Britain/UK

The man behind the Boriswave

One bad idea led to both the 2022 inflation spike and the immigration surge now known as the Boriswave. But who will get the blame for what happened?

Only a recession can save Starmer now

Prepare for the “bad news is good news” paradigm. Investors hoping for another high from the stock market need a recession to give them a shot in the arm.

We’re all Keynesians now and again

Politicians are back to spending like drunken sailors. The US, Germany, Japan, France and UK have growing deficits when bond markets are already wobbling.

Who can scare the UK back into austerity?

What would your family finances look like if they were run as a democracy? No doubt you’d enjoy trips to Disneyland and hot air ballooning...for a while. But at some point, there would be a reckoning.

Lions and donkey fields

The only thing more Tory than unpaid property tax on a third home is a donkey field held in trust for your parents to reduce inheritance tax.

We’re the stagflation nation, again

The UK is stuck in stagflation yet again. High inflation, no economic growth, rising unemployment and slowing wage growth. A toxic combination.

What if the bond market is pricing in Reform, not Labour?

Government bond markets around the world are wobbling. The world is blaming government policies. But what if bonds are pricing in the next election?

How to escape the failure of the welfare state

All around the world, politicians are realising that they can’t afford welfare programs. But none have the courage to cut anything. So, what happens next?

How the Chancellor will try to escape debtors’ prison

It doesn’t matter who is in government, what their ideology is or what they promise during the election. When the money runs out, it’s a matter of maths.

Labour is behaving like a broke sugar daddy

Socialism is running out of other people’s money at last. But what happens to a democracy that cannot throw around taxpayer’s cash? People lose faith in it.

Project Exodus has begun

In today’s Issue: • Will the last taxpayer in Britain turn out the light? • Higher taxes will only make things worse • Japan’s non-dom…