opinions. When the Conservatives left the EPP, he asserted that William Hague had been “touring the beer cel... Read More
The advocates of an ever closer union leading to the European Empire have won the day again. Put aside the arguments about whether yet another Greek bailout will be enough to calm the markets. There w... Read More
So the battle begins. Yesterday’s euro deal sets the stage for a spectacular ding dong both inside the Coalition and potentially within the Tory party. George Osborne’s announcement yester... Read More
Many of the biggest losers from the Wall Street Crash were not those greedy speculators who bought at the very top of the market. There was also a category of investor who recognised that stocks had b... Read More
Events move on in the Murdoch saga so quickly that is hard to keep up to date. There is also the risk that because of its drama it obscures other important events, such as those in Libya, Tunisia an... Read More
The “Greek tragedy” metaphor has proved irresistible to columnists, but what is taking place in Athens owes less to Sophocles than to Ionesco. No one seriously thinks that the measures adopted by ... Read More
