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Five years on from the tsunami of the Lehman’s default and subsequent recession it’s probably a good moment to assess the relative merits o...

Since 2009 the UK has been in a liquidity trap, where depressed consumer spending has contributed to an overall shortage in demand.  This de...

The last few days of summer traditionally bring us some warm weather before the autumn gales roll in off the Atlantic Ocean, and this year i...

Although we are only 65% of the way through the duration of this government’s ‘fixed term’ it’s probably a good time assess the achievements...

The doomsayers in the British media, having been unable to call the timing of the recovery in the UK, are venting their frustration on the t...

Five years ago today Lehman Brothers the Wall Street Investment Bank went bust and for a few days the world held its breath to see what othe...

All great rivalries are dependent on time to reach maturity, conflict in repetition is addictive, the history adds to the fame and to the pa...

No one else will say it, so I will!  The UK is in the grip of a full economic recovery, this recovery does not look fragile, nor unbalanced,...

I have been a trenchant opponent of multi-national corporations who see no need to pay UK corporation tax mainly because this behaviour is a...

In the macho world of global politics appeasement is the dirtiest of all words.  Failure to stand-up to the bully, whether in the play-grou...