Newsroom
The wisdom of David Cameron
Of all the people in the world, former British Prime Minister David Cameron is probably the last person anyone wants to listen to on Brexit. But there is no person better qualified to give advice now.
British politics
Newsroom
The worst job in global politics
There are no certainties around Brexit at this stage, except for this one. Once Britain has formally left the EU under whatever circumstances, May’s time will be up. She will be driven off the stage, despised by leavers, remainers and everyone in between.
Insights
Brexit shootout
As the Brexit negotiations move towards extra time, it takes a team captain with better oversight, strategy and nerves than Theresa May.
National Business Review
How freedom was lost in Brexit
For those people who campaigned for Brexit in the hope that it would yield a more liberal, more free market Britain, Theresa May’s repositioning of the Tory party is a huge disappointment.
Insights
Brexit: Keep calm and carry on
There is no need to panic over Brexit.
Insights
Brexit is a question of liberty
The referendum’s real question is whether in its current state the EU is a club that freedom-loving democrats happily want to belong to. Next week we will find out the answer.
National Business Review
Brexit’s history lessons
A British withdrawal from the emerging EU superstate would be a strong move toward a more competitive Europe. It would be a Europe returning to the strengths of its diversity. Even if Niall Ferguson does not agree.
National Business Review
The great British sugar scam
Britain’s sugar tax is pure political circus. It is a sweet distraction from the more pressing, serious and important issues of government. And it won’t work.
Business Spectator
Cameron’s gamble could destroy his premiership — and the EU
The coming months until the June referendum will be a crucial time for Britain and Europe. Neither of which will be the same any more irrespective of the result.
Business Spectator
Britain’s localist revolution
George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered nothing short of a revolution to the way that Britain is governed. A radical devolution of power and money from central government in London to the cities of the UK has begun.