Nickolai Hubble

Net zero is for the birds

Governments around the world have committed to net zero. But what if they fail? Will we burn in a fiery hell of carbon damnation? Or…

Give up or go home? The ignominious fate of net zero…

It’s all a bit hush hush, for now. But I’m working on the most enticing project since joining Southbank Investment Research. And I’d like your…

Who’s ready for World War III?

Global forecaster David Murrin simply wasn’t interested in discussing his latest energy crisis predictions. Even if they’d just been vindicated, again. Instead, he kept on…

Who’s ready for World War III?

Global forecaster David Murrin simply wasn’t interested in discussing his latest energy crisis predictions. Even if they’d just been vindicated, again. Instead, he kept on…

Sturgeon’s resignation is Starmer’s election

The UK avoided recession at the end of 2022 thanks to a single action taken by Nigel Farage in the dead of winter. But what…

Sturgeon’s resignation is Starmer’s election

The UK avoided recession at the end of 2022 thanks to a single action taken by Nigel Farage in the dead of winter. But what…

Don’t worry about CBDCs: they won’t work anyway

Have you ever encountered a good or service provided by the government that actually worked properly? What does this bode for the government’s plans to…

Don’t worry about CBDCs: they won’t work anyway

Have you ever encountered a good or service provided by the government that actually worked properly? What does this bode for the government’s plans to…

It’s too late to cut taxes or hike taxes to save the UK

If cutting taxes causes an absolute meltdown in the bond market, bad enough to cost a chancellor and then a prime minister their jobs, and…

Investing is a game where the rules can be changed

My little sister is seven years younger, which made playing board games a very bad option when we were growing up. Every time I pulled…

Why would the British people be for CBDCs?

Now that the nature of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is dawning on the people who still bother to read or listen to the…

Jeremy Hunt and Andrew Bailey conceive a CBDC

It’s finally official. The UK government has plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC). But what does it mean? And what does it…

Jeremy Hunt and Andrew Bailey conceive a CBDC

It’s finally official. The UK government has plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC). But what does it mean? And what does it…

The boogie man of deflation is waiting under your bed already

Inflation is falling so fast around the world that some analysts are already warning about deflation. The idea is that central bankers are behaving like…

Welcome to The Green Games: don’t move, or you’ll be shot

What would you do to save the planet? What would you be willing to do to cut your carbon emissions to net zero? Those might…

The gods of interest rates are in for their second humiliation

Central bankers are omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. They have a limitless budget to control interest rates, and cannot go bust – so, they’re omnipotent. They…

Readers respond: is the energy crisis over?

You’ll have to forgive me for writing this a bit slowly today. As you would’ve heard in Friday’s video, my wisdom teeth came out on…

Our man in the gas market knew the truth in September…

Last week, Nigel Farage warned that our energy crisis may only be beginning. But this week, we hear from James Allen, our energy expert at…

Our man in the gas market knew the truth in September…

Last week, Nigel Farage warned that our energy crisis may only be beginning. But this week, we hear from James Allen, our energy expert at…

I’ve discovered the top-secret plan to write off our national debt

A few weeks ago, I discovered the government’s plan to write off the UK’s national debt. It’s based on a similar scheme used by the…