Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Greece’s former finance minister has warned that the austerity programme imposed by Europe will be the ‘greatest disaster ever’ […]
Economics / Politics
Why the Tories should take Miliband’s attack on business seriously
Published by CapX (5th June, 2015) It is still less than one month since that astonishing election result, but already the idea of Ed Miliband as prime minister […]
Arts / Economics / Film / Technology
Britain is winning the star wars
Published by CapX (7th May, 2015) What more could a chancellor have wanted on the eve of an election? No wonder George Osborne looked so pleased when he […]
Economics / Politics
Are the Tories just defending crony capitalism?
Published by The Guardian (10th February, 2015) The embryonic general election campaign has been dominated by big business and its hostility to Labour. Attacks from former friends and […]
Economics
Globalisation is good. Ask a carmaker
Published by The Guardian (3rd February, 2015) The resurgence of the British motor industry is among the most remarkable economic stories of recent times. It boomed after the […]
Economics / Health / Policy
We must tax sugar before Britain eats itself to death
Published by The Daily Mail (19th September, 2014) Mr Cube played a big role in my childhood. Not only did he help fund my schooling and summer holidays, […]
Economics / Film / Technology
Goodbye Hollywood, hello Watford
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th July, 2014) There was a sprinkling of rain as 250 specially invited guests arrived for the party in the courtyard of […]
Economics / Immigration / Policy
Don’t blame foreign players for England’s early exit
Published by The Independent on Sunday (22nd June, 2014) So, we must suffer for another four years: the World Cup is not coming home to the nation that […]
Economics
A vote of confidence in Britain
Published by The Guardian (13th May, 2014) There is something repellent about the likes of James Stunt, who married billionaire Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter and drives around London with his security […]
Economics / Housing / Policy / Technology
Why battle to save sickly shops on the high street when we need homes?
Published in The Guardian (17th January, 2014) It has become a January ritual: the nation’s retailers reporting one after another how they performed over the crucial Christmas period. […]
Aid / Economics
Bill Gates preaches the aid gospel, but is he just a hypocrite?
Published in The Guardian (January 6th, 2014) He made his name as a sharp-elbowed businessman who rode the technology revolution with such style. But these days he is […]