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OpenAI’s $6.5 billion buy isn’t about a device. It’s about robots.

Everyone’s talking about OpenAI’s new device. But when I saw they paid $6.5 billion to bring Jony Ive’s design studio in-house, I didn’t see a gadget—I saw a robot. In this piece, I break down what I think OpenAI’s really building, why it could challenge Elon Musk’s Optimus, and how this new AI arms race might redefine everything from your tech portfolio to your home.

The North-South divide threatening European unity

: The North-South divide threating European unity

Each and every choice made by a central bank is an error

After our car blew up, we rented a Citroen van. All was well until a light flashed on, telling us to put in something called ‘AdBlue.’

Are we in a submarine energy war already?

Renewables are reliant on subsea cables transporting their electricity long distances. Didn’t Nord Stream’s sabotage expose that as a bad idea?

Spain to blame for Irish wine at an American wedding in France

In today’s issue: We came for a Rothschild wedding The Judgement of Paris backs colonial wine In business, war and marriage, there are no guarantees…

The security team got a visit from some old IRA guys

After a few words of introduction, Colm lit a cigarette and bent to put gasoline in his chainsaws. Your editor stepped back. But Colm knew what he was doing.

Was Liz Truss just the beginning?

Elections have upended the French bond market. Does this mark the beginning of another debt crisis? Are we in for another decade of government bond instability roiling stocks every few years?

Europe shifts right, back to nuclear power

What should investors make of the European Parliament election results? European stocks and bonds are stumbling. But I can already smell the radioactive profits.

EU election fallout

The EU elections confirm Euroscepticism remains in the ascendant. With the EU economy in the doldrums, this is perhaps not surprising. In sharp contrast, Argentina is setting a potential example for both the UK and EU to follow should they seek to reform their economies in future.

Europe’s Populist Reformation revives on 6 June 2024

With the European Parliament elections coming this June, I thought it’s time to dig out the analysis that convinced Nigel Farage to work with me on Fortune & Freedom five years ago. Despite the absence of Nigel’s rather large contingent of eurosceptics, the upcoming European elections offer the first real chance of functional opposition to the European Commission’s flood of directives.

Is Germany the epicentre of the next banking crisis?

Germany’s banks are a thorn in the side of the EU German house prices and industry are crashing Has the next global banking crisis already…

Why is the climate revolt contained to the eurozone?

The EU has backed down on climate policies But what if they have a much bigger problem? Just ask the Germans what could go wrong…

The tide has turned on net zero

It’s not just Rishi Sunak reversing net zero pledges now The EU gives in to the farmers of Europe Hydrogen won’t save the green dream…

Will the Brussels Manure Party change history?

Smugglers demanding “no taxation without representation”…? Did EU farmers really think they could get paid to go fallow forever? It’s competition they fear, not climate…

How will immigration change politics?

Nigel wouldn’t stop talking about immigration… during the pandemic Immigration is now the number-one political issue What happens next? The first time I met Nigel…

The martyrs of democracy will haunt us in 2025

2024 is an election year like no other But the outcome of the elections won’t matter Losing loser’s consent will wreak havoc in 2025 In…

The radioactive revolution has begun

People have had enough of climate alarmism Green energy is leaving millions without the energy they want Nuclear power is booming and uranium is soaring…

Nuclear horse and cart won’t save the EU now

The UK’s surprising uranium project What might nuclear fuel be used for…? The politics of 2024 will rival 2016 While governments around the world renew…

Are you afraid of Dutch chrysanthemums, Brexiteers?

The eurozone is experiencing Brexit’s worst forecasts The European Medicines Agency is paying the price What is Brexit’s Covid-free counterfactual? All of the worst predictions…

The week in review according to the Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher reviews this week’s news… from 1999 China and Russia remain the key geopolitical opponents The UK still has the opportunity of divergence from…